hermes - 💡(How to fix) Fix [Feature]: Dashboard — clone new profile from any profile (dropdown instead of checkbox)

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[Profile name input]
[Clone config from:  [None (blank)       ]]
                     [  default             ]
                     [  gobby               ]
                     [  tasky               ]
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Feature Description

In the web dashboard under Profiles page, the "Create Profile" form has a checkbox labeled "Clone config from default profile". Change this to a dropdown listing all existing profiles so users can clone a new agent based on any profile, not just the default.

Current Behavior

  • Checkbox: [✓] Clone config from default profile
  • When checked → hardcodes clone_from="default" in the backend
  • When unchecked → creates a blank profile

The backend create_profile() already accepts clone_from=<any profile name> and the CLI already supports hermes profile create --clone-from <profile>. The web UI is artificially limited.

Proposed Solution

Three files need changes:

  1. hermes_cli/web_server.pyProfileCreate model: replace clone_from_default: bool with clone_from: Optional[str]
  2. web/src/lib/api.ts — update createProfile body type from { name, clone_from_default } to { name, clone_from }
  3. web/src/pages/ProfilesPage.tsx — replace the checkbox with a <select> dropdown populated from the loaded profiles list (excluding the profile being created)

UI sketch

[Profile name input]
[Clone config from:  [▼ None (blank)       ]]
                     [  default             ]
                     [  gobby               ]
                     [  tasky               ]

If "None (blank)" is selected → skip cloning entirely (current unchecked behavior). Selecting any named profile → clone from that profile.

Motivation

Multi-profile users (Gobby, Tasky, etc.) should be able to fork from their existing specialized profiles, not just the default. The CLI can do this — the dashboard should too. This removes an unnecessary asymmetry between CLI and web UI.

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