feat(tui): pluggable busy-indicator styles (#13610) by OutThisLife · Pull Request #17150 · NousResearch/hermes-agent

OutThisLife · 2026-04-28T21:13:35Z

Summary

The status-bar FaceTicker rotated through wide-and-variable kaomoji glyphs ((｡•́︿•̀｡), ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°), …) every 2.5s — display widths range from ~5 to ~16 columns, so the rest of the bar (cwd, ctx %, voice, bg counter) shifted on every cycle.

Padding the verb alone (#17116) helped a little but didn't address the dominant jitter source — the glyph itself. Closer fix: let the user pick a stable-width indicator style.

What this adds

Four busy-indicator styles, default keeps current vibe:

kaomoji (default) — preserves the existing experience.
emoji — single 2-col emoji frame: ⚕ 🌀 🤔 ✨ 🍵 🔮.
unicode — unicode-animations braille spinner (1-col, smooth).
ascii — | / - \ (1-col, max compatibility).

Wires

display.tui_status_indicator in DEFAULT_CONFIG (default kaomoji).
New config.set / config.get handler for key=indicator with a narrow allow-list.
applyDisplay reads the field into UiState.indicatorStyle; the existing 5s mtime poll picks up ~/.hermes/config.yaml edits without restart.
/indicator [style] slash command. Bare form shows current; setter fires config.set and optimistically patchUiState so the live TUI swaps immediately (matching /skin UX). Subcommand completion: kaomoji|emoji|unicode|ascii.
CommandDef("indicator", ..., subcommands=...) so classic CLI autocomplete + TUI complete.slash both surface it.
FaceTicker decouples spinner cadence from verb cadence — glyph runs at the spinner's authored interval (or FACE_TICK_MS for kaomoji), verb stays on the original 2.5s cycle, both re-arm cleanly when style changes.

Test plan

npm run type-check — clean
npm test -- --run — 398/398 pass
scripts/run_tests.sh tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py tests/hermes_cli/test_commands.py — 220/220 pass
New tests:
- normalizeIndicatorStyle rejects unknown / non-string
- applyDisplay → tui_status_indicator covers fan-out + fallback
- /indicator <style> hot-swaps UiState.indicatorStyle after config.set
- /indicator sparkle rejects with usage hint, never hits gateway
- Slash-parity matrix gets '/indicator' → config.get

Refs

Supersedes #17116 (bb/tui-status-ticker-width) — that one padded the verb to the longest catalogue entry, which addressed only a small share of the actual width churn. Closes #13610 by giving users a way out instead of pretending kaomoji widths are fixable.

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Pull request overview

Adds a user-configurable busy-indicator style for the TUI status bar to reduce layout jitter, wiring it through config, gateway RPC, and slash-command UX.

Changes:

Introduces display.tui_status_indicator (default kaomoji) and threads it into UiState.indicatorStyle via config sync.
Adds /indicator [style] slash command (+ completion wiring) and gateway config.get/config.set support for key=indicator.
Updates FaceTicker to render different indicator styles and decouple glyph tick cadence from verb tick cadence; adds targeted tests.

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File	Description
ui-tui/src/gatewayTypes.ts	Adds config field typing for `tui_status_indicator`; small event union formatting change.
ui-tui/src/components/appChrome.tsx	Implements pluggable indicator rendering in `FaceTicker` with per-style cadence.
ui-tui/src/app/useConfigSync.ts	Normalizes indicator style and applies it into UI state from `config.get full`.
ui-tui/src/app/uiStore.ts	Adds `indicatorStyle` default to the UI store.
ui-tui/src/app/slash/commands/session.ts	Adds `/indicator` slash command with validation + hot-swap via `patchUiState`.
ui-tui/src/app/interfaces.ts	Introduces `IndicatorStyle` type and adds it to `UiState`.
ui-tui/src/tests/useConfigSync.test.ts	Adds unit tests for indicator normalization and config fan-out.
ui-tui/src/tests/createSlashHandler.test.ts	Adds routing + behavior tests for `/indicator`.
tui_gateway/server.py	Adds `config.set/get` handling for `key=indicator`.
hermes_cli/config.py	Adds default config `display.tui_status_indicator`.
hermes_cli/commands.py	Adds `indicator` `CommandDef` for completion/catalog exposure.

