hermes - 💡(How to fix) Fix [Feature]: use Lucide/Phosphor icons in terminal UI

Problem or Use Case

I am using Hermes in the terminal, and the current UI would be easier to scan and feel more polished if it used a consistent icon set. I want the terminal interface to support Lucide or Phosphor-style icons for items like actions, files, states, status indicators, and navigation.

Proposed Solution

Add support for a terminal icon theme using Lucide or Phosphor icons in Hermes UI components. This could be exposed through a config option, for example ui.icons = "lucide" or ui.icons = "phosphor", with a sensible default and fallback to plain text when icons are unavailable.

The icon set should be used consistently across the CLI and terminal UI where it improves readability, including:

menu entries tool/action labels success / warning / error states file and folder indicators loading / progress indicators

Alternatives Considered

I considered keeping the UI text-only, but icons would make the interface faster to scan and more visually cohesive. I also considered using custom ASCII symbols, but a standard icon set would be more consistent and maintainable.

Feature Type

CLI improvement

Scope

None

Contribution

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

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