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Adapted from @elmatadorgh's #19454 to fit the existing hermes curator namespace.

Summary

Adds hermes curator archive <skill> and hermes curator prune [--days N] [--yes] [--dry-run] — the two genuinely new user-facing verbs requested in #19384. All skill lifecycle commands now live under the single hermes curator namespace.

Changes

  • hermes_cli/curator.py: _cmd_archive (refuses pinned with unpin hint) + _cmd_prune (filters pinned, filters already-archived, falls back to created_at when last_activity_at is null, respects --dry-run / --yes). Plain-text output to match existing handler style.
  • tests/hermes_cli/test_curator_archive_prune.py: 13 handler + argparse tests.
  • scripts/release.py: AUTHOR_MAP entry for coktinbaran5@gmail.com.

Why not ship @elmatadorgh's #19454 as-is

The issue (#19384) was written before hermes curator matured. As merged, hermes curator already has:

  • status — per-skill stats (plain-text, with most-active / least-active / least-recently-active top 5s)
  • restore <skill> — restore archived skill (same skill_usage.restore_skill() call the PR's skills restore wrapped)
  • pin / unpin — pinning

So #19454's hermes skills stats and hermes skills restore duplicated existing surface under a different namespace. The archive and prune verbs are the two net-new additions, adapted here to the existing style: same module, same plain-text output, no separate skills_config.py handler, no rich-table dependency.

Validation

Targeted tests 57 passed (test_curator_archive_prune.py 13, test_curator_status.py 4, test_skill_usage.py 40)
E2E via python -m hermes_cli.main curator … with real subprocess + isolated HERMES_HOME 7/7 scenarios pass: archive pinned refused, archive old-skill works, restore, prune dry-run, prune --yes (unpinned only), --days 0 rejected, --help shows new commands

Closes #19384.

Credit: @elmatadorgh for the initial CLI surface in #19454.

LeonSGP43 and others added 3 commits May 5, 2026 04:53
The cherry-picked test predates #19618/#19621 which rewrote
list_agent_created_skill_names() to require an explicit
created_by: 'agent' provenance marker. Without mark_agent_created(),
my-skill is excluded from the list and the positive assertion fails.
Adds 'hermes curator archive <skill>' and 'hermes curator prune
[--days N] [--yes] [--dry-run]' alongside the existing status, run,
pause, resume, pin, unpin, restore, backup, rollback verbs.

These are the two genuinely new user-facing verbs requested in #19384.
The other verbs proposed there ('stats' and 'restore') already exist
as 'curator status' and 'curator restore', so no duplicate surface is
added — all skill lifecycle commands live under the single 'hermes
curator' namespace.

- archive: manual archive of an agent-created skill. Refuses pinned
  skills with a hint pointing at 'hermes curator unpin'.
- prune: bulk-archive unpinned skills idle for >= N days (default 90).
  Falls back to created_at when last_activity_at is null so never-used
  skills can still be pruned. --dry-run previews, --yes skips prompt.

Adapted from @elmatadorgh's PR #19454 which placed the same verbs
under 'hermes skills' with a separate hermes_cli/skills_config.py
handler and rich table for stats. The 'stats' and 'restore' parts of
that PR duplicated existing surface, so only archive and prune are
kept, rewritten to match hermes_cli/curator.py's existing plain-text
handler style. Tests rewritten from scratch against the new handlers.

Closes #19384

Co-authored-by: elmatadorgh <coktinbaran5@gmail.com>
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Thanks for the merge and the writeup.

nickdlkk pushed a commit to nickdlkk/hermes-agent that referenced this pull request May 11, 2026
* fix(curator): protect hub skills by frontmatter name

* test(skill_usage): add mark_agent_created to regression test

The cherry-picked test predates NousResearch#19618/NousResearch#19621 which rewrote
list_agent_created_skill_names() to require an explicit
created_by: 'agent' provenance marker. Without mark_agent_created(),
my-skill is excluded from the list and the positive assertion fails.

* feat(curator): add archive and prune subcommands

Adds 'hermes curator archive <skill>' and 'hermes curator prune
[--days N] [--yes] [--dry-run]' alongside the existing status, run,
pause, resume, pin, unpin, restore, backup, rollback verbs.

