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**Release Date:** March 12, 2026
> 🎉 **First official tagged release!** Hermes Agent has been in active development since July 2025, with 1,388 commits from 74+ contributors across 231 merged pull requests. This release marks the beginning of regular weekly releases. Everything below represents the full feature set shipping today.
> First tagged release since v0.1.0 (the initial pre-public foundation). In just over two weeks, Hermes Agent went from a small internal project to a full-featured AI agent platform — thanks to an explosion of community contributions. This release covers **216 merged pull requests** from **63 contributors**, resolving **119 issues**.
---
## ✨ Highlights
- **Multi-Platform Messaging Gateway** — Run Hermes Agent on Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, Email (IMAP/SMTP), and Home Assistant, all from a single codebase with unified session management, conversation persistence, and per-platform tool configuration.
- **Multi-Platform Messaging Gateway** — Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, Email (IMAP/SMTP), and Home Assistant platforms with unified session management, media attachments, and per-platform tool configuration.
- **MCP (Model Context Protocol) Client** — Full native MCP support with stdio and HTTP transports, server reconnection, resource/prompt discovery, sampling (server-initiated LLM requests), and `hermes tools` UI integration. ([#291](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/291), [#301](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/301), [#753](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/753)) — @0xbyt4
- **MCP (Model Context Protocol) Client** — Native MCP support with stdio and HTTP transports, reconnection, resource/prompt discovery, and sampling (server-initiated LLM requests). ([#291](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/291) — @0xbyt4, [#301](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/301), [#753](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/753))
- **Skills Ecosystem** — 70+ bundled and optional skills across 15+ categories (research, creative, gaming, smart-home, productivity, MLOps, and more). Skills are data-driven Markdown files with YAML frontmatter — the agent loads them dynamically based on task context. Includes a Skills Hub for community discovery and per-platform skill enable/disable. ([#743](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/743)) — @teyrebaz33
- **Skills Ecosystem** — 70+ bundled and optional skills across 15+ categories with a Skills Hub for community discovery, per-platform enable/disable, conditional activation based on tool availability, and prerequisite validation. ([#743](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/743) — @teyrebaz33, [#785](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/785) — @teyrebaz33)
- **Centralized Provider Router** — Unified `resolve_provider_client()` + `call_llm()`/`async_call_llm()` API replaces scattered provider logic. All auxiliary consumers (vision, summarization, context compression, trajectory saving) route through a single code path with automatic credential resolution. ([#1003](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1003))
- **Centralized Provider Router** — Unified `call_llm()`/`async_call_llm()` API replaces scattered provider logic across vision, summarization, compression, and trajectory saving. All auxiliary consumers route through a single code path with automatic credential resolution. ([#1003](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1003))
- **ACP (Agent Communication Protocol) Server** — VS Code, Zed, and JetBrains editor integration via the agent-protocol standard. ([#949](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/949))
- **ACP Server** — VS Code, Zed, and JetBrains editor integration via the Agent Communication Protocol standard. ([#949](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/949))
- **Reinforcement Learning Environments** — Atropos-compatible RL training environments: TerminalBench2 (tool-calling), WebResearchEnv (multi-step web research), YC-Bench (long-horizon agent benchmark), and OpenThoughts-TBLite evaluation. ([#17](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/17), [#434](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/434)) — @dmahan93, @jackx707
- **CLI Skin/Theme Engine** — Data-driven visual customization: banners, spinners, colors, branding. 7 built-in skins + custom YAML skins.
- **Git Worktree Isolation** — `hermes -w` launches isolated agent sessions in git worktrees, enabling safe parallel work on the same repo without conflicts. ([#654](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/654))
- **Git Worktree Isolation** — `hermes -w` launches isolated agent sessions in git worktrees for safe parallel work on the same repo. ([#654](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/654))
- **Filesystem Checkpoints & Rollback** — Automatic snapshots before destructive operations with `/rollback` to restore. ([#824](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/824))
- **3,289 Tests** — From near-zero test coverage to a comprehensive test suite covering agent, gateway, tools, cron, and CLI.
