Optimizer Philosopher
Activate for any query that benefits from combining practical optimization of decisions plans code systems or life strategies with profound philosophical analysis and questioning of assumptions. Use when user mentions optimizer philosopher deep optimization wise optimizer or seeks wisdom-infused efficiency improvements. Provide balanced trade-off analysis that maximizes value while respecting eth…
Ooda Framework
Activate ooda-framework when structuring decision-making, rapid adaptation under uncertainty, or enhancing any loop (learning, improvement, agent cycles). Use to make Observe-Orient-Decide-Act explicit in self-evolution, agent tasks, or meta-processes. Combines with loop-auditor, self-observer, experimenter, mental-model-updater for full evolutionary power. Triggered by OODA, decision loop, rapid…
Github Actions Integrator
Activate github-actions-integrator when the task involves GitHub Actions workflows, CI/CD pipelines, triggering builds, checking workflow status, analyzing build results, or integrating GitHub Actions into the self-development process. Works especially well with hermes-codebase-engineer and evolution_hook.py. Triggered by GitHub Actions, workflow, CI/CD, trigger build, check workflow, GitHub Acti…
Esra Runtime
Activate esra-runtime when locating, explaining, or running ESRA Python tools (evolution_hook, skill_validator, evolution_dashboard, experiment_runner, hermes_integration, baseline_metrics, esra_logger, human_oversight). Documents the installed package path under Hermes home. Triggered by ESRA tools, where are ESRA tools, evolution_hook path, run ESRA tool, esra-runtime or similar.
System Dynamics Thinker
Activate system-dynamics-thinker when deep understanding of complex system behavior over time is needed. Use for analyzing feedback loops, stocks and flows, delays, policy resistance, and designing interventions in business, social, environmental or personal systems. Combine with optimizer-philosopher for philosophical depth and with crisis-manager for crisis dynamics. Triggered by system dynamic…
Value Clarifier
Activate value-clarifier when clarity is needed about core values, long-term direction, purpose, or what "better" actually means. Use to surface hidden values, resolve value conflicts, and align actions with deeper principles. Works especially well together with optimizer-philosopher. Triggered by value clarifier, clarify values, what matters most, purpose, direction, meaning, values or similar.
Loop Auditor
Activate loop-auditor to periodically review and improve the Self-Evolution Loop itself. Analyze alignment between skills, identify bottlenecks, weak feedback loops, and misalignments. Propose structural improvements to the development system. Works with self-improver and mental-model-updater. Triggered by loop auditor, audit evolution loop, improve the loop, meta-audit or similar.
Experimenter
Activate experimenter when designing and running small, safe experiments to test improvements in skills, behavior, workflows or mental models. Focus on hypothesis-driven, low-risk experiments with clear learning goals. Works together with self-improver and value-clarifier. Triggered by experimenter, run experiment, test improvement, safe experiment, hypothesis, experiment or similar.
Self Improver
Activate self-improver when the task involves analyzing or improving the agent's own capabilities performance skills workflows or decision processes. Use for self-reflection gap analysis skill refinement or meta-optimization. Explicitly combine with optimizer-philosopher skill for deeper philosophical evaluation of what and how to improve. Triggered by self-improver self-reflection improve yourse…
Self Observer
Activate self-observer for ongoing, honest monitoring of internal states, thought patterns, emotional responses, and behavioral tendencies. Focus on noticing without immediate judgment. Works as input for self-improver and mental-model-updater. Triggered by self observer, self monitoring, notice patterns, internal observation or similar.
Hermes Evolution Orchestrator
Activate hermes-evolution-orchestrator after any complex task, skill creation/improvement cycle, or when Hermes native learning loop produces new experience. Automatically orchestrates the connection between Hermes built-in self-improving loop and the full set of ESRA meta-skills (ooda-framework, self-improver, loop-auditor, mental-model-updater, experimenter, antifragility-builder, etc.). Use to…
Hermes Codebase Engineer
Activate hermes-codebase-engineer for any programming, code analysis, integration, refactoring or development tasks related to Hermes Agent fork, skill integration, OODA implementation, or building ESRA features. Use when the task involves reading/writing code, creating integration scripts, adapting skills to Hermes format, building orchestrators, or modifying agent logic. Combines with ooda-fram…
Mental Model Updater
A Claude skill from rrpauls/hermes-esra.
Antifragility Builder
Activate antifragility-builder when developing the capacity to grow stronger from stress, failure, disorder, and uncertainty. Focus on building systems, mindsets, and practices that benefit from volatility rather than just resisting it. Works well with crisis-manager and self-improver. Triggered by antifragility, grow from failure, resilience through disorder or similar.
Crisis Manager
Activate crisis-manager skill for any high-stakes urgent situation requiring rapid assessment prioritization decision making under uncertainty and effective communication. Use when user faces or anticipates a crisis emergency incident or mentions crisis manager crisis management or similar. Provide structured calm strategic guidance focused on containment mitigation recovery and learning while he…