Useful prompts for Hermes Agent, OpenClaw, NanoClaw etc.

UsefulPrompts.md

Useful prompts for agent frameworks (Hermes Agent, OpenClaw, NanoClaw etc.)

I use Hermes Agent at present, just edit the prompts as appropriate for your setup.

Workspace

I find it useful to have all the agent's work and useful conversations or comments stored in a single git repo. So I created one called hermes-workspace and checked it out to ~/ which is where .hermes is located in my setup.

Note: I also use separate Discord channels for each project, so Hermes just uses those names for the project directories.

Tell the agent to store work there and commit it

I would like you to store all your work in separate project folders under ~/hermes-workspace Anything you produce for those projects (plans, research, scripts, reports etc.) is to be placed there.

For example:

• ~/hermes-workspace/project-name/plans
• ~/hermes-workspace/project-name/research
• etc.

I might ask you to save some conversations or parts of conversations in our workspace too.

The workspace folder is a git repository. Please commit and push when completing any set of changes.

Have your agent build you a web interface for viewing documents

Build a simple web page where I can browse and download the files in ~/hermes-workspace/browser

Design

• a sidenav containing a list of the project root folders
• clickable breadcrumbs so I can easily navigate back up the folder tree
• a main panel showing the contents of the current folder
  • clicking a folder navigates into it, clicking a file opens the markdown viewer modal

Tech stack

• Use HTML, vanilla JavaScript and CSS, no frameworks
• Use https://github.com/1ps0/markdown loaded in a modal for rendering the markdown files
• A lightweight node server for fetching directory listings and hosting the page on port 8042, no frameworks

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Disaster recovery

Please back up the entire Hermes Agent configuration including your skills, memories, learnings and personality to GitHub. Not the hermes-workspace folder though, we already have that in git.

If this machine dies I should be able to recover you completely from those two backup repositories.

Write a recovery plan in README.md

Use this repository: [email protected]:YourGitHubId/hermes-agent-backup.git

Remember to commit and push after changes! Going forward, whenever you make configuration changes, add or update a skill, or produce any valuable output:

• Skills → Commit to hermes-agent-backup
• Workspace projects → Commit to hermes-workspace
• New memories → They'll persist automatically, but periodic commits are good