Skills for Hermes Agent – install and usage guide
Nous Research's Hermes Agent reads skills in the SKILL.md standard. Skill Library for AI Agents collects 4166 free skills; find the right task and paste one command to install.
3 steps to use skills with Hermes Agent
- Find a skill for your task (e.g. “make slides”, “SEO writing”, “docker”).
- Copy the install command and run it in your terminal – for example for the 1password skill:
mkdir -p ~/.hermes/skills && curl -fsSL https://skill.dn1nguoi.com/z/1password-c54c8.tgz | tar xz -C ~/.hermes/skills
- Restart Hermes Agent, then call
/skill-nameor just describe the task.
Frequently asked questions
What is a skill for Hermes Agent?
A skill is a folder with a SKILL.md file that teaches Hermes Agent how to do a specific kind of work (SEO writing, slides, code review…). Hermes Agent loads a skill only when needed, so it costs no context up front.
Where do Hermes Agent skills live?
The skills folder for Hermes Agent is ~/.hermes/skills. Each skill is a subfolder containing SKILL.md.
How do I install a skill for Hermes Agent?
Run a command like: mkdir -p ~/.hermes/skills && curl -fsSL https://skill.dn1nguoi.com/z/<skill-id>.tgz | tar xz -C ~/.hermes/skills. Every skill page on Skill Library for AI Agents has the command ready to copy. Then restart Hermes Agent.
Is it free?
Yes. Every skill on Skill Library for AI Agents is open source under the MIT or Apache 2.0 licence and ships with its original LICENSE file.
Featured skills
- 1password – Set up op CLI, sign in, and read or inject secrets.
- 3-statement-model – Build integrated IS/BS/CF financial workbooks in Excel.
- accelerate – Run PyTorch training across GPUs with minimal changes.
- actual-setup – Set up Actual Computer (actual.inc) inference in Hermes.
- adversarial-ux-test – Roleplay a hostile user to find and triage UX pain points.
- agent-merge-conflict-arbiter – Neutral arbiter for merge conflicts between two agents.
- agentmail – Use when an agent needs AgentMail CLI email inboxes.
- ai-presenter-video – Make a verified AI presenter video from script + image.
- airtable – Airtable REST API via curl. Records CRUD, filters, upserts.
- anatomy – Explain an idea as an interactive isometric machine figure.
- antigravity-cli – Operate the Antigravity CLI (agy): plugins, auth, sandbox.
- apple-notes – Manage Apple Notes via memo CLI: create, search, edit.
- apple-reminders – Apple Reminders via remindctl: add, list, complete.
- archify – Validated interactive HTML diagrams, upstream-maintained.
- architecture-diagram – Dark-themed SVG architecture/cloud/infra diagrams as HTML.
- arxiv – Search arXiv papers by keyword, author, category, or ID.
- ascii-art – ASCII art: pyfiglet, cowsay, boxes, image-to-ascii.
- ascii-video – ASCII video: convert video/audio to colored ASCII MP4/GIF.
- ast-grep – AST-aware structural code search and rewrite via ast-grep.
- auteur – Design and build cinematic, award-level web pages.
- axolotl – Axolotl: YAML LLM fine-tuning (LoRA, DPO, GRPO).
- baoyu-article-illustrator – Article illustrations: type × style × palette consistency.
- baoyu-comic – Knowledge comics (知识漫画): educational, biography, tutorial.
- baoyu-infographic – Infographics: 21 layouts x 21 styles (信息图, 可视化).
- bioinformatics – Gateway to 400+ genomics and computational biology skills.
- blackbox – Delegate coding tasks to the Blackbox AI multi-model CLI.
- blocked-page-recovery – Use when a fetch fails: 403/429, paywall, WAF, bot wall.
- blogwatcher – Monitor blogs and RSS/Atom feeds via blogwatcher-cli tool.
- box – Box manages cloud files, sharing, search, and metadata.
- brag – Project launch video via Hyperframes, upstream-maintained.
- academy-guide – Stop and check this skill before finishing any reply to a question about how to use Claude or a…
- api-and-interface-design – Guides stable API and interface design. Use when designing APIs, module boundaries, or any public…
- ab-testing – When the user wants to plan, design, or implement an A/B test or experiment, or build a growth…
- 13c-metabolic-flux – Estimates intracellular metabolic fluxes from steady-state carbon-13 isotope-tracing measurements…
- adaptyv – Uses the Adaptyv Bio Foundry API and Python SDK to design protein characterization experiments…
- 00-andruia-consultant – Usar al iniciar o mejorar un proyecto de IA: diagnostica código y restricciones, propone skills…
- 007 – Security audit, hardening, threat modeling (STRIDE/PASTA), Red/Blue Team, OWASP checks, code…
- 10-andruia-skill-smith – Usar para crear o mejorar una skill de Andru.ia: define entradas y resultados, redacta SKILL.md…
- 20-andruia-niche-intelligence – Usar tras definir el sector de un proyecto: prepara un dossier en español con contexto, normas…
- 2d-games – 2D game development principles. Sprites, atlases, tilemaps, physics, cameras, and genre patterns…
- 2slides-ppt-generator – AI-powered presentation generation via the 2slides API — create slides from text, match a…
- 360-feedback-system – 360 feedback register: reviewer, subject, review cycle, visibility, due date and score, as CSV…
- 3d-games – 3D game development principles. Rendering, shaders, physics, cameras.
- 3d-ui – Web and App implementation guide for 3D UI. Trigger when user wants actual 3D objects, perspective…
- accessibility-compliance – Implement WCAG 2.2 compliant interfaces with mobile accessibility, inclusive design patterns, and…
- ai-debt-detector – Use after generating code, after accepting AI suggestions, or when reviewing AI-written modules…
- a11y-audit – Accessibility audit skill for scanning, fixing, and verifying WCAG 2.2 Level A and AA compliance…
- ab-test-setup – When the user wants to plan, design, or implement an A/B test or experiment. Also use when the…
- access-lifecycle – Use when preparing or running a user access review, checking that leavers lost their access…
- aspnet-core – Build, review, refactor, or architect ASP.NET Core web applications using current official…
- baoyu-article-illustrator – Analyzes article structure, identifies positions requiring visual aids, generates illustrations…
- brand-guidelines – Applies OpenAI's brand colors and typography to any artifact that should match the Codex/OpenAI…
- antinet-doc-parse – 软件开发工程师与数据科学家在构建RAG系统时,当需处理PDF/Word/Excel等多格式复杂文档,用此技能可自动触发三级解析降级,一键输出高置信度结构化Markdown与元数据,免去繁琐清洗,直接…
- deepcode-self-refer – Answers questions about Deep Code CLI itself — including features, configuration options, slash…
- 401-403-bypass-techniques – Use when protected HTTP routes return 401 or 403.
- api-noauth-hunt – Use when an API may expose data or privileged operations without authentication.
- algorithmic-art – Creating algorithmic art using p5.js with seeded randomness and interactive parameter exploration…
- browser-testing-with-devtools – Tests in real browsers via Chrome DevTools MCP. Use when building or debugging anything that runs…
- ad-creative – When the user wants to generate, iterate, or scale ad creative — headlines, descriptions, primary…
- aeon – This skill should be used for time series machine learning tasks including classification…