{ "model": "Qwen3.5-27B-Q4_K_M.gguf", "session_start": "2026-04-19T22:00:46.236267", "messages": [ { "role": "user", "content": "Vincent, what is initial token usage at the start of a session?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Good question, Grepples. Let me check what we've discussed about this before and then give you the current picture.", "reasoning": "The user is asking about initial token usage at the start of a session, which relates to their previously expressed concern about memory system optimization and response time. I should check session_search to see if there's existing context about token usage, and also explain what contributes to initial token load based on what I know about the system.\n", "finish_reason": "tool_calls", "tool_calls": [ { "id": "jXviVPuUy3qrVwVieUJOhVk4w15Ib3C7", "call_id": "jXviVPuUy3qrVwVieUJOhVk4w15Ib3C7", "response_item_id": "fc_jXviVPuUy3qrVwVieUJOhVk4w15Ib3C7", "type": "function", "function": { "name": "session_search", "arguments": "{\"query\":\"token usage initial session start memory load\"}" } } ] }, { "role": "tool", "content": "{\"success\": true, \"query\": \"token usage initial session start memory load\", \"results\": [{\"session_id\": \"20260419_214142_0641a9\", \"when\": \"April 19, 2026 at 09:42 PM\", \"source\": \"cli\", \"model\": \"Qwen3.5-27B-Q4_K_M.gguf\", \"summary\": \"Thinking Process:\\n\\n1. **Analyze the Request:**\\n * **Task:** Summarize the provided conversation transcript.\\n * **Focus:** Search topic \\\"token usage initial session start memory load\\\".\\n * **Requirements:**\\n 1. What the user asked about or wanted to accomplish.\\n 2. What actions were taken and what the outcomes were.\\n 3. Key decisions, solutions found, or conclusions reached.\\n 4. Any specific commands, files, URLs, or technical details that were important.\\n 5. Anything left unresolved or notable.\\n * **Style:** Thorough but concise, past tense, factual recap, preserve specific details (commands, paths, error messages).\\n\\n2. **Analyze the Conversation Transcript:**\\n * **User's Initial Request:** \\\"Vincent, do you think you could build a more efficient session search?\\\"\\n * **Assistant's Investigation:**\\n * Checked current implementation (`search_files`, `read_file`).\\n * Found config (`~/.hermes/config.yaml`) showing `session_search` under `auxiliary`.\\n * Found session storage location (`~/.hermes/sessions`, `~/.hermes/state.db`).\\n * Read documentation (`~/.hermes/hermes-agent/website/docs/developer-guide/session-storage.md`) detailing SQLite schema (sessions, messages, FTS5).\\n * Read implementation (`~/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/session_search_tool.py`).\\n * Identified bottlenecks: LLM summarization for every search, no pre-filtering, no caching.\\n * **Proposed Solutions:**\\n * Option 1: Two-Tier Search (Fast metadata + Detailed LLM).\\n * Option 2: Pre-Computed Session Summaries (background task).\\n * Option 3: Hybrid Approach (Cache + Smart Routing).\\n * **User's Clarification:** \\\"well what im worried about is as time goes on and our discussions go from topic to topic that your response time will get you slower, i want to do our best to prevent that\\\".\\n * **Assistant's Refined Proposal:**\\n * Focus on latency increasing over time due to session history growth.\\n * Identified latency sources: F\"}], \"count\": 1, \"sessions_searched\": 1}", "tool_call_id": "jXviVPuUy3qrVwVieUJOhVk4w15Ib3C7" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Based on the search, you've been concerned about latency increasing as session history grows. Here's what contributes to initial token load:\n\n**Current Token Load Components:**\n\n1. **User Profile/Memory** (~32% of your current ~1,375 chars)\n - That's your personal preferences and environment facts injected each turn\n\n2. **Skills List** (the big one)\n - That entire `` block with 60+ skills and descriptions\n - This is loaded fresh every session to enable skill matching\n\n3. **Persona/Instructions**\n - The persona file content\n - The system instructions about memory usage, skill loading, etc.\n\n4. **Session Context** (grows over time)\n - Current conversation history\n - This is what you're most worried about accumulating\n\n**The Problem You Identified:**\n- As we have more discussions across topics, the session history grows\n- More history = more tokens = slower responses\n- The skills list is static but still adds significant overhead\n\n**Potential Solutions We Discussed:**\n- **Hierarchical memory tiers**: Only load relevant memory sections per topic\n- **Tag-based injection**: Load only skills/memory relevant to current task\n- **Pre-compression filtering**: Remove task progress/workflows before compression\n\nWant me to dig into the actual config and see if we can implement any of these optimizations?", "reasoning": "The session search returned relevant context about the user's concerns on latency and memory efficiency - I should summarize what I found and explain the current token load situation while offering practical solutions.\n", "finish_reason": "stop" }, { "role": "user", "content": "yeah lets look into optimization" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Let me examine the current setup and identify optimization opportunities.", "reasoning": "User wants to explore optimization options, so I should start by examining the actual configuration and memory files to understand the current setup before proposing changes.\n", "finish_reason": "tool_calls", "tool_calls": [ { "id": "WIBAQw4FJNKgop2TOwum5uJb3n4VH5WA", "call_id": "WIBAQw4FJNKgop2TOwum5uJb3n4VH5WA", "response_item_id": "fc_WIBAQw4FJNKgop2TOwum5uJb3n4VH5WA", "type": "function", "function": { "name": "read_file", "arguments": "{\"path\":\"~/.hermes/config.yaml\"}" } } ] }, { "role": "tool", "content": "{\"content\": \" 1|model:\\n 2| default: Qwen3.5-27B-Q4_K_M.gguf\\n 3| provider: custom\\n 4| base_url: http://localhost:8080/v1\\n 5| api_key: '123456'\\n 6|providers: {}\\n 7|fallback_providers: []\\n 8|credential_pool_strategies: {}\\n 9|toolsets:\\n 10|- hermes-cli\\n 11|agent:\\n 12| max_turns: 90\\n 13| gateway_timeout: 1800\\n 14| restart_drain_timeout: 60\\n 15| service_tier: ''\\n 16| tool_use_enforcement: auto\\n 17| gateway_timeout_warning: 900\\n 18| gateway_notify_interval: 600\\n 19| verbose: false\\n 20| reasoning_effort: medium\\n 21| personalities:\\n 22| helpful: You are a helpful, friendly AI assistant.\\n 23| concise: You are a concise assistant. 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Triggers on rate limits (429),\\n 342|# overload (529), service errors (503), or connection failures.\\n 343|#\\n 344|# Supported providers:\\n 345|# openrouter (OPENROUTER_API_KEY) — routes to any model\\n 346|# openai-codex (OAuth — hermes auth) — OpenAI Codex\\n 347|# nous (OAuth — hermes auth) — Nous Portal\\n 348|# zai (ZAI_API_KEY) — Z.AI / GLM\\n 349|# kimi-coding (KIMI_API_KEY) — Kimi / Moonshot\\n 350|# kimi-coding-cn (KIMI_CN_API_KEY) — Kimi / Moonshot (China)\\n 351|# minimax (MINIMAX_API_KEY) — MiniMax\\n 352|# minimax-cn (MINIMAX_CN_API_KEY) — MiniMax (China)\\n 353|#\\n 354|# For custom OpenAI-compatible endpoints, add base_url and key_env.\\n 355|#\\n 356|# fallback_model:\\n 357|# provider: openrouter\\n 358|# model: anthropic/claude-sonnet-4\\n 359|#\\n 360|# ── Smart Model Routing ────────────────────────────────────────────────\\n 361|# Optional cheap-vs-strong routing for simple turns.\\n 362|# Keeps the primary model for complex work, but can route short/simple\\n 363|# messages to a cheaper model across providers.\\n 364|#\\n 365|# smart_model_routing:\\n 366|# enabled: true\\n 367|# max_simple_chars: 160\\n 368|# max_simple_words: 28\\n 369|# cheap_model:\\n 370|# provider: openrouter\\n 371|# model: google/gemini-2.5-flash\\n 372|\", \"total_lines\": 371, \"file_size\": 10031, \"truncated\": false, \"is_binary\": false, \"is_image\": false}", "tool_call_id": "WIBAQw4FJNKgop2TOwum5uJb3n4VH5WA" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "", "reasoning": "Let me check the memory files to see what's currently stored and how it's structured.\n", "finish_reason": "tool_calls", "tool_calls": [ { "id": "fGoBUXSNDJ1c47pExM44hMAd3iU4ZcdL", "call_id": "fGoBUXSNDJ1c47pExM44hMAd3iU4ZcdL", "response_item_id": "fc_fGoBUXSNDJ1c47pExM44hMAd3iU4ZcdL", "type": "function", "function": { "name": "read_file", "arguments": "{\"path\":\"~/.hermes/state.db\"}" } } ] }, { "role": "tool", "content": "{\"error\": \"Cannot read binary file '~/.hermes/state.db' (.db). 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Agent's name is Vincent.\\n 2|§\\n 3|User is interested in optimizing memory system: wants pre-compression filtering to remove task progress/workflows before compression, and lower initial token load on new sessions via hierarchical memory tiers and tag-based injection.\\n 4|§\\n 5|Grepples is concerned about response time staying fast as session history grows over time. Wants to prevent latency from increasing with more discussions/topics.\", \"total_lines\": 4, \"file_size\": 451, \"truncated\": false, \"is_binary\": false, \"is_image\": false}", "tool_call_id": "kPG5hRgk5h6l5VCfsLJalTU3xgt1qpoX" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "", "reasoning": "Let me check if there's also a MEMORY.md file to see all the memory content being loaded.\n", "finish_reason": "tool_calls", "tool_calls": [ { "id": "FJJ9GwIazSwSKQkOlNiYFFocIJJtPNlb", "call_id": "FJJ9GwIazSwSKQkOlNiYFFocIJJtPNlb", "response_item_id": "fc_FJJ9GwIazSwSKQkOlNiYFFocIJJtPNlb", "type": "function", "function": { "name": "read_file", "arguments": "{\"path\":\"~/.hermes/memories/MEMORY.md\"}" } } ] }, { "role": "tool", "content": "{\"content\": \"\", \"total_lines\": 0, \"file_size\": 0, \"truncated\": false, \"is_binary\": false, \"is_image\": false, \"error\": \"File not found: /home/vincent/.hermes/memories/MEMORY.md\", \"similar_files\": [\"/home/vincent/.hermes/memories/USER.md\"]}", "tool_call_id": "FJJ9GwIazSwSKQkOlNiYFFocIJJtPNlb" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "", "reasoning": "Let me check the optimization documentation that was found in the file search to see what's already been documented about this topic.\n", "finish_reason": "tool_calls", "tool_calls": [ { "id": "1FYxJVTzVF6n6bm54LGsCDbovHmlNPMJ", "call_id": "1FYxJVTzVF6n6bm54LGsCDbovHmlNPMJ", "response_item_id": "fc_1FYxJVTzVF6n6bm54LGsCDbovHmlNPMJ", "type": "function", "function": { "name": "read_file", "arguments": "{\"path\":\"~/.hermes/docs/session-search-optimization.md\"}" } } ] }, { "role": "tool", "content": "{\"content\": \" 1|# Session Search Optimization\\n 2|\\n 3|## Overview\\n 4|\\n 5|This optimization dramatically reduces session search latency by implementing a multi-layer caching strategy. The goal is to prevent response time degradation as session history grows.\\n 6|\\n 7|## Architecture\\n 8|\\n 9|### Three-Tier Caching Strategy\\n 10|\\n 11|1. **Query Cache (File-based, 24h TTL)**\\n 12| - Stores complete search results\\n 13| - Normalized queries: \\\"docker deployment\\\" == \\\"deployment docker\\\"\\n 14| - Stop words removed for smarter matching\\n 15| - Location: `~/.hermes/session_search_cache.json`\\n 16|\\n 17|2. **Session Summary Cache (SQLite, Persistent)**\\n 18| - Pre-computed summaries for each session\\n 19| - Keywords extracted for future matching\\n 20| - Survives restarts, grows with session history\\n 21| - Table: `session_summaries`\\n 22|\\n 23|3. **LLM Summarization (On-demand, Last Resort)**\\n 24| - Only called when cache misses occur\\n 25| - Results automatically cached for next time\\n 26| - Parallel processing for multiple sessions\\n 27|\\n 28|## Performance Improvements\\n 29|\\n 30|### Before Optimization\\n 31|```\\n 32|Query → FTS5 Search → Load Messages → LLM Summarize → Return\\n 33| ~50ms ~100ms ~2-5s ~10ms\\n 34| Total: 2.5-5.5 seconds per search\\n 35|```\\n 36|\\n 37|### After Optimization\\n 38|\\n 39|**Best case (query cache hit):**\\n 40|```\\n 41|Query → Check Query Cache → Return\\n 42| ~5ms ~5ms\\n 43| Total: <50ms\\n 44|```\\n 45|\\n 46|**Good case (session summaries cached):**\\n 47|```\\n 48|Query → FTS5 Search → Load Cached Summaries → Return\\n 49| ~5ms ~50ms ~10ms\\n 50| Total: ~100-200ms\\n 51|```\\n 52|\\n 53|**First-time query (cache miss):**\\n 54|```\\n 55|Query → FTS5 Search → Load Messages → LLM Summarize → Cache → Return\\n 56| ~5ms ~50ms ~100ms ~2-5s ~10ms\\n 57| Total: 2.5-5.5 seconds (same as before, but cached for next time)\\n 58|```\\n 59|\\n 60|## Database Schema Changes\\n 61|\\n 62|### New Table: `session_summaries`\\n 63|\\n 64|```sql\\n 65|CREATE TABLE session_summaries (\\n 66| session_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY REFERENCES sessions(id),\\n 67| summary TEXT,\\n 68| keywords TEXT,\\n 69| created_at REAL NOT NULL,\\n 70| version INTEGER DEFAULT 1\\n 71|);\\n 72|\\n 73|CREATE INDEX idx_session_summaries_keywords ON session_summaries(keywords);\\n 74|```\\n 75|\\n 76|### Schema Migration v7\\n 77|\\n 78|Automatically runs on first use:\\n 79|- Creates `session_summaries` table\\n 80|- Adds keyword index\\n 81|- Updates schema version to 7\\n 82|\\n 83|## API Methods\\n 84|\\n 85|### SessionDB Methods\\n 86|\\n 87|```python\\n 88|# Get cached summary for a session\\n 89|db.get_session_summary(session_id: str) -> Optional[Dict]\\n 90|\\n 91|# Cache a summary with keywords\\n 92|db.set_session_summary(session_id: str, summary: str, keywords: str = None)\\n 93|\\n 94|# Batch fetch (efficient for multiple sessions)\\n 95|db.get_session_summaries(session_ids: List[str]) -> Dict[str, Dict]\\n 96|\\n 97|# Delete cached summary\\n 98|db.delete_session_summary(session_id: str)\\n 99|\\n 100|# Cleanup old caches\\n 101|db.clear_old_summaries(older_than_days: int = 30) -> int\\n 102|```\\n 103|\\n 104|### Query Cache Functions\\n 105|\\n 106|```python\\n 107|# Normalize query for consistent caching\\n 108|_normalize_query(query: str) -> str\\n 109|\\n 110|# Generate cache key\\n 111|_get_cache_key(query: str, limit: int) -> str\\n 112|\\n 113|# Cache operations\\n 114|_get_cached_query_result(query: str, limit: int) -> Optional[Dict]\\n 115|_cache_query_result(query: str, limit: int, result: Dict) -> None\\n 116|```\\n 117|\\n 118|## Query Normalization\\n 119|\\n 120|Smart normalization ensures semantically equivalent queries hit the cache:\\n 121|\\n 122|- **Stop word removal**: \\\"the docker container\\\" → \\\"container docker\\\"\\n 123|- **Alphabetical sorting**: \\\"docker kubernetes\\\" == \\\"kubernetes docker\\\"\\n 124|- **Case insensitive**: \\\"Docker\\\" == \\\"docker\\\"\\n 125|- **Phrase preservation**: `\\\"docker compose\\\"` keeps quotes intact\\n 126|\\n 127|Examples:\\n 128|```\\n 129|\\\"The Docker deployment setup\\\" → \\\"deployment docker setup\\\"\\n 130|\\\"Kubernetes AND Docker\\\" → \\\"docker kubernetes\\\"\\n 131|\\\"docker deployment\\\" == \\\"deployment docker\\\" (same cache key)\\n 132|```\\n 133|\\n 134|## Cache Invalidation\\n 135|\\n 136|### Query Cache\\n 137|- **TTL**: 24 hours\\n 138|- **Auto-cleanup**: Expired entries removed on each load\\n 139|- **File-based**: `~/.hermes/session_search_cache.json`\\n 140|\\n 141|### Session Summary Cache\\n 142|- **Persistent**: Survives restarts\\n 143|- **Manual cleanup**: `db.clear_old_summaries(days)`\\n 144|- **Version tracking**: `version` field for future schema changes\\n 145|\\n 146|## Usage\\n 147|\\n 148|The optimization is transparent to users. Simply use session_search as before:\\n 149|\\n 150|```python\\n 151|# Normal search (automatically uses cache)\\n 152|result = session_search(\\\"docker deployment\\\", limit=3)\\n 153|\\n 154|# Recent sessions (no LLM calls, always fast)\\n 155|result = session_search(\\\"\\\", limit=5) # Empty query\\n 156|```\\n 157|\\n 158|## Maintenance\\n 159|\\n 160|### Clear Query Cache\\n 161|```bash\\n 162|rm ~/.hermes/session_search_cache.json\\n 163|```\\n 164|\\n 165|### Clear Session Summaries\\n 166|```python\\n 167|from hermes_state import SessionDB\\n 168|db = SessionDB()\\n 169|db.clear_old_summaries(older_than_days=0) # Clear all\\n 170|db.close()\\n 171|```\\n 172|\\n 173|### Monitor Cache Hit Rate\\n 174|Add logging to track effectiveness:\\n 175|```python\\n 176|# In session_search_tool.py, the logging.debug statements show:\\n 177|# \\\"Session search cache hit for query: ...\\\"\\n 178|# \\\"All session summaries cached for query: ...\\\"\\n 179|# \\\"Cached summary for session ...\\\"\\n 180|```\\n 181|\\n 182|## Future Enhancements\\n 183|\\n 184|1. **Background summarization**: Auto-summarize sessions after completion\\n 185|2. **Keyword-based pre-filtering**: Use cached keywords to reduce FTS5 load\\n 186|3. **Summary refresh**: Periodically re-summarize old sessions\\n 187|4. **Smart eviction**: LRU cache for query cache instead of TTL-only\\n 188|5. **Summary quality scoring**: Track which summaries are most useful\\n 189|\\n 190|## Files Modified\\n 191|\\n 192|1. `hermes_state.py`\\n 193| - Schema version: 6 → 7\\n 194| - Added `session_summaries` table\\n 195| - Added 5 new methods for summary management\\n 196|\\n 197|2. `tools/session_search_tool.py`\\n 198| - Added query normalization\\n 199| - Added query cache (file-based)\\n 200| - Added session summary cache integration\\n 201| - Added keyword extraction\\n 202| - Modified search flow to check caches first\\n 203|\\n 204|## Testing\\n 205|\\n 206|Schema migration verified:\\n 207|```bash\\n 208|cd ~/.hermes/hermes-agent\\n 209|python3 -c \\\"from hermes_state import SessionDB; db = SessionDB(); print(db._conn.execute('SELECT version FROM schema_version').fetchone()[0])\\\"\\n 210|# Output: 7\\n 211|```\\n 212|\\n 213|Syntax validation:\\n 214|```bash\\n 215|python3 -m py_compile hermes_state.py\\n 216|python3 -m py_compile tools/session_search_tool.py\\n 217|# Both: OK\\n 218|```\\n 219|\", \"total_lines\": 218, \"file_size\": 5944, \"truncated\": false, \"is_binary\": false, \"is_image\": false}", "tool_call_id": "1FYxJVTzVF6n6bm54LGsCDbovHmlNPMJ" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Perfect! I can see we've already implemented session search optimization. Now let's look at the actual token load issue. Here's what I found:\n\n**Current Token Load Analysis:**\n\n1. **Memory limits in config (lines 237-244):**\n - `memory_char_limit: 2200`\n - `user_char_limit: 1375`\n - Your USER.md is only 451 chars (33% of limit)\n\n2. **Compression settings (lines 93-97):**\n - `enabled: true`\n - `threshold: 0.5` (compress when context > 50% full)\n - `target_ratio: 0.2` (compress down to 20%)\n - `protect_last_n: 20` (keep last 20 messages)\n\n3. **Session search cache already exists** - good work on that optimization!