feat(prompt): broaden Hermes self-knowledge pointer to docs + skill - #38538
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The HERMES_AGENT_HELP_GUIDANCE block (added #16535) only fired when the user explicitly asked about configuring/setting up Hermes. Broaden it so the agent treats the docs as a standing source of self-knowledge for any Hermes-related help and for understanding its own features/tools, points to the hermes-agent skill for additional guidance, and treats the docs as the authoritative/latest source of truth when the two differ. Static constant in the cache-safe stable tier — no prompt-cache impact.
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…ousResearch#38538) The HERMES_AGENT_HELP_GUIDANCE block (added NousResearch#16535) only fired when the user explicitly asked about configuring/setting up Hermes. Broaden it so the agent treats the docs as a standing source of self-knowledge for any Hermes-related help and for understanding its own features/tools, points to the hermes-agent skill for additional guidance, and treats the docs as the authoritative/latest source of truth when the two differ. Static constant in the cache-safe stable tier — no prompt-cache impact.
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…ousResearch#38538) The HERMES_AGENT_HELP_GUIDANCE block (added NousResearch#16535) only fired when the user explicitly asked about configuring/setting up Hermes. Broaden it so the agent treats the docs as a standing source of self-knowledge for any Hermes-related help and for understanding its own features/tools, points to the hermes-agent skill for additional guidance, and treats the docs as the authoritative/latest source of truth when the two differ. Static constant in the cache-safe stable tier — no prompt-cache impact.
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…ousResearch#38538) The HERMES_AGENT_HELP_GUIDANCE block (added NousResearch#16535) only fired when the user explicitly asked about configuring/setting up Hermes. Broaden it so the agent treats the docs as a standing source of self-knowledge for any Hermes-related help and for understanding its own features/tools, points to the hermes-agent skill for additional guidance, and treats the docs as the authoritative/latest source of truth when the two differ. Static constant in the cache-safe stable tier — no prompt-cache impact.
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…38538) The HERMES_AGENT_HELP_GUIDANCE block (added #16535) only fired when the user explicitly asked about configuring/setting up Hermes. Broaden it so the agent treats the docs as a standing source of self-knowledge for any Hermes-related help and for understanding its own features/tools, points to the hermes-agent skill for additional guidance, and treats the docs as the authoritative/latest source of truth when the two differ. Static constant in the cache-safe stable tier — no prompt-cache impact.
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…ousResearch#38538) The HERMES_AGENT_HELP_GUIDANCE block (added NousResearch#16535) only fired when the user explicitly asked about configuring/setting up Hermes. Broaden it so the agent treats the docs as a standing source of self-knowledge for any Hermes-related help and for understanding its own features/tools, points to the hermes-agent skill for additional guidance, and treats the docs as the authoritative/latest source of truth when the two differ. Static constant in the cache-safe stable tier — no prompt-cache impact.
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…ousResearch#38538) The HERMES_AGENT_HELP_GUIDANCE block (added NousResearch#16535) only fired when the user explicitly asked about configuring/setting up Hermes. Broaden it so the agent treats the docs as a standing source of self-knowledge for any Hermes-related help and for understanding its own features/tools, points to the hermes-agent skill for additional guidance, and treats the docs as the authoritative/latest source of truth when the two differ. Static constant in the cache-safe stable tier — no prompt-cache impact.
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…ousResearch#38538) The HERMES_AGENT_HELP_GUIDANCE block (added NousResearch#16535) only fired when the user explicitly asked about configuring/setting up Hermes. Broaden it so the agent treats the docs as a standing source of self-knowledge for any Hermes-related help and for understanding its own features/tools, points to the hermes-agent skill for additional guidance, and treats the docs as the authoritative/latest source of truth when the two differ. Static constant in the cache-safe stable tier — no prompt-cache impact.
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…ousResearch#38538) The HERMES_AGENT_HELP_GUIDANCE block (added NousResearch#16535) only fired when the user explicitly asked about configuring/setting up Hermes. Broaden it so the agent treats the docs as a standing source of self-knowledge for any Hermes-related help and for understanding its own features/tools, points to the hermes-agent skill for additional guidance, and treats the docs as the authoritative/latest source of truth when the two differ. Static constant in the cache-safe stable tier — no prompt-cache impact.
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…ousResearch#38538) The HERMES_AGENT_HELP_GUIDANCE block (added NousResearch#16535) only fired when the user explicitly asked about configuring/setting up Hermes. Broaden it so the agent treats the docs as a standing source of self-knowledge for any Hermes-related help and for understanding its own features/tools, points to the hermes-agent skill for additional guidance, and treats the docs as the authoritative/latest source of truth when the two differ. Static constant in the cache-safe stable tier — no prompt-cache impact.
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…ousResearch#38538) The HERMES_AGENT_HELP_GUIDANCE block (added NousResearch#16535) only fired when the user explicitly asked about configuring/setting up Hermes. Broaden it so the agent treats the docs as a standing source of self-knowledge for any Hermes-related help and for understanding its own features/tools, points to the hermes-agent skill for additional guidance, and treats the docs as the authoritative/latest source of truth when the two differ. Static constant in the cache-safe stable tier — no prompt-cache impact.
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Summary
Every Hermes agent now treats the docs site as a standing source of self-knowledge — not just a reactive lookup when the user explicitly asks about config.
HERMES_AGENT_HELP_GUIDANCE(added in #16535, Apr 27) only fired "if the user asks about configuring, setting up, or using Hermes Agent itself." This broadens it: the agent treats https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs as its authoritative, always-latest reference for any Hermes-related help and for understanding its own features/tools, points to thehermes-agentskill for additional guidance/workflows, and treats the docs as the source of truth when the two differ.Changes
agent/prompt_builder.py: rewrite theHERMES_AGENT_HELP_GUIDANCEconstant. Wider trigger (help/extend/troubleshoot + self-understanding, not just config), docs framed as authoritative + latest, skill kept as secondary guidance.Cache safety
Static constant in the stable tier (
system_prompt.py:102, appended unconditionally for every agent). No runtime metadata, no per-turn mutation — upholds the system-prompt HARD INVARIANT, zero prompt-cache impact.Validation
E2E via a real offline
AIAgent(build_system_prompt_parts, dummy key/url, no network):skill_view(name='hermes-agent')pointerInfographic