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Contributing

Thank you for contributing to Hermes Agent! This guide covers setting up your dev environment, understanding the codebase, and getting your PR merged. Contribut

Developer Guide
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Developer Guide
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Thank you for contributing to Hermes Agent! This guide covers setting up your dev environment, understanding the codebase, and getting your PR merged. Contribut

Excerpt from the official Hermes Agent documentation, quoted for reference. View source

What this page covers

Section outline mirrored from the official Hermes Agent documentation. Follow any heading to read the complete text on the source site.

Upstream outline

  1. Contribution Priorities
  2. Common contribution paths
  3. Development Setup
  4. Prerequisites
  5. Install with the standard installer
  6. Manual clone fallback
  7. Configure for Development
  8. Run
  9. Run Tests
  10. Code Style
  11. Cross-Platform Compatibility
  12. 1. termios and fcntl are Unix-only
  13. 2. File encoding
  14. 3. Process management

Section map

Contribution Priorities

Maps contribution priorities to the Developer Guide documentation path, with the source page reserved for exact commands and updates.

Common contribution paths

Maps common contribution paths to the Developer Guide documentation path, with the source page reserved for exact commands and updates.

Development Setup

Maps development setup to the Developer Guide documentation path, with the source page reserved for exact commands and updates.

Prerequisites

Maps prerequisites to the Developer Guide documentation path, with the source page reserved for exact commands and updates.

Install with the standard installer

Maps install with the standard installer to the Developer Guide documentation path, with the source page reserved for exact commands and updates.

Manual clone fallback

Maps manual clone fallback to the Developer Guide documentation path, with the source page reserved for exact commands and updates.

Configure for Development

Maps configure for development to the Developer Guide documentation path, with the source page reserved for exact commands and updates.

Run

Maps run to the Developer Guide documentation path, with the source page reserved for exact commands and updates.

Implementation notes

  • Use this Developer Guide doc as a navigation page first: the local clone mirrors the source structure and links each heading back to the authoritative upstream section.
  • Primary decision areas: Contribution Priorities, Common contribution paths, Development Setup, Prerequisites, Install with the standard installer. Read those source anchors before changing installs, credentials, automation, or runtime configuration.
  • Useful search signals for this doc: contributing, thank, covers, setting, environment. These are derived from the public title and summary so the clone remains lightweight.

Decision table

Best fitDeveloper Guide documentation

Use when you need orientation for contributing before applying exact upstream commands.

Verify firstContribution Priorities

Open the source anchor for Contribution Priorities and confirm platform-specific requirements before changing configuration.

Escalate to sourceCommands, credentials, runtime behavior

Use the upstream page as the authority for current syntax, release changes, and security-sensitive steps.

Verification checklist

  1. Use this page to orient yourself within Developer Guide, then open the linked source page for exact current syntax.
  2. Start with the source section for Contribution Priorities; do not rely on the local summary for commands or secrets.
  3. Check platform, install method, provider, and credential assumptions before changing a real environment.
  4. Review the source section for Common contribution paths if the page involves setup, automation, messaging, or runtime behavior.
  5. After applying anything from the source, run the smallest relevant smoke test before widening scope.

Risk notes

Runtime access

Check filesystem, shell, browser, repository, and server permissions before granting the agent write access.

What this page covers

  • Core concept and where it fits in the Hermes Agent system.
  • Setup or operating context implied by the upstream page summary.
  • The source page link for full current details and updates.

Source mirror note

This page is generated from the public Hermes Bible index so the clone has the same route coverage and search surface. It stores the public title, category, summary, and source link locally; use the source page for full upstream text and updates.

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