From 26717d6fc1c2f2404532699582307dc9e5d7440d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Whitestone <alexpaynex@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 20:41:06 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?=E2=98=BF=20Hermes=20Trismegistus=20skin=20?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=E2=80=94=20emerald=20and=20gold?=
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Custom skin: ~/.hermes/skins/trismegistus.yaml
- Emerald Tablet color palette (sea green, emerald, gold)
- Alchemical spinner: transmuting, divining, consulting the tablet
- Mercury symbol (☿) throughout — prompt, response labels, wings
- Banner hero with AS ABOVE / SO BELOW motif
- Welcome: 'As above, so below. What needs doing?'
- Goodbye: 'The work continues. ☿'
---
 bin/tower-hermes.sh     | 14 ++++----
 skins/trismegistus.yaml | 77 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 84 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 skins/trismegistus.yaml

diff --git a/bin/tower-hermes.sh b/bin/tower-hermes.sh
index b48ab83..2dc6523 100755
--- a/bin/tower-hermes.sh
+++ b/bin/tower-hermes.sh
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ enter_pause() {
     echo "$reason (since $(date '+%H:%M:%S'))" > "$PAUSE_FILE"
     log "⏸  PAUSED: $reason"
     echo ""
-    echo "  ⏸  Hermes PAUSED — $reason"
+    echo "  ☿ ⏸  Hermes PAUSED — $reason"
     echo "  Will probe every ${HEALTH_CHECK_INTERVAL}s until backend returns."
     echo ""
 }
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ leave_pause() {
     CONSECUTIVE_FAILURES=0
     log "▶  RESUMED: backend is back"
     echo ""
-    echo "  ▶  Hermes RESUMED — backend healthy"
+    echo "  ☿ ▶  Hermes RESUMED — backend healthy"
     echo ""
 }
 
@@ -148,9 +148,9 @@ ask_hermes() {
 # ── Boot message ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 log "=== Hermes Tower Loop started ==="
 echo ""
-echo "  ⚡ Hermes — Tower Conversation Loop"
-echo "  Waiting for Timmy to say something..."
-echo "  (or seeding first message)"
+echo "  ☿ Hermes Trismegistus — Tower Conversation Loop"
+echo "    As above, so below."
+echo "    Waiting for Timmy..."
 echo ""
 
 # ── Seed the conversation if no messages exist yet ────────────────────
@@ -199,9 +199,9 @@ Reply to Timmy naturally. You're in an ongoing conversation in the Tower (a pers
                 echo "$MSG" > "$INBOX"
                 handle_failure
             else
-                echo "┌─ Hermes responds:"
+                echo "┌─ ☿ Hermes ──────────────────────────────────────────────"
                 echo "$RESPONSE" | sed 's/^/│ /'
-                echo "└─"
+                echo "└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────"
 
                 # Send response to Timmy
                 send "$RESPONSE"
diff --git a/skins/trismegistus.yaml b/skins/trismegistus.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e03689
--- /dev/null
+++ b/skins/trismegistus.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+# ☿ Hermes Trismegistus — The Thrice-Great
+# Emerald and gold. Alchemical. Ancient and precise.
+
+name: trismegistus
+description: "The Thrice-Great — emerald, gold, and the wisdom of the Emerald Tablet"
+
+colors:
+  banner_border: "#2E8B57"       # Sea green — the Emerald Tablet
+  banner_title: "#FFD700"        # Gold — divine knowledge
+  banner_accent: "#50C878"       # Emerald green
+  banner_dim: "#2F4F4F"          # Dark slate — the depths
+  banner_text: "#E0EEE0"         # Honeydew — readable, soft
+  ui_accent: "#50C878"           # Emerald
+  ui_label: "#DAA520"            # Goldenrod — labels
+  ui_ok: "#3CB371"               # Medium sea green — success
+  ui_error: "#CD5C5C"            # Indian red — muted error
+  ui_warn: "#DAA520"             # Goldenrod — warning
+  prompt: "#E0EEE0"              # Soft white-green
+  input_rule: "#2E8B57"          # Emerald rule
+  response_border: "#50C878"     # Emerald border
+  session_label: "#DAA520"       # Gold session label
+  session_border: "#2F4F4F"      # Dark slate dim
+
+spinner:
+  waiting_faces:
+    - "(☿)"
+    - "(◬)"
+    - "(⚗)"
+    - "(✦)"
+  thinking_faces:
+    - "(☿)"
+    - "(◬)"
+    - "(⚗)"
+    - "(⌁)"
+  thinking_verbs:
+    - "translating"
+    - "transmuting"
+    - "divining"
+    - "inscribing"
+    - "distilling"
+    - "consulting the tablet"
+    - "bridging worlds"
+    - "reading the correspondences"
+  wings:
+    - ["⟪☿", "☿⟫"]
+    - ["⟪◬", "◬⟫"]
+    - ["⟪✦", "✦⟫"]
+    - ["⟪⚗", "⚗⟫"]
+
+branding:
+  agent_name: "Hermes Trismegistus"
+  welcome: "As above, so below. What needs doing?"
+  goodbye: "The work continues. ☿"
+  response_label: " ☿ Hermes "
+  prompt_symbol: "☿ "
+  help_header: "☿ Available Commands"
+
+tool_prefix: "┊"
+
+banner_logo: "[bold #2E8B57]██╗  ██╗███████╗██████╗ ███╗   ███╗███████╗███████╗[/]
+[bold #3CB371]██║  ██║██╔════╝██╔══██╗████╗ ████║██╔════╝██╔════╝[/]
+[#50C878]███████║█████╗  ██████╔╝██╔████╔██║█████╗  ███████╗[/]
+[#3CB371]██╔══██║██╔══╝  ██╔══██╗██║╚██╔╝██║██╔══╝  ╚════██║[/]
+[#2E8B57]██║  ██║███████╗██║  ██║██║ ╚═╝ ██║███████╗███████║[/]
+[#2F4F4F]╚═╝  ╚═╝╚══════╝╚═╝  ╚═╝╚═╝     ╚═╝╚══════╝╚══════╝[/]"
+
+banner_hero: "[#2E8B57]⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣤⣤⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀[/]
+[#3CB371]⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣾⡿⠋⠙⢿⣷⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀[/]
+[#50C878]⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣰⣿⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠻⣿⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀[/]
+[#DAA520]⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⠏⠀⠀⠀☿⠀⠀⠀⠹⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀[/]
+[#FFD700]⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡟⠀⠀◬ AS ABOVE ◬⠀⠀⢻⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀[/]
+[#50C878]⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀[/]
+[#DAA520]⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡟⠀⠀◬ SO BELOW ◬⠀⠀⢻⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀[/]
+[#3CB371]⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀[/]
+[#2E8B57]⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⢿⣷⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣾⡿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀[/]
+[#2F4F4F]⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠻⣿⣷⣦⣤⣴⣶⣿⠿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀[/]
+[dim #2F4F4F]⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀thrice-great⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀[/]"