Working with Skills
Skills are on demand knowledge documents that teach Hermes how to handle specific tasks — from generating ASCII art to managing GitHub PRs. This guide walks you
Skills are on-demand knowledge documents that teach Hermes how to handle specific tasks — from generating ASCII art to managing GitHub PRs. This guide walks you through using them day to day. For the full technical reference, see Skills System. Every Hermes installation ships with bundled skills. …
What this page covers
- Finding Skills
- Searching for a Skill
- The Skills Hub
- Using a Skill
- Progressive Disclosure
- Installing from the Hub
- Verifying Installation
- Plugin-Provided Skills
- Configuring Skill Settings
- Creating Your Own Skill
- 1. Create the Directory
- 2. Write SKILL.md
- 3. Add Reference Files (Optional)
- 4. Test It
- Per-Platform Skill Management
- Skills vs Memory
- Tips
Section outline mirrored from the official Hermes Agent documentation. Follow any heading to read the complete text on the source site.
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