These are the two genuinely new user-facing verbs requested in NousResearch#19384.
The other verbs proposed there ('stats' and 'restore') already exist
as 'curator status' and 'curator restore', so no duplicate surface is
added — all skill lifecycle commands live under the single 'hermes
curator' namespace.

- archive: manual archive of an agent-created skill. Refuses pinned
  skills with a hint pointing at 'hermes curator unpin'.
- prune: bulk-archive unpinned skills idle for >= N days (default 90).
  Falls back to created_at when last_activity_at is null so never-used
  skills can still be pruned. --dry-run previews, --yes skips prompt.

Adapted from @elmatadorgh's PR NousResearch#19454 which placed the same verbs
under 'hermes skills' with a separate hermes_cli/skills_config.py
handler and rich table for stats. The 'stats' and 'restore' parts of
that PR duplicated existing surface, so only archive and prune are
kept, rewritten to match hermes_cli/curator.py's existing plain-text
handler style. Tests rewritten from scratch against the new handlers.

Closes NousResearch#19384

Co-authored-by: elmatadorgh <coktinbaran5@gmail.com>

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Co-authored-by: LeonSGP43 <cine.dreamer.one@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: elmatadorgh <coktinbaran5@gmail.com>
rmulligan pushed a commit to rmulligan/hermes-agent that referenced this pull request May 11, 2026
* fix(curator): protect hub skills by frontmatter name

* test(skill_usage): add mark_agent_created to regression test

The cherry-picked test predates NousResearch#19618/NousResearch#19621 which rewrote
list_agent_created_skill_names() to require an explicit
created_by: 'agent' provenance marker. Without mark_agent_created(),
my-skill is excluded from the list and the positive assertion fails.

* feat(curator): add archive and prune subcommands

Adds 'hermes curator archive <skill>' and 'hermes curator prune
[--days N] [--yes] [--dry-run]' alongside the existing status, run,
pause, resume, pin, unpin, restore, backup, rollback verbs.

These are the two genuinely new user-facing verbs requested in NousResearch#19384.
The other verbs proposed there ('stats' and 'restore') already exist
as 'curator status' and 'curator restore', so no duplicate surface is
added — all skill lifecycle commands live under the single 'hermes
curator' namespace.

- archive: manual archive of an agent-created skill. Refuses pinned
  skills with a hint pointing at 'hermes curator unpin'.
- prune: bulk-archive unpinned skills idle for >= N days (default 90).
  Falls back to created_at when last_activity_at is null so never-used
  skills can still be pruned. --dry-run previews, --yes skips prompt.

Adapted from @elmatadorgh's PR NousResearch#19454 which placed the same verbs
under 'hermes skills' with a separate hermes_cli/skills_config.py
handler and rich table for stats. The 'stats' and 'restore' parts of
that PR duplicated existing surface, so only archive and prune are
kept, rewritten to match hermes_cli/curator.py's existing plain-text
handler style. Tests rewritten from scratch against the new handlers.

Closes NousResearch#19384

Co-authored-by: elmatadorgh <coktinbaran5@gmail.com>

---------

Co-authored-by: LeonSGP43 <cine.dreamer.one@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: elmatadorgh <coktinbaran5@gmail.com>
JinyuID pushed a commit to JinyuID/hermes-agent that referenced this pull request May 11, 2026
* fix(curator): protect hub skills by frontmatter name

* test(skill_usage): add mark_agent_created to regression test

The cherry-picked test predates NousResearch#19618/NousResearch#19621 which rewrote
list_agent_created_skill_names() to require an explicit
created_by: 'agent' provenance marker. Without mark_agent_created(),
my-skill is excluded from the list and the positive assertion fails.

* feat(curator): add archive and prune subcommands

Adds 'hermes curator archive <skill>' and 'hermes curator prune
[--days N] [--yes] [--dry-run]' alongside the existing status, run,
pause, resume, pin, unpin, restore, backup, rollback verbs.

These are the two genuinely new user-facing verbs requested in NousResearch#19384.
The other verbs proposed there ('stats' and 'restore') already exist
as 'curator status' and 'curator restore', so no duplicate surface is
added — all skill lifecycle commands live under the single 'hermes
curator' namespace.

- archive: manual archive of an agent-created skill. Refuses pinned
  skills with a hint pointing at 'hermes curator unpin'.
- prune: bulk-archive unpinned skills idle for >= N days (default 90).
  Falls back to created_at when last_activity_at is null so never-used
  skills can still be pruned. --dry-run previews, --yes skips prompt.

