Evidence record / hermes-agent
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2026-09-21-hermes-agent-capability-and-defaults-in-v2026-9-21-skills-auto-load-stream-json-one-shot-footprint-cura
Capability and defaults in v2026.9.21: skills.auto_load, stream-json, one-shot footprint, curator stops pruning built-ins. Capability and defaults in v2026.9.21: skills.auto_load, stream-json, one-shot footprint, curator stops pruning built-ins
Channel: tagged-release. Half: capability. Date: 2026-09-14 to 2026-09-19 commits; tagged 2026-09-21.
Operator consequence: For teams wrapping Hermes as an agent engine (operator question 3), stream-json plus the one-shot footprint make headless runs cheaper and parseable; test -q runs against v2026.9.21 before comparing cost to other harnesses. The self-improvement loop is now explicitly scoped to interactive and gateway sessions. If skills vanished after an earlier update, check ~/.hermes/skills archive state; the curator was the cause.
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Finding metadata
Run: 2026-09-21-weekly-digest-2026-08-20_2026-09-21-frontier-v0
Finding ID: 2026-09-21-hermes-agent-capability-and-defaults-in-v2026-9-21-skills-auto-load-stream-json-one-shot-footprint-cura
Profile citations
- Hermes Agent / claim / oneshot-footprint-and-curator-builtins
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