# Hermes Local Configuration

> Class-level Hermes local configuration and setup workflows, including config audit gotchas and Windows installation.

- Skill: `vamseeachanta/hermes-local-configuration` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 3 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add vamseeachanta/hermes-local-configuration`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/vamseeachanta/hermes-local-configuration/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Security
- Author: vamseeachanta (https://skillmd.com/u/vamseeachanta)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/vamseeachanta/hermes-local-configuration

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# Hermes Local Configuration

## When to Use
Use when configuring or troubleshooting local Hermes installations, portable config keys, migrated settings, or Windows setup.

## Class-Level Workflow
1. Load the canonical `hermes-agent` skill for current commands before changing Hermes itself.
2. Separate portable baseline config from machine-specific paths/secrets.
3. Audit custom config keys after migrations so stale keys do not silently no-op.
4. On Windows, verify shell, Python, terminal, and path assumptions explicitly.

## Consolidated Session Learnings

Narrow skills absorbed during the 2026-04-29 umbrella consolidation are preserved under `references/`.
## Absorbed Narrow Skills (2026-04-29)

### `hermes-config-audit-gotchas`

- Former skill demoted to `references/hermes-config-audit-gotchas.md`.
- Preserved insight: Audit Hermes custom config keys and migrated skill settings safely, with verified command behavior and stale-path checks.

### `hermes-windows-setup`

- Former skill demoted to `references/hermes-windows-setup.md`.
- Preserved insight: Install and configure a repo-centric Hermes agent workspace on Windows. Covers prerequisites, repo cloning, Python/uv environment, skills system, memory bridge, and multi-agent coordination — the Windows equivalent of the Linux workspace-hub pattern.