Hermes Paperclip Adapter — Development skill for Claude Code

Paperclip Adapter for Hermes Agent

A [Paperclip](https://paperclip.ing) adapter that lets you run [Hermes Agent](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent) as a managed employee in a Paperclip company.

Hermes Agent is a full-featured AI agent by [Nous Research](https://nousresearch.com) with 30+ native tools, persistent memory, session persistence, 80+ skills, MCP support, and multi-provider model access.

Key Features

This adapter provides:

• 8 inference providers — Anthropic, OpenRouter, OpenAI, Nous, OpenAI Codex, ZAI, Kimi Coding, MiniMax
• Skills integration — Scans both Paperclip-managed and Hermes-native skills (~/.hermes/skills/), with sync/list/resolve APIs
• Structured transcript parsing — Raw Hermes stdout is parsed into typed TranscriptEntry objects so Paperclip renders proper tool cards with status icons and expand/collapse
• Rich post-processing — Converts Hermes ASCII banners, setext headings, and +--+ table borders into clean GFM markdown
• Comment-driven wakes — Agents wake to respond to issue comments, not just task assignments
• Auto model detection — Reads ~/.hermes/config.yaml to pre-populate the UI with the user's configured model
• Session codec — Structured validation and migration of session state across heartbeats
• Benign stderr reclassification — MCP init messages and structured logs are reclassified so they don't appear as errors in the UI
• Session source tagging — Sessions are tagged as tool source so they don't clutter the user's interactive history
• Filesystem checkpoints — Optional --checkpoints for rollback safety
• Thinking effort control — Passes --reasoning-effort for thinking/reasoning models

Hermes Agent Capabilities

Feature	Claude Code	Codex	Hermes Agent
Persistent memory	❌	❌	✅ Remembers across sessions
Native tools	~5	~5	30+ (terminal, file, web, browser, vision, git, etc.)