MCP Server Builder
anthropics/skills
Guides the design and implementation of Model Context Protocol servers in TypeScript or Python, from tool naming and error messages to evaluation.
Trigger: a mapping need, parallel units, context backstop, high-risk verify, fresh review, or multi-step debug.
Install Hermes Ephemeral Delegation
$ npx skills add Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai --skill hermes-ephemeral-delegation -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai hermes-ephemeral-delegation --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/internal/assets/skills/hermes-ephemeral-delegation .claude/skills/hermes-ephemeral-delegation && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "hermes-ephemeral-delegation" agent skill from https://github.com/Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai/tree/main/internal/assets/skills/hermes-ephemeral-delegation into .claude/skills/hermes-ephemeral-delegation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "hermes-ephemeral-delegation", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai/tree/main/internal/assets/skills/hermes-ephemeral-delegationType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai --skill hermes-ephemeral-delegation -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai hermes-ephemeral-delegation --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/internal/assets/skills/hermes-ephemeral-delegation .agents/skills/hermes-ephemeral-delegation && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "hermes-ephemeral-delegation" agent skill from https://github.com/Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai/tree/main/internal/assets/skills/hermes-ephemeral-delegation into .agents/skills/hermes-ephemeral-delegation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "hermes-ephemeral-delegation", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai --skill hermes-ephemeral-delegation -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai hermes-ephemeral-delegation --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/internal/assets/skills/hermes-ephemeral-delegation .cursor/skills/hermes-ephemeral-delegation && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "hermes-ephemeral-delegation" agent skill from https://github.com/Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai/tree/main/internal/assets/skills/hermes-ephemeral-delegation into .cursor/skills/hermes-ephemeral-delegation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "hermes-ephemeral-delegation", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai.git --path internal/assets/skills/hermes-ephemeral-delegation--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai --skill hermes-ephemeral-delegation -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai hermes-ephemeral-delegation --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/internal/assets/skills/hermes-ephemeral-delegation .gemini/skills/hermes-ephemeral-delegation && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "hermes-ephemeral-delegation" agent skill from https://github.com/Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai/tree/main/internal/assets/skills/hermes-ephemeral-delegation into .gemini/skills/hermes-ephemeral-delegation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "hermes-ephemeral-delegation", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai hermes-ephemeral-delegationInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai --skill hermes-ephemeral-delegation -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/internal/assets/skills/hermes-ephemeral-delegation .github/skills/hermes-ephemeral-delegation && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "hermes-ephemeral-delegation" agent skill from https://github.com/Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai/tree/main/internal/assets/skills/hermes-ephemeral-delegation into .github/skills/hermes-ephemeral-delegation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "hermes-ephemeral-delegation", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai --skill hermes-ephemeral-delegation -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai hermes-ephemeral-delegation --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/internal/assets/skills/hermes-ephemeral-delegation .opencode/skills/hermes-ephemeral-delegation && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "hermes-ephemeral-delegation" agent skill from https://github.com/Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai/tree/main/internal/assets/skills/hermes-ephemeral-delegation into .opencode/skills/hermes-ephemeral-delegation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "hermes-ephemeral-delegation", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
hermes-ephemeral-delegation- GitHub stars
- 7.6k
- Token cost
- ~1.1k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 606 words
- Files
- 2 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 15
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
At a glance
Trigger: a mapping need, parallel units, context backstop, high-risk verify, fresh review, or multi-step debug.
- Works in 6 steps: Identify which gate applies. If none… → Draft a self-contained mission for the… → Call delegate_task with that mission. → …
- Agent Workflows work in your project
- SKILL.md covers Activation Contract, Hard Rules, Decision Gates and Execution Steps, plus 2 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Hermes Ephemeral Delegation is an agent skill from Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai. Trigger: a mapping need, parallel units, context backstop, high-risk verify, fresh review, or multi-step debug. Delegate via delegatetask for a named reason.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/tuning-knobs.md`).
It sits in Agent Workflows. The repository describes itself as: Gentle-AI configures the AI coding agents you already use: Claude Code, Cursor, OpenCode, Codex, Pi, and more. Choose persistent memory, Organic-Driven Development, curated… The licence is Apache-2.0.
When your agent uses it
- Agent Workflows work in your project
Example prompts
- “/hermes-ephemeral-delegation”
Workflow steps
6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Identify which gate applies. If none applies, skip delegation.
- Draft a self-contained mission for the worker — include
- Call delegate_task with that mission.
- Wait for the worker summary.
- Verify the claimed output (check file existence, test result, side effect).
- Synthesize the verified result into your orchestrator reply.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 417c7a2. 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
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
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.
Context cost
Hermes Ephemeral Delegation loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.5k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 47 tokens; SKILL.md has 606 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
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 Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai at commit 417c7a2, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© Gentleman-Programming). 606 words, ~1,120 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/hermes-ephemeral-delegation/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- hermes-ephemeral-delegation
- description
- Trigger: a mapping need, parallel units, context backstop, high-risk verify, fresh review, or multi-step debug. Delegate via delegate_task for a named reason.
