AI Agent Guides
In-depth, long-form guides to building and using AI agents — complete documentation walkthroughs, framework deep dives, and comprehensive syntheses researched from official docs and proven community sources. 56 guides available.
Hermes Agent Discord Bot: Setup, Permissions & Threads Guide
Learn how to connect Hermes Agent to Discord with fail-closed access policies, bot intents, thread and forum support, and end-to-end verification. Covers self-hosted and FlyHermes managed paths.
Hermes Agent Telegram: Setup, Gateway, and Bot Workflow Guide
Learn how to connect Hermes Agent to Telegram using BotFather, configure the gateway for private messages, groups, and forum topics, and decide between self-hosting and FlyHermes managed cloud.
Hermes Agent Built-in Plugins: The Bundled Plugin Set
Hermes includes a minimal collection of plugins that are distributed directly with the repository. These are located in the /plugins// directory and are loaded automatically, alongside any user-installed plugins found in ~/.hermes/plugins/. These bundled plugins utilize the same
Hermes Agent Plugins: Custom Tools, Hooks and Integrations
Hermes includes a plugin system that enables you to add custom tools, hooks, and integrations without needing to modify the core codebase.
Agent Skills: The Open Format for Extending AI Agents
Learn how to create portable, version-controlled Agent Skills that give AI agents domain expertise and repeatable workflows. Covers folder structure, progressive disclosure, and when to use this open format.
Agent Skills Specification: Portable SKILL.md Format for AI Agents
Learn the portable SKILL.md format for AI agent skills: directory structure, frontmatter fields, naming rules, progressive loading, and validation with skills-ref.
Hermes Agent Skills System: On-Demand Knowledge, Progressive Disclosure, and the Skills Hub
Learn how to use, create, and manage on-demand knowledge documents for the Hermes Agent. Covers slash commands, skill bundles, the Skills Hub, agent-managed skills, and progressive disclosure.
Adding Agent Skills Support to Your AI Agent: A Practical Guide
Learn how to integrate Agent Skills support into your AI agent or development tool. This guide covers the full lifecycle: discovering skills from the filesystem, parsing SKILL.md files, disclosing a compact catalog to the model, activating skills on demand, and managing skill context over time.
Which AI tools support Agent Skills: a client showcase
A curated showcase of 44 AI coding agents and platforms that support the portable Agent Skills (SKILL.md) format, with direct links to each product and its skills documentation.
Using scripts inside Agent Skills: one-off commands, bundled scripts, and agentic design
Learn how to run shell commands and bundle executable scripts in your Agent Skills. Covers one-off commands with package runners, self-contained scripts with inline dependencies, and design patterns for agentic use.
Evaluating Agent Skill Output Quality with Eval-Driven Iteration
Learn how to evaluate your Agent Skill's output quality using structured evals. This guide covers designing test cases, running with-skill and without-skill baselines, writing assertions, grading outputs, and iterating on your skill based on results.
Optimizing Agent Skill Descriptions for Reliable Triggering
Learn how to write, test, and iteratively improve your Agent Skill's description so it activates on the right prompts and stays quiet on the wrong ones, using eval queries and a train/validation split.
Best practices for writing Agent Skills: scope, context, and control
Learn how to write Agent Skills that are well-scoped, grounded in real expertise, and efficient with context. Covers calibration, patterns like gotchas and validation loops, and progressive disclosure.
Build Your First Agent Skill: A Quickstart Guide for VS Code and GitHub Copilot
Create a portable Agent Skill that lets an AI assistant roll dice using a terminal command. This quickstart covers writing a SKILL.md file, placing it in the right folder, and testing it in VS Code with GitHub Copilot.
Hermes Agent Optional Skills Catalog: Install, Use, and Contribute
Reference guide to every optional skill in the Hermes Agent catalog. Covers install and uninstall commands, a full categorized list with links to documentation, and how to contribute new skills.
Hermes Agent Bundled Skills Catalog: Reference for Built-in Skills
Reference for every bundled skill in Hermes Agent, organized by category. Use this to discover what the agent can do out of the box, from Apple device management to ML model serving.
OpenClaw Starter Kit: The Default .md Files and the managed/user Split
9 default .md files an OpenClaw agent workspace ships with, each reproduced in full, with notes on what loads when and what belongs in which file.
OpenClaw Default .md Files: The Eight System Prompt Templates
8 default .md files an OpenClaw agent workspace ships with, each reproduced in full, with notes on what loads when and what belongs in which file.
The Complete OpenAI Codex CLI Guide: Setup, Sandbox, AGENTS.md, and MCP
Complete guide to OpenAI Codex CLI v0.144.5+: install, authenticate, configure sandbox and approval modes, use AGENTS.md for project instructions, extend with MCP and skills, and automate with codex exec.
The Complete Midjourney Guide: Prompting to Production
A comprehensive guide to Midjourney covering V8.1, V7, and Niji 7, from account setup and prompt hierarchy to advanced parameters, reference systems, and video generation.
The Complete Suno Guide: AI Music Generation with V5.5
Master Suno AI music generation with this comprehensive guide covering V5.5 features, prompt engineering, metatags, Creative Sliders, and production workflows. Learn to create studio-quality songs from text prompts.
The Complete Obsidian Guide for Power Users: AI Search & Retrieval
Learn to wire an Obsidian vault into AI tools like Claude Code and Cursor using MCP. Covers hybrid search (BM25 + vector embeddings), incremental indexing, and building a complete retrieval infrastructure for 200 to 20,000+ notes.
The Complete Hermes Agent Guide: Getting Started to Advanced Use
Install Hermes Agent, configure its identity and memory, create self-evolving skills, set up profiles and cron jobs, and connect it to messaging gateways. Covers v0.14.0 through v0.19.0.
The Complete OpenClaw Guide: Setup, Skills, and Running in Production
A comprehensive guide to setting up, configuring, and running OpenClaw in production. Covers installation, model configuration, memory management, security hardening, channel integration, and real-world use cases from official documentation and community experience.