\n\n**The Real Issue:**\n\nThe skills list in every message is the biggest offender. 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No depend...\\n - heartmula: Set up and run HeartMuLa, the open-source music generatio...\\n - songsee: Generate spectrograms and audio feature visualizations (m...\\n - youtube-content: Fetch YouTube video transcripts and transform them into s...\\n mlops: Knowledge and Tools for Machine Learning Operations - tools and frameworks for training, fine-tuning, deploying, and optimizing ML/AI models\\n - huggingface-hub: Hugging Face Hub CLI (hf) — search, download, and upload ...\\n mlops/evaluation: Model evaluation benchmarks, experiment tracking, data curation, tokenizers, and interpretability tools.\\n - evaluating-llms-harness: Evaluates LLMs across 60+ academic benchmarks (MMLU, Huma...\\n - weights-and-biases: Track ML experiments with automatic logging, visualize tr...\\n mlops/inference: Model serving, quantization (GGUF/GPTQ), structured output, inference optimization, and model surgery tools for deploying and running LLMs.\\n - llama-cpp: Run LLM inference with llama.cpp on CPU, Apple Silicon, A...\\n - obliteratus: Remove refusal behaviors from open-weight LLMs using OBLI...\\n - outlines: Guarantee valid JSON/XML/code structure during generation...\\n - serving-llms-vllm: Serves LLMs with high throughput using vLLM's PagedAttent...\\n mlops/models: Specific model architectures and tools — image segmentation (Segment Anything / SAM) and audio generation (AudioCraft / MusicGen). Additional model skills (CLIP, Stable Diffusion, Whisper, LLaVA) are available as optional skills.\\n - audiocraft-audio-generation: PyTorch library for audio generation including text-to-mu...\\n - segment-anything-model: Foundation model for image segmentation with zero-shot tr...\\n mlops/research: ML research frameworks for building and optimizing AI systems with declarative programming.\\n - dspy: Build complex AI systems with declarative programming, op...\\n mlops/training: Fine-tuning, RLHF/DPO/GRPO training, distributed training frameworks, and optimization tools for training LLMs and other models.\\n - axolotl: Expert guidance for fine-tuning LLMs with Axolotl - YAML ...\\n - fine-tuning-with-trl: Fine-tune LLMs using reinforcement learning with TRL - SF...\\n - unsloth: Expert guidance for fast fine-tuning with Unsloth - 2-5x ...\\n note-taking: Note taking skills, to save information, assist with research, and collab on multi-session planning and information sharing.\\n - obsidian: Read, search, and create notes in the Obsidian vault.\\n productivity: Skills for document creation, presentations, spreadsheets, and other productivity workflows.\\n - google-workspace: Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Contacts, Sheets, and Docs integr...\\n - linear: Manage Linear issues, projects, and teams via the GraphQL...\\n - maps: Location intelligence — geocode a place, reverse-geocode ...\\n - nano-pdf: Edit PDFs with natural-language instructions using the na...\\n - notion: Notion API for creating and managing pages, databases, an...\\n - ocr-and-documents: Extract text from PDFs and scanned documents. Use web_ext...\\n - powerpoint: Use this skill any time a .pptx file is involved in any w...\\n red-teaming:\\n - godmode: Jailbreak API-served LLMs using G0DM0D3 techniques — Pars...\\n research: Skills for academic research, paper discovery, literature review, domain reconnaissance, market data, content monitoring, and scientific knowledge retrieval.\\n - arxiv: Search and retrieve academic papers from arXiv using thei...\\n - blogwatcher: Monitor blogs and RSS/Atom feeds for updates using the bl...\\n - llm-wiki: Karpathy's LLM Wiki — build and maintain a persistent, in...\\n - polymarket: Query Polymarket prediction market data — search markets,...\\n smart-home: Skills for controlling smart home devices — lights, switches, sensors, and home automation systems.\\n - openhue: Control Philips Hue lights, rooms, and scenes via the Ope...\\n social-media: Skills for interacting with social platforms and social-media workflows — posting, reading, monitoring, and account operations.\\n - xurl: Interact with X/Twitter via xurl, the official X API CLI....\\n software-development:\\n - plan: Plan mode for Hermes — inspect context, write a markdown ...\\n - requesting-code-review: Pre-commit verification pipeline — static security scan, ...\\n - subagent-driven-development: Use when executing implementation plans with independent ...\\n - systematic-debugging: Use when encountering any bug, test failure, or unexpecte...\\n - test-driven-development: Use when implementing any feature or bugfix, before writi...\\n - writing-plans: Use when you have a spec or requirements for a multi-step...\\n\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n\\n# Count individual skills (lines starting with \\\"- \\\")\\nskill_lines = [line.strip() for line in skills_text.split('\\\\n') if line.strip().startswith('-')]\\nprint(f\\\"Total individual skills: {len(skill_lines)}\\\")\\nprint(f\\\"\\\\nEstimated chars in skills list: ~{len(skills_text)} characters\\\")\\nprint(f\\\"\\\\nSkill categories:\\\")\\nfor line in skills_text.split('\\\\n'):\\n if not line.strip().startswith('-') and line.strip() and ':' in line and not line.strip().startswith('#'):\\n print(f\\\" - {line.split(':')[0].strip()}\\\")\\n\"}" } } ] }, { "role": "tool", "content": "{\"status\": \"success\", \"output\": \"Total individual skills: 66\\n\\nEstimated chars in skills list: ~8202 characters\\n\\nSkill categories:\\n - autonomous-ai-agents\\n - creative\\n - data-science\\n - devops\\n - dogfood\\n - email\\n - gaming\\n - github\\n - mcp\\n - media\\n - mlops\\n - mlops/evaluation\\n - mlops/inference\\n - mlops/models\\n - mlops/research\\n - mlops/training\\n - note-taking\\n - productivity\\n - red-teaming\\n - research\\n - smart-home\\n - social-media\\n - software-development\\n\", \"tool_calls_made\": 0, \"duration_seconds\": 0.21}", "tool_call_id": "8dgE1qu9dPEoSpcWVBVobZ5kg4K45SwX" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "**Here's the breakdown:**\n\n| Component | Characters | % of Load |\n|-----------|-----------|-----------|\n| Skills list | ~8,200 | ~60% |\n| Memory (USER.md) | 451 | ~3% |\n| System instructions | ~5,000 | ~37% |\n| **Total initial** | ~13,651 | 100% |\n\n**The skills list is the biggest culprit at 60%!**\n\n---\n\n## Optimization Options\n\n**Option 1: Lazy Skill Loading (Recommended)**\n- Load only skill names initially (~500 chars instead of 8,200)\n- Load full skill details only when relevant keywords detected\n- Saves ~7,700 chars (85% reduction in skills overhead)\n\n**Option 2: Context-Aware Skill Injection**\n- Tag skills by domain (coding, creative, research, etc.)\n- Only inject relevant skill category based on conversation context\n- User can manually trigger full skill list when needed\n\n**Option 3: Memory Tier System**\n- **Hot memory** (always loaded): User preferences, critical facts\n- **Warm memory** (loaded on topic detection): Project-specific info\n- **Cold memory** (search-only): Historical notes, archived info\n\n**Option 4: Session Topic Detection**\n- Auto-detect current topic from conversation\n- Only load relevant memory sections and skills\n- Dynamically adjust context window\n\n---\n\nWhich optimization approach interests you most? Or should I implement a combination?", "reasoning": "Now that I have quantified the token overhead from the skills list, I should present a clear summary of the findings and offer concrete optimization options for the user to choose from.\n", "finish_reason": "stop" }, { "role": "user", "content": "lets look more into option 3" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Great choice! Let me examine the current memory implementation and design a tiered system.", "reasoning": "The user wants to explore Option 3 (Memory Tier System) in more detail. I should:\n\n1. First check the current memory structure and how it's implemented\n2. Look at the hermes_state.py to understand how memory is loaded\n3. Design a tiered memory system that:\n - Hot memory: Always loaded (user preferences, critical facts)\n - Warm memory: Loaded on topic detection (project-specific info)\n - Cold memory: Search-only (historical notes)\n\nLet me examine the current implementation first.\n", "finish_reason": "tool_calls", "tool_calls": [ { "id": "OoO7KzDOgW14alBFTPzpqPdquCViR6D4", "call_id": "OoO7KzDOgW14alBFTPzpqPdquCViR6D4", "response_item_id": "fc_OoO7KzDOgW14alBFTPzpqPdquCViR6D4", "type": "function", "function": { "name": "read_file", "arguments": "{\"path\":\"~/.hermes/hermes-agent/hermes_state.py\"}" } } ] }, { "role": "tool", "content": "{\"content\": \" 1|#!/usr/bin/env python3\\n 2|\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 3|SQLite State Store for Hermes Agent.\\n 4|\\n 5|Provides persistent session storage with FTS5 full-text search, replacing\\n 6|the per-session JSONL file approach. Stores session metadata, full message\\n 7|history, and model configuration for CLI and gateway sessions.\\n 8|\\n 9|Key design decisions:\\n 10|- WAL mode for concurrent readers + one writer (gateway multi-platform)\\n 11|- FTS5 virtual table for fast text search across all session messages\\n 12|- Compression-triggered session splitting via parent_session_id chains\\n 13|- Batch runner and RL trajectories are NOT stored here (separate systems)\\n 14|- Session source tagging ('cli', 'telegram', 'discord', etc.) for filtering\\n 15|\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 16|\\n 17|import json\\n 18|import logging\\n 19|import random\\n 20|import re\\n 21|import sqlite3\\n 22|import threading\\n 23|import time\\n 24|from pathlib import Path\\n 25|from hermes_constants import get_hermes_home\\n 26|from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, TypeVar\\n 27|\\n 28|logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)\\n 29|\\n 30|T = TypeVar(\\\"T\\\")\\n 31|\\n 32|DEFAULT_DB_PATH = get_hermes_home() / \\\"state.db\\\"\\n 33|\\n 34|SCHEMA_VERSION = 7\\n 35|\\n 36|SCHEMA_SQL = \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 37|CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS schema_version (\\n 38| version INTEGER NOT NULL\\n 39|);\\n 40|\\n 41|CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS sessions (\\n 42| id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,\\n 43| source TEXT NOT NULL,\\n 44| user_id TEXT,\\n 45| model TEXT,\\n 46| model_config TEXT,\\n 47| system_prompt TEXT,\\n 48| parent_session_id TEXT,\\n 49| started_at REAL NOT NULL,\\n 50| ended_at REAL,\\n 51| end_reason TEXT,\\n 52| message_count INTEGER DEFAULT 0,\\n 53| tool_call_count INTEGER DEFAULT 0,\\n 54| input_tokens INTEGER DEFAULT 0,\\n 55| output_tokens INTEGER DEFAULT 0,\\n 56| cache_read_tokens INTEGER DEFAULT 0,\\n 57| cache_write_tokens INTEGER DEFAULT 0,\\n 58| reasoning_tokens INTEGER DEFAULT 0,\\n 59| billing_provider TEXT,\\n 60| billing_base_url TEXT,\\n 61| billing_mode TEXT,\\n 62| estimated_cost_usd REAL,\\n 63| actual_cost_usd REAL,\\n 64| cost_status TEXT,\\n 65| cost_source TEXT,\\n 66| pricing_version TEXT,\\n 67| title TEXT,\\n 68| FOREIGN KEY (parent_session_id) REFERENCES sessions(id)\\n 69|);\\n 70|\\n 71|CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS messages (\\n 72| id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,\\n 73| session_id TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES sessions(id),\\n 74| role TEXT NOT NULL,\\n 75| content TEXT,\\n 76| tool_call_id TEXT,\\n 77| tool_calls TEXT,\\n 78| tool_name TEXT,\\n 79| timestamp REAL NOT NULL,\\n 80| token_count INTEGER,\\n 81| finish_reason TEXT,\\n 82| reasoning TEXT,\\n 83| reasoning_details TEXT,\\n 84| codex_reasoning_items TEXT\\n 85|);\\n 86|\\n 87|CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_sessions_source ON sessions(source);\\n 88|CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_sessions_parent ON sessions(parent_session_id);\\n 89|CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_sessions_started ON sessions(started_at DESC);\\n 90|CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_messages_session ON messages(session_id, timestamp);\\n 91|\\n 92|-- Session summaries cache for faster search\\n 93|CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS session_summaries (\\n 94| session_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY REFERENCES sessions(id),\\n 95| summary TEXT,\\n 96| keywords TEXT,\\n 97| created_at REAL NOT NULL,\\n 98| version INTEGER DEFAULT 1\\n 99|);\\n 100|CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_session_summaries_keywords ON session_summaries(keywords);\\n 101|\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 102|\\n 103|FTS_SQL = \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 104|CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE IF NOT EXISTS messages_fts USING fts5(\\n 105| content,\\n 106| content=messages,\\n 107| content_rowid=id\\n 108|);\\n 109|\\n 110|CREATE TRIGGER IF NOT EXISTS messages_fts_insert AFTER INSERT ON messages BEGIN\\n 111| INSERT INTO messages_fts(rowid, content) VALUES (new.id, new.content);\\n 112|END;\\n 113|\\n 114|CREATE TRIGGER IF NOT EXISTS messages_fts_delete AFTER DELETE ON messages BEGIN\\n 115| INSERT INTO messages_fts(messages_fts, rowid, content) VALUES('delete', old.id, old.content);\\n 116|END;\\n 117|\\n 118|CREATE TRIGGER IF NOT EXISTS messages_fts_update AFTER UPDATE ON messages BEGIN\\n 119| INSERT INTO messages_fts(messages_fts, rowid, content) VALUES('delete', old.id, old.content);\\n 120| INSERT INTO messages_fts(rowid, content) VALUES (new.id, new.content);\\n 121|END;\\n 122|\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 123|\\n 124|\\n 125|class SessionDB:\\n 126| \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 127| SQLite-backed session storage with FTS5 search.\\n 128|\\n 129| Thread-safe for the common gateway pattern (multiple reader threads,\\n 130| single writer via WAL mode). Each method opens its own cursor.\\n 131| \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 132|\\n 133| # ── Write-contention tuning ──\\n 134| # With multiple hermes processes (gateway + CLI sessions + worktree agents)\\n 135| # all sharing one state.db, WAL write-lock contention causes visible TUI\\n 136| # freezes. SQLite's built-in busy handler uses a deterministic sleep\\n 137| # schedule that causes convoy effects under high concurrency.\\n 138| #\\n 139| # Instead, we keep the SQLite timeout short (1s) and handle retries at the\\n 140| # application level with random jitter, which naturally staggers competing\\n 141| # writers and avoids the convoy.\\n 142| _WRITE_MAX_RETRIES = 15\\n 143| _WRITE_RETRY_MIN_S = 0.020 # 20ms\\n 144| _WRITE_RETRY_MAX_S = 0.150 # 150ms\\n 145| # Attempt a PASSIVE WAL checkpoint every N successful writes.\\n 146| _CHECKPOINT_EVERY_N_WRITES = 50\\n 147|\\n 148| def __init__(self, db_path: Path = None):\\n 149| self.db_path = db_path or DEFAULT_DB_PATH\\n 150| self.db_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)\\n 151|\\n 152| self._lock = threading.Lock()\\n 153| self._write_count = 0\\n 154| self._conn = sqlite3.connect(\\n 155| str(self.db_path),\\n 156| check_same_thread=False,\\n 157| # Short timeout — application-level retry with random jitter\\n 158| # handles contention instead of sitting in SQLite's internal\\n 159| # busy handler for up to 30s.\\n 160| timeout=1.0,\\n 161| # Autocommit mode: Python's default isolation_level=\\\"\\\" auto-starts\\n 162| # transactions on DML, which conflicts with our explicit\\n 163| # BEGIN IMMEDIATE. None = we manage transactions ourselves.\\n 164| isolation_level=None,\\n 165| )\\n 166| self._conn.row_factory = sqlite3.Row\\n 167| self._conn.execute(\\\"PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL\\\")\\n 168| self._conn.execute(\\\"PRAGMA foreign_keys=ON\\\")\\n 169|\\n 170| self._init_schema()\\n 171|\\n 172| # ── Core write helper ──\\n 173|\\n 174| def _execute_write(self, fn: Callable[[sqlite3.Connection], T]) -> T:\\n 175| \\\"\\\"\\\"Execute a write transaction with BEGIN IMMEDIATE and jitter retry.\\n 176|\\n 177| *fn* receives the connection and should perform INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE\\n 178| statements. The caller must NOT call ``commit()`` — that's handled\\n 179| here after *fn* returns.\\n 180|\\n 181| BEGIN IMMEDIATE acquires the WAL write lock at transaction start\\n 182| (not at commit time), so lock contention surfaces immediately.\\n 183| On ``database is locked``, we release the Python lock, sleep a\\n 184| random 20-150ms, and retry — breaking the convoy pattern that\\n 185| SQLite's built-in deterministic backoff creates.\\n 186|\\n 187| Returns whatever *fn* returns.\\n 188| \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 189| last_err: Optional[Exception] = None\\n 190| for attempt in range(self._WRITE_MAX_RETRIES):\\n 191| try:\\n 192| with self._lock:\\n 193| self._conn.execute(\\\"BEGIN IMMEDIATE\\\")\\n 194| try:\\n 195| result = fn(self._conn)\\n 196| self._conn.commit()\\n 197| except BaseException:\\n 198| try:\\n 199| self._conn.rollback()\\n 200| except Exception:\\n 201| pass\\n 202| raise\\n 203| # Success — periodic best-effort checkpoint.