hermes-config-editing SKILL.md skillB
hermes-config-editing from atlasomnia/hermes-custom-pack is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add atlasomnia/hermes-custom-pack/hermes-config-editing@v1.0.0Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- B, 16 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- atlasomnia/hermes-custom-pack
- Path
skills/hermes-config-editing/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- v1.0.0, committed Aug 13, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 6, 2026
- Size
- 14,783 bytes
- Repository stars
- 71
- License
- MIT
hermes-config-editing — Edit Hermes Agent configuration values — settings, compression, model config — with reliable patterns that work around security guards and CLI quirks.
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 Config Editing Edit `~/.hermes/config.yaml` values reliably, working around the security guard that blocks direct file edits and CLI commands that don't persist for nested keys. ## The Problem - **Security guard**: Direct `patch`/write_file on `config.yaml` is blocked — "security-sensitive configuration". Agent must not treat it as a normal file. - **CLI doesn't work for all keys**: `hermes config set compression.threshold 0.80` runs without error but often fails to persist changes (especially nested YAML paths). - **switch-provider.py may be missing**: AGENTS.md historically references it, but it can be removed or moved after updates. Never assume it exists; verify with `ls` before relying on it. If missing, fall back to manual config edits via the patterns below. ## Reliable Pattern: Inspect, Then Minimal Section-Aware Edit Use the Hermes venv Python to inspect and validate YAML, but prefer targeted text edits for `config.yaml` so comments and ordering survive. ```bash # Inspect the current live values first ~/.hermes/hermes-agent/venv/bin/python3 - <<'PY' import yaml p='~/.hermes/config.yaml' with open(p) as f: cfg=yaml.safe_load(f) …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add atlasomnia/hermes-custom-pack/hermes-config-editing@sha256:72c2b67d0c68d1c9The 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 2 versions of this file, between Aug 6, 2026 and Aug 13, 2026, about one every 7 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| v1.0.0 latest | 2026-08-13 | 07df645 | 14,783 B | B | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-08-06 | 7ef637f | 14,580 B | B | view |
Audit of the latest version
- fail: No link to a raw IP address (matched: http://127.0.0.1:8642)
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (14783 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 script tag
Starting a new one? Use a template for SKILL.md on mdpantry, which passes every one of these checks and says what to change in it.
Source
atlasomnia/hermes-custom-pack · 71 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-13 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ibdha3oyhrxxb2fd GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=atlasomnia/hermes-custom-pack/hermes-config-editing GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/72c2b67d0c68d1c9fc7a49769b2203c0760758a1a30b0920aea2ad6c3c9c7772
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