feat(skills+terminal): make bundled skill scripts runnable out of the box (#13384)

* feat(skills): inject absolute skill dir and expand ${HERMES_SKILL_DIR} templates

When a skill loads, the activation message now exposes the absolute
skill directory and substitutes ${HERMES_SKILL_DIR} /
${HERMES_SESSION_ID} tokens in the SKILL.md body, so skills with
bundled scripts can instruct the agent to run them by absolute path
without an extra skill_view round-trip.

Also adds opt-in inline-shell expansion: !`cmd` snippets in SKILL.md
are pre-executed (with the skill directory as CWD) and their stdout is
inlined into the message before the agent reads it. Off by default —
enable via skills.inline_shell in config.yaml — because any snippet
runs on the host without approval.

Changes:
- agent/skill_commands.py: template substitution, inline-shell
  expansion, absolute skill-dir header, supporting-files list now
  shows both relative and absolute forms.
- hermes_cli/config.py: new skills.template_vars,
  skills.inline_shell, skills.inline_shell_timeout knobs.
- tests/agent/test_skill_commands.py: coverage for header, both
  template tokens (present and missing session id), template_vars
  disable, inline-shell default-off, enabled, CWD, and timeout.
- website/docs/developer-guide/creating-skills.md: documents the
  template tokens, the absolute-path header, and the opt-in inline
  shell with its security caveat.

Validation: tests/agent/ 1591 passed (includes 9 new tests).
E2E: loaded a real skill in an isolated HERMES_HOME; confirmed
${HERMES_SKILL_DIR} resolves to the absolute path, ${HERMES_SESSION_ID}
resolves to the passed task_id, !`date` runs when opt-in is set, and
stays literal when it isn't.

* feat(terminal): source ~/.bashrc (and user-listed init files) into session snapshot

bash login shells don't source ~/.bashrc, so tools that install themselves
there — nvm, asdf, pyenv, cargo, custom PATH exports — stay invisible to
the environment snapshot Hermes builds once per session.  Under systemd
or any context with a minimal parent env, that surfaces as
'node: command not found' in the terminal tool even though the binary
is reachable from every interactive shell on the machine.

Changes:
- tools/environments/local.py: before the login-shell snapshot bootstrap
  runs, prepend guarded 'source <file>' lines for each resolved init
  file.  Missing files are skipped, each source is wrapped with a
  '[ -r ... ] && . ... || true' guard so a broken rc can't abort the
  bootstrap.
- hermes_cli/config.py: new terminal.shell_init_files (explicit list,
  supports ~ and ${VAR}) and terminal.auto_source_bashrc (default on)
  knobs.  When shell_init_files is set it takes precedence; when it's
  empty and auto_source_bashrc is on, ~/.bashrc gets auto-sourced.
- tests/tools/test_local_shell_init.py: 10 tests covering the resolver
  (auto-bashrc, missing file, explicit override, ~/${VAR} expansion,
  opt-out) and the prelude builder (quoting, guarded sourcing), plus
  a real-LocalEnvironment snapshot test that confirms exports in the
  init file land in subsequent commands' environment.
- website/docs/reference/faq.md: documents the fix in Troubleshooting,
  including the zsh-user pattern of sourcing ~/.zshrc or nvm.sh
  directly via shell_init_files.

Validation: 10/10 new tests pass; tests/tools/test_local_*.py 40/40
pass; tests/agent/ 1591/1591 pass; tests/hermes_cli/test_config.py
50/50 pass.  E2E in an isolated HERMES_HOME: confirmed that a fake
~/.bashrc setting a marker var and PATH addition shows up in a real
LocalEnvironment().execute() call, that auto_source_bashrc=false
suppresses it, that an explicit shell_init_files entry wins over the
auto default, and that a missing bashrc is silently skipped.
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2026-04-21 00:39:19 -07:00
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@@ -387,6 +387,26 @@ DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
# (terminal and execute_code). Skill-declared required_environment_variables
# are passed through automatically; this list is for non-skill use cases.
"env_passthrough": [],
# Extra files to source in the login shell when building the
# per-session environment snapshot. Use this when tools like nvm,
# pyenv, asdf, or custom PATH entries are registered by files that
# a bash login shell would skip — most commonly ``~/.bashrc``
# (bash doesn't source bashrc in non-interactive login mode) or
# zsh-specific files like ``~/.zshrc`` / ``~/.zprofile``.
# Paths support ``~`` / ``${VAR}``. Missing files are silently
# skipped. When empty, Hermes auto-appends ``~/.bashrc`` if the
# snapshot shell is bash (this is the ``auto_source_bashrc``
# behaviour — disable with that key if you want strict login-only
# semantics).
"shell_init_files": [],
# When true (default), Hermes sources ``~/.bashrc`` in the login
# shell used to build the environment snapshot. This captures
# PATH additions, shell functions, and aliases defined in the
# user's bashrc — which a plain ``bash -l -c`` would otherwise
# miss because bash skips bashrc in non-interactive login mode.
# Turn this off if you have a bashrc that misbehaves when sourced
# non-interactively (e.g. one that hard-exits on TTY checks).
"auto_source_bashrc": True,
"docker_image": "nikolaik/python-nodejs:python3.11-nodejs20",
"docker_forward_env": [],
# Explicit environment variables to set inside Docker containers.
@@ -704,6 +724,20 @@ DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
# always goes to ~/.hermes/skills/.
"skills": {
"external_dirs": [], # e.g. ["~/.agents/skills", "/shared/team-skills"]
# Substitute ${HERMES_SKILL_DIR} and ${HERMES_SESSION_ID} in SKILL.md
# content with the absolute skill directory and the active session id
# before the agent sees it. Lets skill authors reference bundled
# scripts without the agent having to join paths.
"template_vars": True,
# Pre-execute inline shell snippets written as !`cmd` in SKILL.md
# body. Their stdout is inlined into the skill message before the
# agent reads it, so skills can inject dynamic context (dates, git
# state, detected tool versions, …). Off by default because any
# content from the skill author runs on the host without approval;
# only enable for skill sources you trust.
"inline_shell": False,
# Timeout (seconds) for each !`cmd` snippet when inline_shell is on.
"inline_shell_timeout": 10,
},
# Honcho AI-native memory -- reads ~/.honcho/config.json as single source of truth.