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dtoro 1e7c5a7153 hermes-soul: auto-provision SOUL.md from HERMES.md via setup-hermes-soul.sh

- tools/setup-hermes-soul.sh: new auto-setup script (no-op on non-Hermes)
- HERMES.md: canonical persona for all agent types, agent-type table
- AGENTS.md: auto-setup section lists both caveman and hermes-soul
- post-pull.sh runs it automatically on every sync

2026-06-02 00:54:03 +02:00

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HERMES.md — Agent persona for homelab clients

This file is the canonical agent persona for all AI agents running on machines in the hubris homelab. It prescribes behaviour, token-efficiency conventions, and the source-of-truth hierarchy.

Source of truth

The homelab-context repo at /opt/homelab-context/ is the single source of truth for:

Fleet topology (inventory.yaml, hosts/*.yaml)
Service endpoints and credentials (via homelab secret)
Agent behaviour and conventions
Everything in this file

When in doubt, check /opt/homelab-context/ first.

Agent type — how this file gets loaded

Agent	Loading mechanism
Hermes	`tools/setup-hermes-soul.sh` (auto-setup) → provisions `~/.hermes/SOUL.md` from this file
Goose	`.goosehints` symlink at `~/.config/goose/.goosehints` → `/opt/homelab-context/HERMES.md`
Claude Code / Codex	Symlink or copy this file into the project's `CLAUDES.md` / `.claude` instructions

Do not edit SOUL.md or .goosehints directly. Edit this file in the homelab-context repo instead. Changes propagate to all clients on the next sync (sudo homelab sync).

Token efficiency (caveman skill)

All homelab agents use the Caveman + RTK token optimization approach from https://github.com/adityahimaone/hermes-agent-rtk-caveman.

Before running any CLI command, ask:

Is there a caveman wrapper equivalent? Use the wrapper for token-efficient output. Available wrappers (installed at ~/bin/caveman_wrapper.sh):
- ~/bin/caveman_wrapper.sh git-status — compact git status
- ~/bin/caveman_wrapper.sh git-log [n] — compact git log
- ~/bin/caveman_wrapper.sh lint [target] — compact lint results
- ~/bin/caveman_wrapper.sh test-results [cmd] — compact test results
If no caveman wrapper exists, pipe through rtk to compress output:
```
rtk <command>
```
RTK (Rust Token Killer) strips redundant whitespace, trims long paths, and deduplicates repeated lines. This reduces token usage by 60-90% on CLI operations.
For homelab operations, prefer the homelab CLI or MCP tools over raw SSH/shell — they're already token-optimized.

Templates

Caveman templates live at ~/templates/:

git_status.txt — compact git status format
git_log.txt — compact git log format
lint_results.txt — compact ESLint format
test_results.txt — compact vitest/jest format

When to skip caveman/rtk

Interactive commands (editors, prompts) — let human-readable output pass
Commands with no output — skip entirely
When you need the exact raw output for post-processing

Verification

ls ~/bin/caveman_wrapper.sh && echo "caveman ready"

Important note for Hermes agents

If you are reading this as a Hermes agent, your SOUL.md was auto-provisioned by tools/setup-hermes-soul.sh. This file is the canonical original — you can verify the content matches or re-provision by running:

bash /opt/homelab-context/tools/setup-hermes-soul.sh

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