fix(skills): follow symlinks in iter_skill_index_files (salvage #11847) - #14230
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os.walk() by default does not follow symlinks, causing skills linked via symlinks to be invisible to the skill discovery system. Add followlinks=True so that symlinked skill directories are scanned.
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Salvages #11847 by @xandersbell onto current main (substantive commit 6d5d2e9; the PR's other commits were stale-branch merge commits).
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followlinks=Truetoos.walk()initer_skill_index_files. Users who symlink their~/.hermes/skills/directory to a dotfiles repo or shared location previously had their skills invisible to discovery —os.walkskips symlinked directories by default. This matches how skill discovery already walks into the user's skills dir as a regular traversal.Closes #11847. Author attribution preserved via cherry-pick.