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Hermes Agent Skills

Q: Where does Hermes Agent store skills?

~/.hermes/skills/ is the main folder for skills you install and skills Hermes writes itself. A repository can add .hermes/skills/ or .agents/skills/ once you trust it.

Ready-made skills for Hermes Agent. Hermes writes its own skills as it works; these give it finished design skills on day one: decks, websites, launch films and illustrations.

Browse Skills for Hermes Agent How to install

hermes — ~/projects/launch

$ hermes

> Read https://skillry.dev/skills/bs-meridian-marketing-landing/install.md and follow the instructions to install the skill.

✓ Installed to ~/.hermes/skills/bs-meridian-marketing-landing/

> Make a one-page site for my newsletter

● Loading skill bs-meridian-marketing-landing

● Saved site/index.html · noted the result in memory

Where the Skill lives

~/.hermes/skills/
bs-meridian-marketing-landing/
SKILL.md
assets/
scripts/

Project skills load only after you run hermes skills trust for that repository.

Best Hermes skills for design and content

Every Skill below drops into ~/.hermes/skills/ unchanged.

Browse all Skills for Hermes Agent

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Orbit Startup Landing

Quick answer

What are Hermes Agent skills?

Hermes Agent skills are SKILL.md folders in ~/.hermes/skills/. Hermes writes new skills for itself from tasks it repeats, and it also loads skills you install, in the same open format Claude Code and Codex use. A trusted project can add its own .hermes/skills/ folder.

Global folder: ~/.hermes/skills/
Project folder: .hermes/skills/ (trusted repos)
File format: SKILL.md (Agent Skills standard)
Loads automatically: Yes, by description
Install with Skillry: Paste the install prompt into Hermes Agent
Official docs: hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs

Skills Hermes can’t learn on its own

Self-improving skills capture how you work. Design taste needs a tested template.

Quartz SaaS Landing

Tested layouts

Each Skill ships a layout, a type scale and checks, so output looks designed, not improvised.

Slate Admin ConsoleFree

Works with its learning loop

Hermes can adapt a Skillry Skill to your brand and keep the improved version.

Manus 2.0 Style Launch Video

Media in one run

Decks with PPTX export and MP4 launch films from a single request.

How to install skills in Hermes Agent

Every Skillry Skill is a plain SKILL.md folder. Pick whichever way fits how you work.

Copy the install prompt

Recommended

Paste one sentence into Hermes Agent. It reads the install guide and puts the Skill in the right folder itself.

1Open any Skill on Skillry and click Copy install prompt.
2Paste it into Hermes Agent and send.
3Approve the sign-in in your browser if asked, then ask for what you need.

Download ZIP

No Node.js needed. Unzip the Skill into the folder yourself.

1Click Download ZIP on any Skill page.
2Unzip it so the folder sits in ~/.hermes/skills/.
3Restart Hermes Agent so it picks up the new Skill.

~/.hermes/skills/<skill>/SKILL.md

Upload in the app

Not in Hermes Agent

For agents with an upload button, such as Claude Cowork, Manus or Perplexity Computer.

1Download the Skill ZIP.
2Open the agent’s Skills settings.
3Upload the ZIP and turn the Skill on.

Hermes skills vs memory

They do different jobs, and most people use both.

MemoryA Skill (SKILL.md)

What it holdsMemory: Compact facts Hermes has learned about you and your projectsOne repeatable job: a deck, a site, a video

When it loadsMemory: Every sessionOnly when your request matches

Context costMemory: Always in the promptA one-line description until used

ShareableMemory: Personal to one Hermes installWorks in any project and in 30 other agents

Hermes Agent skills FAQ

Where does Hermes Agent store skills?

~/.hermes/skills/ is the main folder for skills you install and skills Hermes writes itself. A repository can add .hermes/skills/ or .agents/skills/ once you trust it.

Is Skillry a Hermes skills hub?

Hermes has its own Skills Hub for browsing community skills. Skillry adds reviewed design Skills you can drop into ~/.hermes/skills/.

Can Hermes improve a skill I install?

Yes. Hermes can patch skills after a session and suggest changes, and you can require approval before it writes to a skill.

Can I use my Claude Code Skills in Hermes Agent?

Yes. A Claude Code Skill is a SKILL.md folder, the same format Hermes Agent reads. Copy the folder into ~/.hermes/skills/ and Hermes Agent picks it up.