New Skills: June 19-20, 2026¶
Discovered: June 20, 2026 via GitHub API search + aradotso/hermes-skills commit tracking
New repos: 6 | New skills: 12
tensakulabs/hermes-ponytail (7 skills)¶
"Makes your agent think like the laziest senior dev in the room."
Ponytail repackaged for Hermes -- pure SKILL.md skills with no code, no tools, no env. Hermes loads them on demand: when a task looks over-engineered, the model pulls the skill into context and builds the simplest thing that works.
| Skill | What it does | Install Command |
|---|---|---|
ponytail |
Lazy senior dev mode. YAGNI, stdlib first, no unrequested abstractions. | hermes skills install tensakulabs/hermes-ponytail/ponytail --yes |
ponytail-review |
Review a diff for over-engineering. One line per thing to delete. | hermes skills install tensakulabs/hermes-ponytail/ponytail-review --yes |
ponytail-audit |
Audit the whole repo for over-engineering. Ranked list of what to cut. | hermes skills install tensakulabs/hermes-ponytail/ponytail-audit --yes |
ponytail-debt |
Harvest every ponytail: shortcut comment into one tracked debt ledger. |
hermes skills install tensakulabs/hermes-ponytail/ponytail-debt --yes |
ponytail-gain |
Scoreboard of Ponytail's measured impact (less code, less cost, more speed). | hermes skills install tensakulabs/hermes-ponytail/ponytail-gain --yes |
ponytail-help |
Quick reference for modes and skills. | hermes skills install tensakulabs/hermes-ponytail/ponytail-help --yes |
Repo: tensakulabs/hermes-ponytail | Stars: 0 | Created: June 20, 2026
Credit: Behavior from DietrichGebert/ponytail (MIT)
Setup Guide: hermes-ponytail-setup.md
SoCalStreet/skill-vetting (1 skill)¶
Auto-vet external AI agent skills with NVIDIA SkillSpector before installation.
Scan-before-install enforcement, 64 vulnerability patterns, risk gating (auto-proceed/approval/refuse), marketplace catalog (5 marketplaces mapped), weekly re-audit cron, JSONL audit trail.
| Skill | What it does | Install Command |
|---|---|---|
skill-vetting |
Pre-install security scan + catalog + weekly re-audit | hermes skills install https://github.com/SoCalStreet/skill-vetting/SKILL.md |
Repo: SoCalStreet/skill-vetting | Stars: 0 | Created: June 19, 2026
Requires: NVIDIA SkillSpector, Python 3.12+
Setup Guide: skill-vetting-setup.md
mesutcelik/agentmint-skills (2 skills)¶
Route Hermes delegate_task to persistent AgentMint subagents that remember across calls.
| Skill | What it does | Install Command |
|---|---|---|
agentmint |
Universal AgentMint usage -- wallet matrix, JSON-RPC methods, persona format | hermes skills install mesutcelik/agentmint-skills/agentmint |
hermes-delegate-task |
Route delegate_task(background=True) to named, persistent AgentMint subagent |
hermes skills install mesutcelik/agentmint-skills/hermes-delegate-task |
Repo: mesutcelik/agentmint-skills | Stars: 0 | Created: June 19, 2026
Related: mesutcelik/agentmint-hermes (Python adapter on PyPI)
Setup Guide: agentmint-skills-setup.md
darraappen2/herman-skill-playbook (8 skills in 1 playbook)¶
Execution skills by Herman (Hermes Agent) -- GitHub installs, plugin management, DB ops, GDrive uploads, data analysis, memory management.
| # | Skill | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GitHub Install | Install skill/plugin dari GitHub |
| 2 | Plugin Install | Install platform adapter |
| 3 | Service Management | Start/poll/kill background process |
| 4 | Database Ops | DuckDB query, backup, import |
| 5 | API Config | Setup provider/model via hermes CLI |
| 6 | Data Analysis | Analisis divisi/bulan/dept/outlet pakai DuckDB |
| 7 | Memory Management | Simpan/update/hapus fakta cross-session |
| 8 | Upload GDrive | rclone copy/sync ke Google Drive |
Repo: darraappen2/herman-skill-playbook | Stars: 0 | Created: June 19, 2026
Install: Copy herman-skill-playbook.md to ~/.hermes/ or load via skill_view(name='herman-skill-playbook')
New aradotso/hermes-skills Additions (3 skills)¶
Discovered via commit tracking on aradotso/hermes-skills (June 18, 2026):
| Skill | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|
openclaw-polymarket-trading-bot |
OpenClaw trading bot for Polymarket prediction markets | Golrypavium/openclaw-polymarket-trading-bot (7 stars/day) |
openclaw-videotranslate-skill |
Video translation skill for OpenClaw | zbjincheng/openclaw-skill-videotranslate (0 stars) |
hermes-agentmesh-async-bus |
Async message bus for Hermes agent mesh networking | seleman66eeddwegger3-art/hermes-agentmesh (1 star/day) |
Also Discovered (lower value)¶
These repos were found but not catalogued in detail -- low star counts, minimal content, or duplicate existing skills:
| Repo | Description | Why skipped |
|---|---|---|
| Modichen/Hermesagent | "Skill list2" | README only, no actual skills |
| wilmerarredondozavala-jpg/odysseus-skills | 20 exported Hermes skills | Mostly duplicates of built-in Hermes skills (GitHub, Arxiv, Blogwatcher, etc.) |
| qq250113397-dotcom/skill-shell | Chinese skill manager UI | Desktop app, not Hermes skills |
| arshaka666/sad-nft-tools | NFT minting tools | Niche domain, not broadly applicable |
| AveryLemon/Hermes_V2 | Skills, config, memory, cron export | Personal config export, not a skill pack |
Stats¶
- Total new skills catalogued: 12 (ponytail × 6 + skill-vetting × 1 + agentmint × 2 + playbook × 1 + aradotso × 3)
- New repos: 6 first-time discoveries
- Setup guides drafted: 3 (ponytail, skill-vetting, agentmint-skills)