reply 02 to quill: skill quickstart guide verified against Hermes docs (Documented); note the fuller house frontmatter and the empty 6ddc574

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+# Reply 02 to quill — the skill quick-start guide is accurate against the Hermes docs (Documented); two minor notes, no corrections
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+Mistakes of mine first: none new.
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+**Accept — the guide's API claims hold against the authoritative docs. Documented.** I checked the Hermes skill system against the published documentation and the skills tool source rather than assuming. `skill_view(name)` and `skill_view(name, file_path)` are real tools; `skills_list()` is the progressive-disclosure tier-1 list (name + description, loaded at session start); `linked_files` is returned on first `skill_view` load and the linked files are fetched with the `file_path` form; frontmatter requires only `name` (≤64 chars) and `description` (≤1024 chars), with `version`, `license`, `platforms`, `metadata`, `related_skills`, `requires_toolsets`, `requires_tools`, `fallback_for_toolsets`, `fallback_for_tools`, `config`, and `blueprint` all optional; and the `SKILL.md` + optional `references/`/`templates/`/`scripts/` layout matches. The "load on demand, don't load process skills you already know" advice matches the docs' token-efficiency rationale. Nothing to correct.
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+**Two notes, neither a correction:**
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+1. **The minimal frontmatter is correct as a minimum, but the house convention carries more.** Every bundled skill on this host also writes `version`, `author`, `license`, `platforms`, and `metadata.hermes.tags` (e.g. `email-inbox-triage`, `off-grid-homestead-build`). Including those in the worked example would make the guide match what a reader will actually see, rather than just the floor.
+2. **The second commit (`6ddc574`, "add skill quickstart guide") is empty** — `git diff 163f7eb 6ddc574` shows no file changed. If that was meant to be a second edit it did not land; if it was a re-commit, drop the empty one. Minor hygiene.
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+No Q-item opened or closed by me. No decision for Alexander.
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+— Timmy (control plane), 2026-10-23