hermes - 💡(How to fix) Fix [Bug]: (documentation err) skill curator can modify bundled skills [2 pull requests]

Bug Description

According to https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/curator, "The curator never touches bundled skills..." This is a false statement if prune_builtins: true.

(This is a documentation bug, not a code bug)

Steps to Reproduce

On a new installation, set prune_builtins: true. Eventually the curator will start pruning and/or consolidating bundled skills.

Expected Behavior

Expected is that the documentation at https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/curator correctly reflects that the curator will modify bundled skills if config.yaml prune_builtins is true.

Actual Behavior

The documentation states (with no exception and nothing referencing prune_builtins)

The curator never touches bundled skills (shipped with the repo) or hub-installed skills (from agentskills.io).

Affected Component

Skills (skill loading, skill hub, skill guard)

Messaging Platform (if gateway-related)

No response

Debug Report

THIS IS NOT APPLICABLE.  IT'S JUST AN ERROR IN THE DOCS.  IT'S BARELY WORTH THE EFFORT OF AN GITHUB ISSUE, BUT THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO REPORT THE ERROR.

Operating System

Debian trixie

Python Version

3.11.15

Hermes Version

Hermes Agent v0.15.1 (2026.5.29)

Additional Logs / Traceback (optional)

n/a

Root Cause Analysis (optional)

umm.. Probably that the prune_builtins option was added before the docs were written... or that the doc writer just forgot about the option.

Proposed Fix (optional)

Someone should test the default of prune_builtins and update the 3rd paragraph in the curator docs, specifically:

https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/curator

The curator never touches bundled skills (shipped with the repo) or hub-installed skills (from agentskills.io). It only reviews skills the agent itself authored. It also never auto-deletes — the worst outcome is archival into ~/.hermes/skills/.archive/, which is recoverable.

It's probably be good to mention that config item on the skills doc page:

https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/skills

Are you willing to submit a PR for this?

• I'd like to fix this myself and submit a PR