hermes-plugin-evaluation
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hermes-plugin-evaluation — Evaluate third-party Hermes Agent plugins before installation: cost, licensing, required services, data flow, dependencies, and setup risk.
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11 rules. About 0 are common, 9 are distinctive, and 2 are very specific to this project.
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- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Distinctive: line 24
Use this when the user asks about installing, trusting, pricing, or using a third-party Hermes Agent plugin or integration.
- Distinctive: line 36
Load authoritative Hermes context first: when the task involves Hermes plugins:
- Distinctive: line 38
Prefer official Hermes docs for CLI syntax and plugin lifecycle.
- Distinctive: line 48
Do not infer the hosted service is free just because the plugin is public.
- Very specific: line 51
If pricing is missing/404/gated, say “pricing not publicly obvious.
- Distinctive: line 57
Test in a non-critical Hermes profile or disabled gateway first.
- Distinctive: line 58
Avoid putting it on the main gateway until pricing, credentials, and data flow are understood.
- Very specific: line 59
Run plugin-specific doctor/diagnostics before enabling public channels.
- Distinctive: line 63
Keep it concise and decisive:
- Distinctive: line 68
Recommended next step: if installation/security matters.
- Distinctive: line 70
Avoid broad explanations of Hermes unless he asks.
≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 308,232 skill files we read have a rule of the same kind, not the same words. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
Hermes Plugin Evaluation
Use this when the user asks about installing, trusting, pricing, or using a third-party Hermes Agent plugin or integration.
Goal
Give a practical go/no-go read before touching the live Hermes gateway. Separate:
- Plugin code cost/license — whether the repository itself is public/open-source/free to install.
- Service cost — required SaaS account, usage billing, phone/SMS/voice costs, model API costs, tunnels, hosted routing, or paid feature gates.
- Operational risk — what data leaves Hermes, whether the plugin opens public webhooks/tunnels, and whether it modifies gateway behavior.
Fast evaluation workflow
- Load authoritative Hermes context first when the task involves Hermes plugins:
- Load
hermes-agentif available. - Prefer official Hermes docs for CLI syntax and plugin lifecycle.
- Inspect the repository without installing it:
- README / docs
plugin.yamlpyproject.toml,package.json, lockfilesLICENSE,NOTICE, or equivalent- setup wizard files and
after-installnotes - tool definitions, platform adapter files, webhook/tunnel code
- Answer cost precisely:
- Say “plugin appears free/public” only for the repo/installable code.
- Do not infer the hosted service is free just because the plugin is public.
- Identify paid dependencies: phone numbers, SMS/MMS, voice minutes, hosted tunnels, OpenAI/Anthropic/etc. APIs, storage, or managed accounts.
- Check for a public pricing page, but treat absence as unknown, not free:
- If pricing is missing/404/gated, say “pricing not publicly obvious; confirm with vendor.”
- Report required credentials and data paths:
- Required env vars/API keys.
- Optional credentials that change cost or data flow.
- Whether inbound messages/calls pass through vendor infrastructure.
- Recommend a safe rollout:
- Test in a non-critical Hermes profile or disabled gateway first.
- Avoid putting it on the main gateway until pricing, credentials, and data flow are understood.
- Run plugin-specific
doctor/diagnostics before enabling public channels.
Response shape the user prefers
Keep it concise and decisive:
- Short answer first: free, paid, mixed, or unclear.
- What I verified as bullets.
- Cost implication as bullets.
- Recommended next step if installation/security matters.
Avoid broad explanations of Hermes unless he asks. He usually wants the practical answer.
Pitfalls
- Public repo ≠ free service. Many plugins are just glue to a paid platform.
- No LICENSE file means unclear license, even if GitHub visibility is public.
- Phone/SMS/voice are rarely free at scale. Assume carrier/service costs unless docs explicitly say otherwise.
- Hosted tunnels/webhooks imply external data flow. Flag this before installation.
- Do not install first just to answer pricing/trust questions. Inspect first, then ask/confirm before side effects.
Other versions1 project uses a version of this.
Word for word · 1
- AtlasOmnia/donna-starter★ 136100% same
Edited · 0
None found.
Wrote their own version · 0
None found.
How matches are found. Word for word: the exact same text. Edited: shares passages with this file (“99% same” means 99% of its five-word phrases also appear here; 10% or more counts). Their own version: similar meaning, or, weakest, the same name. We can’t tell which project had it first. Projects are counted among the 200 most-starred candidates, and mentions are links to the repository we found, up to 50 per site, so both counts are a floor.
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