Adapted from @elmatadorgh's PR NousResearch#19454 which placed the same verbs
under 'hermes skills' with a separate hermes_cli/skills_config.py
handler and rich table for stats. The 'stats' and 'restore' parts of
that PR duplicated existing surface, so only archive and prune are
kept, rewritten to match hermes_cli/curator.py's existing plain-text
handler style. Tests rewritten from scratch against the new handlers.

Closes NousResearch#19384

Co-authored-by: elmatadorgh <coktinbaran5@gmail.com>

---------

Co-authored-by: LeonSGP43 <cine.dreamer.one@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: elmatadorgh <coktinbaran5@gmail.com>
02356abc pushed a commit to 02356abc/hermes-agent that referenced this pull request May 14, 2026
* fix(curator): protect hub skills by frontmatter name

* test(skill_usage): add mark_agent_created to regression test

The cherry-picked test predates NousResearch#19618/NousResearch#19621 which rewrote
list_agent_created_skill_names() to require an explicit
created_by: 'agent' provenance marker. Without mark_agent_created(),
my-skill is excluded from the list and the positive assertion fails.

* feat(curator): add archive and prune subcommands

Adds 'hermes curator archive <skill>' and 'hermes curator prune
[--days N] [--yes] [--dry-run]' alongside the existing status, run,
pause, resume, pin, unpin, restore, backup, rollback verbs.

These are the two genuinely new user-facing verbs requested in NousResearch#19384.
The other verbs proposed there ('stats' and 'restore') already exist
as 'curator status' and 'curator restore', so no duplicate surface is
added — all skill lifecycle commands live under the single 'hermes
curator' namespace.

- archive: manual archive of an agent-created skill. Refuses pinned
  skills with a hint pointing at 'hermes curator unpin'.
- prune: bulk-archive unpinned skills idle for >= N days (default 90).
  Falls back to created_at when last_activity_at is null so never-used
  skills can still be pruned. --dry-run previews, --yes skips prompt.

Adapted from @elmatadorgh's PR NousResearch#19454 which placed the same verbs
under 'hermes skills' with a separate hermes_cli/skills_config.py
handler and rich table for stats. The 'stats' and 'restore' parts of
that PR duplicated existing surface, so only archive and prune are
kept, rewritten to match hermes_cli/curator.py's existing plain-text
handler style. Tests rewritten from scratch against the new handlers.

Closes NousResearch#19384

Co-authored-by: elmatadorgh <coktinbaran5@gmail.com>

---------

Co-authored-by: LeonSGP43 <cine.dreamer.one@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: elmatadorgh <coktinbaran5@gmail.com>
jsboige pushed a commit to jsboige/hermes-agent that referenced this pull request May 14, 2026
* fix(curator): protect hub skills by frontmatter name

* test(skill_usage): add mark_agent_created to regression test

The cherry-picked test predates NousResearch#19618/NousResearch#19621 which rewrote
list_agent_created_skill_names() to require an explicit
created_by: 'agent' provenance marker. Without mark_agent_created(),
my-skill is excluded from the list and the positive assertion fails.

* feat(curator): add archive and prune subcommands

Adds 'hermes curator archive <skill>' and 'hermes curator prune
[--days N] [--yes] [--dry-run]' alongside the existing status, run,
pause, resume, pin, unpin, restore, backup, rollback verbs.

These are the two genuinely new user-facing verbs requested in NousResearch#19384.
The other verbs proposed there ('stats' and 'restore') already exist
as 'curator status' and 'curator restore', so no duplicate surface is
added — all skill lifecycle commands live under the single 'hermes
curator' namespace.

- archive: manual archive of an agent-created skill. Refuses pinned
  skills with a hint pointing at 'hermes curator unpin'.
- prune: bulk-archive unpinned skills idle for >= N days (default 90).
  Falls back to created_at when last_activity_at is null so never-used
  skills can still be pruned. --dry-run previews, --yes skips prompt.

Adapted from @elmatadorgh's PR NousResearch#19454 which placed the same verbs
under 'hermes skills' with a separate hermes_cli/skills_config.py
handler and rich table for stats. The 'stats' and 'restore' parts of
that PR duplicated existing surface, so only archive and prune are
kept, rewritten to match hermes_cli/curator.py's existing plain-text
handler style. Tests rewritten from scratch against the new handlers.

