diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ae37520..0f52c42 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ bin/*
 !bin/hermes-claim
 !bin/hermes-dispatch
 !bin/hermes-enqueue
+!bin/hermes-config-sync
 
 # ── Queue (transient task queue) ─────────────────────────────────────
 queue/
diff --git a/bin/hermes-config-sync b/bin/hermes-config-sync
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9223868
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/hermes-config-sync
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# hermes-config-sync — sync live ~/.hermes state into the hermes-config repo
+# Usage: hermes-config-sync [commit message]
+# If no message provided, generates one from changed files.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+HERMES_DIR="$HOME/.hermes"
+REPO_DIR="$HOME/hermes-config"
+
+if [ ! -d "$REPO_DIR/.git" ]; then
+  echo "ERROR: $REPO_DIR is not a git repo"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# ── Copy live files into repo ─────────────────────────────────────────
+# Bin scripts
+for f in "$HERMES_DIR"/bin/*; do
+  [ -f "$f" ] && cp "$f" "$REPO_DIR/bin/"
+done
+
+# Memories
+cp "$HERMES_DIR/memories/MEMORY.md" "$REPO_DIR/memories/" 2>/dev/null || true
+cp "$HERMES_DIR/memories/USER.md" "$REPO_DIR/memories/" 2>/dev/null || true
+
+# Config (not secrets)
+cp "$HERMES_DIR/config.yaml" "$REPO_DIR/" 2>/dev/null || true
+cp "$HERMES_DIR/SOUL.md" "$REPO_DIR/" 2>/dev/null || true
+cp "$HERMES_DIR/channel_directory.json" "$REPO_DIR/" 2>/dev/null || true
+
+# Cron
+cp "$HERMES_DIR/cron/jobs.json" "$REPO_DIR/cron/" 2>/dev/null || true
+
+# Skills (full recursive sync, respecting .gitignore)
+rsync -a --delete \
+  --exclude='.hub/' \
+  --exclude='.bundled_manifest' \
+  "$HERMES_DIR/skills/" "$REPO_DIR/skills/"
+
+# ── Check for changes ────────────────────────────────────────────────
+cd "$REPO_DIR"
+git add -A
+
+if git diff --cached --quiet; then
+  echo "Nothing to commit — already in sync."
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+# ── Commit ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+CHANGED=$(git diff --cached --name-only | wc -l | tr -d ' ')
+if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
+  MSG="$*"
+else
+  FILES=$(git diff --cached --name-only | head -5 | tr '\n' ', ' | sed 's/,$//')
+  MSG="sync: ${CHANGED} files updated (${FILES})"
+fi
+
+git commit -m "$MSG"
+
+# ── Push ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+git push origin main 2>&1 | cat
+echo "✓ Synced ${CHANGED} files to hermes/hermes-config"