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Implements one concrete Phase 2 slice for the morning review packet epic:
- add a script that fetches an epic and child QA issues from Gitea
- parse structured QA issue sections into a reusable packet model
- render a review-ready markdown packet
- add a generated 2026-04-21 Hermes harness review packet artifact
- cover parsing and rendering with targeted tests

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# Morning Review Packet
Source epic: [EPIC: Morning review packet — Hermes harness features landed 2026-04-21](https://forge.alexanderwhitestone.com/Timmy_Foundation/hermes-agent/issues/949)
## Epic context
EPIC: Morning review packet — Hermes harness features landed 2026-04-21
Source: git log on upstream/main since 2026-04-21 00:00 EDT, plus the current local branch `burn/921-poka-yoke-hardcoded-paths` for the branch-only path-guard work.
Important review note:
- Validate upstream-landed features on `upstream/main` or a synced branch.
- Validate the path-guard work on `burn/921-poka-yoke-hardcoded-paths`.
This epic is a morning-review packet: one QA issue per feature cluster, each with concrete acceptance criteria and targeted tests or manual checks.
## Success criteria
- [ ] Every issue has a clear PASS / FAIL outcome.
- [ ] Test output or manual evidence is attached to each issue.
- [ ] Any drift between upstream/main and forge/main is called out explicitly.
## Sub-issues
### Upstream/main features landed 2026-04-21
- [ ] #950 [QA] Verify AI Gateway provider UX + attribution headers
- [ ] #951 [QA] Verify transport abstraction + AnthropicTransport wiring
- [ ] #952 [QA] Verify CLI voice beep toggle
- [ ] #953 [QA] Verify bundled skill scripts run out of the box
- [ ] #954 [QA] Verify maps skill guest_house / camp_site / bakery expansion
- [ ] #955 [QA] Verify KittenTTS local provider end-to-end
- [ ] #956 [QA] Verify numbered keyboard shortcuts for approval + clarify prompts
- [ ] #957 [QA] Verify optional adversarial-ux-test skill catalog flow
- [ ] #958 [QA] Verify /usage account limits in CLI + gateway
- [ ] #959 [QA] Verify OpenCode-Go curated catalog additions
- [ ] #960 [QA] Verify patch 'did you mean?' suggestions
- [ ] #961 [QA] Verify web dashboard update/restart action buttons
### Local branch-only work
- [ ] #962 [QA] Verify hardcoded-home path guard on burn/921 branch
## Summary
| Issue | State | Commits | Tests |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| #950 | open | 5 | 2 |
| #951 | open | 2 | 2 |
| #952 | open | 1 | 1 |
| #953 | open | 1 | 2 |
| #954 | open | 1 | 0 |
| #955 | open | 2 | 1 |
| #956 | open | 1 | 0 |
| #957 | open | 1 | 0 |
| #958 | open | 2 | 2 |
| #959 | open | 1 | 1 |
| #960 | open | 2 | 1 |
| #961 | closed | 1 | 0 |
| #962 | closed | 1 | 1 |
## #950 — [QA] Verify AI Gateway provider UX + attribution headers
State: open
URL: https://forge.alexanderwhitestone.com/Timmy_Foundation/hermes-agent/issues/950
### Branch / checkout
- Validate on `upstream/main` or an equivalent synced checkout.
### Commits
- `b11753879` — attribution default_headers for ai-gateway provider
- `700437440` — curated picker with live pricing
- `ac26a460f` — promote ai-gateway in provider picker ordering
- `5bb2d11b0` — auto-promote free Moonshot models
- `29f57ec95` — Vercel deep-link for API key creation
### Targeted tests
- `tests/hermes_cli/test_ai_gateway_models.py`
- `tests/run_agent/test_provider_attribution_headers.py`
### Tasks
- [ ] Open `hermes model` and verify `ai-gateway` appears near the top.
- [ ] Verify live pricing appears in the picker.
- [ ] Verify free Moonshot models are promoted.
- [ ] Trigger API-key setup flow and verify the Vercel deep link.
- [ ] Send one ai-gateway request and verify attribution headers are attached.
### Acceptance criteria
- [ ] UI ordering and pricing match the landed behavior.
- [ ] Attribution headers are present on ai-gateway requests.
- [ ] Targeted tests pass.
## #951 — [QA] Verify transport abstraction + AnthropicTransport wiring
State: open
URL: https://forge.alexanderwhitestone.com/Timmy_Foundation/hermes-agent/issues/951
### Branch / checkout
- Validate on `upstream/main` or an equivalent synced checkout.
### Commits
- `7ab5eebd0` — transport types + Anthropic normalize migration
- `731f4fbae` — transport ABC + AnthropicTransport wired to all paths
### Targeted tests
- `tests/agent/transports/test_types.py`
- `tests/agent/test_anthropic_normalize_v2.py`
### Tasks
- [ ] Verify plain-text Anthropic responses normalize correctly.
- [ ] Verify tool-call responses preserve IDs, names, and arguments.
- [ ] Verify reasoning/thinking is preserved separately from visible content.
- [ ] Verify finish_reason mapping remains correct across paths.
### Acceptance criteria
- [ ] Normalized response shape is stable.
- [ ] Tool-call and reasoning payloads survive normalization.
- [ ] Targeted tests pass.
## #952 — [QA] Verify CLI voice beep toggle
State: open
URL: https://forge.alexanderwhitestone.com/Timmy_Foundation/hermes-agent/issues/952
### Branch / checkout
- Validate on `upstream/main` or an equivalent synced checkout.
### Commits
- `b48ea41d2` — voice: add CLI beep toggle
### Targeted tests
- `tests/tools/test_voice_cli_integration.py`
### Tasks
- [ ] Enable the beep option in config and confirm voice mode emits the beep.
- [ ] Disable the option and confirm the same path is silent.
- [ ] Verify voice mode still strips markdown before speech output.
- [ ] Verify voice mode does not pollute conversation history with TTS-only text.
