{ "session_id": "20260427_114417_1a0084f0", "model": "gemma4:31b", "base_url": "https://ollama.com/v1", "platform": "telegram", "session_start": "2026-04-27T15:15:19.873320", "last_updated": "2026-04-27T15:17:24.472642", "system_prompt": "# Hermes Agent Persona\n\n\n\nYou have persistent memory across sessions. Save durable facts using the memory tool: user preferences, environment details, tool quirks, and stable conventions. Memory is injected into every turn, so keep it compact and focused on facts that will still matter later.\nPrioritize what reduces future user steering — the most valuable memory is one that prevents the user from having to correct or remind you again. User preferences and recurring corrections matter more than procedural task details.\nDo NOT save task progress, session outcomes, completed-work logs, or temporary TODO state to memory; use session_search to recall those from past transcripts. If you've discovered a new way to do something, solved a problem that could be necessary later, save it as a skill with the skill tool.\nWrite memories as declarative facts, not instructions to yourself. 'User prefers concise responses' ✓ — 'Always respond concisely' ✗. 'Project uses pytest with xdist' ✓ — 'Run tests with pytest -n 4' ✗. Imperative phrasing gets re-read as a directive in later sessions and can cause repeated work or override the user's current request. Procedures and workflows belong in skills, not memory. When the user references something from a past conversation or you suspect relevant cross-session context exists, use session_search to recall it before asking them to repeat themselves. After completing a complex task (5+ tool calls), fixing a tricky error, or discovering a non-trivial workflow, save the approach as a skill with skill_manage so you can reuse it next time.\nWhen using a skill and finding it outdated, incomplete, or wrong, patch it immediately with skill_manage(action='patch') — don't wait to be asked. Skills that aren't maintained become liabilities.\n\n# Tool-use enforcement\nYou MUST use your tools to take action — do not describe what you would do or plan to do without actually doing it. When you say you will perform an action (e.g. 'I will run the tests', 'Let me check the file', 'I will create the project'), you MUST immediately make the corresponding tool call in the same response. Never end your turn with a promise of future action — execute it now.\nKeep working until the task is actually complete. Do not stop with a summary of what you plan to do next time. If you have tools available that can accomplish the task, use them instead of telling the user what you would do.\nEvery response should either (a) contain tool calls that make progress, or (b) deliver a final result to the user. Responses that only describe intentions without acting are not acceptable.\n\n# Google model operational directives\nFollow these operational rules strictly:\n- **Absolute paths:** Always construct and use absolute file paths for all file system operations. Combine the project root with relative paths.\n- **Verify first:** Use read_file/search_files to check file contents and project structure before making changes. Never guess at file contents.\n- **Dependency checks:** Never assume a library is available. Check package.json, requirements.txt, Cargo.toml, etc. before importing.\n- **Conciseness:** Keep explanatory text brief — a few sentences, not paragraphs. Focus on actions and results over narration.\n- **Parallel tool calls:** When you need to perform multiple independent operations (e.g. reading several files), make all the tool calls in a single response rather than sequentially.\n- **Non-interactive commands:** Use flags like -y, --yes, --non-interactive to prevent CLI tools from hanging on prompts.\n- **Keep going:** Work autonomously until the task is fully resolved. Don't stop with a plan — execute it.\n\n══════════════════════════════════════════════\nMEMORY (your personal notes) [26% — 586/2,200 chars]\n══════════════════════════════════════════════\nTelegram home channel Chat ID: 8596950749.\n§\nCron job 'Daily brief' (ID: cda68e785ec2) is configured for 5:30 AM PST, delivering Vancouver weather, FTNT stock (via Yahoo Finance), and top news in Tech, Finance, Politics, and Cyber to Telegram Chat ID 8596950749.\n§\nCamofox browser server must be running at http://localhost:9377 for web tool functionality; can be started via `cd ~/camofox-browser && npm start`.