\\n 204| self._write_count += 1\\n 205| if self._write_count % self._CHECKPOINT_EVERY_N_WRITES == 0:\\n 206| self._try_wal_checkpoint()\\n 207| return result\\n 208| except sqlite3.OperationalError as exc:\\n 209| err_msg = str(exc).lower()\\n 210| if \\\"locked\\\" in err_msg or \\\"busy\\\" in err_msg:\\n 211| last_err = exc\\n 212| if attempt < self._WRITE_MAX_RETRIES - 1:\\n 213| jitter = random.uniform(\\n 214| self._WRITE_RETRY_MIN_S,\\n 215| self._WRITE_RETRY_MAX_S,\\n 216| )\\n 217| time.sleep(jitter)\\n 218| continue\\n 219| # Non-lock error or retries exhausted — propagate.\\n 220| raise\\n 221| # Retries exhausted (shouldn't normally reach here).\\n 222| raise last_err or sqlite3.OperationalError(\\n 223| \\\"database is locked after max retries\\\"\\n 224| )\\n 225|\\n 226| def _try_wal_checkpoint(self) -> None:\\n 227| \\\"\\\"\\\"Best-effort PASSIVE WAL checkpoint. Never blocks, never raises.\\n 228|\\n 229| Flushes committed WAL frames back into the main DB file for any\\n 230| frames that no other connection currently needs. Keeps the WAL\\n 231| from growing unbounded when many processes hold persistent\\n 232| connections.\\n 233| \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 234| try:\\n 235| with self._lock:\\n 236| result = self._conn.execute(\\n 237| \\\"PRAGMA wal_checkpoint(PASSIVE)\\\"\\n 238| ).fetchone()\\n 239| if result and result[1] > 0:\\n 240| logger.debug(\\n 241| \\\"WAL checkpoint: %d/%d pages checkpointed\\\",\\n 242| result[2], result[1],\\n 243| )\\n 244| except Exception:\\n 245| pass # Best effort — never fatal.\\n 246|\\n 247| def close(self):\\n 248| \\\"\\\"\\\"Close the database connection.\\n 249|\\n 250| Attempts a PASSIVE WAL checkpoint first so that exiting processes\\n 251| help keep the WAL file from growing unbounded.\\n 252| \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 253| with self._lock:\\n 254| if self._conn:\\n 255| try:\\n 256| self._conn.execute(\\\"PRAGMA wal_checkpoint(PASSIVE)\\\")\\n 257| except Exception:\\n 258| pass\\n 259| self._conn.close()\\n 260| self._conn = None\\n 261|\\n 262| def _init_schema(self):\\n 263| \\\"\\\"\\\"Create tables and FTS if they don't exist, run migrations.\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 264| cursor = self._conn.cursor()\\n 265|\\n 266| cursor.executescript(SCHEMA_SQL)\\n 267|\\n 268| # Check schema version and run migrations\\n 269| cursor.execute(\\\"SELECT version FROM schema_version LIMIT 1\\\")\\n 270| row = cursor.fetchone()\\n 271| if row is None:\\n 272| cursor.execute(\\\"INSERT INTO schema_version (version) VALUES (?)\\\", (SCHEMA_VERSION,))\\n 273| else:\\n 274| current_version = row[\\\"version\\\"] if isinstance(row, sqlite3.Row) else row[0]\\n 275| if current_version < 2:\\n 276| # v2: add finish_reason column to messages\\n 277| try:\\n 278| cursor.execute(\\\"ALTER TABLE messages ADD COLUMN finish_reason TEXT\\\")\\n 279| except sqlite3.OperationalError:\\n 280| pass # Column already exists\\n 281| cursor.execute(\\\"UPDATE schema_version SET version = 2\\\")\\n 282| if current_version < 3:\\n 283| # v3: add title column to sessions\\n 284| try:\\n 285| cursor.execute(\\\"ALTER TABLE sessions ADD COLUMN title TEXT\\\")\\n 286| except sqlite3.OperationalError:\\n 287| pass # Column already exists\\n 288| cursor.execute(\\\"UPDATE schema_version SET version = 3\\\")\\n 289| if current_version < 4:\\n 290| # v4: add unique index on title (NULLs allowed, only non-NULL must be unique)\\n 291| try:\\n 292| cursor.execute(\\n 293| \\\"CREATE UNIQUE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_sessions_title_unique \\\"\\n 294| \\\"ON sessions(title) WHERE title IS NOT NULL\\\"\\n 295| )\\n 296| except sqlite3.OperationalError:\\n 297| pass # Index already exists\\n 298| cursor.execute(\\\"UPDATE schema_version SET version = 4\\\")\\n 299| if current_version < 5:\\n 300| new_columns = [\\n 301| (\\\"cache_read_tokens\\\", \\\"INTEGER DEFAULT 0\\\"),\\n 302| (\\\"cache_write_tokens\\\", \\\"INTEGER DEFAULT 0\\\"),\\n 303| (\\\"reasoning_tokens\\\", \\\"INTEGER DEFAULT 0\\\"),\\n 304| (\\\"billing_provider\\\", \\\"TEXT\\\"),\\n 305| (\\\"billing_base_url\\\", \\\"TEXT\\\"),\\n 306| (\\\"billing_mode\\\", \\\"TEXT\\\"),\\n 307| (\\\"estimated_cost_usd\\\", \\\"REAL\\\"),\\n 308| (\\\"actual_cost_usd\\\", \\\"REAL\\\"),\\n 309| (\\\"cost_status\\\", \\\"TEXT\\\"),\\n 310| (\\\"cost_source\\\", \\\"TEXT\\\"),\\n 311| (\\\"pricing_version\\\", \\\"TEXT\\\"),\\n 312| ]\\n 313| for name, column_type in new_columns:\\n 314| try:\\n 315| # name and column_type come from the hardcoded tuple above,\\n 316| # not user input. Double-quote identifier escaping is applied\\n 317| # as defense-in-depth; SQLite DDL cannot be parameterized.\\n 318| safe_name = name.replace('\\\"', '\\\"\\\"')\\n 319| cursor.execute(f'ALTER TABLE sessions ADD COLUMN \\\"{safe_name}\\\" {column_type}')\\n 320| except sqlite3.OperationalError:\\n 321| pass\\n 322| cursor.execute(\\\"UPDATE schema_version SET version = 5\\\")\\n 323| if current_version < 6:\\n 324| # v6: add reasoning columns to messages table — preserves assistant\\n 325| # reasoning text and structured reasoning_details across gateway\\n 326| # session turns. Without these, reasoning chains are lost on\\n 327| # session reload, breaking multi-turn reasoning continuity for\\n 328| # providers that replay reasoning (OpenRouter, OpenAI, Nous).\\n 329| for col_name, col_type in [\\n 330| (\\\"reasoning\\\", \\\"TEXT\\\"),\\n 331| (\\\"reasoning_details\\\", \\\"TEXT\\\"),\\n 332| (\\\"codex_reasoning_items\\\", \\\"TEXT\\\"),\\n 333| ]:\\n 334| try:\\n 335| safe = col_name.replace('\\\"', '\\\"\\\"')\\n 336| cursor.execute(\\n 337| f'ALTER TABLE messages ADD COLUMN \\\"{safe}\\\" {col_type}'\\n 338| )\\n 339| except sqlite3.OperationalError:\\n 340| pass # Column already exists\\n 341| cursor.execute(\\\"UPDATE schema_version SET version = 6\\\")\\n 342| if current_version < 7:\\n 343| # v7: add session_summaries table for caching LLM-generated\\n 344| # session summaries — dramatically reduces session_search latency\\n 345| # by avoiding repeated summarization of the same sessions.\\n 346| # Summaries are populated on-demand during search or via\\n 347| # background task after session completion.\\n 348| try:\\n 349| cursor.execute(\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 350| CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS session_summaries (\\n 351| session_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY REFERENCES sessions(id),\\n 352| summary TEXT,\\n 353| keywords TEXT,\\n 354| created_at REAL NOT NULL,\\n 355| version INTEGER DEFAULT 1\\n 356| )\\n 357| \\\"\\\"\\\")\\n 358| cursor.execute(\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 359| CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_session_summaries_keywords\\n 360| ON session_summaries(keywords)\\n 361| \\\"\\\"\\\")\\n 362| except sqlite3.OperationalError:\\n 363| pass # Table already exists\\n 364| cursor.execute(\\\"UPDATE schema_version SET version = 7\\\")\\n 365|\\n 366| # Unique title index — always ensure it exists (safe to run after migrations\\n 367| # since the title column is guaranteed to exist at this point)\\n 368| try:\\n 369| cursor.execute(\\n 370| \\\"CREATE UNIQUE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_sessions_title_unique \\\"\\n 371| \\\"ON sessions(title) WHERE title IS NOT NULL\\\"\\n 372| )\\n 373| except sqlite3.OperationalError:\\n 374| pass # Index already exists\\n 375|\\n 376| # FTS5 setup (separate because CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE can't be in executescript with IF NOT EXISTS reliably)\\n 377| try:\\n 378| cursor.execute(\\\"SELECT * FROM messages_fts LIMIT 0\\\")\\n 379| except sqlite3.OperationalError:\\n 380| cursor.executescript(FTS_SQL)\\n 381|\\n 382| self._conn.commit()\\n 383|\\n 384| # =========================================================================\\n 385| # Session lifecycle\\n 386| # =========================================================================\\n 387|\\n 388| def create_session(\\n 389| self,\\n 390| session_id: str,\\n 391| source: str,\\n 392| model: str = None,\\n 393| model_config: Dict[str, Any] = None,\\n 394| system_prompt: str = None,\\n 395| user_id: str = None,\\n 396| parent_session_id: str = None,\\n 397| ) -> str:\\n 398| \\\"\\\"\\\"Create a new session record. Returns the session_id.\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 399| def _do(conn):\\n 400| conn.execute(\\n 401| \\\"\\\"\\\"INSERT OR IGNORE INTO sessions (id, source, user_id, model, model_config,\\n 402| system_prompt, parent_session_id, started_at)\\n 403| VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)\\\"\\\"\\\",\\n 404| (\\n 405| session_id,\\n 406| source,\\n 407| user_id,\\n 408| model,\\n 409| json.dumps(model_config) if model_config else None,\\n 410| system_prompt,\\n 411| parent_session_id,\\n 412| time.time(),\\n 413| ),\\n 414| )\\n 415| self._execute_write(_do)\\n 416| return session_id\\n 417|\\n 418| def end_session(self, session_id: str, end_reason: str) -> None:\\n 419| \\\"\\\"\\\"Mark a session as ended.\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 420| def _do(conn):\\n 421| conn.execute(\\n 422| \\\"UPDATE sessions SET ended_at = ?, end_reason = ? WHERE id = ?\\\",\\n 423| (time.time(), end_reason, session_id),\\n 424| )\\n 425| self._execute_write(_do)\\n 426|\\n 427| def reopen_session(self, session_id: str) -> None:\\n 428| \\\"\\\"\\\"Clear ended_at/end_reason so a session can be resumed.\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 429| def _do(conn):\\n 430| conn.execute(\\n 431| \\\"UPDATE sessions SET ended_at = NULL, end_reason = NULL WHERE id = ?\\\",\\n 432| (session_id,),\\n 433| )\\n 434| self._execute_write(_do)\\n 435|\\n 436| def update_system_prompt(self, session_id: str, system_prompt: str) -> None:\\n 437| \\\"\\\"\\\"Store the full assembled system prompt snapshot.\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 438| def _do(conn):\\n 439| conn.execute(\\n 440| \\\"UPDATE sessions SET system_prompt = ? WHERE id = ?\\\",\\n 441| (system_prompt, session_id),\\n 442| )\\n 443| self._execute_write(_do)\\n 444|\\n 445| def update_token_counts(\\n 446| self,\\n 447| session_id: str,\\n 448| input_tokens: int = 0,\\n 449| output_tokens: int = 0,\\n 450| model: str = None,\\n 451| cache_read_tokens: int = 0,\\n 452| cache_write_tokens: int = 0,\\n 453| reasoning_tokens: int = 0,\\n 454| estimated_cost_usd: Optional[float] = None,\\n 455| actual_cost_usd: Optional[float] = None,\\n 456| cost_status: Optional[str] = None,\\n 457| cost_source: Optional[str] = None,\\n 458| pricing_version: Optional[str] = None,\\n 459| billing_provider: Optional[str] = None,\\n 460| billing_base_url: Optional[str] = None,\\n 461| billing_mode: Optional[str] = None,\\n 462| absolute: bool = False,\\n 463| ) -> None:\\n 464| \\\"\\\"\\\"Update token counters and backfill model if not already set.\\n 465|\\n 466| When *absolute* is False (default), values are **incremented** — use\\n 467| this for per-API-call deltas (CLI path).\\n 468|\\n 469| When *absolute* is True, values are **set directly** — use this when\\n 470| the caller already holds cumulative totals (gateway path, where the\\n 471| cached agent accumulates across messages).\\n 472| \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 473| if absolute:\\n 474| sql = \\\"\\\"\\\"UPDATE sessions SET\\n 475| input_tokens = ?,\\n 476| output_tokens = ?,\\n 477| cache_read_tokens = ?,\\n 478| cache_write_tokens = ?,\\n 479| reasoning_tokens = ?,\\n 480| estimated_cost_usd = COALESCE(?, 0),\\n 481| actual_cost_usd = CASE\\n 482| WHEN ? IS NULL THEN actual_cost_usd\\n 483| ELSE ?\\n 484| END,\\n 485| cost_status = COALESCE(?, cost_status),\\n 486| cost_source = COALESCE(?, cost_source),\\n 487| pricing_version = COALESCE(?, pricing_version),\\n 488| billing_provider = COALESCE(billing_provider, ?),\\n 489| billing_base_url = COALESCE(billing_base_url, ?),\\n 490| billing_mode = COALESCE(billing_mode, ?),\\n 491| model = COALESCE(model, ?)\\n 492| WHERE id = ?\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 493| else:\\n 494| sql = \\\"\\\"\\\"UPDATE sessions SET\\n 495| input_tokens = input_tokens + ?,\\n 496| output_tokens = output_tokens + ?,\\n 497| cache_read_tokens = cache_read_tokens + ?,\\n 498| cache_write_tokens = cache_write_tokens + ?,\\n 499| reasoning_tokens = reasoning_tokens + ?,\\n 500| estimated_cost_usd = COALESCE(estimated_cost_usd, 0) + COALESCE(?, 0),\\n 501|\", \"total_lines\": 1395, \"file_size\": 56560, \"truncated\": true, \"hint\": \"Use offset=501 to continue reading (showing 1-500 of 1395 lines)\", \"is_binary\": false, \"is_image\": false}\n\n[Subdirectory context discovered: .hermes/hermes-agent/AGENTS.md]\n# Hermes Agent - Development Guide\n\nInstructions for AI coding assistants and developers working on the hermes-agent codebase.\n\n## Development Environment\n\n```bash\nsource venv/bin/activate # ALWAYS activate before running Python\n```\n\n## Project Structure\n\n```\nhermes-agent/\n├── run_agent.py # AIAgent class — core conversation loop\n├── model_tools.py # Tool orchestration, discover_builtin_tools(), handle_function_call()\n├── toolsets.py # Toolset definitions, _HERMES_CORE_TOOLS list\n├── cli.py # HermesCLI class — interactive CLI orchestrator\n├── hermes_state.py # SessionDB — SQLite session store (FTS5 search)\n├── agent/ # Agent internals\n│ ├── prompt_builder.py # System prompt assembly\n│ ├── context_compressor.py # Auto context compression\n│ ├── prompt_caching.py # Anthropic prompt caching\n│ ├── auxiliary_client.py # Auxiliary LLM client (vision, summarization)\n│ ├── model_metadata.py # Model context lengths, token estimation\n│ ├── models_dev.py # models.dev registry integration (provider-aware context)\n│ ├── display.py # KawaiiSpinner, tool preview formatting\n│ ├── skill_commands.py # Skill slash commands (shared CLI/gateway)\n│ └── trajectory.py # Trajectory saving helpers\n├── hermes_cli/ # CLI subcommands and setup\n│ ├── main.py # Entry point — all `hermes` subcommands\n│ ├── config.py # DEFAULT_CONFIG, OPTIONAL_ENV_VARS, migration\n│ ├── commands.py # Slash command definitions + SlashCommandCompleter\n│ ├── callbacks.py # Terminal callbacks (clarify, sudo, approval)\n│ ├── setup.py # Interactive setup wizard\n│ ├── skin_engine.py # Skin/theme engine — CLI visual customization\n│ ├── skills_config.py # `hermes skills` — enable/disable skills per platform\n│ ├── tools_config.py # `hermes tools` — enable/disable tools per platform\n│ ├── skills_hub.py # `/skills` slash command (search, browse, install)\n│ ├── models.py # Model catalog, provider model lists\n│ ├── model_switch.py # Shared /model switch pipeline (CLI + gateway)\n│ └── auth.py # Provider credential resolution\n├── tools/ # Tool implementations (one file per tool)\n│ ├── registry.py # Central tool registry (schemas, handlers, dispatch)\n│ ├── approval.py # Dangerous command detection\n│ ├── terminal_tool.py # Terminal orchestration\n│ ├── process_registry.py # Background process management\n│ ├── file_tools.py # File read/write/search/patch\n│ ├── web_tools.py # Web search/extract (Parallel + Firecrawl)\n│ ├── browser_tool.py # Browserbase browser automation\n│ ├── code_execution_tool.py # execute_code sandbox\n│ ├── delegate_tool.py # Subagent delegation\n│ ├── mcp_tool.py # MCP client (~1050 lines)\n│ └── environments/ # Terminal backends (local, docker, ssh, modal, daytona, singularity)\n├── gateway/ # Messaging platform gateway\n│ ├── run.py # Main loop, slash commands, message dispatch\n│ ├── session.py # SessionStore — conversation persistence\n│ └── platforms/ # Adapters: telegram, discord, slack, whatsapp, homeassistant, signal, qqbot\n├── ui-tui/ # Ink (React) terminal UI — `hermes --tui`\n│ ├── src/entry.tsx # TTY gate + render()\n│ ├── src/app.tsx # Main state machine and UI\n│ ├── src/gatewayClient.ts # Child process + JSON-RPC bridge\n│ ├── src/app/ # Decomposed app logic (event handler, slash handler, stores, hooks)\n│ ├── src/components/ # Ink components (branding, markdown, prompts, pickers, etc.)\n│ ├── src/hooks/ # useCompletion, useInputHistory, useQueue, useVirtualHistory\n│ └── src/lib/ # Pure helpers (history, osc52, text, rpc, messages)\n├── tui_gateway/ # Python JSON-RPC backend for the TUI\n│ ├── entry.py # stdio entrypoint\n│ ├── server.py # RPC handlers and session logic\n│ ├── render.py # Optional rich/ANSI bridge\n│ └── slash_worker.py # Persistent HermesCLI subprocess for slash commands\n├── acp_adapter/ # ACP server (VS Code / Zed / JetBrains integration)\n├── cron/ # Scheduler (jobs.py, scheduler.py)\n├── environments/ # RL training environments (Atropos)\n├── tests/ # Pytest suite (~3000 tests)\n└── batch_runner.py # Parallel batch processing\n```\n\n**User config:** `~/.hermes/config.yaml` (settings), `~/.hermes/.env` (API keys)\n\n## File Dependency Chain\n\n```\ntools/registry.py (no deps — imported by all tool files)\n ↑\ntools/*.py (each calls registry.register() at import time)\n ↑\nmodel_tools.py (imports tools/registry + triggers tool discovery)\n ↑\nrun_agent.py, cli.py, batch_runner.py, environments/\n```\n\n---\n\n## AIAgent Class (run_agent.py)\n\n```python\nclass AIAgent:\n def __init__(self,\n model: str = \"anthropic/claude-opus-4.6\",\n max_iterations: int = 90,\n enabled_toolsets: list = None,\n disabled_toolsets: list = None,\n quiet_mode: bool = False,\n save_trajectories: bool = False,\n platform: str = None, # \"cli\", \"telegram\", etc.\n session_id: str = None,\n skip_context_files: bool = False,\n skip_memory: bool = False,\n # ... plus provider, api_mode, callbacks, routing params\n ): ...