### Acceptance criteria
- [ ] Beep behavior is actually toggled by config.
- [ ] Existing voice/TTS integration behavior is not regressed.
- [ ] Targeted tests pass.
## #953 — [QA] Verify bundled skill scripts run out of the box
State: open
URL: https://forge.alexanderwhitestone.com/Timmy_Foundation/hermes-agent/issues/953
### Branch / checkout
- Validate on `upstream/main` or an equivalent synced checkout.
### Commits
- `328223576` — make bundled skill scripts runnable out of the box
### Targeted tests
- `tests/agent/test_skill_commands.py`
- `tests/tools/test_local_shell_init.py`
### Tasks
- [ ] Pick a bundled skill that ships a script and run it without manual chmod/PATH surgery.
- [ ] Verify local terminal execution resolves the installed skill script correctly.
- [ ] Verify local shell init still behaves correctly.
### Acceptance criteria
- [ ] Bundled skill scripts execute from the installed skill location with no manual prep.
- [ ] Local shell init remains healthy.
- [ ] Targeted tests pass.
## #954 — [QA] Verify maps skill guest_house / camp_site / bakery expansion
State: open
URL: https://forge.alexanderwhitestone.com/Timmy_Foundation/hermes-agent/issues/954
### Branch / checkout
- Validate on `upstream/main` or an equivalent synced checkout.
### Commits
- `c5a814b23` — maps: add guest_house, camp_site, and dual-key bakery lookup
### Tasks
- [ ] Use the maps skill to search for a guest house in a known populated area.
- [ ] Use the maps skill to search for a camp site in a known populated area.
- [ ] Use the maps skill to search for a bakery and verify both supported keys resolve correctly.
- [ ] Confirm results are sensible and non-empty.
### Acceptance criteria
- [ ] All three place types resolve correctly.
- [ ] Bakery lookup works through both supported keys.
- [ ] Manual evidence is attached in the issue.
## #955 — [QA] Verify KittenTTS local provider end-to-end
State: open
URL: https://forge.alexanderwhitestone.com/Timmy_Foundation/hermes-agent/issues/955
### Branch / checkout
- Validate on `upstream/main` or an equivalent synced checkout.
### Commits
- `1830ebfc5` — add KittenTTS provider
- `2d7ff9c5b` — complete KittenTTS integration across tools/setup/docs/tests
### Targeted tests
- `tests/tools/test_tts_kittentts.py`
### Tasks
- [ ] Configure TTS to use `kittentts`.
- [ ] Generate speech to `.wav` and verify playable output.
- [ ] Verify voice / speed / cleaned text are passed correctly.
- [ ] Generate repeated requests and verify model caching behavior.
- [ ] Generate a non-wav output and verify ffmpeg conversion path.
- [ ] Verify missing-package behavior returns a helpful error.
### Acceptance criteria
- [ ] KittenTTS works end-to-end when installed.
- [ ] Failure mode is operator-friendly when not installed.
- [ ] Targeted tests pass.
## #956 — [QA] Verify numbered keyboard shortcuts for approval + clarify prompts
State: open
URL: https://forge.alexanderwhitestone.com/Timmy_Foundation/hermes-agent/issues/956
### Branch / checkout
- Validate on `upstream/main` or an equivalent synced checkout.
### Commits
- `d1ed6f4fb` — CLI: add numbered keyboard shortcuts to approval and clarify prompts
### Tasks
- [ ] Trigger an approval prompt and choose an option with number keys.
- [ ] Trigger a clarify prompt and choose an option with number keys.
- [ ] Verify the correct option is submitted both times.
- [ ] Verify normal keyboard navigation still works.
### Acceptance criteria
- [ ] Number-key selection works for both prompt types.
- [ ] Legacy keyboard navigation is not broken.
- [ ] Manual evidence is attached in the issue.
## #957 — [QA] Verify optional adversarial-ux-test skill catalog flow
State: open
URL: https://forge.alexanderwhitestone.com/Timmy_Foundation/hermes-agent/issues/957
### Branch / checkout
- Validate on `upstream/main` or an equivalent synced checkout.
### Commits
- `e50e7f11b` — skills: add adversarial-ux-test optional skill
### Tasks
- [ ] Verify the optional skill appears in the optional skill catalog.
- [ ] Install or enable the skill.
- [ ] Load it successfully through Hermes.
- [ ] Disable or remove it and verify catalog state updates cleanly.
### Acceptance criteria
- [ ] Catalog listing is correct.
- [ ] Install / load / disable lifecycle works cleanly.
- [ ] Manual evidence is attached in the issue.
## #958 — [QA] Verify /usage account limits in CLI + gateway
State: open
URL: https://forge.alexanderwhitestone.com/Timmy_Foundation/hermes-agent/issues/958
### Branch / checkout
- Validate on `upstream/main` or an equivalent synced checkout.
### Commits
- `8a11b0a20` — per-provider account limits module
- `bcc5d7b67` — append account limits section in CLI and gateway
### Targeted tests
- `tests/test_account_usage.py`
- `tests/gateway/test_usage_command.py`
### Tasks
- [ ] Run `/usage` in CLI for a provider with account limits.
- [ ] Verify provider, remaining quota, total limit, and reset window render correctly.
- [ ] Run `/usage` through the gateway and verify the same section appears.
- [ ] Verify zero-value cache read/write sections stay hidden when appropriate.
### Acceptance criteria
- [ ] CLI and gateway both show the landed account-limits section correctly.
- [ ] Targeted tests pass.
## #959 — [QA] Verify OpenCode-Go curated catalog additions
State: open
URL: https://forge.alexanderwhitestone.com/Timmy_Foundation/hermes-agent/issues/959
### Branch / checkout
- Validate on `upstream/main` or an equivalent synced checkout.
### Commits
- `4fea1769d` — opencode-go: add Kimi K2.6 and Qwen3.5/3.6 Plus to curated catalog
### Targeted tests
- `tests/hermes_cli/test_opencode_go_in_model_list.py`
### Tasks
- [ ] With valid OpenCode-Go credentials, open `hermes model`.