\n§\nUser prefers a \"self-healing\" architecture for cron jobs, where the agent verifies and restarts necessary infrastructure (like the Camofox browser) before executing tasks.\n\n══════════════════════════════════════════════\nUSER PROFILE (who the user is) [74% — 1,020/1,375 chars]\n══════════════════════════════════════════════\nUser's Telegram Chat ID is 8290754184.\n§\nUser Telegram Chat ID: 8596950749\n§\nUser has a personal website at divakar.ca and is a Cybersecurity Leader specializing in FortiSASE, FortiEDR, and FortiClient EMS.\n§\nUser prefers to use Telegram for communication and provided Bot Token and Chat ID for integration.\n§\nUser wants a strict \"approval-first\" workflow for any public posts or engagements on Moltbook.\n§\nUser prefers \"Caveman Mode\" (via caveman skill) for token-efficient, hyper-compressed communication.\n§\nUser prefers a high-precision, data-driven approach for automated reports (e.g., Daily Brief) and dislikes hallucinations or outdated information.\n§\nUser wants a a periodic 'Daily Brief' via Telegram containing Vancouver weather, gear recommendations, FTNT stock price, curated news (Tech, Financial, Political, Cybersecurity), and a Word of the Day.\n§\nUser prefers a \"high-precision\" approach for automated reports, requiring real-time web verification and explicit source dating to prevent AI hallucinations.\n\n## Skills (mandatory)\nBefore replying, scan the skills below. If a skill matches or is even partially relevant to your task, you MUST load it with skill_view(name) and follow its instructions. Err on the side of loading — it is always better to have context you don't need than to miss critical steps, pitfalls, or established workflows. Skills contain specialized knowledge — API endpoints, tool-specific commands, and proven workflows that outperform general-purpose approaches. Load the skill even if you think you could handle the task with basic tools like web_search or terminal. Skills also encode the user's preferred approach, conventions, and quality standards for tasks like code review, planning, and testing — load them even for tasks you already know how to do, because the skill defines how it should be done here.\nIf a skill has issues, fix it with skill_manage(action='patch').\nAfter difficult/iterative tasks, offer to save as a skill. If a skill you loaded was missing steps, had wrong commands, or needed pitfalls you discovered, update it before finishing.\n\n\n autonomous-ai-agents: Skills for spawning and orchestrating autonomous AI coding agents and multi-agent workflows — running independent agent processes, delegating tasks, and coordinating parallel workstreams.\n - claude-code: Delegate coding tasks to Claude Code (Anthropic's CLI age...\n - codex: Delegate coding tasks to OpenAI Codex CLI agent. Use for ...\n - hermes-agent: Complete guide to using and extending Hermes Agent — CLI ...\n - opencode: Delegate coding tasks to OpenCode CLI agent for feature i...\n creative: Creative content generation — ASCII art, hand-drawn style diagrams, and visual design tools.\n - architecture-diagram: Generate dark-themed SVG diagrams of software systems and...\n - ascii-art: Generate ASCII art using pyfiglet (571 fonts), cowsay, bo...\n - ascii-video: Production pipeline for ASCII art video — any format. Con...\n - baoyu-comic: Knowledge comic creator supporting multiple art styles an...\n - baoyu-infographic: Generate professional infographics with 21 layout types a...\n - design-md: Author, validate, diff, and export DESIGN.md files — Goog...\n - excalidraw: Create hand-drawn style diagrams using Excalidraw JSON fo...\n - ideation: Generate project ideas through creative constraints. Use ...\n - manim-video: Production pipeline for mathematical and technical animat...\n - p5js: Production pipeline for interactive and generative visual...\n - pixel-art: Convert images into retro pixel art with hardware-accurat...\n - popular-web-designs: 54 production-quality design systems extracted from real ...\n - songwriting-and-ai-music: Songwriting craft, AI music generation prompts (Suno focu...\n data-science: Skills for data science workflows — interactive exploration, Jupyter notebooks, data analysis, and visualization.\n - jupyter-live-kernel: Use a live Jupyter kernel for stateful, iterative Python ...\n devops:\n - autonomous-cron-curation: Best practices for designing autonomous cron jobs that re...\n - browser-infrastructure-recovery: Troubleshooting and restoring the Camofox headless browse...\n - telegram-bot-integration: Guide for connecting and verifying Telegram Bot API integ...