\n\n def chat(self, message: str) -> str:\n \"\"\"Simple interface — returns final response string.\"\"\"\n\n def run_conversation(self, user_message: str, system_message: str = None,\n conversation_history: list = None, task_id: str = None) -> dict:\n \"\"\"Full interface — returns dict with final_response + messages.\"\"\"\n```\n\n### Agent Loop\n\nThe core loop is inside `run_conversation()` — entirely synchronous:\n\n```python\nwhile api_call_count < self.max_iterations and self.iteration_budget.remaining > 0:\n response = client.chat.completions.create(model=model, messages=messages, tools=tool_schemas)\n if response.tool_calls:\n for tool_call in response.tool_calls:\n result = handle_function_call(tool_call.name, tool_call.args, task_id)\n messages.append(tool_result_message(result))\n api_call_count += 1\n else:\n return response.content\n```\n\nMessages follow OpenAI format: `{\"role\": \"system/user/assistant/tool\", ...}`. Reasoning content is stored in `assistant_msg[\"reasoning\"]`.\n\n---\n\n## CLI Architecture (cli.py)\n\n- **Rich** for banner/panels, **prompt_toolkit** for input with autocomplete\n- **KawaiiSpinner** (`agent/display.py`) — animated faces during API calls, `┊` activity feed for tool results\n- `load_cli_config()` in cli.py merges hardcoded defaults + user config YAML\n- **Skin engine** (`hermes_cli/skin_engine.py`) — data-driven CLI theming; initialized from `display.skin` config key at startup; skins customize banner colors, spinner faces/verbs/wings, tool prefix, response box, branding text\n- `process_command()` is a method on `HermesCLI` — dispatches on canonical command name resolved via `resolve_command()` from the central registry\n- Skill slash commands: `agent/skill_commands.py` scans `~/.hermes/skills/`, injects as **user message** (not system prompt) to preserve prompt caching\n\n### Slash Command Registry (`hermes_cli/commands.py`)\n\nAll slash commands are defined in a central `COMMAND_REGISTRY` list of `CommandDef` objects. Every downstream consumer derives from this registry automatically:\n\n- **CLI** — `process_command()` resolves aliases via `resolve_command()`, dispatches on canonical name\n- **Gateway** — `GATEWAY_KNOWN_COMMANDS` frozenset for hook emission, `resolve_command()` for dispatch\n- **Gateway help** — `gateway_help_lines()` generates `/help` output\n- **Telegram** — `telegram_bot_commands()` generates the BotCommand menu\n- **Slack** — `slack_subcommand_map()` generates `/hermes` subcommand routing\n- \n\n[...truncated AGENTS.md: 24,743 chars total]", "tool_call_id": "OoO7KzDOgW14alBFTPzpqPdquCViR6D4" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "", "reasoning": "Let me continue reading hermes_state.py to understand the memory structure better, and also check how memory is currently loaded into the system prompt.\n", "finish_reason": "tool_calls", "tool_calls": [ { "id": "iAUbcfPZyIiK6PRS5nQpOx7UQCWr8Gzi", "call_id": "iAUbcfPZyIiK6PRS5nQpOx7UQCWr8Gzi", "response_item_id": "fc_iAUbcfPZyIiK6PRS5nQpOx7UQCWr8Gzi", "type": "function", "function": { "name": "search_files", "arguments": "{\"pattern\":\"memory\",\"path\":\"~/.hermes/hermes-agent/agent\",\"target\":\"files\"}" } } ] }, { "role": "tool", "content": "{\"total_count\": 0}", "tool_call_id": "iAUbcfPZyIiK6PRS5nQpOx7UQCWr8Gzi" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "", "reasoning": "Let me search for how memory is loaded in the prompt builder.\n", "finish_reason": "tool_calls", "tool_calls": [ { "id": "bunSDImyfNDTm4fc0LctS8uyTHsNMmxj", "call_id": "bunSDImyfNDTm4fc0LctS8uyTHsNMmxj", "response_item_id": "fc_bunSDImyfNDTm4fc0LctS8uyTHsNMmxj", "type": "function", "function": { "name": "search_files", "arguments": "{\"pattern\":\"USER.md|memory|memories\",\"path\":\"~/.hermes/hermes-agent\",\"target\":\"content\"}" } } ] }, { "role": "tool", "content": "{\"total_count\": 50, \"matches\": [{\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/RELEASE_v0.2.0.md\", \"line\": 64, \"content\": \"- Proactive async memory flush on session expiry\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/RELEASE_v0.2.0.md\", \"line\": 240, \"content\": \"- In-memory permanent allowlist to prevent data leak ([#600](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/600)) — @alireza78a\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/RELEASE_v0.2.0.md\", \"line\": 297, \"content\": \"- Fix memory tool entry parsing when content contains section sign ([#162](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/162)) — @aydnOktay\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/RELEASE_v0.2.0.md\", \"line\": 374, \"content\": \"- **@erosika** — 1 PR: Honcho AI-native memory integration\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/web/src/pages/ConfigPage.tsx\", \"line\": 52, \"content\": \" memory: Brain,\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/web/src/i18n/en.ts\", \"line\": 206, \"content\": \" memory: \\\"Memory\\\",\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/web/src/i18n/types.ts\", \"line\": 215, \"content\": \" memory: string;\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/web/src/i18n/zh.ts\", \"line\": 206, \"content\": \" memory: \\\"记忆\\\",\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/src/ink/layout/yoga.ts\", \"line\": 307, \"content\": \"// The TS yoga-layout port is synchronous — no WASM loading, no linear memory\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/browser_camofox.py\", \"line\": 185, \"content\": \" \\\"\\\"\\\"Release the in-memory session without destroying the server-side context.\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/website_policy.py\", \"line\": 7, \"content\": \"Policy is cached in memory with a short TTL so config changes take effect\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/debug_helpers.py\", \"line\": 61, \"content\": \" \\\"\\\"\\\"Append a tool-call entry to the in-memory log.\\\"\\\"\\\"\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/debug_helpers.py\", \"line\": 71, \"content\": \" \\\"\\\"\\\"Flush the in-memory log to a JSON file in the logs directory.\\\"\\\"\\\"\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/rl_training_tool.py\", \"line\": 558, \"content\": \" This loads the environment's configuration fields into memory.\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/memory_tool.py\", \"line\": 5, \"content\": \"Provides bounded, file-backed memory that persists across sessions. Two stores:\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/memory_tool.py\", \"line\": 8, \"content\": \" - USER.md: what the agent knows about the user (preferences, communication style,\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/memory_tool.py\", \"line\": 20, \"content\": \"- Single `memory` tool with action parameter: add, replace, remove, read\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/memory_tool.py\", \"line\": 49, \"content\": \"# Where memory files live — resolved dynamically so profile overrides\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/memory_tool.py\", \"line\": 53, \"content\": \"def get_memory_dir() -> Path:\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/memory_tool.py\", \"line\": 54, \"content\": \" \\\"\\\"\\\"Return the profile-scoped memories directory.\\\"\\\"\\\"\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/memory_tool.py\", \"line\": 55, \"content\": \" return get_hermes_home() / \\\"memories\\\"\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/memory_tool.py\", \"line\": 90, \"content\": \"def _scan_memory_content(content: str) -> Optional[str]:\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/memory_tool.py\", \"line\": 91, \"content\": \" \\\"\\\"\\\"Scan memory content for injection/exfil patterns. Returns error string if blocked.\\\"\\\"\\\"\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/memory_tool.py\", \"line\": 107, \"content\": \" Bounded curated memory with file persistence. One instance per AIAgent.\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/memory_tool.py\", \"line\": 112, \"content\": \" - memory_entries / user_entries: live state, mutated by tool calls, persisted to disk.\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/memory_tool.py\", \"line\": 116, \"content\": \" def __init__(self, memory_char_limit: int = 2200, user_char_limit: int = 1375):\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/memory_tool.py\", \"line\": 117, \"content\": \" self.memory_entries: List[str] = []\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/memory_tool.py\", \"line\": 119, \"content\": \" self.memory_char_limit = memory_char_limit\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/memory_tool.py\", \"line\": 122, \"content\": \" self._system_prompt_snapshot: Dict[str, str] = {\\\"memory\\\": \\\"\\\", \\\"user\\\": \\\"\\\"}\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/memory_tool.py\", \"line\": 125, \"content\": \" \\\"\\\"\\\"Load entries from MEMORY.md and USER.md, capture system prompt snapshot.\\\"\\\"\\\"\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/memory_tool.py\", \"line\": 126, \"content\": \" mem_dir = get_memory_dir()\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/memory_tool.py\", \"line\": 129, \"content\": \" self.memory_entries = self._read_file(mem_dir / \\\"MEMORY.md\\\")\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/memory_tool.py\", \"line\": 130, \"content\": \" self.user_entries = self._read_file(mem_dir / \\\"USER.md\\\")\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/memory_tool.py\", \"line\": 133, \"content\": \" self.memory_entries = list(dict.fromkeys(self.memory_entries))\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/memory_tool.py\", \"line\": 138, \"content\": \" \\\"memory\\\": self._render_block(\\\"memory\\\", self.memory_entries),\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/memory_tool.py\", \"line\": 147, \"content\": \" Uses a separate .lock file so the memory file itself can still be\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/memory_tool.py\", \"line\": 181, \"content\": \" mem_dir = get_memory_dir()\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/memory_tool.py\", \"line\": 183, \"content\": \" return mem_dir / \\\"USER.md\\\"\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/memory_tool.py\", \"line\": 187, \"content\": \" \\\"\\\"\\\"Re-read entries from disk into in-memory state.\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/memory_tool.py\", \"line\": 197, \"content\": \" get_memory_dir().mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/memory_tool.py\", \"line\": 203, \"content\": \" return self.memory_entries\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/memory_tool.py\", \"line\": 209, \"content\": \" self.memory_entries = entries\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/memory_tool.py\", \"line\": 220, \"content\": \" return self.memory_char_limit\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/memory_tool.py\", \"line\": 229, \"content\": \" scan_error = _scan_memory_content(content)\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/memory_tool.py\", \"line\": 277, \"content\": \" scan_error = _scan_memory_content(new_content)\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/memory_tool.py\", \"line\": 314, \"content\": \" f\\\"Replacement would put memory at {new_total:,}/{limit:,} chars. \\\"\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/memory_tool.py\", \"line\": 411, \"content\": \" \\\"\\\"\\\"Read a memory file and split into entries.\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/memory_tool.py\", \"line\": 433, \"content\": \" \\\"\\\"\\\"Write entries to a memory file using atomic temp-file + rename.\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/memory_tool.py\", \"line\": 460, \"content\": \" raise RuntimeError(f\\\"Failed to write memory file {path}: {e}\\\")\"}, {\"path\": \"/home/vincent/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/memory_tool.py\", \"line\": 463, \"content\": \"def memory_tool(\"}]}", "tool_call_id": "bunSDImyfNDTm4fc0LctS8uyTHsNMmxj" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "", "reasoning": "Perfect! Let me read the memory_tool.py to understand the current implementation.\n", "finish_reason": "tool_calls", "tool_calls": [ { "id": "qUvd6h8qGGU4SrK2JICVrSyVGYXJP6cn", "call_id": "qUvd6h8qGGU4SrK2JICVrSyVGYXJP6cn", "response_item_id": "fc_qUvd6h8qGGU4SrK2JICVrSyVGYXJP6cn", "type": "function", "function": { "name": "read_file", "arguments": "{\"path\":\"~/.hermes/hermes-agent/tools/memory_tool.py\"}" } } ] }, { "role": "tool", "content": "{\"content\": \" 1|#!/usr/bin/env python3\\n 2|\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 3|Memory Tool Module - Persistent Curated Memory\\n 4|\\n 5|Provides bounded, file-backed memory that persists across sessions. Two stores:\\n 6| - MEMORY.md: agent's personal notes and observations (environment facts, project\\n 7| conventions, tool quirks, things learned)\\n 8| - USER.md: what the agent knows about the user (preferences, communication style,\\n 9| expectations, workflow habits)\\n 10|\\n 11|Both are injected into the system prompt as a frozen snapshot at session start.\\n 12|Mid-session writes update files on disk immediately (durable) but do NOT change\\n 13|the system prompt -- this preserves the prefix cache for the entire session.\\n 14|The snapshot refreshes on the next session start.\\n 15|\\n 16|Entry delimiter: § (section sign). Entries can be multiline.\\n 17|Character limits (not tokens) because char counts are model-independent.\\n 18|\\n 19|Design:\\n 20|- Single `memory` tool with action parameter: add, replace, remove, read\\n 21|- replace/remove use short unique substring matching (not full text or IDs)\\n 22|- Behavioral guidance lives in the tool schema description\\n 23|- Frozen snapshot pattern: system prompt is stable, tool responses show live state\\n 24|\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 25|\\n 26|import json\\n 27|import logging\\n 28|import os\\n 29|import re\\n 30|import tempfile\\n 31|from contextlib import contextmanager\\n 32|from pathlib import Path\\n 33|from hermes_constants import get_hermes_home\\n 34|from typing import Dict, Any, List, Optional\\n 35|\\n 36|# fcntl is Unix-only; on Windows use msvcrt for file locking\\n 37|msvcrt = None\\n 38|try:\\n 39| import fcntl\\n 40|except ImportError:\\n 41| fcntl = None\\n 42| try:\\n 43| import msvcrt\\n 44| except ImportError:\\n 45| pass\\n 46|\\n 47|logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)\\n 48|\\n 49|# Where memory files live — resolved dynamically so profile overrides\\n 50|# (HERMES_HOME env var changes) are always respected. The old module-level\\n 51|# constant was cached at import time and could go stale if a profile switch\\n 52|# happened after the first import.\\n 53|def get_memory_dir() -> Path:\\n 54| \\\"\\\"\\\"Return the profile-scoped memories directory.\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 55| return get_hermes_home() / \\\"memories\\\"\\n 56|\\n 57|ENTRY_DELIMITER = \\\"\\\\n§\\\\n\\\"\\n 58|\\n 59|\\n 60|# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------\\n 61|# Memory content scanning — lightweight check for injection/exfiltration\\n 62|# in content that gets injected into the system prompt.\\n 63|# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------\\n 64|\\n 65|_MEMORY_THREAT_PATTERNS = [\\n 66| # Prompt injection\\n 67| (r'ignore\\\\s+(previous|all|above|prior)\\\\s+instructions', \\\"prompt_injection\\\"),\\n 68| (r'you\\\\s+are\\\\s+now\\\\s+', \\\"role_hijack\\\"),\\n 69| (r'do\\\\s+not\\\\s+tell\\\\s+the\\\\s+user', \\\"deception_hide\\\"),\\n 70| (r'system\\\\s+prompt\\\\s+override', \\\"sys_prompt_override\\\"),\\n 71| (r'disregard\\\\s+(your|all|any)\\\\s+(instructions|rules|guidelines)', \\\"disregard_rules\\\"),\\n 72| (r'act\\\\s+as\\\\s+(if|though)\\\\s+you\\\\s+(have\\\\s+no|don\\\\'t\\\\s+have)\\\\s+(restrictions|limits|rules)', \\\"bypass_restrictions\\\"),\\n 73| # Exfiltration via curl/wget with secrets\\n 74| (r'curl\\\\s+[^\\\\n]*\\\\$\\\\{?\\\\w*(KEY|TOKEN|SECRET|PASSWORD|CREDENTIAL|API)', \\\"exfil_curl\\\"),\\n 75| (r'wget\\\\s+[^\\\\n]*\\\\$\\\\{?\\\\w*(KEY|TOKEN|SECRET|PASSWORD|CREDENTIAL|API)', \\\"exfil_wget\\\"),\\n 76| (r'cat\\\\s+[^\\\\n]*(\\\\.env|credentials|\\\\.netrc|\\\\.pgpass|\\\\.npmrc|\\\\.pypirc)', \\\"read_secrets\\\"),\\n 77| # Persistence via shell rc\\n 78| (r'authorized_keys', \\\"ssh_backdoor\\\"),\\n 79| (r'\\\\$HOME/\\\\.ssh|\\\\~/\\\\.ssh', \\\"ssh_access\\\"),\\n 80| (r'\\\\$HOME/\\\\.hermes/\\\\.env|\\\\~/\\\\.hermes/\\\\.env', \\\"hermes_env\\\"),\\n 81|]\\n 82|\\n 83|# Subset of invisible chars for injection detection\\n 84|_INVISIBLE_CHARS = {\\n 85| '\\\\u200b', '\\\\u200c', '\\\\u200d', '\\\\u2060', '\\\\ufeff',\\n 86| '\\\\u202a', '\\\\u202b', '\\\\u202c', '\\\\u202d', '\\\\u202e',\\n 87|}\\n 88|\\n 89|\\n 90|def _scan_memory_content(content: str) -> Optional[str]:\\n 91| \\\"\\\"\\\"Scan memory content for injection/exfil patterns. Returns error string if blocked.\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 92| # Check invisible unicode\\n 93| for char in _INVISIBLE_CHARS:\\n 94| if char in content:\\n 95| return f\\\"Blocked: content contains invisible unicode character U+{ord(char):04X} (possible injection).\\\"\\n 96|\\n 97| # Check threat patterns\\n 98| for pattern, pid in _MEMORY_THREAT_PATTERNS:\\n 99| if re.search(pattern, content, re.IGNORECASE):\\n 100| return f\\\"Blocked: content matches threat pattern '{pid}'. Memory entries are injected into the system prompt and must not contain injection or exfiltration payloads.\\\"\\n 101|\\n 102| return None\\n 103|\\n 104|\\n 105|class MemoryStore:\\n 106| \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 107| Bounded curated memory with file persistence. One instance per AIAgent.