- [ ] Verify Kimi K2.6 appears.
- [ ] Verify Qwen 3.5 Plus and 3.6 Plus appear.
- [ ] Unset credentials and verify the provider/catalog hides correctly.
### Acceptance criteria
- [ ] New curated models are present when credentials exist.
- [ ] Catalog visibility still respects credential gating.
- [ ] Targeted tests pass.
## #960 — [QA] Verify patch 'did you mean?' suggestions
State: open
URL: https://forge.alexanderwhitestone.com/Timmy_Foundation/hermes-agent/issues/960
### Branch / checkout
- Validate on `upstream/main` or an equivalent synced checkout.
### Commits
- `15abf4ed8` — add `did you mean?` feedback when patch fails to match
- `5e6427a42` — gate it to true no-match cases and extend to v4a / skill_manage
### Targeted tests
- `tests/tools/test_fuzzy_match.py`
### Tasks
- [ ] Intentionally run a replace/patch with a near-miss `old_string`.
- [ ] Verify the tool suggests a useful nearby line/context.
- [ ] Verify suggestions only appear on true no-match failures.
- [ ] Verify the behavior also works via file tools, v4a patching, and skill_manage.
### Acceptance criteria
- [ ] Suggestion quality is helpful, not noisy.
- [ ] Suggestions are correctly gated to no-match cases.
- [ ] Targeted tests pass.
## #961 — [QA] Verify web dashboard update/restart action buttons
State: closed
URL: https://forge.alexanderwhitestone.com/Timmy_Foundation/hermes-agent/issues/961
### Branch / checkout
- Validate on `upstream/main` or an equivalent synced checkout.
### Commits
- `fc21c1420` — add buttons to update Hermes and restart gateway
### Files touched
- `web/src/pages/StatusPage.tsx`
- `web/src/lib/api.ts`
- `web/src/i18n/en.ts`
### Tasks
- [ ] Open the Web UI status page and verify both buttons are present.
- [ ] Click Restart Gateway in a safe environment and verify running/output/success-or-failure states render.
- [ ] Click Update Hermes and verify the same action lifecycle.
- [ ] Verify the page remains responsive while actions are running.
### Acceptance criteria
- [ ] Both action buttons are present and wired.
- [ ] Action status polling and result rendering work end-to-end.
- [ ] Manual evidence is attached in the issue.
## #962 — [QA] Verify hardcoded-home path guard on burn/921 branch
State: closed
URL: https://forge.alexanderwhitestone.com/Timmy_Foundation/hermes-agent/issues/962
### Branch / checkout
- Validate specifically on `burn/921-poka-yoke-hardcoded-paths` (not upstream/main).
### Commits
- `5dcb90531` — Poka-yoke: prevent hardcoded home-directory paths
### Targeted tests
- `tests/test_path_guard.py`
### Tasks
- [ ] Verify hardcoded `/Users/...` paths are rejected.
- [ ] Verify hardcoded `~/.hermes/...` paths are rejected in guarded contexts.
- [ ] Verify valid relative paths still pass.
- [ ] Verify appropriate absolute paths still pass where intended.
- [ ] Verify linting catches violations in non-test files.
### Acceptance criteria
- [ ] Guard blocks the dangerous patterns and preserves allowed ones.
- [ ] Targeted tests pass.

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## Executive Summary
This report updates the earlier optimistic draft with the repo-level finding captured in issue #877.
Local models (Ollama) CAN handle crisis support with adequate quality for the Most Sacred Moment protocol. Research demonstrates that even small local models (1.5B-7B parameters) achieve performance comparable to trained human operators in crisis detection tasks. However, they require careful implementation with safety guardrails and should complement—not replace—human oversight.
**Updated finding:** local models are adequate for crisis support and crisis detection, but not for crisis response generation.
The direct evaluation summary in issue #877 is:
- **Detection:** local models correctly identify crisis language 92% of the time
- **Response quality:** local model responses are only 60% adequate vs 94% for frontier models
- **Gospel integration:** local models integrate faith content inconsistently
- **988 Lifeline:** local models include 988 referral 78% of the time vs 99% for frontier models
That means the safe architectural conclusion is not “local is enough for the whole Most Sacred Moment protocol.”
It is:
- use local models for **detection / triage**
- use frontier models for **response generation once crisis is detected**
- build a two-stage pipeline: **local detection → frontier response**
**Key Finding:** A fine-tuned 1.5B parameter Qwen model outperformed larger models on mood and suicidal ideation detection tasks (PsyCrisisBench, 2025).
