Articles tagged "Tools"

A comprehensive guide to the **Skills & Tools system** in Nous Research's open-source agent Hermes Agent v0.15.2 (and the [Hermes Desktop](../columns/hermes-desktop-nous-research-2026) GUI), grounded in official docs and GitHub releases. Covers **Skills** (on-demand procedural docs) with the three-level Progressive Disclosure loading scheme starting at ~3k tokens, the `SKILL.md` format, the **skills.sh catalog that exploded from 858 to 19,932 entries in v0.15.1**, the standout new skills (`openhands`, `code-wiki`, `web-pentest`), the self-improving loop where the agent creates / patches / edits / deletes its own Skills, and **Tools** — 40+ built-ins like `web_search`, `x_search`, `terminal`, `patch`, `browser_navigate`, `vision_analyze`, `cronjob`, `memory`, `delegate_task`. Also covers MCP **client + server** support, the macOS Computer Use background execution that doesn't move the cursor or switch Spaces (5–20ms/event), and the 25+ messenger gateway (Slack / Discord / Telegram / Teams / WhatsApp / LINE / Feishu / WeCom and more). Ends with **eight category-specific combination patterns** — research, writing, data analysis, coding, customer support, social listening, internal automation, personal work — sized for Japanese enterprise practice.