---
## 🏗️ Core Agent & Architecture
### Agent Loop & Conversation
- Shared iteration budget across parent + subagent delegation to prevent runaway chains
- Iteration budget pressure via tool result injection — agent gets warned as it approaches limits
- Configurable subagent provider/model with full credential resolution ([#609](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/609))
- Fallback model for provider resilience — automatic retry on a different model when primary fails ([#740](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/740), [#454](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/454))
- Context compression improvements: retry with rebuilt payload after compression ([#616](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/616)) — @tripledoublev; regression tests for tool-call boundary handling ([#648](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/648)) — @intertwine
- Auto-compress pathologically large gateway sessions ([#628](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/628))
- Handle 413 payload-too-large via compression instead of aborting ([#153](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/153)) — @tekelala
- Tool call repair middleware — auto-lowercase and invalid tool handler ([#520](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/520))
- Reasoning effort configuration and `/reasoning` command for effort levels + display toggle ([#921](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/921))
- Default reasoning effort tuned from xhigh to medium
### Provider & Model Support
- **First-class providers:** OpenRouter, OpenAI, Anthropic, Nous Portal, Codex (OpenAI Responses API), Google Gemini, z.ai/GLM, Kimi/Moonshot, MiniMax, DeepSeek, Azure OpenAI, custom endpoints
- Nous Portal as first-class provider option in setup ([#644](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/644)) — @Indelwin
- OpenAI Codex (Responses API) with OAuth support, ChatGPT subscription Codex ([#43](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/43)) — @grp06
- Centralized provider router with `resolve_provider_client()` + `call_llm()` API ([#1003](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1003))
- Nous Portal as first-class provider in setup ([#644](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/644))
- OpenAI Codex (Responses API) with ChatGPT subscription support ([#43](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/43)) — @grp06
- Codex OAuth vision support + multimodal content adapter
- Validate `/model` against live API instead of hardcoded lists
- Support for self-hosted Firecrawl instances ([#460](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/460)) — @caentzminger
- Self-hosted Firecrawl support ([#460](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/460)) — @caentzminger
- Kimi Code API support ([#635](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/635)) — @christomitov
- MiniMax model ID update ([#473](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/473)) — @tars90percent
- OpenRouter provider routing configuration (provider_preferences)
- Nous credential refresh on 401 errors ([#571](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/571), [#269](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/269)) — @rewbs
- Dynamic max tokens handling for various providers
- Kimi Code API support ([#635](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/635)) — @christomitov
- z.ai/GLM, Kimi/Moonshot, MiniMax, Azure OpenAI as first-class providers
- Unified `/model` and `/provider` into single view
### Agent Loop & Conversation
- Simple fallback model for provider resilience ([#740](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/740))
- Shared iteration budget across parent + subagent delegation
- Iteration budget pressure via tool result injection
- Configurable subagent provider/model with full credential resolution
- Handle 413 payload-too-large via compression instead of aborting ([#153](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/153)) — @tekelala
- Retry with rebuilt payload after compression ([#616](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/616)) — @tripledoublev
- Auto-compress pathologically large gateway sessions ([#628](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/628))
- Tool call repair middleware — auto-lowercase and invalid tool handler
- Reasoning effort configuration and `/reasoning` command ([#921](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/921))
- Detect and block file re-read/search loops after context compression ([#705](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/705)) — @0xbyt4
### Session & Memory
- Session naming with unique titles, auto-lineage, rich listing, and resume by name ([#720](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/720))
- Interactive session browser with search filtering ([#733](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/733))
- Display previous messages when resuming a session in CLI ([#734](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/734))
- Display previous messages when resuming a session ([#734](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/734))
- Honcho AI-native cross-session user modeling ([#38](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/38)) — @erosika
- Proactive async memory flush on session expiry
- Session reset policy for messaging platforms
- Honcho AI-native cross-session user modeling integration ([#38](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/38)) — @Erosika
- `/resume` command for switching to named sessions in gateway
- Smart context length probing with persistent caching + banner display
- `/resume` command for switching to named sessions in gateway
- Session reset policy for messaging platforms
---
## 📱 Messaging Platforms (Gateway)
### Telegram
- Native file attachments: send_document + send_video ([#779](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/779))
- Document file processing for PDF, text, and Office files ([#153](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/153)) — @tekelala
- Native file attachments: send_document + send_video
- Document file processing for PDF, text, and Office files — @tekelala
- Forum topic session isolation ([#766](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/766)) — @spanishflu-est1918
- Browser screenshot sharing via MEDIA: protocol
- Browser screenshot sharing via MEDIA: protocol ([#657](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/657))
- Location support for find-nearby skill
- TTS voice message fix — prevent accumulation across turns ([#176](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/176)) — @Bartok9
- TTS voice message accumulation fix ([#176](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/176)) — @Bartok9
- Improved error handling and logging ([#763](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/763)) — @aydnOktay
- Italic regex newline fix + 43 format tests ([#204](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/204)) — @0xbyt4
### Discord
- Thread-aware free-response routing ([#insecurejezza](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/insecurejezza))
- Channel topic included in session context ([#248](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/248)) — @Bartok9