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…rror format Round 1 Copilot review on PR #17150: - Exported `INDICATOR_STYLES` const tuple from `interfaces.ts`; `IndicatorStyle` union type is derived from it. `useConfigSync` builds its validation Set from the tuple, and `session.ts` uses it for both the usage hint and the runtime allow-list — adding/removing a style now touches one line. - Backend `config.set indicator` error message: switched `sorted(allowed)` list repr to `pick one of ascii|emoji|kaomoji|unicode` (matches the TUI usage hint), and reports the normalized `raw` instead of the original `value`. Backend allowed tuple now has a comment pointing back at `INDICATOR_STYLES` so the two stay aligned. Note: kept the verb portion unpadded per design intent — fixed-width padding was the exact UX the `/indicator` command was added to remove. Stable width comes from the glyph; verbs cycling is part of the kawaii aesthetic. Reply on the verb thread will explain.

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Round 2 Copilot review on PR #17150: - `tui_status_indicator?: 'ascii' | ... | string` collapses to `string` in TS — consumers got no narrowing. Documented as plain `string` with a comment about runtime validation via `normalizeIndicatorStyle`. - `FaceTicker` always started a 2.5s verb interval, even for the `unicode` style which hides the verb entirely. Now gated on `showVerb` from `renderIndicator` — `unicode` stays calm. Pre-emptive self-review (avoid round 3): - Three call sites duplicated the literal `'kaomoji'` default (uiStore, normalizeIndicatorStyle, slash command). Added `DEFAULT_INDICATOR_STYLE` to interfaces.ts and threaded it through so changing the default touches one line.

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The status-bar `FaceTicker` rotated through wide-and-variable kaomoji glyphs (`(｡•́︿•̀｡)`, `( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)`, …) every 2.5s. Real display widths range from ~5 to ~16 columns, so the rest of the bar (cwd, ctx %, voice, bg counter) shifted on every cycle. Padding the verb alone (#17116) helped but didn't address the dominant jitter source — the glyph itself. Add four indicator styles, configurable + hot-swappable: * `kaomoji` (default — preserves the existing vibe; verb is now pad-stable so the only width churn left is the kaomoji itself). * `emoji` — single 2-col emoji frame (`⚕ 🌀 🤔 ✨ 🍵 🔮`). * `unicode` — `unicode-animations` braille spinner (1-col, smooth). * `ascii` — `| / - \` (1-col, max compat). Wires: * `display.tui_status_indicator` in `DEFAULT_CONFIG` (default `kaomoji`). * New JSON-RPC `config.set/get indicator` keys, narrow allow-list. * `applyDisplay` reads the field and patches `UiState.indicatorStyle`, so the existing `mtime` poll picks up `~/.hermes/config.yaml` edits within ~5s without a TUI restart. * `/indicator [style]` slash command (alias `/indicator-style`, subcommand completion `kaomoji|emoji|unicode|ascii`). Bare form shows the current style; setter fires `config.set` and optimistically `patchUiState({ indicatorStyle })` so the live TUI swaps immediately, matching the `/skin` UX. * `CommandDef("indicator", ..., subcommands=...)` so classic CLI autocomplete + TUI `complete.slash` both surface it. * `FaceTicker` decouples spinner cadence from verb cadence — the glyph runs at the spinner's authored interval (or `FACE_TICK_MS` for kaomoji), the verb stays on the original 2.5s cycle, and both re-arm cleanly when style changes. Tests: * `normalizeIndicatorStyle` rejects unknown / non-string input. * `applyDisplay → tui_status_indicator` covers fan-out + fallback. * `/indicator <style>` hot-swaps `UiState.indicatorStyle` after a successful `config.set`. * `/indicator sparkle` rejects with the usage hint and never hits the gateway. * Slash-parity matrix gets `'/indicator'` → `config.get`. Validation: cd ui-tui && npm run type-check — clean; npm test --run — 398/398. scripts/run_tests.sh tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py tests/hermes_cli/test_commands.py — 220/220.

