Hermesone

What it does

When your agent uses it

• A user wants to set up Hermes One
• Upgrade it from the command line
• Check the installed version
• Preview a release before installing

Example prompts

• “/hermesone”

Requirements

• Node.js
• Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Requires Node.js 18+ (built-in fetch) and network access to GitHub. Cross-platform — macOS (signed app, arm64/x64), Windows (setup.exe), Linux (.AppImage). The interactive UI needs a TTY; in non-interactive contexts it falls back to plain output. Works in Claude Code and any environment with a shell and npm.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit dc47eed. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • npm
  • npx

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

  • github.com
  • hermesone.org
  • bankr.bot

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

• Compatibility

  Requires Node.js 18+ (built-in fetch) and network access to GitHub. Cross-platform — macOS (signed app, arm64/x64), Windows (setup.exe), Linux (.AppImage). The interactive UI needs a TTY; in non-interactive contexts it falls back to plain output. Works in Claude Code and any environment with a shell and npm.

  From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Hermesone loads about 3.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 112 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,123 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~112

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~3.1k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from BankrBot/skills at commit dc47eed, republished under its ISC licence (© BankrBot). 1,123 words, ~3,061 tokens.

name

hermesone

description

Install, update, and manage the Hermes One desktop app via the `hermesone` npm package. Use when a user wants to set up Hermes One, install or upgrade it from the command line, check the installed version, preview a release before installing, pin a specific version, or drive the installer programmatically from Node. Triggers on mentions of hermesone, Hermes One, Hermes Desktop (the former name), or installing/updating the Hermes app.

compatibility

Requires Node.js 18+ (built-in fetch) and network access to GitHub. Cross-platform — macOS (signed app, arm64/x64), Windows (setup.exe), Linux (.AppImage). The interactive UI needs a TTY; in non-interactive contexts it falls back to plain output. Works in Claude Code and any environment with a shell and npm.

license

ISC

metadata.author

fathah

metadata.version

0.2.0

# 1. Install the CLI (no host change — the app is not installed yet).
npm install -g hermesone@0.2.0

# 2. Preview the exact release that would be installed.
hermesone plan

# 3. Install. Interactive terminals show a confirmation prompt + live progress;
#    non-interactive contexts proceed (add --yes to be explicit) and print plain lines.
hermesone install

hermesone <command> [tag]

hermesone install v0.6.35
HERMESONE_VERSION=v0.6.35 hermesone install

import { plan, install, update, getInstalledVersion } from "hermesone";

// Preview without downloading — show this to the user for approval.
const p = await plan();                       // { tag, asset, url, size, sha512 }

// Install (verifies sha512 before installing). Optionally pin a tag, and/or
// subscribe to progress events to render your own UI.
await install({
  tag: "v0.6.35",
  onProgress: (e) => console.log(e.phase),    // resolve|download|verify|extract|launch|installed...
});

await update();                                // no-op if already current
const current = await getInstalledVersion();   // e.g. "0.6.35", or null

© BankrBot, ISC. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files in hermesone of BankrBot/skills.

• SKILL.md
• catalog.json
• hermesone.svg

Open the folder on GitHubat commit dc47eed