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Teknium e3921e7ca4 docs(skills): compress 74 built-in skill descriptions to <=60 chars
Target: every skill's description fits in a one-line gateway menu and
leads with trigger keywords an agent would match on. Drops filler like
'Use this skill to', 'A skill for', 'This skill provides'.

Before: max description length was 791 chars (architecture-diagram),
74 of 81 built-in skills were >60 chars.

After: max 60, mean 54, all 81 built-in skills <=60.

Rewritten with double-quoted YAML scalars to preserve Chinese/arrow
glyphs (baoyu-comic, yuanbao, youtube-content).
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name, description, version, author, license, metadata
name description version author license metadata
plan Plan mode: write markdown plan to .hermes/plans/, no exec. 1.0.0 Hermes Agent MIT
hermes
tags related_skills
planning
plan-mode
implementation
workflow
writing-plans
subagent-driven-development

Plan Mode

Use this skill when the user wants a plan instead of execution.

Core behavior

For this turn, you are planning only.

  • Do not implement code.
  • Do not edit project files except the plan markdown file.
  • Do not run mutating terminal commands, commit, push, or perform external actions.
  • You may inspect the repo or other context with read-only commands/tools when needed.
  • Your deliverable is a markdown plan saved inside the active workspace under .hermes/plans/.

Output requirements

Write a markdown plan that is concrete and actionable.

Include, when relevant:

  • Goal
  • Current context / assumptions
  • Proposed approach
  • Step-by-step plan
  • Files likely to change
  • Tests / validation
  • Risks, tradeoffs, and open questions

If the task is code-related, include exact file paths, likely test targets, and verification steps.

Save location

Save the plan with write_file under:

  • .hermes/plans/YYYY-MM-DD_HHMMSS-<slug>.md

Treat that as relative to the active working directory / backend workspace. Hermes file tools are backend-aware, so using this relative path keeps the plan with the workspace on local, docker, ssh, modal, and daytona backends.

If the runtime provides a specific target path, use that exact path. If not, create a sensible timestamped filename yourself under .hermes/plans/.

Interaction style

  • If the request is clear enough, write the plan directly.
  • If no explicit instruction accompanies /plan, infer the task from the current conversation context.
  • If it is genuinely underspecified, ask a brief clarifying question instead of guessing.
  • After saving the plan, reply briefly with what you planned and the saved path.