What the reviewer found

Documentation for Hermes Agent's own CLI: the curl command installs Hermes from its own domain (hermes-agent.nousresearch.com) and pip installs it from PyPI, both the project's own installers. The sudo loginctl and rm -rf text are troubleshooting notes and a description of Hermes's own destructive-command approval prompt, not commands the skill runs on its own.

• installs-software — installs software
• network — calls the vendor’s API

What was read

The file as it ships in john-data-chen/hermes-agent-backup:

• skills/autonomous-ai-agents/hermes-agent/SKILL.md

What the static scan said

The scan flagged 4things. The reviewer kept 0 and dismissed 4 as false.

• PE2Asks for root — false positive
• SC2Downloads and executes remote code — false positive
• RMRecursive force delete — false positive
• NETMakes 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.

Produced by agentmods.dev · Sonnet 5 · 7 September 2026