Hermes Core Skills: 25 Executable AI Agent Skills for Debugging, Planning & Token Efficiency

I've been building AI agent tools, and I'm excited to share what I've been working on.

Hermes Core Skills is a collection of 25 executable skills designed for AI agents — Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and Hermes Agent. Each skill is a standalone SKILL.md file with YAML frontmatter, domain classification, and token cost metadata.

What's included

• Systematic Debugging — find and fix bugs faster

• Test-Driven Development — write tests before code

• Code Review — structured review workflows

• Security Hardening — protect your codebase

• Token Efficiency — optimize agent context usage

• Planning & Decomposition — break down complex tasks

• And 19 more...

Quick Start

bash

git clone https://github.com/chrislamlayer1-gif/hermes-core-skills

cp -r hermes-core-skills/skills/* ~/.claude/skills/

That's it. All 25 skills are ready to use.

Why skills?

Skills are the best way to encode agent workflows. Each skill includes:

• Clear triggers (when to use it)

• Step-by-step instructions

• Verification checklists

• Token cost metadata (so agents know upfront what they're loading)

Get involved

The project is MIT licensed and open for contributions. Star it on GitHub, open issues, submit PRs — let's build better AI agents together.

👉 github.com/chrislamlayer1-gif/hermes-core-skills