hermes-plugin-development SKILL.md skillA
This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.
hermes-plugin-development from arasz/ai-badger is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add arasz/ai-badger/hermes-plugin-development@v1.0.0Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- arasz/ai-badger
- Path
features/hermes/skills/hermes-plugin-development/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- v1.0.0, committed Aug 7, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 7, 2026
- Size
- 14,353 bytes
- Repository stars
- 3
- License
- MIT
Use when writing or debugging Hermes Agent Python plugins — including the memory-provider specialized plugin type: directory-plugin packaging (plugin.yaml + __init__.py with register(ctx) — flat .py files are INVISIBLE), VALID_HOOKS list, per-hook payload keys (no cwd; tool_name vs function_name), plugins.enabled opt-in, pre_llm_call context injection, stash/pop for post_tool_call, HERMES_PLUGINS_DEBUG=1, and the MemoryProvider ABC with its threading & lifecycle contract.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Hermes plugin development Hermes loads agent plugins as DIRECTORY plugins, not loose `.py` files. Most "my hook never fires" reports trace to a packaging-shape mismatch. Everything below was verified against `hermes_cli/plugins.py` in the Hermes source checkout (`~/.hermes/hermes-agent/`), 2026-08-06. ## The ABI (verified) - **Discovery sources** (plugins.py:1350-1393): bundled `<repo>/plugins/<name>/`; user `~/.hermes/plugins/<name>/`; project `./.hermes/plugins/<name>/` (opt-in via `HERMES_ENABLE_PROJECT_PLUGINS=1`); pip packages exposing the `hermes_agent.plugins` entry-point group. Later sources override earlier on name collision. - **A directory plugin MUST contain `plugin.yaml` AND `__init__.py` with a `register(ctx)` function.** `_scan_directory` skips anything that is not a subdirectory containing `plugin.yaml`/`plugin.yml` (`if not child.is_dir(): continue`) — flat `.py` files in `~/.hermes/plugins/` are INVISIBLE to the loader. Category layout (`<root>/<category>/<name>/plugin.yaml`) is supported, depth capped at two segments. - **plugin.yaml shape** (example: bundled `plugins/disk-cleanup/plugin.yaml`): …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add arasz/ai-badger/hermes-plugin-development@sha256:a77249efb4796cbfThe line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, all committed on Aug 7, 2026.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| v1.0.0 latest | 2026-08-07 | 6c187e9 | 14,353 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-08-07 | 7cebf20 | 14,425 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-08-07 | bfbf1be | 14,233 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (14353 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
arasz/ai-badger · 3 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-20 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ggahrzbrthipsjum GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=arasz/ai-badger/hermes-plugin-development GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/a77249efb4796cbfb657ca407e1832258803caec281c738183adc597fcf9b518
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