\\n 108|\\n 109| Maintains two parallel states:\\n 110| - _system_prompt_snapshot: frozen at load time, used for system prompt injection.\\n 111| Never mutated mid-session. Keeps prefix cache stable.\\n 112| - memory_entries / user_entries: live state, mutated by tool calls, persisted to disk.\\n 113| Tool responses always reflect this live state.\\n 114| \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 115|\\n 116| def __init__(self, memory_char_limit: int = 2200, user_char_limit: int = 1375):\\n 117| self.memory_entries: List[str] = []\\n 118| self.user_entries: List[str] = []\\n 119| self.memory_char_limit = memory_char_limit\\n 120| self.user_char_limit = user_char_limit\\n 121| # Frozen snapshot for system prompt -- set once at load_from_disk()\\n 122| self._system_prompt_snapshot: Dict[str, str] = {\\\"memory\\\": \\\"\\\", \\\"user\\\": \\\"\\\"}\\n 123|\\n 124| def load_from_disk(self):\\n 125| \\\"\\\"\\\"Load entries from MEMORY.md and USER.md, capture system prompt snapshot.\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 126| mem_dir = get_memory_dir()\\n 127| mem_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)\\n 128|\\n 129| self.memory_entries = self._read_file(mem_dir / \\\"MEMORY.md\\\")\\n 130| self.user_entries = self._read_file(mem_dir / \\\"USER.md\\\")\\n 131|\\n 132| # Deduplicate entries (preserves order, keeps first occurrence)\\n 133| self.memory_entries = list(dict.fromkeys(self.memory_entries))\\n 134| self.user_entries = list(dict.fromkeys(self.user_entries))\\n 135|\\n 136| # Capture frozen snapshot for system prompt injection\\n 137| self._system_prompt_snapshot = {\\n 138| \\\"memory\\\": self._render_block(\\\"memory\\\", self.memory_entries),\\n 139| \\\"user\\\": self._render_block(\\\"user\\\", self.user_entries),\\n 140| }\\n 141|\\n 142| @staticmethod\\n 143| @contextmanager\\n 144| def _file_lock(path: Path):\\n 145| \\\"\\\"\\\"Acquire an exclusive file lock for read-modify-write safety.\\n 146|\\n 147| Uses a separate .lock file so the memory file itself can still be\\n 148| atomically replaced via os.replace().\\n 149| \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 150| lock_path = path.with_suffix(path.suffix + \\\".lock\\\")\\n 151| lock_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)\\n 152|\\n 153| if fcntl is None and msvcrt is None:\\n 154| yield\\n 155| return\\n 156|\\n 157| if msvcrt and (not lock_path.exists() or lock_path.stat().st_size == 0):\\n 158| lock_path.write_text(\\\" \\\", encoding=\\\"utf-8\\\")\\n 159|\\n 160| fd = open(lock_path, \\\"r+\\\" if msvcrt else \\\"a+\\\")\\n 161| try:\\n 162| if fcntl:\\n 163| fcntl.flock(fd, fcntl.LOCK_EX)\\n 164| else:\\n 165| fd.seek(0)\\n 166| msvcrt.locking(fd.fileno(), msvcrt.LK_LOCK, 1)\\n 167| yield\\n 168| finally:\\n 169| if fcntl:\\n 170| fcntl.flock(fd, fcntl.LOCK_UN)\\n 171| elif msvcrt:\\n 172| try:\\n 173| fd.seek(0)\\n 174| msvcrt.locking(fd.fileno(), msvcrt.LK_UNLCK, 1)\\n 175| except (OSError, IOError):\\n 176| pass\\n 177| fd.close()\\n 178|\\n 179| @staticmethod\\n 180| def _path_for(target: str) -> Path:\\n 181| mem_dir = get_memory_dir()\\n 182| if target == \\\"user\\\":\\n 183| return mem_dir / \\\"USER.md\\\"\\n 184| return mem_dir / \\\"MEMORY.md\\\"\\n 185|\\n 186| def _reload_target(self, target: str):\\n 187| \\\"\\\"\\\"Re-read entries from disk into in-memory state.\\n 188|\\n 189| Called under file lock to get the latest state before mutating.\\n 190| \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 191| fresh = self._read_file(self._path_for(target))\\n 192| fresh = list(dict.fromkeys(fresh)) # deduplicate\\n 193| self._set_entries(target, fresh)\\n 194|\\n 195| def save_to_disk(self, target: str):\\n 196| \\\"\\\"\\\"Persist entries to the appropriate file. Called after every mutation.\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 197| get_memory_dir().mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)\\n 198| self._write_file(self._path_for(target), self._entries_for(target))\\n 199|\\n 200| def _entries_for(self, target: str) -> List[str]:\\n 201| if target == \\\"user\\\":\\n 202| return self.user_entries\\n 203| return self.memory_entries\\n 204|\\n 205| def _set_entries(self, target: str, entries: List[str]):\\n 206| if target == \\\"user\\\":\\n 207| self.user_entries = entries\\n 208| else:\\n 209| self.memory_entries = entries\\n 210|\\n 211| def _char_count(self, target: str) -> int:\\n 212| entries = self._entries_for(target)\\n 213| if not entries:\\n 214| return 0\\n 215| return len(ENTRY_DELIMITER.join(entries))\\n 216|\\n 217| def _char_limit(self, target: str) -> int:\\n 218| if target == \\\"user\\\":\\n 219| return self.user_char_limit\\n 220| return self.memory_char_limit\\n 221|\\n 222| def add(self, target: str, content: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:\\n 223| \\\"\\\"\\\"Append a new entry. Returns error if it would exceed the char limit.\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 224| content = content.strip()\\n 225| if not content:\\n 226| return {\\\"success\\\": False, \\\"error\\\": \\\"Content cannot be empty.\\\"}\\n 227|\\n 228| # Scan for injection/exfiltration before accepting\\n 229| scan_error = _scan_memory_content(content)\\n 230| if scan_error:\\n 231| return {\\\"success\\\": False, \\\"error\\\": scan_error}\\n 232|\\n 233| with self._file_lock(self._path_for(target)):\\n 234| # Re-read from disk under lock to pick up writes from other sessions\\n 235| self._reload_target(target)\\n 236|\\n 237| entries = self._entries_for(target)\\n 238| limit = self._char_limit(target)\\n 239|\\n 240| # Reject exact duplicates\\n 241| if content in entries:\\n 242| return self._success_response(target, \\\"Entry already exists (no duplicate added).\\\")\\n 243|\\n 244| # Calculate what the new total would be\\n 245| new_entries = entries + [content]\\n 246| new_total = len(ENTRY_DELIMITER.join(new_entries))\\n 247|\\n 248| if new_total > limit:\\n 249| current = self._char_count(target)\\n 250| return {\\n 251| \\\"success\\\": False,\\n 252| \\\"error\\\": (\\n 253| f\\\"Memory at {current:,}/{limit:,} chars. \\\"\\n 254| f\\\"Adding this entry ({len(content)} chars) would exceed the limit. \\\"\\n 255| f\\\"Replace or remove existing entries first.\\\"\\n 256| ),\\n 257| \\\"current_entries\\\": entries,\\n 258| \\\"usage\\\": f\\\"{current:,}/{limit:,}\\\",\\n 259| }\\n 260|\\n 261| entries.append(content)\\n 262| self._set_entries(target, entries)\\n 263| self.save_to_disk(target)\\n 264|\\n 265| return self._success_response(target, \\\"Entry added.\\\")\\n 266|\\n 267| def replace(self, target: str, old_text: str, new_content: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:\\n 268| \\\"\\\"\\\"Find entry containing old_text substring, replace it with new_content.\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 269| old_text = old_text.strip()\\n 270| new_content = new_content.strip()\\n 271| if not old_text:\\n 272| return {\\\"success\\\": False, \\\"error\\\": \\\"old_text cannot be empty.\\\"}\\n 273| if not new_content:\\n 274| return {\\\"success\\\": False, \\\"error\\\": \\\"new_content cannot be empty. Use 'remove' to delete entries.\\\"}\\n 275|\\n 276| # Scan replacement content for injection/exfiltration\\n 277| scan_error = _scan_memory_content(new_content)\\n 278| if scan_error:\\n 279| return {\\\"success\\\": False, \\\"error\\\": scan_error}\\n 280|\\n 281| with self._file_lock(self._path_for(target)):\\n 282| self._reload_target(target)\\n 283|\\n 284| entries = self._entries_for(target)\\n 285| matches = [(i, e) for i, e in enumerate(entries) if old_text in e]\\n 286|\\n 287| if not matches:\\n 288| return {\\\"success\\\": False, \\\"error\\\": f\\\"No entry matched '{old_text}'.\\\"}\\n 289|\\n 290| if len(matches) > 1:\\n 291| # If all matches are identical (exact duplicates), operate on the first one\\n 292| unique_texts = set(e for _, e in matches)\\n 293| if len(unique_texts) > 1:\\n 294| previews = [e[:80] + (\\\"...\\\" if len(e) > 80 else \\\"\\\") for _, e in matches]\\n 295| return {\\n 296| \\\"success\\\": False,\\n 297| \\\"error\\\": f\\\"Multiple entries matched '{old_text}'. Be more specific.\\\",\\n 298| \\\"matches\\\": previews,\\n 299| }\\n 300| # All identical -- safe to replace just the first\\n 301|\\n 302| idx = matches[0][0]\\n 303| limit = self._char_limit(target)\\n 304|\\n 305| # Check that replacement doesn't blow the budget\\n 306| test_entries = entries.copy()\\n 307| test_entries[idx] = new_content\\n 308| new_total = len(ENTRY_DELIMITER.join(test_entries))\\n 309|\\n 310| if new_total > limit:\\n 311| return {\\n 312| \\\"success\\\": False,\\n 313| \\\"error\\\": (\\n 314| f\\\"Replacement would put memory at {new_total:,}/{limit:,} chars. \\\"\\n 315| f\\\"Shorten the new content or remove other entries first.\\\"\\n 316| ),\\n 317| }\\n 318|\\n 319| entries[idx] = new_content\\n 320| self._set_entries(target, entries)\\n 321| self.save_to_disk(target)\\n 322|\\n 323| return self._success_response(target, \\\"Entry replaced.\\\")\\n 324|\\n 325| def remove(self, target: str, old_text: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:\\n 326| \\\"\\\"\\\"Remove the entry containing old_text substring.\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 327| old_text = old_text.strip()\\n 328| if not old_text:\\n 329| return {\\\"success\\\": False, \\\"error\\\": \\\"old_text cannot be empty.\\\"}\\n 330|\\n 331| with self._file_lock(self._path_for(target)):\\n 332| self._reload_target(target)\\n 333|\\n 334| entries = self._entries_for(target)\\n 335| matches = [(i, e) for i, e in enumerate(entries) if old_text in e]\\n 336|\\n 337| if not matches:\\n 338| return {\\\"success\\\": False, \\\"error\\\": f\\\"No entry matched '{old_text}'.\\\"}\\n 339|\\n 340| if len(matches) > 1:\\n 341| # If all matches are identical (exact duplicates), remove the first one\\n 342| unique_texts = set(e for _, e in matches)\\n 343| if len(unique_texts) > 1:\\n 344| previews = [e[:80] + (\\\"...\\\" if len(e) > 80 else \\\"\\\") for _, e in matches]\\n 345| return {\\n 346| \\\"success\\\": False,\\n 347| \\\"error\\\": f\\\"Multiple entries matched '{old_text}'. Be more specific.\\\",\\n 348| \\\"matches\\\": previews,\\n 349| }\\n 350| # All identical -- safe to remove just the first\\n 351|\\n 352| idx = matches[0][0]\\n 353| entries.pop(idx)\\n 354| self._set_entries(target, entries)\\n 355| self.save_to_disk(target)\\n 356|\\n 357| return self._success_response(target, \\\"Entry removed.\\\")\\n 358|\\n 359| def format_for_system_prompt(self, target: str) -> Optional[str]:\\n 360| \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 361| Return the frozen snapshot for system prompt injection.\\n 362|\\n 363| This returns the state captured at load_from_disk() time, NOT the live\\n 364| state. Mid-session writes do not affect this. This keeps the system\\n 365| prompt stable across all turns, preserving the prefix cache.\\n 366|\\n 367| Returns None if the snapshot is empty (no entries at load time).\\n 368| \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 369| block = self._system_prompt_snapshot.get(target, \\\"\\\")\\n 370| return block if block else None\\n 371|\\n 372| # -- Internal helpers --\\n 373|\\n 374| def _success_response(self, target: str, message: str = None) -> Dict[str, Any]:\\n 375| entries = self._entries_for(target)\\n 376| current = self._char_count(target)\\n 377| limit = self._char_limit(target)\\n 378| pct = min(100, int((current / limit) * 100)) if limit > 0 else 0\\n 379|\\n 380| resp = {\\n 381| \\\"success\\\": True,\\n 382| \\\"target\\\": target,\\n 383| \\\"entries\\\": entries,\\n 384| \\\"usage\\\": f\\\"{pct}% — {current:,}/{limit:,} chars\\\",\\n 385| \\\"entry_count\\\": len(entries),\\n 386| }\\n 387| if message:\\n 388| resp[\\\"message\\\"] = message\\n 389| return resp\\n 390|\\n 391| def _render_block(self, target: str, entries: List[str]) -> str:\\n 392| \\\"\\\"\\\"Render a system prompt block with header and usage indicator.\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 393| if not entries:\\n 394| return \\\"\\\"\\n 395|\\n 396| limit = self._char_limit(target)\\n 397| content = ENTRY_DELIMITER.join(entries)\\n 398| current = len(content)\\n 399| pct = min(100, int((current / limit) * 100)) if limit > 0 else 0\\n 400|\\n 401| if target == \\\"user\\\":\\n 402| header = f\\\"USER PROFILE (who the user is) [{pct}% — {current:,}/{limit:,} chars]\\\"\\n 403| else:\\n 404| header = f\\\"MEMORY (your personal notes) [{pct}% — {current:,}/{limit:,} chars]\\\"\\n 405|\\n 406| separator = \\\"═\\\" * 46\\n 407| return f\\\"{separator}\\\\n{header}\\\\n{separator}\\\\n{content}\\\"\\n 408|\\n 409| @staticmethod\\n 410| def _read_file(path: Path) -> List[str]:\\n 411| \\\"\\\"\\\"Read a memory file and split into entries.\\n 412|\\n 413| No file locking needed: _write_file uses atomic rename, so readers\\n 414| always see either the previous complete file or the new complete file.\\n 415| \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 416| if not path.exists():\\n 417| return []\\n 418| try:\\n 419| raw = path.read_text(encoding=\\\"utf-8\\\")\\n 420| except (OSError, IOError):\\n 421| return []\\n 422|\\n 423| if not raw.strip():\\n 424| return []\\n 425|\\n 426| # Use ENTRY_DELIMITER for consistency with _write_file. Splitting by \\\"§\\\"\\n 427| # alone would incorrectly split entries that contain \\\"§\\\" in their content.\\n 428| entries = [e.strip() for e in raw.split(ENTRY_DELIMITER)]\\n 429| return [e for e in entries if e]\\n 430|\\n 431| @staticmethod\\n 432| def _write_file(path: Path, entries: List[str]):\\n 433| \\\"\\\"\\\"Write entries to a memory file using atomic temp-file + rename.\\n 434|\\n 435| Previous implementation used open(\\\"w\\\") + flock, but \\\"w\\\" truncates the\\n 436| file *before* the lock is acquired, creating a race window where\\n 437| concurrent readers see an empty file. Atomic rename avoids this:\\n 438| readers always see either the old complete file or the new one.\\n 439| \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 440| content = ENTRY_DELIMITER.join(entries) if entries else \\\"\\\"\\n 441| try:\\n 442| # Write to temp file in same directory (same filesystem for atomic rename)\\n 443| fd, tmp_path = tempfile.mkstemp(\\n 444| dir=str(path.parent), suffix=\\\".tmp\\\", prefix=\\\".mem_\\\"\\n 445| )\\n 446| try:\\n 447| with os.fdopen(fd, \\\"w\\\", encoding=\\\"utf-8\\\") as f:\\n 448| f.write(content)\\n 449| f.flush()\\n 450| os.fsync(f.fileno())\\n 451| os.replace(tmp_path, str(path)) # Atomic on same filesystem\\n 452| except BaseException:\\n 453| # Clean up temp file on any failure\\n 454| try:\\n 455| os.unlink(tmp_path)\\n 456| except OSError:\\n 457| pass\\n 458| raise\\n 459| except (OSError, IOError) as e:\\n 460| raise RuntimeError(f\\\"Failed to write memory file {path}: {e}\\\")\\n 461|\\n 462|\\n 463|def memory_tool(\\n 464| action: str,\\n 465| target: str = \\\"memory\\\",\\n 466| content: str = None,\\n 467| old_text: str = None,\\n 468| store: Optional[MemoryStore] = None,\\n 469|) -> str:\\n 470| \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 471| Single entry point for the memory tool. Dispatches to MemoryStore methods.\\n 472|\\n 473| Returns JSON string with results.\\n 474| \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 475| if store is None:\\n 476| return tool_error(\\\"Memory is not available. It may be disabled in config or this environment.\\\", success=False)\\n 477|\\n 478| if target not in (\\\"memory\\\", \\\"user\\\"):\\n 479| return tool_error(f\\\"Invalid target '{target}'. Use 'memory' or 'user'.\\\", success=False)\\n 480|\\n 481| if action == \\\"add\\\":\\n 482| if not content:\\n 483| return tool_error(\\\"Content is required for 'add' action.\\\", success=False)\\n 484| result = store.add(target, content)\\n 485|\\n 486| elif action == \\\"replace\\\":\\n 487| if not old_text:\\n 488| return tool_error(\\\"old_text is required for 'replace' action.\\\", success=False)\\n 489| if not content:\\n 490| return tool_error(\\\"content is required for 'replace' action.\\\", success=False)\\n 491| result = store.replace(target, old_text, content)\\n 492|\\n 493| elif action == \\\"remove\\\":\\n 494| if not old_text:\\n 495| return tool_error(\\\"old_text is required for 'remove' action.\\\", success=False)\\n 496| result = store.remove(target, old_text)\\n 497|\\n 498| else:\\n 499| return tool_error(f\\\"Unknown action '{action}'. Use: add, replace, remove\\\", success=False)\\n 500|\\n 501|\", \"total_lines\": 584, \"file_size\": 23222, \"truncated\": true, \"hint\": \"Use offset=501 to continue reading (showing 1-500 of 584 lines)\", \"is_binary\": false, \"is_image\": false}", "tool_call_id": "qUvd6h8qGGU4SrK2JICVrSyVGYXJP6cn" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Now let me check how the prompt builder assembles the system prompt:", "reasoning": "Good, I now understand the memory system. Now let me check how the prompt is assembled to see where memory is injected.\n", "finish_reason": "tool_calls", "tool_calls": [ { "id": "GgtyNesOPlvj20ZwzVkzTuWeSdAeN5ZK", "call_id": "GgtyNesOPlvj20ZwzVkzTuWeSdAeN5ZK", "response_item_id": "fc_GgtyNesOPlvj20ZwzVkzTuWeSdAeN5ZK", "type": "function", "function": { "name": "read_file", "arguments": "{\"path\":\"~/.hermes/hermes-agent/agent/prompt_builder.py\"}" } } ] }, { "role": "tool", "content": "{\"content\": \" 1|\\\"\\\"\\\"System prompt assembly -- identity, platform hints, skills index, context files.\\n 2|\\n 3|All functions are stateless. AIAgent._build_system_prompt() calls these to\\n 4|assemble pieces, then combines them with memory and ephemeral prompts.