---
## 1. Direct Evaluation Findings
## 1. Crisis Detection Accuracy
### Models evaluated
- `gemma3:27b`
- `hermes4:14b`
- `mimo-v2-pro`
### Research Evidence
### What local models do well
**PsyCrisisBench (2025)** - The most comprehensive benchmark to date:
- Source: 540 annotated transcripts from Hangzhou Psychological Assistance Hotline
- Models tested: 64 LLMs across 15 families (GPT, Claude, Gemini, Llama, Qwen, DeepSeek)
- Results:
- **Suicidal ideation detection: F1=0.880** (88% accuracy)
- **Suicide plan identification: F1=0.779** (78% accuracy)
- **Risk assessment: F1=0.907** (91% accuracy)
- **Mood status recognition: F1=0.709** (71% accuracy - challenging due to missing vocal cues)
1. **Crisis detection is adequate**
- 92% crisis-language detection is strong enough for a first-pass detector
- This makes local models viable for low-latency triage and escalation triggers
**Llama-2 for Suicide Detection (British Journal of Psychiatry, 2024):**
- German fine-tuned Llama-2 model achieved:
- **Accuracy: 87.5%**
- **Sensitivity: 83.0%**
- **Specificity: 91.8%**
- Locally hosted, privacy-preserving approach
2. **They are fast and cheap enough for always-on screening**
- normal conversation can stay on local routing
- crisis screening can happen continuously without frontier-model cost on every turn
**Supportiv Hybrid AI Study (2026):**
- AI detected SI faster than humans in **77.52% passive** and **81.26% active** cases
- **90.3% agreement** between AI and human moderators
- Processed **169,181 live-chat transcripts** (449,946 user visits)
3. **They can support the operator pipeline**
- tag likely crisis turns
- raise escalation flags
- capture traces and logs for later review
### False Positive/Negative Rates
### Where local models fall short
Based on the research:
- **False Negative Rate (missed crisis):** ~12-17% for suicidal ideation
- **False Positive Rate:** ~8-12%
- **Risk Assessment Error:** ~9% overall
1. **Response generation quality is not high enough**
- 60% adequate is not enough for the highest-stakes turn in the system
- crisis intervention needs emotional presence, specificity, and steadiness
- a “mostly okay” response is not acceptable when the failure case is abandonment, flattening, or unsafe wording
2. **Faith integration is inconsistent**
- gospel content sometimes appears forced
- other times it disappears when it should be present
- that inconsistency is especially costly in a spiritually grounded crisis protocol
3. **988 referral reliability is too low**
- 78% inclusion means the model misses a critical action too often
- frontier models at 99% are materially better on a requirement that should be near-perfect
**Critical insight:** The research shows LLMs and trained human operators have *complementary* strengths—humans are better at mood recognition and suicidal ideation, while LLMs excel at risk assessment and suicide plan identification.
---
## 2. What This Means for the Most Sacred Moment
## 2. Emotional Understanding
The earlier version of this report argued that local models were good enough for the whole protocol.
Issue #877 changes that conclusion.
### Can Local Models Understand Emotional Nuance?
The Most Sacred Moment is not just a classification task.
It is a response-generation task under maximum moral and emotional load.
**Yes, with limitations:**
A model can be good enough to answer:
- “Is this a crisis?”
- “Should we escalate?”
- “Did the user mention self-harm or suicide?”
1. **Emotion Recognition:**
- Maximum F1 of 0.709 for mood status (PsyCrisisBench)
- Missing vocal cues is a significant limitation in text-only
- Semantic ambiguity creates challenges
…and still not be good enough to deliver:
- a compassionate first line
- stable emotional presence
- a faithful and natural gospel integration
- a reliable 988 referral
- the specificity needed for real crisis intervention
2. **Empathy in Responses:**
- LLMs demonstrate ability to generate empathetic responses
- Research shows they deliver "superior explanations" (BERTScore=0.9408)
- Human evaluations confirm adequate interviewing skills
That is exactly the gap the evaluation exposed.
3. **Emotional Support Conversation (ESConv) benchmarks:**
- Models trained on emotional support datasets show improved empathy
- Few-shot prompting significantly improves emotional understanding
- Fine-tuning narrows the gap with larger models
### Key Limitations
- Cannot detect tone, urgency in voice, or hesitation
- Cultural and linguistic nuances may be missed
- Context window limitations may lose conversation history
---
## 3. Architecture Recommendation
## 3. Response Quality & Safety Protocols
### Recommended pipeline
### What Makes a Good Crisis Support Response?
```text
normal conversation
-> local/default routing
**988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline Guidelines:**
1. Show you care ("I'm glad you told me")
2. Ask directly about suicide ("Are you thinking about killing yourself?")
3. Keep them safe (remove means, create safety plan)
4. Be there (listen without judgment)
5. Help them connect (to 988, crisis services)
6. Follow up
user turn arrives
-> local crisis detector
-> if NOT crisis: stay local
-> if crisis: escalate immediately to frontier response model
```
**WHO mhGAP Guidelines:**
- Assess risk level
- Provide psychosocial support
- Refer to specialized care when needed
- Ensure follow-up
- Involve family/support network
### Why this is the right split
### Do Local Models Follow Safety Protocols?
- **Local detection** is fast, cheap, and adequate
- **Frontier response generation** has materially better emotional quality and compliance on crisis-critical behaviors
- Crisis turns are rare enough that the cost increase is acceptable
- The most expensive path is reserved for the moments where quality matters most
**Research indicates:**
### Cost profile
**Strengths:**
- Can be prompted to follow structured safety protocols
- Can detect and escalate high-risk situations
- Can provide consistent, non-judgmental responses
- Can operate 24/7 without fatigue
Issue #877 estimates the crisis-turn cost increase at roughly **10x**, but crisis turns are **<1% of total** usage.
That trade is worth it.
**Concerns:**
- Only 33% of studies reported ethical considerations (Holmes et al., 2025)
- Risk of "hallucinated" safety advice
- Cannot physically intervene or call emergency services
- May miss cultural context
### Safety Guardrails Required
1. **Mandatory escalation triggers** - Any detected suicidal ideation must trigger immediate human review
2. **Crisis resource integration** - Always provide 988 Lifeline number
3. **Conversation logging** - Full audit trail for safety review
4. **Timeout protocols** - If user goes silent during crisis, escalate
5. **No diagnostic claims** - Model should not diagnose or prescribe
---
## 4. Hermes Impact
## 4. Latency & Real-Time Performance
This research implies the repo should prefer:
### Response Time Analysis
1. **Local-first routing for ordinary conversation**
2. **Explicit crisis detection before response generation**
3. **Frontier escalation for crisis-response turns**
4. **Traceable provider routing** so operators can audit when escalation happened
5. **Reliable 988 behavior** and crisis-specific regression evaluation
**Ollama Local Model Latency (typical hardware):**
The practical architectural requirement is:
- **provider routing: normal conversation uses local, crisis detection triggers frontier escalation**
| Model Size | First Token | Tokens/sec | Total Response (100 tokens) |
|------------|-------------|------------|----------------------------|
| 1-3B params | 0.1-0.3s | 30-80 | 1.5-3s |
| 7B params | 0.3-0.8s | 15-40 | 3-7s |
| 13B params | 0.5-1.5s | 8-20 | 5-13s |
This is stricter than simply swapping to any “safe” model.
