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Hermes for Designers

Templates

Starter config.yaml

Section titled “Starter config.yaml”

Free tier, no 9Router, one model. Copy this to ~/.hermes/config.yaml:

# Hermes Designer, Starter Config
provider: openrouter
model: openrouter/auto
api_key: YOUR_OPENROUTER_KEY


tools:
  web: true
  terminal: true
  file: true
  vision: true
  image_gen: true


# Telegram gateway (optional)
telegram:
  enabled: false
  token: ""


# Memory, persists across sessions
memory:
  enabled: true
  mode: hybrid
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Designer Tip:

Start with this. Add 9Router, model routing, and aux tasks later, only when you need them.

Starter skill template

Section titled “Starter skill template”
---
name: my-skill-name
description: One-line description of what this skill does.
trigger: When to use this skill
---


# Skill Name


## Steps
1. First step
2. Second step
3. Third step


## Pitfalls
- Common mistake to avoid
- Edge case to watch for


## Verification
- How to check it worked

Save to ~/.hermes/skills/my-skill-name/SKILL.md.

Cron job template

Section titled “Cron job template”
# Run every Monday at 9am
schedule: "0 9 * * 1"
name: weekly-seo-audit
prompt: |
  Run an SEO audit on https://example.com
  Check: meta tags, headings, image alt text, page speed
  Deliver the report to Telegram

Kanban board template

Section titled “Kanban board template”
# Multi-agent kanban board
name: design-team
columns:
  - todo
  - in-progress
  - review
  - done
workers:
  - name: designer-agent
    model: openrouter/auto
    skills:
      - design-fidelity-check
      - tailwind-design-system-tokens
  - name: builder-agent
    model: openrouter/auto
    skills:
      - nextjs-app-router-workflows
      - shadcn-data-table

Next steps

Section titled “Next steps”