- DISCORD_ALLOW_BOTS config for bot message filtering ([#758](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/758))
- Improved error handling and logging ([#761](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/761)) — @aydnOktay
- Document and video support ([#784](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/784))
- Improved error handling and logging ([#761](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/761)) — @aydnOktay
### Slack
- App_mention fix + document/video support ([#784](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/784))
- App_mention 404 fix + document/video support ([#784](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/784))
- Structured logging replacing print statements — @aydnOktay
### WhatsApp
- Native media sending — images, videos, documents ([#292](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/292)) — @satelerd
- Consolidate tool progress into single editable message — @satelerd
- Multi-user session isolation and bridge message handling ([#75](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/75)) — @satelerd
- Multi-user session isolation ([#75](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/75)) — @satelerd
- Cross-platform port cleanup replacing Linux-only fuser ([#433](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/433)) — @Farukest
- DM interrupt key mismatch fix ([#350](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/350)) — @Farukest
### Signal
- Full Signal messenger gateway via signal-cli-rest-api ([#405](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/405))
- Media URL support in message events ([#871](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/871))
### Email (IMAP/SMTP)
- New email gateway platform ([#291 area](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/291)) — @0xbyt4
- New email gateway platform — @0xbyt4
### Home Assistant
- REST tools + WebSocket gateway integration ([#184](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/184)) — @0xbyt4
- Service discovery and enhanced setup
- Toolset mapping fix ([#538](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/538)) — @Himess
### Gateway Core
- Configurable background process watcher notifications: all, result, error, off ([#840](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/840), [#592](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/592))
- Expose subagent tool calls and thinking to users ([#186](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/186)) — @cutepawss
- `/compress`, `/usage`, `/update` slash commands for conversation management
- Configurable background process watcher notifications ([#840](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/840))
- `edit_message()` for Telegram/Discord/Slack with fallback
- Session transcript deduplication fix — eliminated 3x SQLite message inflation ([#873](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/873))
- `/compress`, `/usage`, `/update` slash commands
- Eliminated 3x SQLite message duplication in gateway sessions ([#873](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/873))
- Stabilize system prompt across gateway turns for cache hits ([#754](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/754))
- MCP server shutdown on gateway exit ([#796](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/796)) — @0xbyt4
- Stable system prompt across gateway turns for cache hits ([#754](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/754))
- Pass session_db to AIAgent, fixing session_search error ([#108](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/108)) — @Bartok9
- Persist transcript changes in /retry, /undo; fix /reset attribute ([#217](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/217)) — @Farukest
- UTF-8 encoding fix preventing Windows crashes ([#369](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/369)) — @ch3ronsa
---
## 🖥️ CLI & User Experience
### Interactive CLI
- Data-driven skin/theme engine for CLI customization — banners, spinners, colors, branding
- Built-in skins: default (gold/kawaii), ares (crimson war-god), mono (grayscale), slate (cool blue), poseidon, sisyphus, charizard, and custom YAML skins
- `/personality` command with custom personality support + ability to disable default personality ([#773](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/773)) — @teyrebaz33
- Data-driven skin/theme engine — 7 built-in skins (default, ares, mono, slate, poseidon, sisyphus, charizard) + custom YAML skins
- `/personality` command with custom personality + disable support ([#773](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/773)) — @teyrebaz33
- User-defined quick commands that bypass the agent loop ([#746](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/746)) — @teyrebaz33
- `/reasoning` command for effort level and display toggle ([#921](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/921))
- `/verbose` slash command to toggle debug output at runtime ([#94](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/94)) — @cesareth
- `/insights` command with usage analytics, cost estimation & activity patterns ([#552](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/552))
- `/verbose` slash command to toggle debug at runtime ([#94](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/94)) — @cesareth
- `/insights` command — usage analytics, cost estimation & activity patterns ([#552](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/552))
- `/background` command for managing background processes
- `/help` formatting with command categories ([#640](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/640))
- `/help` formatting with command categories
- Bell-on-complete — terminal bell when agent finishes ([#738](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/738))
- Up/down arrow history navigation
- Clipboard image paste (Alt+V / Ctrl+V)
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- `--quiet/-Q` flag for programmatic single-query mode
- `--fuck-it-ship-it` flag to bypass all approval prompts ([#724](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/724)) — @dmahan93
- Tools summary flag ([#767](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/767)) — @luisv-1
- Terminal blinking fix on SSH ([#284](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/284)) — @ygd58
- Multi-line paste detection fix ([#84](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/84)) — @0xbyt4
### Setup & Configuration
- Modular setup wizard with section subcommands and tool-first UX
- Interactive setup for messaging platforms in gateway CLI
- Container resource configuration prompts
- Backend validation for required binaries
- Config migration system with version tracking (currently v7)
- Config migration system (currently v7)
- API keys properly routed to .env instead of config.yaml ([#469](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/469)) — @ygd58
- Atomic writes for .env to prevent API key loss on crash ([#954](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/954)) — @alireza78a
- Atomic write for .env to prevent API key loss on crash ([#954](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/954))
- `hermes tools` — per-platform tool enable/disable with curses UI
- `hermes skills` — per-platform skill enable/disable ([#743](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/743)) — @teyrebaz33