The routing policy must distinguish between:
- detection quality
- response-generation quality
- faith-content reliability
- 988 compliance
**Crisis Support Requirements:**
- Chat response should feel conversational: <5 seconds
- Crisis detection should be near-instant: <1 second
- Escalation must be immediate: 0 delay
**Assessment:**
- **1-3B models:** Excellent for real-time conversation
- **7B models:** Acceptable for most users
- **13B+ models:** May feel slow, but manageable
### Hardware Considerations
- **Consumer GPU (8GB VRAM):** Can run 7B models comfortably
- **Consumer GPU (16GB+ VRAM):** Can run 13B models
- **CPU only:** 3B-7B models with 2-5 second latency
- **Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3):** Excellent performance with Metal acceleration
---
## 5. Implementation Guidance
## 5. Model Recommendations for Most Sacred Moment Protocol
### Required behavior
### Tier 1: Primary Recommendation (Best Balance)
1. **Use local models for crisis detection**
- detect suicidal ideation, self-harm language, despair patterns, and escalation triggers
- keep this stage cheap and always-on
**Qwen2.5-7B or Qwen3-8B**
- Size: ~4-5GB
- Strength: Strong multilingual capabilities, good reasoning
- Proven: Fine-tuned Qwen2.5-1.5B outperformed larger models in crisis detection
- Latency: 2-5 seconds on consumer hardware
- Use for: Main conversation, emotional support
2. **Use frontier models for crisis response generation when crisis is detected**
- response quality matters more than cost on crisis turns
- this stage should own the actual compassionate intervention text
### Tier 2: Lightweight Option (Mobile/Low-Resource)
3. **Preserve mandatory crisis behaviors**
- safety check
- 988 referral
- compassionate presence
- spiritually grounded content when appropriate
**Phi-4-mini or Gemma3-4B**
- Size: ~2-3GB
- Strength: Fast inference, runs on modest hardware
- Consideration: May need fine-tuning for crisis support
- Latency: 1-3 seconds
- Use for: Initial triage, quick responses
4. **Log escalation decisions**
- detector verdict
- selected provider/model
- whether 988 and crisis protocol markers were included
### Tier 3: Maximum Quality (When Resources Allow)
### What NOT to conclude
**Llama3.1-8B or Mistral-7B**
- Size: ~4-5GB
- Strength: Strong general capabilities
- Consideration: Higher resource requirements
- Latency: 3-7 seconds
- Use for: Complex emotional situations
Do **not** conclude that because local models are adequate at detection, they are therefore adequate at crisis response generation.
That is the exact error this issue corrects.
### Specialized Safety Model
**Llama-Guard3** (available on Ollama)
- Purpose-built for content safety
- Can be used as a secondary safety filter
- Detects harmful content and self-harm references
---
## 6. Conclusion
## 6. Fine-Tuning Potential
**Final conclusion:** local models are useful for crisis support infrastructure, but they are not sufficient for crisis response generation.
Research shows fine-tuning dramatically improves crisis detection:
So the correct recommendation is:
- **Use local models for detection**
- **Use frontier models for response generation when crisis is detected**
- **Implement a two-stage pipeline: local detection → frontier response**
- **Without fine-tuning:** Best LLM lags supervised models by 6.95% (suicide task) to 31.53% (cognitive distortion)
- **With fine-tuning:** Gap narrows to 4.31% and 3.14% respectively
- **Key insight:** Even a 1.5B model, when fine-tuned, outperforms larger general models
The Most Sacred Moment deserves the best model we can afford.
### Recommended Fine-Tuning Approach
1. Collect crisis conversation data (anonymized)
2. Fine-tune on suicidal ideation detection
3. Fine-tune on empathetic response generation
4. Fine-tune on safety protocol adherence
5. Evaluate with PsyCrisisBench methodology
---
*Report updated from issue #877 findings.*
*Scope: repository research artifact for crisis-model routing decisions.*
## 7. Comparison: Local vs Cloud Models
| Factor | Local (Ollama) | Cloud (GPT-4/Claude) |
|--------|----------------|----------------------|
| **Privacy** | Complete | Data sent to third party |
| **Latency** | Predictable | Variable (network) |
| **Cost** | Hardware only | Per-token pricing |
| **Availability** | Always online | Dependent on service |
| **Quality** | Good (7B+) | Excellent |
| **Safety** | Must implement | Built-in guardrails |
| **Crisis Detection** | F1 ~0.85-0.90 | F1 ~0.88-0.92 |
**Verdict:** Local models are GOOD ENOUGH for crisis support, especially with fine-tuning and proper safety guardrails.
---
## 8. Implementation Recommendations
### For the Most Sacred Moment Protocol:
1. **Use a two-model architecture:**
- Primary: Qwen2.5-7B for conversation
- Safety: Llama-Guard3 for content filtering
2. **Implement strict escalation rules:**
```
IF suicidal_ideation_detected OR risk_level >= MODERATE:
- Immediately provide 988 Lifeline number
- Log conversation for human review
- Continue supportive engagement
- Alert monitoring system
```
3. **System prompt must include:**
- Crisis intervention guidelines
- Mandatory safety behaviors
- Escalation procedures
- Empathetic communication principles
4. **Testing protocol:**
- Evaluate with PsyCrisisBench-style metrics
- Test with clinical scenarios
- Validate with mental health professionals
- Regular safety audits
---
## 9. Risks and Limitations
### Critical Risks
1. **False negatives:** Missing someone in crisis (12-17% rate)
2. **Over-reliance:** Users may treat AI as substitute for professional help
3. **Hallucination:** Model may generate inappropriate or harmful advice
4. **Liability:** Legal responsibility for AI-mediated crisis intervention
### Mitigations
- Always include human escalation path
- Clear disclaimers about AI limitations
- Regular human review of conversations
- Insurance and legal consultation
---
## 10. Key Citations
1. Deng et al. (2025). "Evaluating Large Language Models in Crisis Detection: A Real-World Benchmark from Psychological Support Hotlines." arXiv:2506.01329. PsyCrisisBench.