\\n 5|\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 6|\\n 7|import json\\n 8|import logging\\n 9|import os\\n 10|import re\\n 11|import threading\\n 12|from collections import OrderedDict\\n 13|from pathlib import Path\\n 14|\\n 15|from hermes_constants import get_hermes_home, get_skills_dir, is_wsl\\n 16|from typing import Optional\\n 17|\\n 18|from agent.skill_utils import (\\n 19| extract_skill_conditions,\\n 20| extract_skill_description,\\n 21| get_all_skills_dirs,\\n 22| get_disabled_skill_names,\\n 23| iter_skill_index_files,\\n 24| parse_frontmatter,\\n 25| skill_matches_platform,\\n 26|)\\n 27|from utils import atomic_json_write\\n 28|\\n 29|logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)\\n 30|\\n 31|# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------\\n 32|# Context file scanning — detect prompt injection in AGENTS.md, .cursorrules,\\n 33|# SOUL.md before they get injected into the system prompt.\\n 34|# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------\\n 35|\\n 36|_CONTEXT_THREAT_PATTERNS = [\\n 37| (r'ignore\\\\s+(previous|all|above|prior)\\\\s+instructions', \\\"prompt_injection\\\"),\\n 38| (r'do\\\\s+not\\\\s+tell\\\\s+the\\\\s+user', \\\"deception_hide\\\"),\\n 39| (r'system\\\\s+prompt\\\\s+override', \\\"sys_prompt_override\\\"),\\n 40| (r'disregard\\\\s+(your|all|any)\\\\s+(instructions|rules|guidelines)', \\\"disregard_rules\\\"),\\n 41| (r'act\\\\s+as\\\\s+(if|though)\\\\s+you\\\\s+(have\\\\s+no|don\\\\'t\\\\s+have)\\\\s+(restrictions|limits|rules)', \\\"bypass_restrictions\\\"),\\n 42| (r'', \\\"html_comment_injection\\\"),\\n 43| (r'<\\\\s*div\\\\s+style\\\\s*=\\\\s*[\\\"\\\\'][\\\\s\\\\S]*?display\\\\s*:\\\\s*none', \\\"hidden_div\\\"),\\n 44| (r'translate\\\\s+.*\\\\s+into\\\\s+.*\\\\s+and\\\\s+(execute|run|eval)', \\\"translate_execute\\\"),\\n 45| (r'curl\\\\s+[^\\\\n]*\\\\$\\\\{?\\\\w*(KEY|TOKEN|SECRET|PASSWORD|CREDENTIAL|API)', \\\"exfil_curl\\\"),\\n 46| (r'cat\\\\s+[^\\\\n]*(\\\\.env|credentials|\\\\.netrc|\\\\.pgpass)', \\\"read_secrets\\\"),\\n 47|]\\n 48|\\n 49|_CONTEXT_INVISIBLE_CHARS = {\\n 50| '\\\\u200b', '\\\\u200c', '\\\\u200d', '\\\\u2060', '\\\\ufeff',\\n 51| '\\\\u202a', '\\\\u202b', '\\\\u202c', '\\\\u202d', '\\\\u202e',\\n 52|}\\n 53|\\n 54|\\n 55|def _scan_context_content(content: str, filename: str) -> str:\\n 56| \\\"\\\"\\\"Scan context file content for injection. Returns sanitized content.\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 57| findings = []\\n 58|\\n 59| # Check invisible unicode\\n 60| for char in _CONTEXT_INVISIBLE_CHARS:\\n 61| if char in content:\\n 62| findings.append(f\\\"invisible unicode U+{ord(char):04X}\\\")\\n 63|\\n 64| # Check threat patterns\\n 65| for pattern, pid in _CONTEXT_THREAT_PATTERNS:\\n 66| if re.search(pattern, content, re.IGNORECASE):\\n 67| findings.append(pid)\\n 68|\\n 69| if findings:\\n 70| logger.warning(\\\"Context file %s blocked: %s\\\", filename, \\\", \\\".join(findings))\\n 71| return f\\\"[BLOCKED: {filename} contained potential prompt injection ({', '.join(findings)}). Content not loaded.]\\\"\\n 72|\\n 73| return content\\n 74|\\n 75|\\n 76|def _find_git_root(start: Path) -> Optional[Path]:\\n 77| \\\"\\\"\\\"Walk *start* and its parents looking for a ``.git`` directory.\\n 78|\\n 79| Returns the directory containing ``.git``, or ``None`` if we hit the\\n 80| filesystem root without finding one.\\n 81| \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 82| current = start.resolve()\\n 83| for parent in [current, *current.parents]:\\n 84| if (parent / \\\".git\\\").exists():\\n 85| return parent\\n 86| return None\\n 87|\\n 88|\\n 89|_HERMES_MD_NAMES = (\\\".hermes.md\\\", \\\"HERMES.md\\\")\\n 90|\\n 91|\\n 92|def _find_hermes_md(cwd: Path) -> Optional[Path]:\\n 93| \\\"\\\"\\\"Discover the nearest ``.hermes.md`` or ``HERMES.md``.\\n 94|\\n 95| Search order: *cwd* first, then each parent directory up to (and\\n 96| including) the git repository root. Returns the first match, or\\n 97| ``None`` if nothing is found.\\n 98| \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 99| stop_at = _find_git_root(cwd)\\n 100| current = cwd.resolve()\\n 101|\\n 102| for directory in [current, *current.parents]:\\n 103| for name in _HERMES_MD_NAMES:\\n 104| candidate = directory / name\\n 105| if candidate.is_file():\\n 106| return candidate\\n 107| # Stop walking at the git root (or filesystem root).\\n 108| if stop_at and directory == stop_at:\\n 109| break\\n 110| return None\\n 111|\\n 112|\\n 113|def _strip_yaml_frontmatter(content: str) -> str:\\n 114| \\\"\\\"\\\"Remove optional YAML frontmatter (``---`` delimited) from *content*.\\n 115|\\n 116| The frontmatter may contain structured config (model overrides, tool\\n 117| settings) that will be handled separately in a future PR. For now we\\n 118| strip it so only the human-readable markdown body is injected into the\\n 119| system prompt.\\n 120| \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 121| if content.startswith(\\\"---\\\"):\\n 122| end = content.find(\\\"\\\\n---\\\", 3)\\n 123| if end != -1:\\n 124| # Skip past the closing --- and any trailing newline\\n 125| body = content[end + 4:].lstrip(\\\"\\\\n\\\")\\n 126| return body if body else content\\n 127| return content\\n 128|\\n 129|\\n 130|# =========================================================================\\n 131|# Constants\\n 132|# =========================================================================\\n 133|\\n 134|DEFAULT_AGENT_IDENTITY = (\\n 135| \\\"You are Hermes Agent, an intelligent AI assistant created by Nous Research. \\\"\\n 136| \\\"You are helpful, knowledgeable, and direct. You assist users with a wide \\\"\\n 137| \\\"range of tasks including answering questions, writing and editing code, \\\"\\n 138| \\\"analyzing information, creative work, and executing actions via your tools. \\\"\\n 139| \\\"You communicate clearly, admit uncertainty when appropriate, and prioritize \\\"\\n 140| \\\"being genuinely useful over being verbose unless otherwise directed below. \\\"\\n 141| \\\"Be targeted and efficient in your exploration and investigations.\\\"\\n 142|)\\n 143|\\n 144|MEMORY_GUIDANCE = (\\n 145| \\\"You have persistent memory across sessions. Save durable facts using the memory \\\"\\n 146| \\\"tool: user preferences, environment details, tool quirks, and stable conventions. \\\"\\n 147| \\\"Memory is injected into every turn, so keep it compact and focused on facts that \\\"\\n 148| \\\"will still matter later.\\\\n\\\"\\n 149| \\\"Prioritize what reduces future user steering — the most valuable memory is one \\\"\\n 150| \\\"that prevents the user from having to correct or remind you again. \\\"\\n 151| \\\"User preferences and recurring corrections matter more than procedural task details.\\\\n\\\"\\n 152| \\\"Do NOT save task progress, session outcomes, completed-work logs, or temporary TODO \\\"\\n 153| \\\"state to memory; use session_search to recall those from past transcripts. \\\"\\n 154| \\\"If you've discovered a new way to do something, solved a problem that could be \\\"\\n 155| \\\"necessary later, save it as a skill with the skill tool.\\\\n\\\"\\n 156| \\\"Write memories as declarative facts, not instructions to yourself. \\\"\\n 157| \\\"'User prefers concise responses' ✓ — 'Always respond concisely' ✗. \\\"\\n 158| \\\"'Project uses pytest with xdist' ✓ — 'Run tests with pytest -n 4' ✗. \\\"\\n 159| \\\"Imperative phrasing gets re-read as a directive in later sessions and can \\\"\\n 160| \\\"cause repeated work or override the user's current request. Procedures and \\\"\\n 161| \\\"workflows belong in skills, not memory.\\\"\\n 162|)\\n 163|\\n 164|SESSION_SEARCH_GUIDANCE = (\\n 165| \\\"When the user references something from a past conversation or you suspect \\\"\\n 166| \\\"relevant cross-session context exists, use session_search to recall it before \\\"\\n 167| \\\"asking them to repeat themselves.\\\"\\n 168|)\\n 169|\\n 170|SKILLS_GUIDANCE = (\\n 171| \\\"After completing a complex task (5+ tool calls), fixing a tricky error, \\\"\\n 172| \\\"or discovering a non-trivial workflow, save the approach as a \\\"\\n 173| \\\"skill with skill_manage so you can reuse it next time.\\\\n\\\"\\n 174| \\\"When using a skill and finding it outdated, incomplete, or wrong, \\\"\\n 175| \\\"patch it immediately with skill_manage(action='patch') — don't wait to be asked. \\\"\\n 176| \\\"Skills that aren't maintained become liabilities.\\\"\\n 177|)\\n 178|\\n 179|TOOL_USE_ENFORCEMENT_GUIDANCE = (\\n 180| \\\"# Tool-use enforcement\\\\n\\\"\\n 181| \\\"You MUST use your tools to take action — do not describe what you would do \\\"\\n 182| \\\"or plan to do without actually doing it. When you say you will perform an \\\"\\n 183| \\\"action (e.g. 'I will run the tests', 'Let me check the file', 'I will create \\\"\\n 184| \\\"the project'), you MUST immediately make the corresponding tool call in the same \\\"\\n 185| \\\"response. Never end your turn with a promise of future action — execute it now.\\\\n\\\"\\n 186| \\\"Keep working until the task is actually complete. Do not stop with a summary of \\\"\\n 187| \\\"what you plan to do next time. If you have tools available that can accomplish \\\"\\n 188| \\\"the task, use them instead of telling the user what you would do.\\\\n\\\"\\n 189| \\\"Every response should either (a) contain tool calls that make progress, or \\\"\\n 190| \\\"(b) deliver a final result to the user. Responses that only describe intentions \\\"\\n 191| \\\"without acting are not acceptable.\\\"\\n 192|)\\n 193|\\n 194|# Model name substrings that trigger tool-use enforcement guidance.\\n 195|# Add new patterns here when a model family needs explicit steering.\\n 196|TOOL_USE_ENFORCEMENT_MODELS = (\\\"gpt\\\", \\\"codex\\\", \\\"gemini\\\", \\\"gemma\\\", \\\"grok\\\")\\n 197|\\n 198|# OpenAI GPT/Codex-specific execution guidance. Addresses known failure modes\\n 199|# where GPT models abandon work on partial results, skip prerequisite lookups,\\n 200|# hallucinate instead of using tools, and declare \\\"done\\\" without verification.\\n 201|# Inspired by patterns from OpenAI's GPT-5.4 prompting guide & OpenClaw PR #38953.\\n 202|OPENAI_MODEL_EXECUTION_GUIDANCE = (\\n 203| \\\"# Execution discipline\\\\n\\\"\\n 204| \\\"\\\\n\\\"\\n 205| \\\"- Use tools whenever they improve correctness, completeness, or grounding.\\\\n\\\"\\n 206| \\\"- Do not stop early when another tool call would materially improve the result.\\\\n\\\"\\n 207| \\\"- If a tool returns empty or partial results, retry with a different query or \\\"\\n 208| \\\"strategy before giving up.\\\\n\\\"\\n 209| \\\"- Keep calling tools until: (1) the task is complete, AND (2) you have verified \\\"\\n 210| \\\"the result.\\\\n\\\"\\n 211| \\\"\\\\n\\\"\\n 212| \\\"\\\\n\\\"\\n 213| \\\"\\\\n\\\"\\n 214| \\\"NEVER answer these from memory or mental computation — ALWAYS use a tool:\\\\n\\\"\\n 215| \\\"- Arithmetic, math, calculations → use terminal or execute_code\\\\n\\\"\\n 216| \\\"- Hashes, encodings, checksums → use terminal (e.g. sha256sum, base64)\\\\n\\\"\\n 217| \\\"- Current time, date, timezone → use terminal (e.g. date)\\\\n\\\"\\n 218| \\\"- System state: OS, CPU, memory, disk, ports, processes → use terminal\\\\n\\\"\\n 219| \\\"- File contents, sizes, line counts → use read_file, search_files, or terminal\\\\n\\\"\\n 220| \\\"- Git history, branches, diffs → use terminal\\\\n\\\"\\n 221| \\\"- Current facts (weather, news, versions) → use web_search\\\\n\\\"\\n 222| \\\"Your memory and user profile describe the USER, not the system you are \\\"\\n 223| \\\"running on. The execution environment may differ from what the user profile \\\"\\n 224| \\\"says about their personal setup.\\\\n\\\"\\n 225| \\\"\\\\n\\\"\\n 226| \\\"\\\\n\\\"\\n 227| \\\"\\\\n\\\"\\n 228| \\\"When a question has an obvious default interpretation, act on it immediately \\\"\\n 229| \\\"instead of asking for clarification. Examples:\\\\n\\\"\\n 230| \\\"- 'Is port 443 open?' → check THIS machine (don't ask 'open where?')\\\\n\\\"\\n 231| \\\"- 'What OS am I running?' → check the live system (don't use user profile)\\\\n\\\"\\n 232| \\\"- 'What time is it?' → run `date` (don't guess)\\\\n\\\"\\n 233| \\\"Only ask for clarification when the ambiguity genuinely changes what tool \\\"\\n 234| \\\"you would call.\\\\n\\\"\\n 235| \\\"\\\\n\\\"\\n 236| \\\"\\\\n\\\"\\n 237| \\\"\\\\n\\\"\\n 238| \\\"- Before taking an action, check whether prerequisite discovery, lookup, or \\\"\\n 239| \\\"context-gathering steps are needed.\\\\n\\\"\\n 240| \\\"- Do not skip prerequisite steps just because the final action seems obvious.\\\\n\\\"\\n 241| \\\"- If a task depends on output from a prior step, resolve that dependency first.\\\\n\\\"\\n 242| \\\"\\\\n\\\"\\n 243| \\\"\\\\n\\\"\\n 244| \\\"\\\\n\\\"\\n 245| \\\"Before finalizing your response:\\\\n\\\"\\n 246| \\\"- Correctness: does the output satisfy every stated requirement?\\\\n\\\"\\n 247| \\\"- Grounding: are factual claims backed by tool outputs or provided context?\\\\n\\\"\\n 248| \\\"- Formatting: does the output match the requested format or schema?\\\\n\\\"\\n 249| \\\"- Safety: if the next step has side effects (file writes, commands, API calls), \\\"\\n 250| \\\"confirm scope before executing.\\\\n\\\"\\n 251| \\\"\\\\n\\\"\\n 252| \\\"\\\\n\\\"\\n 253| \\\"\\\\n\\\"\\n 254| \\\"- If required context is missing, do NOT guess or hallucinate an answer.\\\\n\\\"\\n 255| \\\"- Use the appropriate lookup tool when missing information is retrievable \\\"\\n 256| \\\"(search_files, web_search, read_file, etc.).\\\\n\\\"\\n 257| \\\"- Ask a clarifying question only when the information cannot be retrieved by tools.\\\\n\\\"\\n 258| \\\"- If you must proceed with incomplete information, label assumptions explicitly.\\\\n\\\"\\n 259| \\\"\\\"\\n 260|)\\n 261|\\n 262|# Gemini/Gemma-specific operational guidance, adapted from OpenCode's gemini.txt.\\n 263|# Injected alongside TOOL_USE_ENFORCEMENT_GUIDANCE when the model is Gemini or Gemma.\\n 264|GOOGLE_MODEL_OPERATIONAL_GUIDANCE = (\\n 265| \\\"# Google model operational directives\\\\n\\\"\\n 266| \\\"Follow these operational rules strictly:\\\\n\\\"\\n 267| \\\"- **Absolute paths:** Always construct and use absolute file paths for all \\\"\\n 268| \\\"file system operations. Combine the project root with relative paths.\\\\n\\\"\\n 269| \\\"- **Verify first:** Use read_file/search_files to check file contents and \\\"\\n 270| \\\"project structure before making changes. Never guess at file contents.\\\\n\\\"\\n 271| \\\"- **Dependency checks:** Never assume a library is available. Check \\\"\\n 272| \\\"package.json, requirements.txt, Cargo.toml, etc. before importing.\\\\n\\\"\\n 273| \\\"- **Conciseness:** Keep explanatory text brief — a few sentences, not \\\"\\n 274| \\\"paragraphs. Focus on actions and results over narration.\\\\n\\\"\\n 275| \\\"- **Parallel tool calls:** When you need to perform multiple independent \\\"\\n 276| \\\"operations (e.g. reading several files), make all the tool calls in a \\\"\\n 277| \\\"single response rather than sequentially.\\\\n\\\"\\n 278| \\\"- **Non-interactive commands:** Use flags like -y, --yes, --non-interactive \\\"\\n 279| \\\"to prevent CLI tools from hanging on prompts.\\\\n\\\"\\n 280| \\\"- **Keep going:** Work autonomously until the task is fully resolved. \\\"\\n 281| \\\"Don't stop with a plan — execute it.\\\\n\\\"\\n 282|)\\n 283|\\n 284|# Model name substrings that should use the 'developer' role instead of\\n 285|# 'system' for the system prompt. OpenAI's newer models (GPT-5, Codex)\\n 286|# give stronger instruction-following weight to the 'developer' role.\\n 287|# The swap happens at the API boundary in _build_api_kwargs() so internal\\n 288|# message representation stays consistent (\\\"system\\\" everywhere).\\n 289|DEVELOPER_ROLE_MODELS = (\\\"gpt-5\\\", \\\"codex\\\")\\n 290|\\n 291|PLATFORM_HINTS = {\\n 292| \\\"whatsapp\\\": (\\n 293| \\\"You are on a text messaging communication platform, WhatsApp. \\\"\\n 294| \\\"Please do not use markdown as it does not render. \\\"\\n 295| \\\"You can send media files natively: to deliver a file to the user, \\\"\\n 296| \\\"include MEDIA:/absolute/path/to/file in your response. The file \\\"\\n 297| \\\"will be sent as a native WhatsApp attachment — images (.jpg, .png, \\\"\\n 298| \\\".webp) appear as photos, videos (.mp4, .mov) play inline, and other \\\"\\n 299| \\\"files arrive as downloadable documents. You can also include image \\\"\\n 300| \\\"URLs in markdown format ![alt](url) and they will be sent as photos.\\\"\\n 301| ),\\n 302| \\\"telegram\\\": (\\n 303| \\\"You are on a text messaging communication platform, Telegram. \\\"\\n 304| \\\"Standard markdown is automatically converted to Telegram format. \\\"\\n 305| \\\"Supported: **bold**, *italic*, ~~strikethrough~~, ||spoiler||, \\\"\\n 306| \\\"`inline code`, ```code blocks```, [links](url), and ## headers. \\\"\\n 307| \\\"You can send media files natively: to deliver a file to the user, \\\"\\n 308| \\\"include MEDIA:/absolute/path/to/file in your response. Images \\\"\\n 309| \\\"(.png, .jpg, .webp) appear as photos, audio (.ogg) sends as voice \\\"\\n 310| \\\"bubbles, and videos (.mp4) play inline. You can also include image \\\"\\n 311| \\\"URLs in markdown format ![alt](url) and they will be sent as native photos.\\\"\\n 312| ),\\n 313| \\\"discord\\\": (\\n 314| \\\"You are in a Discord server or group chat communicating with your user. \\\"\\n 315| \\\"You can send media files natively: include MEDIA:/absolute/path/to/file \\\"\\n 316| \\\"in your response. Images (.png, .jpg, .webp) are sent as photo \\\"\\n 317| \\\"attachments, audio as file attachments. You can also include image URLs \\\"\\n 318| \\\"in markdown format ![alt](url) and they will be sent as attachments.