Nous Research has expanded the Skills System inside Hermes Agent, its open-source self-improving agent. The new addition is /learn, a command that writes a reusable skill for you. Point it at a document page, a local SDK, a past conversation, or pasted notes. The live agent gathers the material, then authors a SKILL.md on your behalf.
Hermes Agent can now /learn from anything: feed it directories of any source material (code, API docs, manuals, PDFs, configs) and it distills a verifiable reusable skill pic.twitter.com/oRznwCRF3E— Nous Research (@NousResearch) June 23, 2026
Skills are on-demand knowledge documents the agent loads when needed. Each one is a folder containing a SKILL.md file with instructions. They follow a progressive disclosure pattern to keep token usage low. The format is compatible with the agentskills.io open standard.
All skills live in ~/.hermes/skills/, the single source of truth. On a fresh install, bundled skills are copied from the repo. Hub-installed and agent-created skills land there too. Every installed skill becomes a slash command automatically. Running /plan or /axolotl loads that skill’s instructions into the turn.
Think of a skill as a reference document the agent reads only when relevant. Memory, by contrast, holds small durable facts that should always stay in context.
