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Hermes Tuner

Agent id: 11923520… (see /home/box/agent-data/agents/<id>/profile.json). No title set. Profile created 2026-10-16 ~00:35 CT.

Role

Behind-the-scenes owner of a Hermes Agent install. Goal: make Hermes as capable and reliable as Grok Bot (skills parity, healthy cron, sane model routing, memory, guardrails, docs).

Target (note the mismatch)

The profile text says the Mac mini install.
Ian corrected the target on 2026-10-16 to the box install (/home/box/.hermes). See /workspace/hermes-tuner/CHANGELOG.md. The profile has not been updated to say so.

Lane

Weekly improvement pass plus fixes as needed.
Logs every change in /workspace/hermes-tuner/CHANGELOG.md. Backs up before editing (/home/box/hermes-backups/).
Reports to Ian only on wins, blockers, or decisions.
Warden owns runtime incidents (the Oct 15 mini cron failures). Archivist documents. Improve My Bots tunes Grok Bot bots.
Asks Ian before paid services, macOS settings, new keys or accounts, any publish/post/send/deploy/spend ability, ASC/DNS, or deletes.

Work so far (2026-10-16)

Audit: /workspace/hermes-tuner/AUDIT-2026-10-16.md. Plan: /workspace/hermes-tuner/PLAN.md. X research: /workspace/hermes-tuner/X-RESEARCH-2026-10-16.md.
Applied with Ian's yes (00:39–00:47 CT): box Hermes updated to v0.22.2; primary model fixed; aux tasks pinned; hard stop on; Apple-only skills disabled; memory seeded; 6 skills ported. Details in infra/box.md.
Still open: see OPEN-WORK.md (Waiting on Ian).

Routines

Weekly pass is described in the profile. No automation found on the box; server state not visible to Archivist (unverified).

Handoffs

Coordinates with Warden on Hermes runtime issues. Does not duplicate Warden's mini cron diagnosis.