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hermes - 💡(How to fix) Fix [Bug]: Hermes ignores SOUL.md's instruction to not use web_search and web_extract [1 pull requests]

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Root Cause

It used to work, but some day it stopped working. I'd it's not after an upgrade. When I asked it why, it says it's because the tools are readily available, and loading a skill takes more steps.

Fix Action

Fixed

Code Example

You use kagi search but never `web_search`.
You use kagi extract but never `web_extract`.

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Bug Description

I have a kagi skill.

I have the following in ~/.hermes/SOUL.md:

You use kagi search but never `web_search`.
You use kagi extract but never `web_extract`.

When I ask Hermes to search something, it always uses web_search and web_extract.

It used to work, but some day it stopped working. I'd it's not after an upgrade. When I asked it why, it says it's because the tools are readily available, and loading a skill takes more steps.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. install this skill: https://git.sr.ht/~iacore/kagi-skill
  2. add the above text in SOUL.md
  3. ask Hermes to search the web

Expected Behavior

It should use the scripts in the kagi skill

Actual Behavior

It uses the web_search and web_extract skill.

Affected Component

Tools (terminal, file ops, web, code execution, etc.)

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Operating System

Linux

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