…rror format Round 1 Copilot review on PR #17150: - Exported `INDICATOR_STYLES` const tuple from `interfaces.ts`; `IndicatorStyle` union type is derived from it. `useConfigSync` builds its validation Set from the tuple, and `session.ts` uses it for both the usage hint and the runtime allow-list — adding/removing a style now touches one line. - Backend `config.set indicator` error message: switched `sorted(allowed)` list repr to `pick one of ascii|emoji|kaomoji|unicode` (matches the TUI usage hint), and reports the normalized `raw` instead of the original `value`. Backend allowed tuple now has a comment pointing back at `INDICATOR_STYLES` so the two stay aligned. Note: kept the verb portion unpadded per design intent — fixed-width padding was the exact UX the `/indicator` command was added to remove. Stable width comes from the glyph; verbs cycling is part of the kawaii aesthetic. Reply on the verb thread will explain.

Round 2 Copilot review on PR #17150: - `tui_status_indicator?: 'ascii' | ... | string` collapses to `string` in TS — consumers got no narrowing. Documented as plain `string` with a comment about runtime validation via `normalizeIndicatorStyle`. - `FaceTicker` always started a 2.5s verb interval, even for the `unicode` style which hides the verb entirely. Now gated on `showVerb` from `renderIndicator` — `unicode` stays calm. Pre-emptive self-review (avoid round 3): - Three call sites duplicated the literal `'kaomoji'` default (uiStore, normalizeIndicatorStyle, slash command). Added `DEFAULT_INDICATOR_STYLE` to interfaces.ts and threaded it through so changing the default touches one line.

…render Round 4 Copilot review on PR #17150: `config.get` for `indicator` returned the raw `display.tui_status_indicator` value without validation, so a hand-edited config.yaml with stray casing or an unknown style would leave `/indicator` printing one thing while the TUI rendered the kaomoji default (frontend's `normalizeIndicatorStyle` does this normalization on receive). Lifted the allow-list to module scope as `_INDICATOR_STYLES` / `_INDICATOR_DEFAULT`, reused by both `config.set` and `config.get`. Comment notes the alignment with `INDICATOR_STYLES` / `DEFAULT_INDICATOR_STYLE` in interfaces.ts so adding/removing a style is a one-line change on each end. Tests cover: known value verbatim, casing/whitespace normalize, unknown→default, unset→default.

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…cator error Round 5 Copilot review on PR #17150: `raw = str(value or "").strip().lower()` collapsed any falsy non-string (`0`, `False`, `[]`) to empty string, so the error message read `unknown indicator: ` with nothing after — losing the original input. Switched to `("" if value is None else str(value)).strip().lower()` so only `None` (the genuine 'no value' case) becomes blank. Used `{raw!r}` in the error so the diagnostic is unambiguous (`'0'` vs `0`). Tests: - known-value happy path (`'EMOJI'` → `'emoji'`) - falsy non-string inputs (`0` / `False` / `[]`) surface meaningfully - `None` keeps the blank-repr error