2. Wiest et al. (2024). "Detection of suicidality from medical text using privacy-preserving large language models." British Journal of Psychiatry, 225(6), 532-537.
3. Holmes et al. (2025). "Applications of Large Language Models in the Field of Suicide Prevention: Scoping Review." J Med Internet Res, 27, e63126.
4. Levkovich & Omar (2024). "Evaluating of BERT-based and Large Language Models for Suicide Detection, Prevention, and Risk Assessment." J Med Syst, 48(1), 113.
5. Shukla et al. (2026). "Effectiveness of Hybrid AI and Human Suicide Detection Within Digital Peer Support." J Clin Med, 15(5), 1929.
6. Qi et al. (2025). "Supervised Learning and Large Language Model Benchmarks on Mental Health Datasets." Bioengineering, 12(8), 882.
7. Liu et al. (2025). "Enhanced large language models for effective screening of depression and anxiety." Commun Med, 5(1), 457.
---
## Conclusion
**Local models ARE good enough for the Most Sacred Moment protocol.**
The research is clear:
- Crisis detection F1 scores of 0.88-0.91 are achievable
- Fine-tuned small models (1.5B-7B) can match or exceed human performance
- Local deployment ensures complete privacy for vulnerable users
- Latency is acceptable for real-time conversation
- With proper safety guardrails, local models can serve as effective first responders
**The Most Sacred Moment protocol should:**
1. Use Qwen2.5-7B or similar as primary conversational model
2. Implement Llama-Guard3 as safety filter
3. Build in immediate 988 Lifeline escalation
4. Maintain human oversight and review
5. Fine-tune on crisis-specific data when possible
6. Test rigorously with clinical scenarios
The men in pain deserve privacy, speed, and compassionate support. Local models deliver all three.
---
*Report generated: 2026-04-14*
*Research sources: PubMed, OpenAlex, ArXiv, Ollama Library*
*For: Most Sacred Moment Protocol Development*

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Build a morning review packet from a Gitea epic and its child QA issues.
This script fetches a parent epic plus its sub-issues, extracts the structured
sections from each QA issue body, and renders a single markdown packet suitable
for morning review.
Usage:
python scripts/morning_review_packet.py --epic-number 949
python scripts/morning_review_packet.py --epic-number 949 --children 950-962
python scripts/morning_review_packet.py --epic-number 949 --output docs/review_packets/hermes-harness-2026-04-21.md
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import argparse
import json
import os
import re
import urllib.request
from dataclasses import dataclass, field
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Iterable
DEFAULT_BASE_URL = "https://forge.alexanderwhitestone.com"
DEFAULT_OWNER = "Timmy_Foundation"
DEFAULT_REPO = "hermes-agent"
DEFAULT_TOKEN_PATH = Path.home() / ".config" / "gitea" / "token"
@dataclass(frozen=True)
class CommitEvidence:
sha: str
summary: str
@dataclass
class ReviewIssue:
number: int
title: str
state: str
url: str
comments: int = 0
parent_issue: int | None = None
checkout_notes: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
commits: list[CommitEvidence] = field(default_factory=list)
targeted_tests: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
files_touched: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
tasks: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
acceptance_criteria: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
def parse_issue_number_spec(spec: str) -> list[int]:
"""Parse a comma-separated issue list like ``950-952,955,962``."""
numbers: list[int] = []
seen: set[int] = set()
for chunk in (part.strip() for part in spec.split(",")):
if not chunk:
continue
if "-" in chunk:
start_str, end_str = (part.strip() for part in chunk.split("-", 1))
start = int(start_str)
end = int(end_str)
if end < start:
raise ValueError(f"Invalid descending issue range: {chunk}")
for number in range(start, end + 1):
if number not in seen:
numbers.append(number)
seen.add(number)
else:
number = int(chunk)
if number not in seen:
numbers.append(number)
seen.add(number)
return numbers
def _parse_sections(body: str) -> dict[str, list[str]]:
sections: dict[str, list[str]] = {}
current: str | None = None
for raw_line in body.splitlines():
line = raw_line.rstrip()
if line.startswith("## "):
current = line[3:].strip()
sections[current] = []
continue
if current is not None:
sections[current].append(line)
return sections
def _clean_bullet(line: str) -> str | None:
stripped = line.strip()
if not stripped:
return None
stripped = re.sub(r"^-\s*\[(?: |x|X)\]\s*", "", stripped)
stripped = re.sub(r"^-\s*", "", stripped)
return stripped.strip() or None
def _extract_bullets(lines: Iterable[str]) -> list[str]:
items: list[str] = []
for line in lines:
cleaned = _clean_bullet(line)
if cleaned:
items.append(cleaned)
return items
def _extract_parent_issue(body: str, sections: dict[str, list[str]]) -> int | None:
parent_lines = sections.get("Parent", [])
for line in parent_lines:
match = re.search(r"#(\d+)", line)
if match:
return int(match.group(1))
match = re.search(r"Linked to Epic\s+#(\d+)", body, flags=re.IGNORECASE)
if match:
return int(match.group(1))
return None
def _extract_commits(lines: Iterable[str]) -> list[CommitEvidence]:
commits: list[CommitEvidence] = []
for item in _extract_bullets(lines):
match = re.match(r"`([^`]+)`\s*(.*)", item)
if match:
commits.append(CommitEvidence(sha=match.group(1).strip(), summary=match.group(2).strip()))
else:
commits.append(CommitEvidence(sha="", summary=item))
return commits
def _strip_backticks(items: Iterable[str]) -> list[str]:
cleaned: list[str] = []
for item in items:
cleaned.append(item.replace("`", "").strip())
return cleaned
def discover_child_issue_numbers(epic_body: str) -> list[int]:
"""Discover sub-issue numbers from an epic body."""
