What the reviewer found
Hermes Bot Kit's own AGENTS.md, installing its own desktop plugins via a curl-to-bash script hosted in the project's own GitHub repo (thomasbek3/hermes-bot-kit), explicitly stating no sudo and that existing files are backed up first. The rm -rf is scoped to the four plugin directories it created under ~/.hermes/desktop-plugins for uninstall; nothing touches files outside that path.
installs-software— installs softwarenetwork— calls the vendor’s API
What was read
The file as it ships in thomasbek3/hermes-bot-kit:
AGENTS.md
What the static scan said
The scan flagged 3things. The reviewer kept 0 and dismissed 3 as false.
SC2Downloads and executes remote code — false positiveRMRecursive force delete — false positiveNETMakes network calls — false positive
How this review was made
Sonnet 5 read the files above on 7 September 2026 and answered three questions: is it dangerous to whoever installs it, is each scanner finding real, and what should the installer know. The verdict is bound to the file's hash; when the file changes, it is scanned afresh and reviewed again. A script that changes while the definition does not is not re-reviewed — that is a known gap. How the scan and the review work.