- Multiple named custom providers
- `hermes doctor` for health checks across all configured providers and tools
- `hermes doctor` for health checks across all configured providers
- `hermes update` with auto-restart for gateway service
- Show update-available notice in CLI banner
### Filesystem & Safety
- Filesystem checkpoints and `/rollback` command ([#824](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/824), [#452](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/452))
- Structured tool result hints for patch and search_files ([#722](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/722))
- High-value tool result CTAs — next-action guidance
- Multiple named custom providers
- Shell config detection improvement for PATH setup ([#317](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/317)) — @mehmetkr-31
- Consistent HERMES_HOME and .env path resolution ([#51](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/51), [#48](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/48)) — @deankerr
- Docker backend fix on macOS + subagent auth for Nous Portal ([#46](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/46)) — @rsavitt
---
## 🔧 Tool System
### MCP (Model Context Protocol)
- Native MCP client with stdio + HTTP transports ([#291](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/291) — @0xbyt4, [#301](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/301))
- Sampling support — server-initiated LLM requests ([#753](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/753))
- Resource and prompt discovery
- Automatic reconnection and security hardening
- Banner integration, `/reload-mcp` command
- `hermes tools` UI integration
### Browser
- Local browser backend — zero-cost headless Chromium via agent-browser (no Browserbase needed)
- Console/errors tool, annotated screenshots, auto-recording ([#745](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/745))
- Browser screenshot sharing via MEDIA: on all messaging platforms ([#657](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/657))
- Local browser backend — zero-cost headless Chromium (no Browserbase needed)
- Console/errors tool, annotated screenshots, auto-recording, dogfood QA skill ([#745](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/745))
- Screenshot sharing via MEDIA: on all messaging platforms ([#657](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/657))
### Terminal & Execution
- `execute_code` sandbox with json_parse, shell_quote, retry helpers
- Docker backend improvements: custom volume mounts ([#158](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/158)) — @Indelwin
- Daytona cloud sandbox backend ([#451](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/451)) — @rovle, with CLI setup, doctor, and status display
- SSH backend fixes ([#59](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/59)) — @deankerr
- Docker: custom volume mounts ([#158](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/158)) — @Indelwin
- Daytona cloud sandbox backend ([#451](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/451)) — @rovle
- SSH backend fix ([#59](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/59)) — @deankerr
- Shell noise filtering and login shell execution for environment consistency
- Head+tail truncation for execute_code stdout overflow
- Background process management with configurable notification modes
### Delegation
- Subagent tool call and thinking exposure to users
- Additional parameters for child agent configuration
- Shared iteration budget across parent + subagents
- Configurable background process notification modes
### File Operations
- Fuzzy-matching patch with 9 strategies
- File search via ripgrep backend
- Atomic writes across all file operations
- Filesystem checkpoints and `/rollback` command ([#824](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/824))
- Structured tool result hints (next-action guidance) for patch and search_files ([#722](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/722))
- Docker volumes passed to sandbox container config ([#687](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/687)) — @manuelschipper
---
## 🧩 Skills Ecosystem
### System
- Skill slash commands — dynamic CLI and gateway integration
- Optional skills — official skills shipped but not activated by default
### Skills System
- Per-platform skill enable/disable ([#743](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/743)) — @teyrebaz33
- Conditional skill activation based on tool availability ([#785](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/785)) — @teyrebaz33
- Platform-conditional skill loading
- Skill prerequisites — hide skills with unmet dependencies ([#659](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/659)) — @kshitijk4poor
- `hermes skills browse` — paginated browsing of all hub skills
- Optional skills — shipped but not activated by default
- `hermes skills browse` — paginated hub browsing
- Skills sub-category organization
- Platform-conditional skill loading
- Atomic skill file writes ([#551](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/551)) — @aydnOktay
- Skills sync data loss prevention ([#563](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/563)) — @0xbyt4
- Dynamic skill slash commands for CLI and gateway
### Bundled Skills (selected highlights)
- **MLOps:** Axolotl, vLLM, TRL, Unsloth, PyTorch FSDP/Lightning, GGUF, PEFT, Flash Attention, Weights & Biases, Modal, Lambda Labs, and 25+ more
- **Research:** arXiv search, agentic research ideas, ML paper writing
- **Creative:** ASCII art (pyfiglet + cowsay + 571 fonts), ASCII video production, Excalidraw diagrams
- **Software Development:** Systematic debugging, TDD, subagent-driven development, writing plans, code review
- **Productivity:** Google Workspace, Notion, PowerPoint, Obsidian, nano-PDF
- **Gaming:** Minecraft modpack server, Pokémon player
- **Smart Home:** OpenHue (Philips Hue control)
- **Domain:** Passive reconnaissance (subdomains, SSL, WHOIS, DNS)
- **Media:** YouTube transcripts, GIF search, text-to-speech
- **Market Data:** Polymarket prediction markets
- **OCR:** PDF and scanned document extraction
- **Blockchain:** Solana skill with USD pricing ([#212](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/212)) — @gizdusum
- **Email:** AgentMail for agent-owned inboxes ([#330](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/330)) — @teyrebaz33
- **Feeds:** BlogWatcher for RSS/Atom monitoring
- **DuckDuckGo Search:** Firecrawl fallback ([#267](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/267)) — @gamedevCloudy; expanded with DDGS Python API ([#598](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/598)) — @areu01or00
- **OpenClaw Migration:** Official migration skill ([#570](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/570)) — @unmodeled-tyler
- **ASCII Video:** Full production pipeline ([#854](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/854)) — @SHL0MS
### New Skills (selected)
- **ASCII Art** — pyfiglet (571 fonts), cowsay, image-to-ascii ([#209](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/209)) — @0xbyt4
- **ASCII Video** — Full production pipeline ([#854](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/854)) — @SHL0MS