\n - webhook-subscriptions: Create and manage webhook subscriptions for event-driven ...\n dogfood:\n - dogfood: Systematic exploratory QA testing of web applications — f...\n email: Skills for sending, receiving, searching, and managing email from the terminal.\n - himalaya: CLI to manage emails via IMAP/SMTP. Use himalaya to list,...\n gaming: Skills for setting up, configuring, and managing game servers, modpacks, and gaming-related infrastructure.\n - minecraft-modpack-server: Set up a modded Minecraft server from a CurseForge/Modrin...\n - pokemon-player: Play Pokemon games autonomously via headless emulation. S...\n github: GitHub workflow skills for managing repositories, pull requests, code reviews, issues, and CI/CD pipelines using the gh CLI and git via terminal.\n - codebase-inspection: Inspect and analyze codebases using pygount for LOC count...\n - github-auth: Set up GitHub authentication for the agent using git (uni...\n - github-code-review: Review code changes by analyzing git diffs, leaving inlin...\n - github-issues: Create, manage, triage, and close GitHub issues. Search e...\n - github-pr-workflow: Full pull request lifecycle — create branches, commit cha...\n - github-repo-management: Clone, create, fork, configure, and manage GitHub reposit...\n mcp: Skills for working with MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers, tools, and integrations. Documents the built-in native MCP client — configure servers in config.yaml for automatic tool discovery.\n - native-mcp: Built-in MCP (Model Context Protocol) client that connect...\n media: Skills for working with media content — YouTube transcripts, GIF search, music generation, and audio visualization.\n - gif-search: Search and download GIFs from Tenor using curl. No depend...\n - heartmula: Set up and run HeartMuLa, the open-source music generatio...\n - songsee: Generate spectrograms and audio feature visualizations (m...\n - spotify: Control Spotify — play music, search the catalog, manage ...\n - youtube-content: Fetch YouTube video transcripts and transform them into s...\n mlops: Knowledge and Tools for Machine Learning Operations - tools and frameworks for training, fine-tuning, deploying, and optimizing ML/AI models\n - huggingface-hub: Hugging Face Hub CLI (hf) — search, download, and upload ...\n mlops/evaluation: Model evaluation benchmarks, experiment tracking, data curation, tokenizers, and interpretability tools.\n - evaluating-llms-harness: Evaluates LLMs across 60+ academic benchmarks (MMLU, Huma...\n - weights-and-biases: Track ML experiments with automatic logging, visualize tr...\n mlops/inference: Model serving, quantization (GGUF/GPTQ), structured output, inference optimization, and model surgery tools for deploying and running LLMs.\n - llama-cpp: llama.cpp local GGUF inference + HF Hub model discovery.\n - obliteratus: Remove refusal behaviors from open-weight LLMs using OBLI...\n - outlines: Guarantee valid JSON/XML/code structure during generation...\n - serving-llms-vllm: Serves LLMs with high throughput using vLLM's PagedAttent...\n mlops/models: Specific model architectures and tools — image segmentation (Segment Anything / SAM) and audio generation (AudioCraft / MusicGen). Additional model skills (CLIP, Stable Diffusion, Whisper, LLaVA) are available as optional skills.\n - audiocraft-audio-generation: PyTorch library for audio generation including text-to-mu...\n - segment-anything-model: Foundation model for image segmentation with zero-shot tr...\n mlops/research: ML research frameworks for building and optimizing AI systems with declarative programming.\n - dspy: Build complex AI systems with declarative programming, op...\n mlops/training: Fine-tuning, RLHF/DPO/GRPO training, distributed training frameworks, and optimization tools for training LLMs and other models.\n - axolotl: Expert guidance for fine-tuning LLMs with Axolotl - YAML ...\n - fine-tuning-with-trl: Fine-tune LLMs using reinforcement learning with TRL - SF...\n - unsloth: Expert guidance for fast fine-tuning with Unsloth - 2-5x ...\n note-taking: Note taking skills, to save information, assist with research, and collab on multi-session planning and information sharing.\n - obsidian: Read, search, and create notes in the Obsidian vault.\n productivity: Skills for document creation, presentations, spreadsheets, and other productivity workflows.\n - caveman: Hyper-compressed communication mode to minimize token usage.\n - google-workspace: Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Contacts, Sheets, and Docs integr...