hermes - 💡(How to fix) Fix Proposal: policy/audit authorization layer for Hermes tool execution

Hi Hermes maintainers,

I’m working on Agent_Sudo under the Kisyntra org: https://github.com/Kisyntra/Agent_Sudo

Agent_Sudo is a local permission gateway for AI agents focused on:

• policy-based tool authorization
• human approval workflows
• scoped delegation
• provenance-aware decisions
• tamper-evident audit logs
• portable audit verification helpers

I’m not opening a PR yet. I wanted to first ask whether this direction is aligned with Hermes’ goals.

The design question is:

Could Hermes benefit from an optional policy/audit layer that evaluates tool execution before native tools run, while Hermes continues to own the runtime, chat UX, session lifecycle, and approval UI?

The intended ownership split would be:

Hermes owns:

• tool execution
• chat-native approval UX
• Telegram/Discord/Slack platform flows
• session lifecycle
• runtime sandboxing/headless behavior

Agent_Sudo owns:

• policy evaluation
• approval/delegation semantics
• provenance-aware classification
• canonical audit record semantics
• tamper-evident verification tooling

This is not intended to replace Hermes’ existing approval UX, sandboxing, or tool execution model.

The key architectural idea is:

• Hermes remains the execution/runtime owner.
• Agent_Sudo acts only as a policy + audit verifier layer.
• If policy allows, Hermes executes normally.
• If policy denies, Hermes blocks.
• If policy requires approval, Hermes could route that through its existing chat-native approval flow.

I’m especially interested in maintainer feedback on:

1. Is this problem space useful for Hermes at all?
2. Would an optional policy/audit layer be welcome, or would it conflict with Hermes’ architecture?
3. Should this live as a plugin, core hook, external verifier, or not at all?
4. What concerns would you have around licensing, maintenance burden, UX, or security boundaries?
5. Would audit-log compatibility with external verifiers be useful for Hermes users?

For context, Agent_Sudo already has:

• an external runtime plugin merged in datalayer/agent-runtimes
• active LexFlow interop discussion around canonical audit logs
• stdlib-only verifier helpers for JSONL hash-chain validation

I’d appreciate honest feedback before attempting any Hermes-specific integration work.

Thanks.