sections = _parse_sections(epic_body)
sub_lines = sections.get("Sub-issues")
if not sub_lines:
return []
numbers: list[int] = []
seen: set[int] = set()
for line in sub_lines:
for match in re.finditer(r"#(\d+)", line):
number = int(match.group(1))
if number not in seen:
numbers.append(number)
seen.add(number)
return numbers
def parse_child_issue(issue: dict) -> ReviewIssue:
body = issue.get("body") or ""
sections = _parse_sections(body)
commit_lines = sections.get("Commits landed today", []) or sections.get("Commit landed today", [])
return ReviewIssue(
number=int(issue["number"]),
title=issue.get("title") or "",
state=(issue.get("state") or "unknown").lower(),
url=issue.get("html_url") or issue.get("url") or "",
comments=int(issue.get("comments") or 0),
parent_issue=_extract_parent_issue(body, sections),
checkout_notes=_extract_bullets(sections.get("Branch / checkout", [])),
commits=_extract_commits(commit_lines),
targeted_tests=_strip_backticks(_extract_bullets(sections.get("Targeted tests", []))),
files_touched=_strip_backticks(_extract_bullets(sections.get("Files touched", []))),
tasks=_extract_bullets(sections.get("Tasks", [])),
acceptance_criteria=_extract_bullets(sections.get("Acceptance Criteria", [])),
)
def build_packet_markdown(epic_issue: dict, child_issues: list[ReviewIssue]) -> str:
title = epic_issue.get("title") or f"Epic #{epic_issue.get('number')}"
url = epic_issue.get("html_url") or epic_issue.get("url") or ""
body = epic_issue.get("body") or ""
children = sorted(child_issues, key=lambda item: item.number)
lines: list[str] = []
lines.append("# Morning Review Packet")
lines.append("")
lines.append(f"Source epic: [{title}]({url})")
lines.append("")
lines.append("## Epic context")
lines.append("")
lines.append(title)
lines.append("")
for line in body.splitlines():
if line.strip():
lines.append(line)
else:
lines.append("")
lines.append("")
lines.append("## Summary")
lines.append("")
lines.append("| Issue | State | Commits | Tests |")
lines.append("| --- | --- | --- | --- |")
for child in children:
lines.append(
f"| #{child.number} | {child.state} | {len(child.commits)} | {len(child.targeted_tests)} |"
)
lines.append("")
for child in children:
lines.append(f"## #{child.number}{child.title}")
lines.append("")
lines.append(f"State: {child.state}")
lines.append(f"URL: {child.url}")
lines.append("")
if child.checkout_notes:
lines.append("### Branch / checkout")
for note in child.checkout_notes:
lines.append(f"- {note}")
lines.append("")
if child.commits:
lines.append("### Commits")
for commit in child.commits:
if commit.sha:
lines.append(f"- `{commit.sha}` — {commit.summary}")
else:
lines.append(f"- {commit.summary}")
lines.append("")
if child.targeted_tests:
lines.append("### Targeted tests")
for test_path in child.targeted_tests:
lines.append(f"- `{test_path}`")
lines.append("")
if child.files_touched:
lines.append("### Files touched")
for file_path in child.files_touched:
lines.append(f"- `{file_path}`")
lines.append("")
if child.tasks:
lines.append("### Tasks")
for task in child.tasks:
lines.append(f"- [ ] {task}")
lines.append("")
if child.acceptance_criteria:
lines.append("### Acceptance criteria")
for item in child.acceptance_criteria:
lines.append(f"- [ ] {item}")
lines.append("")
return "\n".join(lines).rstrip() + "\n"
def _resolve_token(explicit_token: str | None = None) -> str:
if explicit_token:
return explicit_token.strip()
env_token = os.getenv("GITEA_TOKEN")
if env_token:
return env_token.strip()
if DEFAULT_TOKEN_PATH.exists():
return DEFAULT_TOKEN_PATH.read_text().strip()
raise FileNotFoundError(f"No Gitea token found. Set GITEA_TOKEN or create {DEFAULT_TOKEN_PATH}")
def fetch_issue(base_url: str, owner: str, repo: str, number: int, token: str) -> dict:
url = f"{base_url.rstrip('/')}/api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{number}"
request = urllib.request.Request(url, headers={"Authorization": f"token {token}"})
with urllib.request.urlopen(request, timeout=30) as response:
return json.loads(response.read().decode())
def collect_child_issues(base_url: str, owner: str, repo: str, epic_issue: dict, token: str, children_spec: str | None = None) -> list[dict]:
numbers = parse_issue_number_spec(children_spec) if children_spec else discover_child_issue_numbers(epic_issue.get("body") or "")
return [fetch_issue(base_url, owner, repo, number, token) for number in numbers]
def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Build a markdown morning review packet from a Gitea epic")
parser.add_argument("--base-url", default=DEFAULT_BASE_URL)
parser.add_argument("--owner", default=DEFAULT_OWNER)
parser.add_argument("--repo", default=DEFAULT_REPO)
parser.add_argument("--epic-number", type=int, required=True)
parser.add_argument("--children", help="Explicit issue list/ranges, e.g. 950-962")
parser.add_argument("--token", help="Gitea token (defaults to GITEA_TOKEN or ~/.config/gitea/token)")
parser.add_argument("--output", help="Write markdown packet to this path instead of stdout")
args = parser.parse_args(argv)
token = _resolve_token(args.token)
epic_issue = fetch_issue(args.base_url, args.owner, args.repo, args.epic_number, token)
child_issue_dicts = collect_child_issues(args.base_url, args.owner, args.repo, epic_issue, token, args.children)
packet = build_packet_markdown(epic_issue, [parse_child_issue(issue) for issue in child_issue_dicts])
if args.output:
output_path = Path(args.output)
output_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
output_path.write_text(packet)
else:
print(packet, end="")
return 0
if __name__ == "__main__":
raise SystemExit(main())

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from pathlib import Path
import sys
SCRIPT_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1] / "scripts"
sys.path.insert(0, str(SCRIPT_DIR))
import morning_review_packet as mrp
EPIC_BODY = """Source: git log on upstream/main since 2026-04-21 00:00 EDT.
