Skills for real engineers by Matt Pocock
Skills For Real Engineers
Small composable skills for engineering with agents: plan grilling, TDD, bug diagnosis, code review and architecture
Skills and MCP servers for Hermes Agent
An open-source agent by Nous Research: runs in the terminal, reads SKILL.md skills under the agentskills.io standard and connects MCP servers.
Nous ResearchAgent website (opens in a new tab)
How to connect to Hermes Agent
What the agent reads
- SKILL.md
- MCP
Where skills go
- For all projects
~/.hermes/skills- In the project folder
.agents/skills или .hermes/skills, после hermes skills trust- For all projects
~/.hermes/config.yaml, ключ mcp_servers
Install with one command
The SkillFoxx CLI does not install into Hermes Agent yet. Every entry page has manual steps.
Skills
All 585Anthropic skills
Skills
Anthropic's official skill examples: docx, pdf, pptx and xlsx documents, design, MCP builder and the Agent Skills spec
Official shadcn/ui skill and MCP server: the agent searches registries, adds components via the CLI and follows the library's rules
The official FastAPI skill, bundled with the package, teaching agents to write code for the installed version
A skill that builds editable PPTX decks from PDF, DOCX, URLs and Markdown with native shapes, charts and animations
Skills and CLI from HeyGen: the agent writes HTML compositions and renders them into MP4 videos, captions, motion graphics and decks
MCP servers
Wildberries and Ozon search for Hermes
hermes-marketplace-tools
An MCP server that searches Wildberries and Ozon product cards for the Hermes agent, no keys, no side-side comparison logic
Wildberries MCP server with plan and confirm
WB Hermes MCP
A 56-tool Wildberries seller MCP server where every change is a two-step plan-then-confirm operation
Plugins
Russian stack
A gateway plugin that connects Hermes Agent to the MAX messenger: voice transcription, buttons, table-to-image rendering and cross-platform sessions
In short
Hermes Agent can be expanded with various skills and MCP servers from the catalog to cover engineering tasks, document processing, UI component management, API coding, multimedia content creation, and e-commerce product search. Skills include engineering utilities by Matt Pocock, official Anthropic skills for document and design handling, shadcn/ui for UI components, FastAPI coding, PPT Master for presentations, and HyperFrames for video and motion graphics. MCP servers like Wildberries and Ozon search support product queries, while Hermes MAX Gateway plugin enables integration with the MAX messenger for voice and UI features.
FAQ
how to add a skill to hermes agent?
install the skill package and register it in hermes agent's configuration or CLI as per the skill's instructions, for example, shadcn/ui or FastAPI skill.
which mcp server to use for product search in hermes agent?
use the Wildberries and Ozon search for Hermes mcp for simple product card queries or the Wildberries MCP server with plan and confirm for more complex seller operations.
are there official skills for document and design tasks in hermes agent?
yes, Anthropic skills provide official examples for handling docx, pdf, pptx, xlsx documents and design tasks within hermes agent.