Individual skill
hermes-update-doctor
Use when stuck, contradictory, blocked, or incomplete Hermes updates must be diagnosed across Git state, remotes, running processes, caches, and installed versions before recovery.
skills/hermes-update-doctor/SKILL.md
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- Matches the observed repository HEAD
- Yes
- Scanner rules are current
- No
- Repository scan complete
- No
- Skill scan complete
- Yes
- Observed behavior
- Not checked yet
- Last checked
- Nov 5, 2026
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- 127
- Repository last updated
- Oct 26, 2026
- License
- Apache-2.0
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- agent-skills Repository topic
- ai-agents Repository topic
- hermes-agent Repository topic
- open-source Repository topic
- python Repository topic
- engineering Derived category
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# hermes-update-doctor
## Overview
A diagnosis-first update investigator that separates remote drift, repository divergence, process locks, stale caches, partial installs, and runtime-version mismatches.
The skill is evidence-first. It identifies unavailable evidence, separates facts from interpretations, and does not claim a repair or successful outcome merely because a command returned without an obvious error.
## When to Use
- Hermes says it is behind but will not update.
- Update says already current but the version is stale.
- Another Hermes process is blocking the update.
- Diagnose a failed Hermes update.