Closes NousResearch#19384

Co-authored-by: elmatadorgh <coktinbaran5@gmail.com>

---------

Co-authored-by: LeonSGP43 <cine.dreamer.one@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: elmatadorgh <coktinbaran5@gmail.com>
gweeteve pushed a commit to gweeteve/hermes-agent that referenced this pull request Jun 2, 2026
* fix(curator): protect hub skills by frontmatter name

* test(skill_usage): add mark_agent_created to regression test

The cherry-picked test predates NousResearch#19618/NousResearch#19621 which rewrote
list_agent_created_skill_names() to require an explicit
created_by: 'agent' provenance marker. Without mark_agent_created(),
my-skill is excluded from the list and the positive assertion fails.

* feat(curator): add archive and prune subcommands

Adds 'hermes curator archive <skill>' and 'hermes curator prune
[--days N] [--yes] [--dry-run]' alongside the existing status, run,
pause, resume, pin, unpin, restore, backup, rollback verbs.

These are the two genuinely new user-facing verbs requested in NousResearch#19384.
The other verbs proposed there ('stats' and 'restore') already exist
as 'curator status' and 'curator restore', so no duplicate surface is
added — all skill lifecycle commands live under the single 'hermes
curator' namespace.

- archive: manual archive of an agent-created skill. Refuses pinned
  skills with a hint pointing at 'hermes curator unpin'.
- prune: bulk-archive unpinned skills idle for >= N days (default 90).
  Falls back to created_at when last_activity_at is null so never-used
  skills can still be pruned. --dry-run previews, --yes skips prompt.

Adapted from @elmatadorgh's PR NousResearch#19454 which placed the same verbs
under 'hermes skills' with a separate hermes_cli/skills_config.py
handler and rich table for stats. The 'stats' and 'restore' parts of
that PR duplicated existing surface, so only archive and prune are
kept, rewritten to match hermes_cli/curator.py's existing plain-text
handler style. Tests rewritten from scratch against the new handlers.

Closes NousResearch#19384

Co-authored-by: elmatadorgh <coktinbaran5@gmail.com>

---------

Co-authored-by: LeonSGP43 <cine.dreamer.one@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: elmatadorgh <coktinbaran5@gmail.com>
Egavasyug pushed a commit to Egavasyug/hermes-agent that referenced this pull request Jun 10, 2026
* fix(curator): protect hub skills by frontmatter name

* test(skill_usage): add mark_agent_created to regression test

The cherry-picked test predates NousResearch#19618/NousResearch#19621 which rewrote
list_agent_created_skill_names() to require an explicit
created_by: 'agent' provenance marker. Without mark_agent_created(),
my-skill is excluded from the list and the positive assertion fails.

* feat(curator): add archive and prune subcommands

Adds 'hermes curator archive <skill>' and 'hermes curator prune
[--days N] [--yes] [--dry-run]' alongside the existing status, run,
pause, resume, pin, unpin, restore, backup, rollback verbs.

These are the two genuinely new user-facing verbs requested in NousResearch#19384.
The other verbs proposed there ('stats' and 'restore') already exist
as 'curator status' and 'curator restore', so no duplicate surface is
added — all skill lifecycle commands live under the single 'hermes
curator' namespace.

- archive: manual archive of an agent-created skill. Refuses pinned
  skills with a hint pointing at 'hermes curator unpin'.
- prune: bulk-archive unpinned skills idle for >= N days (default 90).
  Falls back to created_at when last_activity_at is null so never-used
  skills can still be pruned. --dry-run previews, --yes skips prompt.

Adapted from @elmatadorgh's PR NousResearch#19454 which placed the same verbs
under 'hermes skills' with a separate hermes_cli/skills_config.py
handler and rich table for stats. The 'stats' and 'restore' parts of
that PR duplicated existing surface, so only archive and prune are
kept, rewritten to match hermes_cli/curator.py's existing plain-text
handler style. Tests rewritten from scratch against the new handlers.

Closes NousResearch#19384

Co-authored-by: elmatadorgh <coktinbaran5@gmail.com>

---------

Co-authored-by: LeonSGP43 <cine.dreamer.one@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: elmatadorgh <coktinbaran5@gmail.com>
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