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2026-05-02 — Hermes Community Skills — Installation Summary

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Hermes Community Skills — Installation Summary

Date: 2026-05-02 Installed by: Hermes Agent (automated ingestion from GitTrend article)

📦 Skills Installed to ~/.hermes/skills/

1. hermes-novel-generator (Full SKILL.md)

  • Source: rwcrosk-arch/hermes-novel-generator
  • Type: Multi-Agent novel generation pipeline
  • Dependencies: pyyaml (✅ already in venv)
  • Status: ⚠️ Requires LLM calls via hermes_tools.delegate_task — needs Hermes agent running
  • Use case: Creative writing, EPUB output, story generation

2. music-skill (Full SKILL.md)

  • Source: KaleLjl/music-skill
  • Type: MIDI analysis, instrument replacement, MIDI→WAV rendering
  • Dependencies: mido, basic-pitch, pyfluidsynth + system fluidsynth
  • Status: ⚠️ Dependencies missing (pip blocked in venv)
  • Use case: Music composition, audio rendering, MIDI manipulation

3. community-backup (Wrapper — NEW)

  • Wraps: art-solutions/hermes-agent-backup-skill
  • Type: Nightly automatic backup to private GitHub
  • Dependencies: git (system), SSH keys or GitHub token
  • Status: ✅ Ready for setup (scripts provided)
  • Location: ~/.hermes/skills/community-backup/
  • Setup script: ~/.hermes/scripts/setup-hermes-backup.sh

4. community-telepath (Wrapper — NEW)

  • Wraps: eren23/telepath
  • Type: Memory-aware visualization via Kimi K2
  • Dependencies: MOONSHOT_API_KEY, openai Python package
  • Status: ✅ Ready for setup (scripts provided)
  • Location: ~/.hermes/skills/community-telepath/
  • Setup script: ~/.hermes/scripts/setup-telepath.sh

5. community-music-lite (Wrapper — NEW)

  • Wraps: KaleLjl/music-skill (full version)
  • Type: Lightweight placeholder pointing to full install
  • Dependencies: None (doc-only)
  • Status: ✅ Ready — documentation skill
  • Location: ~/.hermes/skills/community-music-lite/

🚫 Could Not Install

| Repo | SKILL.md | Blocked Reason | |---|---|---| | psy-core (jethros-project) | ❌ | Private repo — authentication required | | hermes-agent-backup-skill (raw) | ❌ | No SKILL.md — wrapped instead | | telepath (raw) | ❌ | No SKILL.md — wrapped instead |

🛠️ Manual Setup Required (on Hermes server 78.46.192.73)

Priority 1 — Backup Skill (Critical for StockPlan)

# On Hermes server:
chmod +x ~/.hermes/scripts/setup-hermes-backup.sh
~/.hermes/scripts/setup-hermes-backup.sh

# Then configure:
hermes skill configure community-backup
# Set BACKUP_DIR=~/hermes-backup

Priority 2 — Telepath (Visualization)

# Get Moonshot API key from https://platform.moonshot.cn/
export MOONSHOT_API_KEY="sk-..."

# Run setup:
chmod +x ~/.hermes/scripts/setup-telepath.sh
~/.hermes/scripts/setup-telepath.sh

Priority 3 — Full Music Skill (Optional)

# Only if you need MIDI/WAV rendering:
chmod +x ~/.hermes/scripts/setup-music-skill-full.sh
~/.hermes/scripts/setup-music-skill-full.sh

📂 Vault Locations

All source repos saved here:

Raw/Dev/2026-05-02 — GitHub - hermes-agent-backup-skill - README.md
Raw/Dev/2026-05-02 — GitHub - telepath - README.md
Raw/Dev/2026-05-02 — GitHub - hermes-novel-generator - README.md
Raw/Dev/2026-05-02 — GitHub - psy-core - placeholder.md  (blocked)
Raw/Dev/2026-05-02 — GitHub - music-skill - README.md

Compiled wiki: wiki/ (auto-cross-linked)

🎯 Quick Reference

| Skill | Trigger in Hermes | What it does | |---|---|---| | community-backup | "backup now", "restore from backup" | Git-backed persistence | | community-telepath | "visualize my time", "create diagram" | Memory → Mermaid charts | | community-music-lite | "list midi files", "midi help" | Docs-only (install full for rendering) | | hermes-novel-generator | "write a novel" | Multi-agent story generation | | music-skill | (disabled — missing deps) | Full MIDI/WAV toolkit |

🔗 Related

  • GitTrend source: Raw/Tech/2026-05-02 — X - gittrend0x - 20505721.md
  • Atlas project index: wiki/@kevin-simback-on-x.md
  • Hermes voice support incoming: wiki/@teknium-on-x.md

Installed automatically from GitTrend X article — 2026-05-02