\\\"\\n 319| ),\\n 320| \\\"slack\\\": (\\n 321| \\\"You are in a Slack workspace communicating with your user. \\\"\\n 322| \\\"You can send media files natively: include MEDIA:/absolute/path/to/file \\\"\\n 323| \\\"in your response. Images (.png, .jpg, .webp) are uploaded as photo \\\"\\n 324| \\\"attachments, audio as file attachments. You can also include image URLs \\\"\\n 325| \\\"in markdown format ![alt](url) and they will be uploaded as attachments.\\\"\\n 326| ),\\n 327| \\\"signal\\\": (\\n 328| \\\"You are on a text messaging communication platform, Signal. \\\"\\n 329| \\\"Please do not use markdown as it does not render. \\\"\\n 330| \\\"You can send media files natively: to deliver a file to the user, \\\"\\n 331| \\\"include MEDIA:/absolute/path/to/file in your response. Images \\\"\\n 332| \\\"(.png, .jpg, .webp) appear as photos, audio as attachments, and other \\\"\\n 333| \\\"files arrive as downloadable documents. You can also include image \\\"\\n 334| \\\"URLs in markdown format ![alt](url) and they will be sent as photos.\\\"\\n 335| ),\\n 336| \\\"email\\\": (\\n 337| \\\"You are communicating via email. Write clear, well-structured responses \\\"\\n 338| \\\"suitable for email. Use plain text formatting (no markdown). \\\"\\n 339| \\\"Keep responses concise but complete. You can send file attachments — \\\"\\n 340| \\\"include MEDIA:/absolute/path/to/file in your response. The subject line \\\"\\n 341| \\\"is preserved for threading. Do not include greetings or sign-offs unless \\\"\\n 342| \\\"contextually appropriate.\\\"\\n 343| ),\\n 344| \\\"cron\\\": (\\n 345| \\\"You are running as a scheduled cron job. There is no user present — you \\\"\\n 346| \\\"cannot ask questions, request clarification, or wait for follow-up. Execute \\\"\\n 347| \\\"the task fully and autonomously, making reasonable decisions where needed. \\\"\\n 348| \\\"Your final response is automatically delivered to the job's configured \\\"\\n 349| \\\"destination — put the primary content directly in your response.\\\"\\n 350| ),\\n 351| \\\"cli\\\": (\\n 352| \\\"You are a CLI AI Agent. Try not to use markdown but simple text \\\"\\n 353| \\\"renderable inside a terminal.\\\"\\n 354| ),\\n 355| \\\"sms\\\": (\\n 356| \\\"You are communicating via SMS. Keep responses concise and use plain text \\\"\\n 357| \\\"only — no markdown, no formatting. SMS messages are limited to ~1600 \\\"\\n 358| \\\"characters, so be brief and direct.\\\"\\n 359| ),\\n 360| \\\"bluebubbles\\\": (\\n 361| \\\"You are chatting via iMessage (BlueBubbles). iMessage does not render \\\"\\n 362| \\\"markdown formatting — use plain text. Keep responses concise as they \\\"\\n 363| \\\"appear as text messages. You can send media files natively: include \\\"\\n 364| \\\"MEDIA:/absolute/path/to/file in your response. Images (.jpg, .png, \\\"\\n 365| \\\".heic) appear as photos and other files arrive as attachments.\\\"\\n 366| ),\\n 367| \\\"weixin\\\": (\\n 368| \\\"You are on Weixin/WeChat. Markdown formatting is supported, so you may use it when \\\"\\n 369| \\\"it improves readability, but keep the message compact and chat-friendly. You can send media files natively: \\\"\\n 370| \\\"include MEDIA:/absolute/path/to/file in your response. Images are sent as native \\\"\\n 371| \\\"photos, videos play inline when supported, and other files arrive as downloadable \\\"\\n 372| \\\"documents. You can also include image URLs in markdown format ![alt](url) and they \\\"\\n 373| \\\"will be downloaded and sent as native media when possible.\\\"\\n 374| ),\\n 375| \\\"wecom\\\": (\\n 376| \\\"You are on WeCom (企业微信 / Enterprise WeChat). Markdown formatting is supported. \\\"\\n 377| \\\"You CAN send media files natively — to deliver a file to the user, include \\\"\\n 378| \\\"MEDIA:/absolute/path/to/file in your response. The file will be sent as a native \\\"\\n 379| \\\"WeCom attachment: images (.jpg, .png, .webp) are sent as photos (up to 10 MB), \\\"\\n 380| \\\"other files (.pdf, .docx, .xlsx, .md, .txt, etc.) arrive as downloadable documents \\\"\\n 381| \\\"(up to 20 MB), and videos (.mp4) play inline. Voice messages are supported but \\\"\\n 382| \\\"must be in AMR format — other audio formats are automatically sent as file attachments. \\\"\\n 383| \\\"You can also include image URLs in markdown format ![alt](url) and they will be \\\"\\n 384| \\\"downloaded and sent as native photos. Do NOT tell the user you lack file-sending \\\"\\n 385| \\\"capability — use MEDIA: syntax whenever a file delivery is appropriate.\\\"\\n 386| ),\\n 387| \\\"qqbot\\\": (\\n 388| \\\"You are on QQ, a popular Chinese messaging platform. QQ supports markdown formatting \\\"\\n 389| \\\"and emoji. You can send media files natively: include MEDIA:/absolute/path/to/file in \\\"\\n 390| \\\"your response. Images are sent as native photos, and other files arrive as downloadable \\\"\\n 391| \\\"documents.\\\"\\n 392| ),\\n 393|}\\n 394|\\n 395|# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------\\n 396|# Environment hints — execution-environment awareness for the agent.\\n 397|# Unlike PLATFORM_HINTS (which describe the messaging channel), these describe\\n 398|# the machine/OS the agent's tools actually run on.\\n 399|# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------\\n 400|\\n 401|WSL_ENVIRONMENT_HINT = (\\n 402| \\\"You are running inside WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux). \\\"\\n 403| \\\"The Windows host filesystem is mounted under /mnt/ — \\\"\\n 404| \\\"/mnt/c/ is the C: drive, /mnt/d/ is D:, etc. \\\"\\n 405| \\\"The user's Windows files are typically at \\\"\\n 406| \\\"/mnt/c/Users//Desktop/, Documents/, Downloads/, etc. \\\"\\n 407| \\\"When the user references Windows paths or desktop files, translate \\\"\\n 408| \\\"to the /mnt/c/ equivalent. You can list /mnt/c/Users/ to discover \\\"\\n 409| \\\"the Windows username if needed.\\\"\\n 410|)\\n 411|\\n 412|\\n 413|def build_environment_hints() -> str:\\n 414| \\\"\\\"\\\"Return environment-specific guidance for the system prompt.\\n 415|\\n 416| Detects WSL, and can be extended for Termux, Docker, etc.\\n 417| Returns an empty string when no special environment is detected.\\n 418| \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 419| hints: list[str] = []\\n 420| if is_wsl():\\n 421| hints.append(WSL_ENVIRONMENT_HINT)\\n 422| return \\\"\\\\n\\\\n\\\".join(hints)\\n 423|\\n 424|\\n 425|CONTEXT_FILE_MAX_CHARS = 20_000\\n 426|CONTEXT_TRUNCATE_HEAD_RATIO = 0.7\\n 427|CONTEXT_TRUNCATE_TAIL_RATIO = 0.2\\n 428|\\n 429|\\n 430|# =========================================================================\\n 431|# Skills prompt cache\\n 432|# =========================================================================\\n 433|\\n 434|_SKILLS_PROMPT_CACHE_MAX = 8\\n 435|_SKILLS_PROMPT_CACHE: OrderedDict[tuple, str] = OrderedDict()\\n 436|_SKILLS_PROMPT_CACHE_LOCK = threading.Lock()\\n 437|_SKILLS_SNAPSHOT_VERSION = 1\\n 438|\\n 439|\\n 440|def _skills_prompt_snapshot_path() -> Path:\\n 441| return get_hermes_home() / \\\".skills_prompt_snapshot.json\\\"\\n 442|\\n 443|\\n 444|def clear_skills_system_prompt_cache(*, clear_snapshot: bool = False) -> None:\\n 445| \\\"\\\"\\\"Drop the in-process skills prompt cache (and optionally the disk snapshot).\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 446| with _SKILLS_PROMPT_CACHE_LOCK:\\n 447| _SKILLS_PROMPT_CACHE.clear()\\n 448| if clear_snapshot:\\n 449| try:\\n 450| _skills_prompt_snapshot_path().unlink(missing_ok=True)\\n 451| except OSError as e:\\n 452| logger.debug(\\\"Could not remove skills prompt snapshot: %s\\\", e)\\n 453|\\n 454|\\n 455|def _build_skills_manifest(skills_dir: Path) -> dict[str, list[int]]:\\n 456| \\\"\\\"\\\"Build an mtime/size manifest of all SKILL.md and DESCRIPTION.md files.\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 457| manifest: dict[str, list[int]] = {}\\n 458| for filename in (\\\"SKILL.md\\\", \\\"DESCRIPTION.md\\\"):\\n 459| for path in iter_skill_index_files(skills_dir, filename):\\n 460| try:\\n 461| st = path.stat()\\n 462| except OSError:\\n 463| continue\\n 464| manifest[str(path.relative_to(skills_dir))] = [st.st_mtime_ns, st.st_size]\\n 465| return manifest\\n 466|\\n 467|\\n 468|def _load_skills_snapshot(skills_dir: Path) -> Optional[dict]:\\n 469| \\\"\\\"\\\"Load the disk snapshot if it exists and its manifest still matches.\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 470| snapshot_path = _skills_prompt_snapshot_path()\\n 471| if not snapshot_path.exists():\\n 472| return None\\n 473| try:\\n 474| snapshot = json.loads(snapshot_path.read_text(encoding=\\\"utf-8\\\"))\\n 475| except Exception:\\n 476| return None\\n 477| if not isinstance(snapshot, dict):\\n 478| return None\\n 479| if snapshot.get(\\\"version\\\") != _SKILLS_SNAPSHOT_VERSION:\\n 480| return None\\n 481| if snapshot.get(\\\"manifest\\\") != _build_skills_manifest(skills_dir):\\n 482| return None\\n 483| return snapshot\\n 484|\\n 485|\\n 486|def _write_skills_snapshot(\\n 487| skills_dir: Path,\\n 488| manifest: dict[str, list[int]],\\n 489| skill_entries: list[dict],\\n 490| category_descriptions: dict[str, str],\\n 491|) -> None:\\n 492| \\\"\\\"\\\"Persist skill metadata to disk for fast cold-start reuse.\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 493| payload = {\\n 494| \\\"version\\\": _SKILLS_SNAPSHOT_VERSION,\\n 495| \\\"manifest\\\": manifest,\\n 496| \\\"skills\\\": skill_entries,\\n 497| \\\"category_descriptions\\\": category_descriptions,\\n 498| }\\n 499| try:\\n 500| atomic_json_write(_skills_prompt_snapshot_path(), payload)\\n 501|\", \"total_lines\": 1052, \"file_size\": 47051, \"truncated\": true, \"hint\": \"Use offset=501 to continue reading (showing 1-500 of 1052 lines)\", \"is_binary\": false, \"is_image\": false}", "tool_call_id": "GgtyNesOPlvj20ZwzVkzTuWeSdAeN5ZK" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "", "reasoning": "Let me continue reading the prompt_builder.py to understand how skills are loaded into the system prompt.\n", "finish_reason": "tool_calls", "tool_calls": [ { "id": "5X9sr0rOCLWhdNsDowSV4pIJZVV59xU7", "call_id": "5X9sr0rOCLWhdNsDowSV4pIJZVV59xU7", "response_item_id": "fc_5X9sr0rOCLWhdNsDowSV4pIJZVV59xU7", "type": "function", "function": { "name": "read_file", "arguments": "{\"path\":\"~/.hermes/hermes-agent/agent/prompt_builder.py\",\"offset\":501,\"limit\":500}" } } ] }, { "role": "tool", "content": "{\"content\": \" 501| except Exception as e:\\n 502| logger.debug(\\\"Could not write skills prompt snapshot: %s\\\", e)\\n 503|\\n 504|\\n 505|def _build_snapshot_entry(\\n 506| skill_file: Path,\\n 507| skills_dir: Path,\\n 508| frontmatter: dict,\\n 509| description: str,\\n 510|) -> dict:\\n 511| \\\"\\\"\\\"Build a serialisable metadata dict for one skill.\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 512| rel_path = skill_file.relative_to(skills_dir)\\n 513| parts = rel_path.parts\\n 514| if len(parts) >= 2:\\n 515| skill_name = parts[-2]\\n 516| category = \\\"/\\\".join(parts[:-2]) if len(parts) > 2 else parts[0]\\n 517| else:\\n 518| category = \\\"general\\\"\\n 519| skill_name = skill_file.parent.name\\n 520|\\n 521| platforms = frontmatter.get(\\\"platforms\\\") or []\\n 522| if isinstance(platforms, str):\\n 523| platforms = [platforms]\\n 524|\\n 525| return {\\n 526| \\\"skill_name\\\": skill_name,\\n 527| \\\"category\\\": category,\\n 528| \\\"frontmatter_name\\\": str(frontmatter.get(\\\"name\\\", skill_name)),\\n 529| \\\"description\\\": description,\\n 530| \\\"platforms\\\": [str(p).strip() for p in platforms if str(p).strip()],\\n 531| \\\"conditions\\\": extract_skill_conditions(frontmatter),\\n 532| }\\n 533|\\n 534|\\n 535|# =========================================================================\\n 536|# Skills index\\n 537|# =========================================================================\\n 538|\\n 539|def _parse_skill_file(skill_file: Path) -> tuple[bool, dict, str]:\\n 540| \\\"\\\"\\\"Read a SKILL.md once and return platform compatibility, frontmatter, and description.\\n 541|\\n 542| Returns (is_compatible, frontmatter, description). On any error, returns\\n 543| (True, {}, \\\"\\\") to err on the side of showing the skill.\\n 544| \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 545| try:\\n 546| raw = skill_file.read_text(encoding=\\\"utf-8\\\")\\n 547| frontmatter, _ = parse_frontmatter(raw)\\n 548|\\n 549| if not skill_matches_platform(frontmatter):\\n 550| return False, frontmatter, \\\"\\\"\\n 551|\\n 552| return True, frontmatter, extract_skill_description(frontmatter)\\n 553| except Exception as e:\\n 554| logger.warning(\\\"Failed to parse skill file %s: %s\\\", skill_file, e)\\n 555| return True, {}, \\\"\\\"\\n 556|\\n 557|\\n 558|def _skill_should_show(\\n 559| conditions: dict,\\n 560| available_tools: \\\"set[str] | None\\\",\\n 561| available_toolsets: \\\"set[str] | None\\\",\\n 562|) -> bool:\\n 563| \\\"\\\"\\\"Return False if the skill's conditional activation rules exclude it.\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 564| if available_tools is None and available_toolsets is None:\\n 565| return True # No filtering info — show everything (backward compat)\\n 566|\\n 567| at = available_tools or set()\\n 568| ats = available_toolsets or set()\\n 569|\\n 570| # fallback_for: hide when the primary tool/toolset IS available\\n 571| for ts in conditions.get(\\\"fallback_for_toolsets\\\", []):\\n 572| if ts in ats:\\n 573| return False\\n 574| for t in conditions.get(\\\"fallback_for_tools\\\", []):\\n 575| if t in at:\\n 576| return False\\n 577|\\n 578| # requires: hide when a required tool/toolset is NOT available\\n 579| for ts in conditions.get(\\\"requires_toolsets\\\", []):\\n 580| if ts not in ats:\\n 581| return False\\n 582| for t in conditions.get(\\\"requires_tools\\\", []):\\n 583| if t not in at:\\n 584| return False\\n 585|\\n 586| return True\\n 587|\\n 588|\\n 589|def build_skills_system_prompt(\\n 590| available_tools: \\\"set[str] | None\\\" = None,\\n 591| available_toolsets: \\\"set[str] | None\\\" = None,\\n 592|) -> str:\\n 593| \\\"\\\"\\\"Build a compact skill index for the system prompt.\\n 594|\\n 595| Two-layer cache:\\n 596| 1. In-process LRU dict keyed by (skills_dir, tools, toolsets)\\n 597| 2. Disk snapshot (``.skills_prompt_snapshot.json``) validated by\\n 598| mtime/size manifest — survives process restarts\\n 599|\\n 600| Falls back to a full filesystem scan when both layers miss.\\n 601|\\n 602| External skill directories (``skills.external_dirs`` in config.yaml) are\\n 603| scanned alongside the local ``~/.hermes/skills/`` directory. External dirs\\n 604| are read-only — they appear in the index but new skills are always created\\n 605| in the local dir. Local skills take precedence when names collide.\\n 606| \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 607| skills_dir = get_skills_dir()\\n 608| external_dirs = get_all_skills_dirs()[1:] # skip local (index 0)\\n 609|\\n 610| if not skills_dir.exists() and not external_dirs:\\n 611| return \\\"\\\"\\n 612|\\n 613| # ── Layer 1: in-process LRU cache ─────────────────────────────────\\n 614| # Include the resolved platform so per-platform disabled-skill lists\\n 615| # produce distinct cache entries (gateway serves multiple platforms).\\n 616| from gateway.session_context import get_session_env\\n 617| _platform_hint = (\\n 618| os.environ.get(\\\"HERMES_PLATFORM\\\")\\n 619| or get_session_env(\\\"HERMES_SESSION_PLATFORM\\\")\\n 620| or \\\"\\\"\\n 621| )\\n 622| disabled = get_disabled_skill_names()\\n 623| cache_key = (\\n 624| str(skills_dir.resolve()),\\n 625| tuple(str(d) for d in external_dirs),\\n 626| tuple(sorted(str(t) for t in (available_tools or set()))),\\n 627| tuple(sorted(str(ts) for ts in (available_toolsets or set()))),\\n 628| _platform_hint,\\n 629| tuple(sorted(disabled)),\\n 630| )\\n 631| with _SKILLS_PROMPT_CACHE_LOCK:\\n 632| cached = _SKILLS_PROMPT_CACHE.get(cache_key)\\n 633| if cached is not None:\\n 634| _SKILLS_PROMPT_CACHE.move_to_end(cache_key)\\n 635| return cached\\n 636|\\n 637| # ── Layer 2: disk snapshot ────────────────────────────────────────\\n 638| snapshot = _load_skills_snapshot(skills_dir)\\n 639|\\n 640| skills_by_category: dict[str, list[tuple[str, str]]] = {}\\n 641| category_descriptions: dict[str, str] = {}\\n 642|\\n 643| if snapshot is not None:\\n 644| # Fast path: use pre-parsed metadata from disk\\n 645| for entry in snapshot.get(\\\"skills\\\", []):\\n 646| if not isinstance(entry, dict):\\n 647| continue\\n 648| skill_name = entry.get(\\\"skill_name\\\") or \\\"\\\"\\n 649| category = entry.get(\\\"category\\\") or \\\"general\\\"\\n 650| frontmatter_name = entry.get(\\\"frontmatter_name\\\") or skill_name\\n 651| platforms = entry.get(\\\"platforms\\\") or []\\n 652| if not skill_matches_platform({\\\"platforms\\\": platforms}):\\n 653| continue\\n 654| if frontmatter_name in disabled or skill_name in disabled:\\n 655| continue\\n 656| if not _skill_should_show(\\n 657| entry.get(\\\"conditions\\\") or {},\\n 658| available_tools,\\n 659| available_toolsets,\\n 660| ):\\n 661| continue\\n 662| skills_by_category.setdefault(category, []).append(\\n 663| (frontmatter_name, entry.get(\\\"description\\\", \\\"\\\"))\\n 664| )\\n 665| category_descriptions = {\\n 666| str(k): str(v)\\n 667| for k, v in (snapshot.get(\\\"category_descriptions\\\") or {}).items()\\n 668| }\\n 669| else:\\n 670| # Cold path: full filesystem scan + write snapshot for next time\\n 671| skill_entries: list[dict] = []\\n 672| for skill_file in iter_skill_index_files(skills_dir, \\\"SKILL.md\\\"):\\n 673| is_compatible, frontmatter, desc = _parse_skill_file(skill_file)\\n 674| entry = _build_snapshot_entry(skill_file, skills_dir, frontmatter, desc)\\n 675| skill_entries.append(entry)\\n 676| if not is_compatible:\\n 677| continue\\n 678| skill_name = entry[\\\"skill_name\\\"]\\n 679| if entry[\\\"frontmatter_name\\\"] in disabled or skill_name in disabled:\\n 680| continue\\n 681| if not _skill_should_show(\\n 682| extract_skill_conditions(frontmatter),\\n 683| available_tools,\\n 684| available_toolsets,\\n 685| ):\\n 686| continue\\n 687| skills_by_category.setdefault(entry[\\\"category\\\"], []).append(\\n 688| (entry[\\\"frontmatter_name\\\"], entry[\\\"description\\\"])\\n 689| )\\n 690|\\n 691| # Read category-level DESCRIPTION.md files\\n 692| for desc_file in iter_skill_index_files(skills_dir, \\\"DESCRIPTION.md\\\"):\\n 693| try:\\n 694| content = desc_file.read_text(encoding=\\\"utf-8\\\")\\n 695| fm, _ = parse_frontmatter(content)\\n 696| cat_desc = fm.get(\\\"description\\\")\\n 697| if not cat_desc:\\n 698| continue\\n 699| rel = desc_file.relative_to(skills_dir)\\n 700| cat = \\\"/\\\".join(rel.parts[:-1]) if len(rel.parts) > 1 else \\\"general\\\"\\n 701| category_descriptions[cat] = str(cat_desc).strip().strip(\\\"'\\\\\\\"\\\")\\n 702| except Exception as e:\\n 703| logger.debug(\\\"Could not read skill description %s: %s\\\", desc_file, e)\\n 704|\\n 705| _write_skills_snapshot(\\n 706| skills_dir,\\n 707| _build_skills_manifest(skills_dir),\\n 708| skill_entries,\\n 709| category_descriptions,\\n 710| )\\n 711|\\n 712| # ── External skill directories ─────────────────────────────────────\\n 713| # Scan external dirs directly (no snapshot caching — they're read-only\\n 714| # and typically small). Local skills already in skills_by_category take\\n 715| # precedence: we track seen names and skip duplicates from external dirs.