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Hermes Agent skills

The skills worth adding to Hermes Agent, picked for taste: decks, websites, videos, writing and more. Every one has plain steps to add it to Hermes Agent.

Start with these Hermes Agent skills

Free skills that earn their place: the most installed everyday picks.

How to add a skill in Hermes Agent

Keeps all its skills in one skills folder in your home directory. It follows the open Agent Skills standard and can install skills from several catalogs. Checked against Hermes Agent’s own documentation on Oct 21, 2026.

  1. Paste the install prompt below and Hermes puts the skill in your skills folder.
  2. Or run hermes skills install followed by a skill reference. Hermes scans the skill for safety before it installs.
  3. Every installed skill becomes a slash command, so type / and the skill's name. Hermes also picks a skill when your request matches it.

Install prompt: paste this into Hermes Agent

I downloaded the agent skill "Code Review" as code-review.zip. Unzip it and copy the code-review folder into ~/.hermes/skills. Before you finish, list every file it contains, show me any scripts and what they do, and stop if anything asks for passwords, API keys or downloads from other websites.

Example with Code Review, the first pick above. Each skill page has its own prompt and download.

Skills folder:
~/.hermes/skills

Built-in installer commands:

hermes skills install <owner/repo/skill>

All 71 skills for Hermes Agent

Grouped by what they make. Every one has a page with example prompts and install steps for Hermes Agent.

Pitch decks & slides

Reports, PDFs & spreadsheets

Websites & landing pages

Launch & explainer videos

Writing that sounds like you

SEO & marketing

Posters, banners & diagrams

Research & planning

Data & spreadsheets

Coding & workflows

Hermes Agent skills, answered

New to skills? Read what a SKILL.md file is and how skills marketplaces work.

What are Hermes Agent skills?

Hermes Agent skills are folders of written instructions, sometimes with templates and small programs, that teach Hermes Agent how to do one kind of job. Hermes Agent reads a short description of each skill and opens the full instructions only when your request matches.

How do I add a skill to Hermes Agent?

Paste the install prompt below and Hermes puts the skill in your skills folder. Or run hermes skills install followed by a skill reference. Hermes scans the skill for safety before it installs. Every installed skill becomes a slash command, so type / and the skill's name. Hermes also picks a skill when your request matches it. Every skill page on this site repeats these steps for Hermes Agent, with the exact folder or button.

Where does Hermes Agent keep its skills?

In ~/.hermes/skills.

Are there free Hermes Agent skills?

Yes. 26 of the 71 skills listed here are Free. The rest are Premium, which opens soon, or install from their author or are built into Claude.

Is there a Hermes Agent skills marketplace?

This page is a curated one: every skill has its own page, a plain description and install steps for Hermes Agent. For how marketplaces and directories compare, read the guide on skills marketplaces.

Skills for other apps

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