Blackbox

What it does

Example prompts

• “/blackbox”

Requirements

• Node.js

Workflow steps

7 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

1. 1Always use pty=true — Blackbox CLI is an interactive terminal app and will hang without a PTY
2. 2Use workdir — keep the agent focused on the right directory
3. 3Background for long tasks — use background=true and monitor with process tool
4. 4Don't interfere — monitor with poll/log, don't kill sessions because they're slow
5. 5Report results — after completion, check what changed and summarize for the user
6. 6Credits cost money — Blackbox uses a credit-based system; multi-model mode consumes credits faster
7. 7Check prerequisites — verify blackbox CLI is installed before attempting delegation

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 7fd2b9a. 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:

  • git
  • npm
  • gh

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

• Network

  Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

  • github.com

  Also links to:

  • blackbox.ai

  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

Blackbox loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 53 tokens; SKILL.md has 411 words of instructions outside code blocks.

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

~53

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

~1.3k

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 Tommy-yw/RunbookHermes at commit 7fd2b9a, republished under its MIT licence (© Tommy-yw). 411 words, ~1,344 tokens.

name

blackbox

description

Delegate coding tasks to Blackbox AI CLI agent. Multi-model agent with built-in judge that runs tasks through multiple LLMs and picks the best result. Requires the blackbox CLI and a Blackbox AI API key.

version

1.0.0

author

Hermes Agent (Nous Research)

license

MIT

terminal(command="blackbox --prompt 'Add JWT authentication with refresh tokens to the Express API'", workdir="/path/to/project", pty=true)

terminal(command="cd $(mktemp -d) && git init && blackbox --prompt 'Build a REST API for todos with SQLite'", pty=true)

# Start in background with PTY
terminal(command="blackbox --prompt 'Refactor the auth module to use OAuth 2.0'", workdir="~/project", background=true, pty=true)
# Returns session_id

# Monitor progress
process(action="poll", session_id="<id>")
process(action="log", session_id="<id>")

# Send input if Blackbox asks a question
process(action="submit", session_id="<id>", data="yes")

# Kill if needed
process(action="kill", session_id="<id>")

# After a task completes, Blackbox shows a checkpoint tag
# Resume with a follow-up task:
terminal(command="blackbox --resume-checkpoint 'task-abc123-2026-03-06' --prompt 'Now add rate limiting to the endpoints'", workdir="~/project", pty=true)

terminal(command="REVIEW=$(mktemp -d) && git clone https://github.com/user/repo.git $REVIEW && cd $REVIEW && gh pr checkout 42 && blackbox --prompt 'Review this PR against main. Check for bugs, security issues, and code quality.'", pty=true)

terminal(command="blackbox --prompt 'Fix the login bug'", workdir="/tmp/issue-1", background=true, pty=true)
terminal(command="blackbox --prompt 'Add unit tests for auth'", workdir="/tmp/issue-2", background=true, pty=true)

# Monitor all
process(action="list")

{
  "sessionTokenLimit": 32000
}

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Files

Just SKILL.md in optional-skills/autonomous-ai-agents/blackbox of Tommy-yw/RunbookHermes.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 7fd2b9a

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in Tommy-yw/RunbookHermes, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

• johnson7788/MultiUserClawhermes-agent/optional-skills/autonomous-ai-agents/blackbox