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Commands & Skills

Every slash command and skill Hermes Agent understands, with one-click copy. 117 total โ€” 50 commands, 67 skills.

117

Total

50

Commands

67

Skills

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Slash Commands

50

The 50 built-in / commands Hermes understands. Grouped by what they do. Skills (the ones that start with /name but are loaded separately) are listed below.

  • /agents

    Show active agents and running tasks (alias: /tasks)

  • /approve[session|always]

    Approve a pending dangerous command

  • /background<prompt>

    Run a prompt in the background (alias: /bg, /btw)

  • /blueprint[name] [slot=value ...]

    Set up an automation from a blueprint template (alias: /bp)

  • /branch[name]

    Branch the current session (explore a different path) (alias: /fork)

  • /bundles

    List skill bundles (aliases /<name> for multiple skills)

  • /codex-runtime[auto|codex_app_server]

    Toggle codex app-server runtime for OpenAI/Codex models

  • /commands[page]

    Browse all commands and skills (paginated)

  • /compress[here [N] | focus topic]

    Compress conversation context (add 'here [N]' to keep recent N turns)

  • /credits

    Show Nous credit balance and top up

  • /curator[subcommand]

    Background skill maintenance (status, run, pin, archive, list-archived)

  • /debug

    Upload debug report (system info + logs) and get shareable links

  • /deny

    Deny a pending dangerous command

  • /fast[normal|fast|status]

    Toggle fast mode โ€” OpenAI Priority Processing / Anthropic Fast Mode (Normal/Fast)

  • /footer[on|off|status]

    Toggle gateway runtime-metadata footer on final replies

  • /goal[text | pause | resume | clear | status]

    Set a standing goal Hermes works on across turns until achieved

  • /help

    Show available commands

  • /insights[days]

    Show usage insights and analytics

  • /kanban[subcommand]

    Multi-profile collaboration board (tasks, links, comments)

  • /memory[pending|approve|reject|approval] [id|on|off]

    Review pending memory writes / toggle the approval gate

  • /model[model] [

    provider name] [--global|--session] [--refresh] -- Switch model (persists by default)

  • /new[name]

    Start a new session (fresh session ID + history) (alias: /reset)

  • /personality[name]

    Set a predefined personality

  • /platform<pause|resume|list> [name]

    Pause, resume, or list a failing gateway platform

  • /profile

    Show active profile name and home directory

  • /queue<prompt>

    Queue a prompt for the next turn (doesn't interrupt) (alias: /q)

  • /reasoning[level|show|hide]

    Manage reasoning effort and display

  • /reload-mcp

    Reload MCP servers from config

  • /reload-skills

    Re-scan ~/.hermes/skills/ for newly installed or removed skills

  • /restart

    Gracefully restart the gateway after draining active runs

  • /resume[name]

    Resume a previously-named session

  • /retry

    Retry the last message (resend to agent)

  • /rollback[number]

    List or restore filesystem checkpoints

  • /sessions

    Browse and resume previous sessions

  • /sethome

    Set this chat as the home channel (alias: /set-home)

  • /start

    Acknowledge platform start pings without a reply

  • /status

    Show session, model, token, and context info

  • /steer<prompt>

    Inject a message after the next tool call without interrupting

  • /stop

    Kill all running background processes

  • /subgoal[text | remove N | clear]

    Add or manage extra criteria on the active goal

  • /suggestions[accept|dismiss N | catalog]

    Review suggested automations (accept/dismiss) (alias: /suggest)

  • /title[name]

    Set a title for the current session

  • /topic[off|help|session-id]

    Enable or inspect Telegram DM topic sessions

  • /undo[N]

    Back up N user turns and re-prompt (default 1)

  • /update

    Update Hermes Agent to the latest version

  • /usage

    Show token usage and rate limits for the current session

  • /version

    Show Hermes Agent version (alias: /v)

  • /voice[on|off|tts|status]

    Toggle voice mode

  • /whoami

    Show your slash command access (admin / user)

  • /yolo

    Toggle YOLO mode (skip all dangerous command approvals)

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