Browse & Install Community Skills for Hermes Agent

What Are Skills?

Skills are modular plugins that extend Hermes Agent's capabilities beyond its built-in features. Think of them as apps for your AI agent — each skill teaches Hermes a new trick.

Built-in skills come pre-installed:

• file-manager — Read, write, and navigate files
• web-search — Search the internet
• code-runner — Execute code in sandboxed environments

Community skills are created by the open-source community:

• github-integration — Manage repos, PRs, and issues
• web-scraper — Extract structured data from websites
• email-tool — Send and read emails
• database-query — Query SQL and NoSQL databases
• And 100+ more...

Browsing the Skill Catalog

From the CLI

# Browse all available skills
hermes skill search ""

# Search by keyword
hermes skill search "github"

# Search by category
hermes skill search --category automation

# Show detailed info about a skill
hermes skill info github-integration

📦 github-integration v2.1.0
   Author: @hermes-community
   Downloads: 12,345
   Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4.9/5)
   Category: Development

   Description:
   Full GitHub integration for Hermes Agent. Create repos,
   manage PRs, review code, handle issues, and automate
   your GitHub workflow.

   Capabilities:
   - Create and clone repositories
   - Create, review, and merge pull requests
   - Manage issues and labels
   - Read and write files in repos
   - Trigger GitHub Actions

   Requirements:
   - GitHub Personal Access Token

   Install: hermes skill install github-integration

From the Web

Visit the Hermes Skills Directory to browse skills with screenshots, reviews, and detailed documentation.

Installing Skills

Basic Installation

hermes skill install github-integration

📦 Installing github-integration v2.1.0...
✅ Installed successfully!

📋 Setup required:
   This skill needs a GitHub token to work.
   Run: hermes skill configure github-integration

Install a Specific Version

hermes skill install github-integration@2.0.0

Install Multiple Skills at Once

hermes skill install github-integration email-tool web-scraper

Configure a Skill

Many skills need API keys or configuration:

hermes skill configure github-integration

🔧 Configuring github-integration

GitHub Personal Access Token:
ghp_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Default organization (optional):
my-company

Default branch:
main

✅ Configuration saved!

Managing Installed Skills

List Installed Skills

hermes skill list

Installed Skills:
  ✅ file-manager    v1.0.0  (built-in)
  ✅ web-search      v1.0.0  (built-in)
  ✅ code-runner     v1.0.0  (built-in)
  ✅ github-integration v2.1.0
  ✅ email-tool      v1.3.0
  ⏸️ web-scraper     v3.0.0  (disabled)

Enable/Disable Skills

# Disable a skill without uninstalling
hermes skill disable web-scraper

# Re-enable it
hermes skill enable web-scraper

Update Skills

# Update a specific skill
hermes skill update github-integration

# Update all skills
hermes skill update --all

Remove a Skill

hermes skill remove email-tool

Popular Community Skills

Here are the most-installed community skills:

| Skill | Category | Description | Difficulty |

|-------|----------|-------------|:----------:|

| github-integration | Dev | Full GitHub workflow | 🟢 |

| web-scraper | Data | Extract data from any website | 🟡 |

| email-tool | Communication | Send/read emails via SMTP/IMAP | 🟡 |

| database-query | Data | Query SQL and NoSQL databases | 🟡 |

| image-generator | Creative | Generate images via DALL-E/SD | 🟢 |

| pdf-reader | Documents | Extract text from PDFs | 🟢 |

| calendar-sync | Productivity | Sync with Google/Outlook calendar | 🟡 |

| docker-manager | DevOps | Manage Docker containers | 🟡 |

| slack-notifier | Communication | Send Slack messages and alerts | 🟢 |

| ssh-remote | DevOps | Run commands on remote servers | 🔴 |

Using Skills in Conversation

Once installed, skills are automatically available. Just ask Hermes naturally:

> Create a new GitHub repo called "my-api" with a Node.js .gitignore

🔧 Using skill: github-integration
✅ Repository created: https://github.com/yourname/my-api
   - Private repository
   - Node.js .gitignore added
   - README.md initialized

> Scrape the top 10 headlines from Hacker News

🔧 Using skill: web-scraper
📊 Top 10 Hacker News Headlines:
Show HN: AI-powered code review tool (342 points)
PostgreSQL 17 Released (289 points)
...

Skill Chaining

Hermes can combine multiple skills in a single task:

> Check my GitHub notifications, summarize any urgent PRs,
and email me a report

🔧 Using skills: github-integration, email-tool
Checking GitHub notifications... (5 new)
Found 2 urgent PRs requiring review
Generating summary...
Sending email to you@example.com...
✅ Report sent!

Skill Quality & Safety

Verified Skills

Look for the ✅ badge — verified skills have been reviewed by the community team for:

• Security (no malicious code)
• Quality (well-tested, documented)
• Compatibility (works with latest Hermes version)

Permissions

Each skill declares what permissions it needs:

hermes skill permissions github-integration

Permissions for github-integration:
  ✅ network    - Make HTTP requests (to api.github.com)
  ✅ read-files - Read local files
  ❌ write-files - No file write access
  ❌ execute    - No shell execution

Review permissions before installing any skill, especially unverified ones.

Next Steps

• Create your own skill — Build a custom skill from scratch
• Skill best practices — Write production-quality skills
• CLI essentials — Master the command-line interface

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Last updated: April 17, 2026 · Hermes Agent v0.8