- license
- Apache-2.0
- metadata.author
- gentleman-programming
- metadata.version
- 1.0
Activation Contract
Load this skill when you are acting as the parent orchestrator and the work ahead has a named reason to delegate:
- A map you need to decide or route that exceeds the inline evidence budget (codebase mapping, approach comparison); never to read files you will read anyway before writing inline
- A writer reason: 2+ independent units launched together, or the context backstop; a large task alone is tracked, not delegated
- A high-risk change that needs an independent verifier, or a large task's long suites and builds
- Fresh adversarial review (diffs, PR readiness, incident audit); never restart it automatically for a candidate whose terminal
approvedauthority was already burned and that is unchanged since, unless a new independent review is deliberately requested - Multi-step debugging that would flood the parent context
Do NOT load this skill if you are already inside a delegated child task — you are the executor, not the orchestrator.
Hard Rules
- Use
delegate_taskonly for a named reason listed above. Without one, work inline following your logbook; file count, size, or a large task alone is never a reason. - Workers are EPHEMERAL: each
delegate_taskcall creates a fresh context. Do NOT request persistent agent files or profiles. - Pass a self-contained mission. Workers have no memory of the parent conversation.
- Treat worker output as self-report: verify file writes, test pass/fail, URLs, and IDs before reporting success to the user.
- Batch parallel calls only for INDEPENDENT workstreams. Sequential dependencies must run sequentially.
Decision Gates
| Situation | Action |
|---|---|
| Need a map to decide or route beyond the inline evidence budget | Delegate a narrow exploration worker |
| A large (tracked) task | Track it; delegate a writer only for a reason (parallel units or context) with the full mission |
| A small task's focused test and suite | Run inline, once each |
| A high-risk change or a large task's long suites | Delegate an executor |
| Need an adversarial review of a diff | Delegate a fresh-context reviewer |
| Multi-step debug that grows the context | Delegate a debug worker; feed results back inline |
| An understood change, even across files, with no named reason | Do it inline; no delegation needed |
| Quick git/state check | Do it inline; no delegation needed |
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Execution Steps
- Identify which gate applies. If none applies, skip delegation.
- Draft a self-contained mission for the worker — include:
- Exact goal (one sentence)
- File paths or targets to act on
- Relevant prior context the worker needs (decisions, conventions, prior findings)
- Constraints (style, budget)
- For a writer: the applicable test-first policy and runner from
## Implementation Routing. Write one RED test per requested rule; for every existing command or option the change touches, add one test proving its previous behavior still holds; add no other cases; update help text and docs for any changed command, option, or message - For a verifier: the Verify handoff from the Delegated Verification Gate (the whole feature document, the baseline commit, the probe command forms, first-launch probes in a
mktemp -dscratch copy never inside the workspace, and its severity rules) - Expected evidence to return (e.g., file written, test output, URL found)
- Allowed toolsets/MCP/skills the worker should use
- Any
SKILL.mdpaths to load before work
- Call
delegate_taskwith that mission. - Wait for the worker summary.
- Verify the claimed output (check file existence, test result, side effect).
- Synthesize the verified result into your orchestrator reply.
Output Contract
After synthesizing worker results, return:
- What was delegated and to how many workers
- What each worker returned (verified, not just claimed)
- Any discrepancy between worker self-report and verified evidence
- Final answer or next step for the user
References
- references/tuning-knobs.md — Full table of
delegate_taskconfiguration parameters and the explicit toolset/MCP/skill checklist for worker missions.
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Files
SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in internal/assets/skills/hermes-ephemeral-delegation of Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai.
- SKILL.md
- references/tuning-knobs.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 417c7a2
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| Executing Plans Inlineobra/superpowers | 297k | 2 repos | ~5.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
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Questions about Hermes Ephemeral Delegation
What does Hermes Ephemeral Delegation do?
Trigger: a mapping need, parallel units, context backstop, high-risk verify, fresh review, or multi-step debug. Hermes Ephemeral Delegation is an agent skill from Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai. Trigger: a mapping need, parallel units, context backstop, high-risk verify, fresh review, or multi-step debug.
When should I use Hermes Ephemeral Delegation?
Hermes Ephemeral Delegation fits situations like: agent Workflows work in your project.
How do I install Hermes Ephemeral Delegation in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai --skill hermes-ephemeral-delegation -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (internal/assets/skills/hermes-ephemeral-delegation in Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai) into .claude/skills/hermes-ephemeral-delegation in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Hermes Ephemeral Delegation in Codex?
Run `npx skills add Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai --skill hermes-ephemeral-delegation -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (internal/assets/skills/hermes-ephemeral-delegation in Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai) into .agents/skills/hermes-ephemeral-delegation in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Hermes Ephemeral Delegation in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai --skill hermes-ephemeral-delegation -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/hermes-ephemeral-delegation, .gemini/skills/hermes-ephemeral-delegation, .github/skills/hermes-ephemeral-delegation and .opencode/skills/hermes-ephemeral-delegation in your project.
What does Hermes Ephemeral Delegation need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Hermes Ephemeral Delegation is instructions for the agent only.
Does Hermes Ephemeral Delegation access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Hermes Ephemeral Delegation safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Hermes Ephemeral Delegation use?
Hermes Ephemeral Delegation is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Hermes Ephemeral Delegation use?
About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 338 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Hermes Ephemeral Delegation?
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Who maintains Hermes Ephemeral Delegation?
Gentleman-Programming (a GitHub organization) maintains it in Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai, which has 7,622 GitHub stars. The repository holds 15 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.
Source: Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.