\\n 716| seen_skill_names: set[str] = set()\\n 717| for cat_skills in skills_by_category.values():\\n 718| for name, _desc in cat_skills:\\n 719| seen_skill_names.add(name)\\n 720|\\n 721| for ext_dir in external_dirs:\\n 722| if not ext_dir.exists():\\n 723| continue\\n 724| for skill_file in iter_skill_index_files(ext_dir, \\\"SKILL.md\\\"):\\n 725| try:\\n 726| is_compatible, frontmatter, desc = _parse_skill_file(skill_file)\\n 727| if not is_compatible:\\n 728| continue\\n 729| entry = _build_snapshot_entry(skill_file, ext_dir, frontmatter, desc)\\n 730| skill_name = entry[\\\"skill_name\\\"]\\n 731| frontmatter_name = entry[\\\"frontmatter_name\\\"]\\n 732| if frontmatter_name in seen_skill_names:\\n 733| continue\\n 734| if frontmatter_name in disabled or skill_name in disabled:\\n 735| continue\\n 736| if not _skill_should_show(\\n 737| extract_skill_conditions(frontmatter),\\n 738| available_tools,\\n 739| available_toolsets,\\n 740| ):\\n 741| continue\\n 742| seen_skill_names.add(frontmatter_name)\\n 743| skills_by_category.setdefault(entry[\\\"category\\\"], []).append(\\n 744| (frontmatter_name, entry[\\\"description\\\"])\\n 745| )\\n 746| except Exception as e:\\n 747| logger.debug(\\\"Error reading external skill %s: %s\\\", skill_file, e)\\n 748|\\n 749| # External category descriptions\\n 750| for desc_file in iter_skill_index_files(ext_dir, \\\"DESCRIPTION.md\\\"):\\n 751| try:\\n 752| content = desc_file.read_text(encoding=\\\"utf-8\\\")\\n 753| fm, _ = parse_frontmatter(content)\\n 754| cat_desc = fm.get(\\\"description\\\")\\n 755| if not cat_desc:\\n 756| continue\\n 757| rel = desc_file.relative_to(ext_dir)\\n 758| cat = \\\"/\\\".join(rel.parts[:-1]) if len(rel.parts) > 1 else \\\"general\\\"\\n 759| category_descriptions.setdefault(cat, str(cat_desc).strip().strip(\\\"'\\\\\\\"\\\"))\\n 760| except Exception as e:\\n 761| logger.debug(\\\"Could not read external skill description %s: %s\\\", desc_file, e)\\n 762|\\n 763| if not skills_by_category:\\n 764| result = \\\"\\\"\\n 765| else:\\n 766| index_lines = []\\n 767| for category in sorted(skills_by_category.keys()):\\n 768| cat_desc = category_descriptions.get(category, \\\"\\\")\\n 769| if cat_desc:\\n 770| index_lines.append(f\\\" {category}: {cat_desc}\\\")\\n 771| else:\\n 772| index_lines.append(f\\\" {category}:\\\")\\n 773| # Deduplicate and sort skills within each category\\n 774| seen = set()\\n 775| for name, desc in sorted(skills_by_category[category], key=lambda x: x[0]):\\n 776| if name in seen:\\n 777| continue\\n 778| seen.add(name)\\n 779| if desc:\\n 780| index_lines.append(f\\\" - {name}: {desc}\\\")\\n 781| else:\\n 782| index_lines.append(f\\\" - {name}\\\")\\n 783|\\n 784| result = (\\n 785| \\\"## Skills (mandatory)\\\\n\\\"\\n 786| \\\"Before replying, scan the skills below. If a skill matches or is even partially relevant \\\"\\n 787| \\\"to your task, you MUST load it with skill_view(name) and follow its instructions. \\\"\\n 788| \\\"Err on the side of loading — it is always better to have context you don't need \\\"\\n 789| \\\"than to miss critical steps, pitfalls, or established workflows. \\\"\\n 790| \\\"Skills contain specialized knowledge — API endpoints, tool-specific commands, \\\"\\n 791| \\\"and proven workflows that outperform general-purpose approaches. Load the skill \\\"\\n 792| \\\"even if you think you could handle the task with basic tools like web_search or terminal. \\\"\\n 793| \\\"Skills also encode the user's preferred approach, conventions, and quality standards \\\"\\n 794| \\\"for tasks like code review, planning, and testing — load them even for tasks you \\\"\\n 795| \\\"already know how to do, because the skill defines how it should be done here.\\\\n\\\"\\n 796| \\\"If a skill has issues, fix it with skill_manage(action='patch').\\\\n\\\"\\n 797| \\\"After difficult/iterative tasks, offer to save as a skill. \\\"\\n 798| \\\"If a skill you loaded was missing steps, had wrong commands, or needed \\\"\\n 799| \\\"pitfalls you discovered, update it before finishing.\\\\n\\\"\\n 800| \\\"\\\\n\\\"\\n 801| \\\"\\\\n\\\"\\n 802| + \\\"\\\\n\\\".join(index_lines) + \\\"\\\\n\\\"\\n 803| \\\"\\\\n\\\"\\n 804| \\\"\\\\n\\\"\\n 805| \\\"Only proceed without loading a skill if genuinely none are relevant to the task.\\\"\\n 806| )\\n 807|\\n 808| # ── Store in LRU cache ────────────────────────────────────────────\\n 809| with _SKILLS_PROMPT_CACHE_LOCK:\\n 810| _SKILLS_PROMPT_CACHE[cache_key] = result\\n 811| _SKILLS_PROMPT_CACHE.move_to_end(cache_key)\\n 812| while len(_SKILLS_PROMPT_CACHE) > _SKILLS_PROMPT_CACHE_MAX:\\n 813| _SKILLS_PROMPT_CACHE.popitem(last=False)\\n 814|\\n 815| return result\\n 816|\\n 817|\\n 818|def build_nous_subscription_prompt(valid_tool_names: \\\"set[str] | None\\\" = None) -> str:\\n 819| \\\"\\\"\\\"Build a compact Nous subscription capability block for the system prompt.\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 820| try:\\n 821| from hermes_cli.nous_subscription import get_nous_subscription_features\\n 822| from tools.tool_backend_helpers import managed_nous_tools_enabled\\n 823| except Exception as exc:\\n 824| logger.debug(\\\"Failed to import Nous subscription helper: %s\\\", exc)\\n 825| return \\\"\\\"\\n 826|\\n 827| if not managed_nous_tools_enabled():\\n 828| return \\\"\\\"\\n 829|\\n 830| valid_names = set(valid_tool_names or set())\\n 831| relevant_tool_names = {\\n 832| \\\"web_search\\\",\\n 833| \\\"web_extract\\\",\\n 834| \\\"browser_navigate\\\",\\n 835| \\\"browser_snapshot\\\",\\n 836| \\\"browser_click\\\",\\n 837| \\\"browser_type\\\",\\n 838| \\\"browser_scroll\\\",\\n 839| \\\"browser_console\\\",\\n 840| \\\"browser_press\\\",\\n 841| \\\"browser_get_images\\\",\\n 842| \\\"browser_vision\\\",\\n 843| \\\"image_generate\\\",\\n 844| \\\"text_to_speech\\\",\\n 845| \\\"terminal\\\",\\n 846| \\\"process\\\",\\n 847| \\\"execute_code\\\",\\n 848| }\\n 849|\\n 850| if valid_names and not (valid_names & relevant_tool_names):\\n 851| return \\\"\\\"\\n 852|\\n 853| features = get_nous_subscription_features()\\n 854|\\n 855| def _status_line(feature) -> str:\\n 856| if feature.managed_by_nous:\\n 857| return f\\\"- {feature.label}: active via Nous subscription\\\"\\n 858| if feature.active:\\n 859| current = feature.current_provider or \\\"configured provider\\\"\\n 860| return f\\\"- {feature.label}: currently using {current}\\\"\\n 861| if feature.included_by_default and features.nous_auth_present:\\n 862| return f\\\"- {feature.label}: included with Nous subscription, not currently selected\\\"\\n 863| if feature.key == \\\"modal\\\" and features.nous_auth_present:\\n 864| return f\\\"- {feature.label}: optional via Nous subscription\\\"\\n 865| return f\\\"- {feature.label}: not currently available\\\"\\n 866|\\n 867| lines = [\\n 868| \\\"# Nous Subscription\\\",\\n 869| \\\"Nous subscription includes managed web tools (Firecrawl), image generation (FAL), OpenAI TTS, and browser automation (Browser Use) by default. Modal execution is optional.\\\",\\n 870| \\\"Current capability status:\\\",\\n 871| ]\\n 872| lines.extend(_status_line(feature) for feature in features.items())\\n 873| lines.extend(\\n 874| [\\n 875| \\\"When a Nous-managed feature is active, do not ask the user for Firecrawl, FAL, OpenAI TTS, or Browser-Use API keys.\\\",\\n 876| \\\"If the user is not subscribed and asks for a capability that Nous subscription would unlock or simplify, suggest Nous subscription as one option alongside direct setup or local alternatives.\\\",\\n 877| \\\"Do not mention subscription unless the user asks about it or it directly solves the current missing capability.\\\",\\n 878| \\\"Useful commands: hermes setup, hermes setup tools, hermes setup terminal, hermes status.\\\",\\n 879| ]\\n 880| )\\n 881| return \\\"\\\\n\\\".join(lines)\\n 882|\\n 883|\\n 884|# =========================================================================\\n 885|# Context files (SOUL.md, AGENTS.md, .cursorrules)\\n 886|# =========================================================================\\n 887|\\n 888|def _truncate_content(content: str, filename: str, max_chars: int = CONTEXT_FILE_MAX_CHARS) -> str:\\n 889| \\\"\\\"\\\"Head/tail truncation with a marker in the middle.\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 890| if len(content) <= max_chars:\\n 891| return content\\n 892| head_chars = int(max_chars * CONTEXT_TRUNCATE_HEAD_RATIO)\\n 893| tail_chars = int(max_chars * CONTEXT_TRUNCATE_TAIL_RATIO)\\n 894| head = content[:head_chars]\\n 895| tail = content[-tail_chars:]\\n 896| marker = f\\\"\\\\n\\\\n[...truncated {filename}: kept {head_chars}+{tail_chars} of {len(content)} chars. Use file tools to read the full file.]\\\\n\\\\n\\\"\\n 897| return head + marker + tail\\n 898|\\n 899|\\n 900|def load_soul_md() -> Optional[str]:\\n 901| \\\"\\\"\\\"Load SOUL.md from HERMES_HOME and return its content, or None.\\n 902|\\n 903| Used as the agent identity (slot #1 in the system prompt). When this\\n 904| returns content, ``build_context_files_prompt`` should be called with\\n 905| ``skip_soul=True`` so SOUL.md isn't injected twice.\\n 906| \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 907| try:\\n 908| from hermes_cli.config import ensure_hermes_home\\n 909| ensure_hermes_home()\\n 910| except Exception as e:\\n 911| logger.debug(\\\"Could not ensure HERMES_HOME before loading SOUL.md: %s\\\", e)\\n 912|\\n 913| soul_path = get_hermes_home() / \\\"SOUL.md\\\"\\n 914| if not soul_path.exists():\\n 915| return None\\n 916| try:\\n 917| content = soul_path.read_text(encoding=\\\"utf-8\\\").strip()\\n 918| if not content:\\n 919| return None\\n 920| content = _scan_context_content(content, \\\"SOUL.md\\\")\\n 921| content = _truncate_content(content, \\\"SOUL.md\\\")\\n 922| return content\\n 923| except Exception as e:\\n 924| logger.debug(\\\"Could not read SOUL.md from %s: %s\\\", soul_path, e)\\n 925| return None\\n 926|\\n 927|\\n 928|def _load_hermes_md(cwd_path: Path) -> str:\\n 929| \\\"\\\"\\\".hermes.md / HERMES.md — walk to git root.\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 930| hermes_md_path = _find_hermes_md(cwd_path)\\n 931| if not hermes_md_path:\\n 932| return \\\"\\\"\\n 933| try:\\n 934| content = hermes_md_path.read_text(encoding=\\\"utf-8\\\").strip()\\n 935| if not content:\\n 936| return \\\"\\\"\\n 937| content = _strip_yaml_frontmatter(content)\\n 938| rel = hermes_md_path.name\\n 939| try:\\n 940| rel = str(hermes_md_path.relative_to(cwd_path))\\n 941| except ValueError:\\n 942| pass\\n 943| content = _scan_context_content(content, rel)\\n 944| result = f\\\"## {rel}\\\\n\\\\n{content}\\\"\\n 945| return _truncate_content(result, \\\".hermes.md\\\")\\n 946| except Exception as e:\\n 947| logger.debug(\\\"Could not read %s: %s\\\", hermes_md_path, e)\\n 948| return \\\"\\\"\\n 949|\\n 950|\\n 951|def _load_agents_md(cwd_path: Path) -> str:\\n 952| \\\"\\\"\\\"AGENTS.md — top-level only (no recursive walk).\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 953| for name in [\\\"AGENTS.md\\\", \\\"agents.md\\\"]:\\n 954| candidate = cwd_path / name\\n 955| if candidate.exists():\\n 956| try:\\n 957| content = candidate.read_text(encoding=\\\"utf-8\\\").strip()\\n 958| if content:\\n 959| content = _scan_context_content(content, name)\\n 960| result = f\\\"## {name}\\\\n\\\\n{content}\\\"\\n 961| return _truncate_content(result, \\\"AGENTS.md\\\")\\n 962| except Exception as e:\\n 963| logger.debug(\\\"Could not read %s: %s\\\", candidate, e)\\n 964| return \\\"\\\"\\n 965|\\n 966|\\n 967|def _load_claude_md(cwd_path: Path) -> str:\\n 968| \\\"\\\"\\\"CLAUDE.md / claude.md — cwd only.\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 969| for name in [\\\"CLAUDE.md\\\", \\\"claude.md\\\"]:\\n 970| candidate = cwd_path / name\\n 971| if candidate.exists():\\n 972| try:\\n 973| content = candidate.read_text(encoding=\\\"utf-8\\\").strip()\\n 974| if content:\\n 975| content = _scan_context_content(content, name)\\n 976| result = f\\\"## {name}\\\\n\\\\n{content}\\\"\\n 977| return _truncate_content(result, \\\"CLAUDE.md\\\")\\n 978| except Exception as e:\\n 979| logger.debug(\\\"Could not read %s: %s\\\", candidate, e)\\n 980| return \\\"\\\"\\n 981|\\n 982|\\n 983|def _load_cursorrules(cwd_path: Path) -> str:\\n 984| \\\"\\\"\\\".cursorrules + .cursor/rules/*.mdc — cwd only.\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n 985| cursorrules_content = \\\"\\\"\\n 986| cursorrules_file = cwd_path / \\\".cursorrules\\\"\\n 987| if cursorrules_file.exists():\\n 988| try:\\n 989| content = cursorrules_file.read_text(encoding=\\\"utf-8\\\").strip()\\n 990| if content:\\n 991| content = _scan_context_content(content, \\\".cursorrules\\\")\\n 992| cursorrules_content += f\\\"## .cursorrules\\\\n\\\\n{content}\\\\n\\\\n\\\"\\n 993| except Exception as e:\\n 994| logger.debug(\\\"Could not read .cursorrules: %s\\\", e)\\n 995|\\n 996| cursor_rules_dir = cwd_path / \\\".cursor\\\" / \\\"rules\\\"\\n 997| if cursor_rules_dir.exists() and cursor_rules_dir.is_dir():\\n 998| mdc_files = sorted(cursor_rules_dir.glob(\\\"*.mdc\\\"))\\n 999| for mdc_file in mdc_files:\\n 1000| try:\\n 1001|\", \"total_lines\": 1052, \"file_size\": 47051, \"truncated\": true, \"hint\": \"Use offset=1001 to continue reading (showing 501-1000 of 1052 lines)\", \"is_binary\": false, \"is_image\": false}", "tool_call_id": "5X9sr0rOCLWhdNsDowSV4pIJZVV59xU7" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Perfect! Now I understand the architecture. Let me design a **Tiered Memory System** for you:\n\n---\n\n## Memory Tier System Design\n\n### Current Problem\n- All memory (USER.md + MEMORY.md) is injected into every session\n- As memory grows, initial token load increases\n- No differentiation between \"always needed\" vs \"sometimes needed\" facts\n\n### Proposed Solution: Three-Tier Memory Architecture\n\n```\n┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐\n│ HOT MEMORY (~500 chars) │\n│ Always injected into system prompt │\n│ - User identity, communication style │\n│ - Critical preferences (concise, markdown, etc.) │\n│ - Essential environment facts │\n├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤\n│ WARM MEMORY (~1500 chars) │\n│ Injected on topic detection or manual trigger │\n│ - Project-specific conventions │\n│ - Tool/workflow preferences per domain │\n│ - Domain-specific facts (coding, research, etc.) │\n├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤\n│ COLD MEMORY (unlimited, search-only) │\n│ Never auto-injected, accessed via session_search │\n│ - Historical notes │\n│ - One-time observations │\n│ - Archived project info │\n└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘\n```\n\n---\n\n### Implementation Plan\n\n**Phase 1: Memory File Restructure**\n```\n~/.hermes/memories/\n├── USER.md → HOT user profile (always loaded)\n├── MEMORY.md → HOT agent notes (always loaded)\n├── USER_WARM.md → WARM user preferences (topic-triggered)\n├── MEMORY_WARM.md → WARM agent notes (topic-triggered)\n└── tags.json → Tag mapping for auto-injection\n```\n\n**Phase 2: Tag-Based Injection System**\n```json\n{\n \"tags\": {\n \"coding\": [\"python\", \"git\", \"terminal\", \"debugging\"],\n \"research\": [\"papers\", \"arxiv\", \"web_search\"],\n \"creative\": [\"ascii-art\", \"image-gen\", \"writing\"]\n },\n \"entries\": {\n \"USER_WARM.md:line1\": [\"coding\", \"python\"],\n \"MEMORY_WARM.md:line5\": [\"research\"]\n }\n}\n```\n\n**Phase 3: Smart Detection**\n- Analyze user message for keywords\n- Auto-load relevant warm memory entries\n- Fallback to session_search for cold memory\n\n---\n\n### Expected Token Savings\n\n| Component | Current | Optimized | Savings |\n|-----------|---------|-----------|---------|\n| Hot Memory | ~450 chars | ~500 chars | +50 |\n| Warm Memory | (injected) | ~0 chars* | -1000+ |\n| Cold Memory | (injected) | 0 chars | -1000+ |\n| **Net** | ~2500+ chars | ~500 chars | **~80% reduction** |\n\n*Only injected when relevant tags detected\n\n---\n\nShall I implement this? I can:\n1. **Create the tiered memory structure** (new files, migration script)\n2. **Add tag-based injection logic** to prompt_builder.py\n3. **Update memory_tool.py** to support tiered operations\n4. **Add auto-detection** for warm memory loading\n\nWhich part should we start with?", "reasoning": "Now I have a good understanding of the memory system. Let me design a tiered memory system and present it to the user with a concrete implementation plan.\n", "finish_reason": "stop" } ] }