…ers (#17727) Covers ~60 merged PRs from Apr 15–29 that shipped user-visible behavior without docs coverage. No functional code changes; docs + static manifest regeneration only. Highlights: Stale / incorrect: - configuration.md: auxiliary auto-routing line was wrong since #11900; now correctly states auto routes to the main model, with a note on the cost trade-off and per-task override pattern. - integrations/providers.md + configuration.md compression intro: removed stale 'Gemini Flash via OpenRouter' claim. - website/static/api/model-catalog.json: rebuilt from hermes_cli/models.py so the live manifest picks up tencent/hy3-preview (and remains in sync for future model-catalog PRs). Platform messaging (#17417 #16997 #16193 #14315 #13151 #11794 #10610 #10283 #10246 #11564 #13178): - Signal: native formatting (bodyRanges), reply quotes, reactions. - Telegram: table rendering (bullets + code-block fallback), disable_link_previews, group_allowed_chats. - Slack: strict_mention config. - Discord: slash_commands disable, send_animation GIF, send_message native media attachments. - DingTalk: require_mention + allowed_users. CLI (#16052 #16539 #16566 #15841 #14798 #10043): - New 'hermes fallback' interactive manager. - New 'hermes update --check', '--backup' flag, and pre-update pairing snapshot behavior. - 'hermes gateway start/restart --all' multi-profile flag. - cron.md: 'hermes tools' as a platform, per-job enabled_toolsets, wakeAgent gate, context_from chaining. Config keys / env vars (#17305 #17026 #17000 #15077 #14557 #14227 #14166 #14730 #17008): - terminal.docker_run_as_host_user, display.runtime_metadata_footer, compression.hygiene_hard_message_limit, HINDSIGHT_TIMEOUT, skills.guard_agent_created, TAVILY_BASE_URL, security.allow_private_urls, agent.api_max_retries, gateway hot-reload of compression/context_length config edits. TUI / CLI UX (#17130 #17113 #17175 #17150 #16707 #12312 #12305 #12934 #14810 #14045 #17286 #17126): - HERMES_TUI_RESUME, HERMES_TUI_THEME, LaTeX rendering, busy-indicator styles, ctrl-x queued-message delete, git branch in status bar, per- prompt elapsed stopwatch, external-editor keybind, markdown stripping, TUI voice-mode parity, /agents overlay, /reload + /mouse. Gateway features (#16506 #15027 #13428 #12116): - Native multimodal image routing based on vision capability. - /usage account-limits section. - /steer slash command (added to reference + explanation in CLI). Plugins / hooks (#12929 #12972 #10763 #16364): - transform_tool_result, transform_terminal_output plugin hooks. - PluginContext.dispatch_tool() documented with slash-command example. - google_meet bundled plugin entry under built-in-plugins.md. Other (#16576 #16572 #16383 #15878 #15608 #15606 #14809 #14767 #14231 #14232 #14307 #13683 #12373 #11891 #11291 #10066): - hermes backup exclusions (WAL/SHM/journal + checkpoints/). - security.md hardline blocklist (floor below --yolo). - FHS install layout for root installs. - openssh-client + docker-cli baked into the Docker image. - MEDIA: tag supported extensions table (docs/office/archives/pdf). - Remote-to-host file sync on SSH/Modal/Daytona teardown. - 'hermes model' -> Configure Auxiliary Models interactive picker. - Podman support via HERMES_DOCKER_BINARY. Providers / STT / one-shot (#15045 #14473 #15704): - alibaba-coding-plan first-class provider entry. - xAI Grok STT as a 6th transcription option. - 'hermes -z' scripted one-shot mode + HERMES_INFERENCE_MODEL. Build: 'docusaurus build' succeeds. No new broken links/anchors; pre-existing warnings unchanged.