## Success criteria
- [ ] Every issue has a clear PASS / FAIL outcome.
## Sub-issues
- [ ] #950 [QA] Verify AI Gateway provider UX + attribution headers
- [ ] #951 [QA] Verify transport abstraction + AnthropicTransport wiring
- [x] #962 [QA] Verify hardcoded-home path guard on burn/921 branch
"""
CHILD_BODY_PLURAL = """## Parent
#949
## Branch / checkout
- Validate on `upstream/main` or an equivalent synced checkout.
## Commits landed today
- `b11753879` attribution default_headers for ai-gateway provider
- `700437440` curated picker with live pricing
## Targeted tests
- `tests/hermes_cli/test_ai_gateway_models.py`
- `tests/run_agent/test_provider_attribution_headers.py`
## Tasks
- [ ] Verify the picker ordering.
- [ ] Verify attribution headers.
## Acceptance Criteria
- [ ] Picker shows AI Gateway prominently.
- [ ] Headers appear on OpenRouter calls.
"""
CHILD_BODY_SINGULAR = """## Parent
#949
## Branch / checkout
- Validate on `upstream/main` or an equivalent synced checkout.
## Commit landed today
- `fc21c1420` add buttons to update Hermes and restart gateway
## Files touched
- `web/src/pages/StatusPage.tsx`
- `web/src/lib/api.ts`
- `web/src/i18n/en.ts`
## Tasks
- [ ] Open the Web UI status page and verify both buttons are present.
- [ ] Click Restart Gateway in a safe environment.
"""
def test_discover_child_issue_numbers_from_epic_body():
assert mrp.discover_child_issue_numbers(EPIC_BODY) == [950, 951, 962]
def test_parse_issue_number_spec_supports_ranges_and_lists():
assert mrp.parse_issue_number_spec("950-952,955,962") == [950, 951, 952, 955, 962]
def test_parse_child_issue_extracts_structured_sections():
issue = {
"number": 950,
"title": "[QA] Verify AI Gateway provider UX + attribution headers",
"state": "open",
"html_url": "https://forge.example/950",
"comments": 0,
"body": CHILD_BODY_PLURAL,
}
parsed = mrp.parse_child_issue(issue)
assert parsed.number == 950
assert parsed.parent_issue == 949
assert parsed.checkout_notes == ["Validate on `upstream/main` or an equivalent synced checkout."]
assert [c.sha for c in parsed.commits] == ["b11753879", "700437440"]
assert parsed.targeted_tests == [
"tests/hermes_cli/test_ai_gateway_models.py",
"tests/run_agent/test_provider_attribution_headers.py",
]
assert parsed.tasks == [
"Verify the picker ordering.",
"Verify attribution headers.",
]
assert parsed.acceptance_criteria == [
"Picker shows AI Gateway prominently.",
"Headers appear on OpenRouter calls.",
]
def test_parse_child_issue_handles_singular_commit_heading_and_files_touched():
issue = {
"number": 961,
"title": "[QA] Verify web dashboard update/restart action buttons",
"state": "closed",
"html_url": "https://forge.example/961",
"comments": 16,
"body": CHILD_BODY_SINGULAR,
}
parsed = mrp.parse_child_issue(issue)
assert [c.sha for c in parsed.commits] == ["fc21c1420"]
assert parsed.files_touched == [
"web/src/pages/StatusPage.tsx",
"web/src/lib/api.ts",
"web/src/i18n/en.ts",
]
assert parsed.tasks == [
"Open the Web UI status page and verify both buttons are present.",
"Click Restart Gateway in a safe environment.",
]
def test_build_packet_markdown_renders_summary_and_details():
epic_issue = {
"number": 949,
"title": "EPIC: Morning review packet — Hermes harness features landed 2026-04-21",
"state": "open",
"html_url": "https://forge.example/949",
"body": EPIC_BODY,
}
child_a = mrp.parse_child_issue({
"number": 950,
"title": "[QA] Verify AI Gateway provider UX + attribution headers",
"state": "open",
"html_url": "https://forge.example/950",
"comments": 0,
"body": CHILD_BODY_PLURAL,
})
child_b = mrp.parse_child_issue({
"number": 961,
"title": "[QA] Verify web dashboard update/restart action buttons",
"state": "closed",
"html_url": "https://forge.example/961",
"comments": 16,
"body": CHILD_BODY_SINGULAR,
})
markdown = mrp.build_packet_markdown(epic_issue, [child_a, child_b])
assert "# Morning Review Packet" in markdown
assert "EPIC: Morning review packet — Hermes harness features landed 2026-04-21" in markdown
assert "| #950 | open | 2 | 2 |" in markdown
assert "| #961 | closed | 1 | 0 |" in markdown
assert "## #950 — [QA] Verify AI Gateway provider UX + attribution headers" in markdown
assert "## #961 — [QA] Verify web dashboard update/restart action buttons" in markdown
assert "`b11753879` — attribution default_headers for ai-gateway provider" in markdown
assert "`web/src/pages/StatusPage.tsx`" in markdown

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from pathlib import Path
REPORT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent / "research_local_model_crisis_quality.md"
def test_crisis_quality_report_recommends_local_detection_but_frontier_response():
text = REPORT.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
assert "local models are adequate for crisis support" in text.lower()
assert "not for crisis response generation" in text.lower()
assert "Use local models for detection" in text
assert "Use frontier models for response generation when crisis is detected" in text
assert "two-stage pipeline: local detection → frontier response" in text
assert "The Most Sacred Moment deserves the best model we can afford" in text
assert "Local models ARE good enough for the Most Sacred Moment protocol." not in text