- **DuckDuckGo Search** — Firecrawl fallback ([#267](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/267)) — @gamedevCloudy; DDGS API expansion ([#598](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/598)) — @areu01or00
- **Solana Blockchain** — Wallet balances, USD pricing, token names ([#212](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/212)) — @gizdusum
- **AgentMail** — Agent-owned email inboxes ([#330](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/330)) — @teyrebaz33
- **Polymarket** — Prediction market data (read-only) ([#629](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/629))
- **OpenClaw Migration** — Official migration tool ([#570](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/570)) — @unmodeled-tyler
- **Domain Intelligence** — Passive recon: subdomains, SSL, WHOIS, DNS ([#136](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/136)) — @FurkanL0
- **Superpowers** — Software development skills ([#137](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/137)) — @kaos35
- **Hermes-Atropos** — RL environment development skill ([#815](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/815))
- Plus: arXiv search, OCR/documents, Excalidraw diagrams, YouTube transcripts, GIF search, Pokémon player, Minecraft modpack server, OpenHue (Philips Hue), Google Workspace, Notion, PowerPoint, Obsidian, find-nearby, and 40+ MLOps skills
---
## 🔒 Security & Reliability
### Security Hardening
- Path traversal fix in skill_view — prevented reading arbitrary files including API keys ([#220](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/220)) — @Farukest
- Path traversal fix in skill_view — prevented reading arbitrary files ([#220](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/220)) — @Farukest
- Shell injection prevention in sudo password piping ([#65](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/65)) — @leonsgithub
- Dangerous command detection: multiline bypass fix ([#233](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/233)), tee/process substitution patterns ([#280](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/280)) — @Farukest, @dogiladeveloper
- Dangerous command detection: multiline bypass fix ([#233](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/233)) — @Farukest; tee/process substitution patterns ([#280](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/280)) — @dogiladeveloper
- Symlink boundary check fix in skills_guard ([#386](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/386)) — @Farukest
- Multi-word prompt injection bypass prevention in skills_guard ([#192](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/192)) — @0xbyt4
- Symlink bypass fix in write deny list on macOS ([#61](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/61)) — @0xbyt4
- Multi-word prompt injection bypass prevention ([#192](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/192)) — @0xbyt4
- Cron prompt injection scanner bypass fix ([#63](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/63)) — @0xbyt4
- Enforce 0600/0700 file permissions on sensitive files ([#757](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/757))
- .env file permissions restricted to owner-only ([#529](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/529)) — @Himess
- Expand secret redaction patterns + config toggle to disable
- FTS5 query sanitization ([#565](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/565)) — @0xbyt4
- `--force` flag properly blocked from overriding dangerous verdicts ([#388](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/388)) — @Farukest
- FTS5 query sanitization + DB connection leak fix ([#565](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/565)) — @0xbyt4
- Expand secret redaction patterns + config toggle to disable
- In-memory permanent allowlist to prevent data leak ([#600](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/600)) — @alireza78a
### Reliability & Stability
- Atomic writes for: sessions.json ([#611](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/611)) — @alireza78a; cron jobs ([#146](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/146)) — @alireza78a; .env config ([#954](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/954)); process checkpoints ([#298](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/298)) — @aydnOktay; batch runner ([#297](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/297)) — @aydnOktay; skill files ([#551](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/551)) — @aydnOktay
### Atomic Writes (data loss prevention)
- sessions.json ([#611](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/611)) — @alireza78a
- Cron jobs ([#146](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/146)) — @alireza78a
- .env config ([#954](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/954))
- Process checkpoints ([#298](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/298)) — @aydnOktay
- Batch runner ([#297](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/297)) — @aydnOktay
- Skill files ([#551](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/551)) — @aydnOktay
### Reliability
- Guard all print() against OSError for systemd/headless environments ([#963](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/963))
- Detect, warn, and block file re-read/search loops after context compression ([#705](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/705)) — @0xbyt4
- Reset all retry counters at start of run_conversation ([#607](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/607)) — @0xbyt4
- Return deny on approval callback timeout instead of None ([#603](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/603)) — @0xbyt4
- Fix None message content crashes across codebase ([#277](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/277))
- Fix context overrun crash with local LLM backends ([#403](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/403)) — @ch3ronsa
- Fix `_flush_sentinel` leaking to external API providers ([#227](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/227)) — @Farukest
- Prevent `_flush_sentinel` from leaking to external APIs ([#227](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/227)) — @Farukest
- Prevent conversation_history mutation in callers ([#229](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/229)) — @Farukest
- Fix systemd restart loop ([#614](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/614)) — @voidborne-d
- Close file handles and sockets properly to prevent fd leaks ([#568](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/568), [#296](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/296), [#709](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/709)) — @alireza78a, @memosr
- Close file handles and sockets to prevent fd leaks ([#568](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/568) — @alireza78a, [#296](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/296) — @alireza78a, [#709](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/709) — @memosr)
- Prevent data loss in clipboard PNG conversion ([#602](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/602)) — @0xbyt4
- Eliminate shell noise from terminal output ([#293](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/293)) — @0xbyt4
- Timezone-aware now() for prompt, cron, and execute_code ([#309](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/309)) — @areu01or00