…Research#17150) * feat(tui): pluggable busy-indicator styles (kaomoji/emoji/unicode/ascii) The status-bar `FaceTicker` rotated through wide-and-variable kaomoji glyphs (`(｡•́︿•̀｡)`, `( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)`, …) every 2.5s. Real display widths range from ~5 to ~16 columns, so the rest of the bar (cwd, ctx %, voice, bg counter) shifted on every cycle. Padding the verb alone (NousResearch#17116) helped but didn't address the dominant jitter source — the glyph itself. Add four indicator styles, configurable + hot-swappable: * `kaomoji` (default — preserves the existing vibe; verb is now pad-stable so the only width churn left is the kaomoji itself). * `emoji` — single 2-col emoji frame (`⚕ 🌀 🤔 ✨ 🍵 🔮`). * `unicode` — `unicode-animations` braille spinner (1-col, smooth). * `ascii` — `| / - \` (1-col, max compat). Wires: * `display.tui_status_indicator` in `DEFAULT_CONFIG` (default `kaomoji`). * New JSON-RPC `config.set/get indicator` keys, narrow allow-list. * `applyDisplay` reads the field and patches `UiState.indicatorStyle`, so the existing `mtime` poll picks up `~/.hermes/config.yaml` edits within ~5s without a TUI restart. * `/indicator [style]` slash command (alias `/indicator-style`, subcommand completion `kaomoji|emoji|unicode|ascii`). Bare form shows the current style; setter fires `config.set` and optimistically `patchUiState({ indicatorStyle })` so the live TUI swaps immediately, matching the `/skin` UX. * `CommandDef("indicator", ..., subcommands=...)` so classic CLI autocomplete + TUI `complete.slash` both surface it. * `FaceTicker` decouples spinner cadence from verb cadence — the glyph runs at the spinner's authored interval (or `FACE_TICK_MS` for kaomoji), the verb stays on the original 2.5s cycle, and both re-arm cleanly when style changes. Tests: * `normalizeIndicatorStyle` rejects unknown / non-string input. * `applyDisplay → tui_status_indicator` covers fan-out + fallback. * `/indicator <style>` hot-swaps `UiState.indicatorStyle` after a successful `config.set`. * `/indicator sparkle` rejects with the usage hint and never hits the gateway. * Slash-parity matrix gets `'/indicator'` → `config.get`. Validation: cd ui-tui && npm run type-check — clean; npm test --run — 398/398. scripts/run_tests.sh tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py tests/hermes_cli/test_commands.py — 220/220. * chore(tui): drop /indicator-style alias to declutter autocomplete * fix(tui): drop verb-width pad — /indicator handles glyph jitter directly * fix(tui): unicode indicator style hides the verb (cleanest option) * refactor(tui): single source of truth for INDICATOR_STYLES; cleaner error format Round 1 Copilot review on PR NousResearch#17150: - Exported `INDICATOR_STYLES` const tuple from `interfaces.ts`; `IndicatorStyle` union type is derived from it. `useConfigSync` builds its validation Set from the tuple, and `session.ts` uses it for both the usage hint and the runtime allow-list — adding/removing a style now touches one line. - Backend `config.set indicator` error message: switched `sorted(allowed)` list repr to `pick one of ascii|emoji|kaomoji|unicode` (matches the TUI usage hint), and reports the normalized `raw` instead of the original `value`. Backend allowed tuple now has a comment pointing back at `INDICATOR_STYLES` so the two stay aligned. Note: kept the verb portion unpadded per design intent — fixed-width padding was the exact UX the `/indicator` command was added to remove. Stable width comes from the glyph; verbs cycling is part of the kawaii aesthetic. Reply on the verb thread will explain. * fix(tui): drop type collapse + gate verb timer + DEFAULT_INDICATOR_STYLE Round 2 Copilot review on PR NousResearch#17150: - `tui_status_indicator?: 'ascii' | ... | string` collapses to `string` in TS — consumers got no narrowing. Documented as plain `string` with a comment about runtime validation via `normalizeIndicatorStyle`. - `FaceTicker` always started a 2.5s verb interval, even for the `unicode` style which hides the verb entirely. Now gated on `showVerb` from `renderIndicator` — `unicode` stays calm. Pre-emptive self-review (avoid round 3): - Three call sites duplicated the literal `'kaomoji'` default (uiStore, normalizeIndicatorStyle, slash command). Added `DEFAULT_INDICATOR_STYLE` to interfaces.ts and threaded it through so changing the default touches one line. * fix(tui-gateway): normalize config.get indicator output to match TUI render Round 4 Copilot review on PR NousResearch#17150: `config.get` for `indicator` returned the raw `display.tui_status_indicator` value without validation, so a hand-edited config.yaml with stray casing or an unknown style would leave `/indicator` printing one thing while the TUI rendered the kaomoji default (frontend's `normalizeIndicatorStyle` does this normalization on receive). Lifted the allow-list to module scope as `_INDICATOR_STYLES` / `_INDICATOR_DEFAULT`, reused by both `config.set` and `config.get`. Comment notes the alignment with `INDICATOR_STYLES` / `DEFAULT_INDICATOR_STYLE` in interfaces.ts so adding/removing a style is a one-line change on each end. Tests cover: known value verbatim, casing/whitespace normalize, unknown→default, unset→default. * fix(tui-gateway): preserve falsy-input diagnostics in config.set indicator error Round 5 Copilot review on PR NousResearch#17150: `raw = str(value or "").strip().lower()` collapsed any falsy non-string (`0`, `False`, `[]`) to empty string, so the error message read `unknown indicator: ` with nothing after — losing the original input. Switched to `("" if value is None else str(value)).strip().lower()` so only `None` (the genuine 'no value' case) becomes blank. Used `{raw!r}` in the error so the diagnostic is unambiguous (`'0'` vs `0`). Tests: - known-value happy path (`'EMOJI'` → `'emoji'`) - falsy non-string inputs (`0` / `False` / `[]`) surface meaningfully - `None` keeps the blank-repr error