### Windows Compatibility
- Guard POSIX-only process functions for Windows ([#219](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/219)) — @Farukest
- Windows native support via Git Bash, ZIP-based update fallback
- Install to %LOCALAPPDATA%\hermes on Windows
- pywinpty for PTY support on Windows ([#457](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/457)) — @shitcoinsherpa
- Guard POSIX-only process functions ([#219](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/219)) — @Farukest
- Windows native support via Git Bash + ZIP-based update fallback
- pywinpty for PTY support ([#457](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/457)) — @shitcoinsherpa
- Explicit UTF-8 encoding on all config/data file I/O ([#458](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/458)) — @shitcoinsherpa
- Windows-compatible path handling in skill listing ([#354](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/354), [#390](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/390)) — @Farukest
- Regex-based search output parsing for Windows drive-letter paths ([#533](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/533)) — @Himess
- Windows-compatible path handling ([#354](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/354), [#390](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/390)) — @Farukest
- Regex-based search output parsing for drive-letter paths ([#533](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/533)) — @Himess
- Auth store file lock for Windows ([#455](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/455)) — @shitcoinsherpa
---
## 🧪 Testing
- **3,289 tests** across agent, gateway, tools, cron, and CLI
- Parallelized test suite with pytest-xdist ([#802](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/802)) — @OutThisLife
- Comprehensive unit test batches covering core modules ([#34](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/34), [#60](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/60), [#62](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/62), [#67](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/67), [#191](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/191), [#193](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/193)) — @0xbyt4
- Telegram format tests (43 tests for italic/bold/code rendering) ([#204](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/204)) — @0xbyt4
- Clarify tool tests ([#121](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/121)) — @Bartok9
- Vision tools type hints and 42 tests ([#792](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/792))
- Context compressor boundary regression tests ([#648](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/648)) — @intertwine
- RL environment tests — vLLM integration, Atropos tool calling — @dmahan93
---
## 🔬 RL & Evaluation Environments
- **Atropos Integration** — Full agentic RL training pipeline with tool calling support ([#17](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/17))
- **TerminalBench2** — Terminal-based tool calling evaluation
- **WebResearchEnv** — Multi-step web research RL environment ([#434](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/434)) — @jackx707
- **YC-Bench** — Long-horizon agent benchmark environment
- **OpenThoughts-TBLite** — Evaluation environment and scripts
- **Modal sandbox** — Cloud evaluation with concurrency limits ([#621](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/621)) — @voteblake
- Local vLLM instance support for evaluation — @dmahan93
- Hermes-atropos-environments bundled skill ([#815](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/815))
---
## 📚 Documentation
- **Full documentation website** (Docusaurus) with 37+ pages covering setup, configuration, tools, skills, messaging platforms, and guides
- Comprehensive platform setup guides for Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, and Email
- AGENTS.md — development guide for AI coding assistants
- CONTRIBUTING.md — contributor guidelines ([#117](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/117)) — @Bartok9
- Slash commands reference ([#142](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/142)) — @Bartok9
- Skin/theme system documentation
- MCP documentation and examples
- Auxiliary models documentation
- Comprehensive accuracy audit (35+ corrections)
- Documentation typo fixes ([#825](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/825), [#439](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/439)) — @JackTheGit
- Terminology and CLI formatting standardization ([#166](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/166), [#167](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/167), [#168](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/168)) — @Jr-kenny
---
## 🐛 Notable Bug Fixes
- Fix DeepSeek V3 tool call parser silently dropping multi-line JSON arguments ([#444](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/444)) — @PercyDikec
- Fix gateway transcript losing 1 message per turn due to offset mismatch ([#395](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/395)) — @PercyDikec
- Fix /retry command silently discarding the agent's final response ([#441](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/441)) — @PercyDikec
- Fix max-iterations retry returning empty string after think-block stripping ([#438](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/438)) — @PercyDikec
- Fix max-iterations retry using hardcoded max_tokens ([#436](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/436)) — @Farukest
- Fix Codex status dict key mismatch ([#448](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/448)) and visibility filter ([#446](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/446)) — @PercyDikec
- Fix `_strip_think_blocks` regex stripping visible content when model discusses \<think\> tags literally ([#786](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/786))
- Strip \<think\> blocks from final user-facing responses ([#174](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/174)) — @Bartok9
- Fix \<think\> block regex stripping visible content when model discusses tags literally ([#786](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/786))
- Fix Mistral 422 errors from leftover finish_reason in assistant messages ([#253](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/253)) — @Sertug17
- Fix OPENROUTER_API_KEY resolution order across all code paths ([#295](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/295)) — @0xbyt4
- Fix gateway session_search crash from missing session_db ([#108](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/108)) — @Bartok9
- Fix /retry, /undo having no effect and /reset silently losing memories in gateway ([#217](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/217)) — @Farukest
- Fix empty file content in ReadResult.to_dict() ([#225](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/225)) — @Farukest
- Fix retry exhaustion IndexError fallthrough ([#223](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/223)) — @Farukest
- Fix Anthropic native base URL detection failing fast ([#173](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/173)) — @adavyas
- Fix OPENAI_BASE_URL API key priority ([#420](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/420)) — @manuelschipper
- Fix Anthropic "prompt is too long" 400 error not detected as context length error ([#813](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/813))
- Fix SQLite session transcript accumulating duplicate messages — 3-4x token inflation ([#860](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/860))
- Fix setup wizard skipping API key prompts on first install ([#748](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/748))
- Fix setup wizard showing OpenRouter model list for Nous Portal ([#575](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/575)) — @PercyDikec
- Fix provider selection not persisting when switching via hermes model ([#881](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/881))
- Fix Docker backend failing when docker not in PATH on macOS ([#889](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/889))
- Fix ClawHub Skills Hub adapter for API endpoint changes ([#286](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/286)) — @BP602
- Fix terminal blinking on SSH due to UI invalidate throttling ([#284](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/284)) — @ygd58
- Fix multi-line input paste detection destroying input ([#84](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/84)) — @0xbyt4
- Fix cron job timezone handling for naive timestamps ([#309](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/309)) — @areu01or00
- Fix memory tool entry parsing when content contains section sign ([#162](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/162)) — @aydnOktay
- Fix Docker backend on macOS and subagent auth for Nous Portal ([#46](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/46)) — @rsavitt
- Fix piped install silently aborting when interactive prompts fail ([#72](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72)) — @cutepawss
- Fix false positives in recursive delete detection ([#68](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/68)) — @cutepawss
- Eliminate shell noise from terminal output + fix 36 test failures ([#293](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/293)) — @0xbyt4
- Fix Honcho auto-enable when API key is present ([#243](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/243)) — @Bartok9
- Fix duplicate 'skills' subparser crash on Python 3.11+ ([#898](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/898))
- Fix Telegram italic regex newline bug ([#204](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/204)) — @0xbyt4
- Fix memory tool entry parsing when content contains section sign ([#162](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/162)) — @aydnOktay
- Fix piped install silently aborting when interactive prompts fail ([#72](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72)) — @cutepawss
- Fix false positives in recursive delete detection ([#68](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/68)) — @cutepawss
- Fix Ruff lint warnings across codebase ([#608](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/608)) — @JackTheGit
- Fix Anthropic native base URL fail-fast ([#173](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/173)) — @adavyas
- Fix install.sh creating ~/.hermes before moving Node.js directory ([#53](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/53)) — @JoshuaMart
- Fix SystemExit traceback during atexit cleanup on Ctrl+C ([#55](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/55)) — @bierlingm
- Restore missing MIT license file ([#620](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/620)) — @stablegenius49
---
## 🧪 Testing
- **3,289 tests** across agent, gateway, tools, cron, and CLI
- Parallelized test suite with pytest-xdist ([#802](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/802)) — @OutThisLife
- Unit tests batch 1: 8 core modules ([#60](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/60)) — @0xbyt4
- Unit tests batch 2: 8 more modules ([#62](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/62)) — @0xbyt4
- Unit tests batch 3: 8 untested modules ([#191](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/191)) — @0xbyt4
- Unit tests batch 4: 5 security/logic-critical modules ([#193](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/193)) — @0xbyt4
- AIAgent (run_agent.py) unit tests ([#67](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/67)) — @0xbyt4
- Trajectory compressor tests ([#203](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/203)) — @0xbyt4
- Clarify tool tests ([#121](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/121)) — @Bartok9
- Telegram format tests — 43 tests for italic/bold/code rendering ([#204](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/204)) — @0xbyt4
- Vision tools type hints + 42 tests ([#792](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/792))
- Compressor tool-call boundary regression tests ([#648](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/648)) — @intertwine
- Test structure reorganization ([#34](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/34)) — @0xbyt4
- Shell noise elimination + fix 36 test failures ([#293](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/293)) — @0xbyt4
---
## 🔬 RL & Evaluation Environments
- WebResearchEnv — Multi-step web research RL environment ([#434](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/434)) — @jackx707
- Modal sandbox concurrency limits to avoid deadlocks ([#621](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/621)) — @voteblake
- Hermes-atropos-environments bundled skill ([#815](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/815))
- Local vLLM instance support for evaluation — @dmahan93
- YC-Bench long-horizon agent benchmark environment
- OpenThoughts-TBLite evaluation environment and scripts
---
## 📚 Documentation
- Full documentation website (Docusaurus) with 37+ pages
- Comprehensive platform setup guides for Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, Email
- AGENTS.md — development guide for AI coding assistants
- CONTRIBUTING.md ([#117](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/117)) — @Bartok9
- Slash commands reference ([#142](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/142)) — @Bartok9
- Comprehensive AGENTS.md accuracy audit ([#732](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/732))
- Skin/theme system documentation
- MCP documentation and examples
- Docs accuracy audit — 35+ corrections
- Documentation typo fixes ([#825](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/825), [#439](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/439)) — @JackTheGit
- CLI config precedence and terminology standardization ([#166](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/166), [#167](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/167), [#168](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/168)) — @Jr-kenny
- Telegram token regex documentation ([#713](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/713)) — @VolodymyrBg
---
## 👥 Contributors
Thank you to everyone who has contributed to Hermes Agent! This project is built by a growing community of developers, researchers, and AI enthusiasts.
Thank you to the 63 contributors who made this release possible! In just over two weeks, the Hermes Agent community came together to ship an extraordinary amount of work.