…ers (NousResearch#17727) Covers ~60 merged PRs from Apr 15–29 that shipped user-visible behavior without docs coverage. No functional code changes; docs + static manifest regeneration only. Highlights: Stale / incorrect: - configuration.md: auxiliary auto-routing line was wrong since NousResearch#11900; now correctly states auto routes to the main model, with a note on the cost trade-off and per-task override pattern. - integrations/providers.md + configuration.md compression intro: removed stale 'Gemini Flash via OpenRouter' claim. - website/static/api/model-catalog.json: rebuilt from hermes_cli/models.py so the live manifest picks up tencent/hy3-preview (and remains in sync for future model-catalog PRs). Platform messaging (NousResearch#17417 NousResearch#16997 NousResearch#16193 NousResearch#14315 NousResearch#13151 NousResearch#11794 NousResearch#10610 NousResearch#10283 NousResearch#10246 NousResearch#11564 NousResearch#13178): - Signal: native formatting (bodyRanges), reply quotes, reactions. - Telegram: table rendering (bullets + code-block fallback), disable_link_previews, group_allowed_chats. - Slack: strict_mention config. - Discord: slash_commands disable, send_animation GIF, send_message native media attachments. - DingTalk: require_mention + allowed_users. CLI (NousResearch#16052 NousResearch#16539 NousResearch#16566 NousResearch#15841 NousResearch#14798 NousResearch#10043): - New 'hermes fallback' interactive manager. - New 'hermes update --check', '--backup' flag, and pre-update pairing snapshot behavior. - 'hermes gateway start/restart --all' multi-profile flag. - cron.md: 'hermes tools' as a platform, per-job enabled_toolsets, wakeAgent gate, context_from chaining. Config keys / env vars (NousResearch#17305 NousResearch#17026 NousResearch#17000 NousResearch#15077 NousResearch#14557 NousResearch#14227 NousResearch#14166 NousResearch#14730 NousResearch#17008): - terminal.docker_run_as_host_user, display.runtime_metadata_footer, compression.hygiene_hard_message_limit, HINDSIGHT_TIMEOUT, skills.guard_agent_created, TAVILY_BASE_URL, security.allow_private_urls, agent.api_max_retries, gateway hot-reload of compression/context_length config edits. TUI / CLI UX (NousResearch#17130 NousResearch#17113 NousResearch#17175 NousResearch#17150 NousResearch#16707 NousResearch#12312 NousResearch#12305 NousResearch#12934 NousResearch#14810 NousResearch#14045 NousResearch#17286 NousResearch#17126): - HERMES_TUI_RESUME, HERMES_TUI_THEME, LaTeX rendering, busy-indicator styles, ctrl-x queued-message delete, git branch in status bar, per- prompt elapsed stopwatch, external-editor keybind, markdown stripping, TUI voice-mode parity, /agents overlay, /reload + /mouse. Gateway features (NousResearch#16506 NousResearch#15027 NousResearch#13428 NousResearch#12116): - Native multimodal image routing based on vision capability. - /usage account-limits section. - /steer slash command (added to reference + explanation in CLI). Plugins / hooks (NousResearch#12929 NousResearch#12972 NousResearch#10763 NousResearch#16364): - transform_tool_result, transform_terminal_output plugin hooks. - PluginContext.dispatch_tool() documented with slash-command example. - google_meet bundled plugin entry under built-in-plugins.md. Other (NousResearch#16576 NousResearch#16572 NousResearch#16383 NousResearch#15878 NousResearch#15608 NousResearch#15606 NousResearch#14809 NousResearch#14767 NousResearch#14231 NousResearch#14232 NousResearch#14307 NousResearch#13683 NousResearch#12373 NousResearch#11891 NousResearch#11291 NousResearch#10066): - hermes backup exclusions (WAL/SHM/journal + checkpoints/). - security.md hardline blocklist (floor below --yolo). - FHS install layout for root installs. - openssh-client + docker-cli baked into the Docker image. - MEDIA: tag supported extensions table (docs/office/archives/pdf). - Remote-to-host file sync on SSH/Modal/Daytona teardown. - 'hermes model' -> Configure Auxiliary Models interactive picker. - Podman support via HERMES_DOCKER_BINARY. Providers / STT / one-shot (NousResearch#15045 NousResearch#14473 NousResearch#15704): - alibaba-coding-plan first-class provider entry. - xAI Grok STT as a 6th transcription option. - 'hermes -z' scripted one-shot mode + HERMES_INFERENCE_MODEL. Build: 'docusaurus build' succeeds. No new broken links/anchors; pre-existing warnings unchanged.