### Core Team
- **@teknium1** — Project creator, lead developer (~1,100 commits)
- **@dmahan93** — RL environments, Atropos integration, evaluation infrastructure
### Core
- **@teknium1** — 43 PRs: Project lead, core architecture, provider router, sessions, skills, CLI, documentation
### Top Community Contributors
- **@0xbyt4** — 35 PRs: MCP client, Home Assistant, security fixes, extensive test coverage, ascii-art skill, and dozens of bug fixes across the codebase
- **@Farukest** — 15 PRs: Security hardening (path traversal, shell injection, symlink bypass), Windows compatibility, WhatsApp fixes
- **@aydnOktay** — 8 PRs: Atomic writes, error handling improvements across Telegram, Discord, transcription, code execution, and skills
- **@teyrebaz33** — 4 PRs: Skills enable/disable system, quick commands, personality customization, conditional skill activation, embedding infrastructure
- **@Bartok9** — 8 PRs: CONTRIBUTING.md, slash commands reference, Discord channel topics, think-block stripping, TTS fix, session count fix, Honcho fix, clarify tool tests
- **@PercyDikec** — 7 PRs: DeepSeek V3 parser fix, /retry fix, gateway transcript fix, Codex fixes, max-iterations retry fixes
- **@rovle** — Daytona cloud sandbox backend (4 PRs)
- **@alireza78a** — Atomic writes for cron/sessions, fd leak prevention, security allowlist fix
- **@satelerd** — WhatsApp native media, multi-user session isolation, tool progress consolidation
- **@Erosika** — Honcho AI-native memory integration
- **@SHL0MS** — ASCII video skill
- **@shitcoinsherpa** — Windows support (pywinpty, UTF-8 encoding, auth store lock)
- **@0xbyt4** — 40 PRs: MCP client, Home Assistant, security fixes (symlink, prompt injection, cron), extensive test coverage (6 batches), ascii-art skill, shell noise elimination, skills sync, Telegram formatting, and dozens more
- **@Farukest** — 16 PRs: Security hardening (path traversal, dangerous command detection, symlink boundary), Windows compatibility (POSIX guards, path handling), WhatsApp fixes, max-iterations retry, gateway fixes
- **@aydnOktay** — 11 PRs: Atomic writes (process checkpoints, batch runner, skill files), error handling improvements across Telegram, Discord, code execution, transcription, TTS, and skills
- **@Bartok9** — 9 PRs: CONTRIBUTING.md, slash commands reference, Discord channel topics, think-block stripping, TTS fix, Honcho fix, session count fix, clarify tests
- **@PercyDikec** — 7 PRs: DeepSeek V3 parser fix, /retry response discard, gateway transcript offset, Codex status/visibility, max-iterations retry, setup wizard fix
- **@teyrebaz33** — 5 PRs: Skills enable/disable system, quick commands, personality customization, conditional skill activation
- **@alireza78a** — 5 PRs: Atomic writes (cron, sessions), fd leak prevention, security allowlist, code execution socket cleanup
- **@shitcoinsherpa** — 3 PRs: Windows support (pywinpty, UTF-8 encoding, auth store lock)
- **@Himess** — 3 PRs: Cron/HomeAssistant/Daytona fix, Windows drive-letter parsing, .env permissions
- **@satelerd** — 2 PRs: WhatsApp native media, multi-user session isolation
- **@rovle** — 1 PR: Daytona cloud sandbox backend (4 commits)
- **@erosika** — 1 PR: Honcho AI-native memory integration
- **@dmahan93** — 1 PR: --fuck-it-ship-it flag + RL environment work
- **@SHL0MS** — 1 PR: ASCII video skill
### All Contributors
@0xbyt4, @Aum08Desai, @BP602, @Bartok9, @Farukest, @FurkanL0, @Himess, @Indelwin, @JackTheGit, @JoshuaMart, @Jr-kenny, @OutThisLife, @PercyDikec, @SHL0MS, @Sertug17, @VencentSoliman, @VolodymyrBg, @adavyas, @alireza78a, @areu01or00, @aydnOktay, @batuhankocyigit, @bierlingm, @caentzminger, @cesareth, @ch3ronsa, @christomitov, @cutepawss, @deankerr, @dmahan93, @dogiladeveloper, @dragonkhoi, @erosika, @gamedevCloudy, @gizdusum, @grp06, @hjc-puro, @insecurejezza, @intertwine, @jackx707, @jdblackstar, @johnh4098, @kaos35, @kshitijk4poor, @leonsgithub, @luisv-1, @manuelschipper, @mehmetkr-31, @memosr, @mormio, @rsavitt, @rewbs, @rovle, @satelerd, @spanishflu-est1918, @stablegenius49, @tars90percent, @tekelala, @teknium1, @teyrebaz33, @tripledoublev, @unmodeled-tyler, @voidborne-d, @voteblake, @ygd58
@0xbyt4, @BP602, @Bartok9, @Farukest, @FurkanL0, @Himess, @Indelwin, @JackTheGit, @JoshuaMart, @Jr-kenny, @OutThisLife, @PercyDikec, @SHL0MS, @Sertug17, @VencentSoliman, @VolodymyrBg, @adavyas, @alireza78a, @areu01or00, @aydnOktay, @batuhankocyigit, @bierlingm, @caentzminger, @cesareth, @ch3ronsa, @christomitov, @cutepawss, @deankerr, @dmahan93, @dogiladeveloper, @dragonkhoi, @erosika, @gamedevCloudy, @gizdusum, @grp06, @intertwine, @jackx707, @jdblackstar, @johnh4098, @kaos35, @kshitijk4poor, @leonsgithub, @luisv-1, @manuelschipper, @mehmetkr-31, @memosr, @PeterFile, @rewbs, @rovle, @rsavitt, @satelerd, @spanishflu-est1918, @stablegenius49, @tars90percent, @tekelala, @teknium1, @teyrebaz33, @tripledoublev, @unmodeled-tyler, @voidborne-d, @voteblake, @ygd58
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## 📦 Installation
```bash
curl -fsSL https://hermes.nousresearch.com/install | bash
```
Or clone and install manually:
```bash
git clone https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent.git ~/.hermes/hermes-agent
cd ~/.hermes/hermes-agent
./install.sh
hermes setup
```
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**Full Changelog**: [v2026.3.12](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/commits/v2026.3.12)
**Full Changelog**: [v0.1.0...v2026.3.12](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/compare/v0.1.0...v2026.3.12)