\n - linear: Manage Linear issues, projects, and teams via the GraphQL...\n - maps: Location intelligence — geocode a place, reverse-geocode ...\n - nano-pdf: Edit PDFs with natural-language instructions using the na...\n - notion: Notion API for creating and managing pages, databases, an...\n - ocr-and-documents: Extract text from PDFs and scanned documents. Use web_ext...\n - powerpoint: Use this skill any time a .pptx file is involved in any w...\n red-teaming:\n - godmode: Jailbreak API-served LLMs using G0DM0D3 techniques — Pars...\n research: Skills for academic research, paper discovery, literature review, domain reconnaissance, market data, content monitoring, and scientific knowledge retrieval.\n - arxiv: Search and retrieve academic papers from arXiv using thei...\n - blogwatcher: Monitor blogs and RSS/Atom feeds for updates using the bl...\n - llm-wiki: Karpathy's LLM Wiki — build and maintain a persistent, in...\n - polymarket: Query Polymarket prediction market data — search markets,...\n smart-home: Skills for controlling smart home devices — lights, switches, sensors, and home automation systems.\n - openhue: Control Philips Hue lights, rooms, and scenes via the Ope...\n social-media: Skills for interacting with social platforms and social-media workflows — posting, reading, monitoring, and account operations.\n - xurl: Interact with X/Twitter via xurl, the official X API CLI....\n software-development:\n - plan: Plan mode for Hermes — inspect context, write a markdown ...\n - requesting-code-review: Pre-commit verification pipeline — static security scan, ...\n - subagent-driven-development: Use when executing implementation plans with independent ...\n - systematic-debugging: Use when encountering any bug, test failure, or unexpecte...\n - test-driven-development: Use when implementing any feature or bugfix, before writi...\n - writing-plans: Use when you have a spec or requirements for a multi-step...\n\n\nOnly proceed without loading a skill if genuinely none are relevant to the task.\n\nConversation started: Monday, April 27, 2026 11:44 AM\nModel: gemma4:31b\nProvider: ollama-cloud\n\nYou are on a text messaging communication platform, Telegram. Standard markdown is automatically converted to Telegram format. Supported: **bold**, *italic*, ~~strikethrough~~, ||spoiler||, `inline code`, ```code blocks```, [links](url), and ## headers. You can send media files natively: to deliver a file to the user, include MEDIA:/absolute/path/to/file in your response. Images (.png, .jpg, .webp) appear as photos, audio (.ogg) sends as voice bubbles, and videos (.mp4) play inline. You can also include image URLs in markdown format ![alt](url) and they will be sent as native photos.", "tools": [ { "type": "function", "function": { "name": "browser_back", "description": "Navigate back to the previous page in browser history. Requires browser_navigate to be called first.", "parameters": { "type": "object", "properties": {} } } }, { "type": "function", "function": { "name": "browser_click", "description": "Click on an element identified by its ref ID from the snapshot (e.g., '@e5'). The ref IDs are shown in square brackets in the snapshot output. Requires browser_navigate and browser_snapshot to be called first.", "parameters": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ref": { "type": "string", "description": "The element reference from the snapshot (e.g., '@e5', '@e12')" } }, "required": [ "ref" ] } } }, { "type": "function", "function": { "name": "browser_console", "description": "Get browser console output and JavaScript errors from the current page. Returns console.log/warn/error/info messages and uncaught JS exceptions. Use this to detect silent JavaScript errors, failed API calls, and application warnings. Requires browser_navigate to be called first. When 'expression' is provided, evaluates JavaScript in the page context and returns the result — use this for DOM inspection, reading page state, or extracting data programmatically.", "parameters": { "type": "object", "properties": { "clear": { "type": "boolean", "default": false, "description": "If true, clear the message buffers after reading" }, "expression": { "type": "string", "description": "JavaScript expression to evaluate in the page context. Runs in the browser like DevTools console — full access to DOM, window, document. Return values are serialized to JSON. Example: 'document.title' or 'document.querySelectorAll(\"a\").length'" } } } } }, { "type": "function", "function": { "name": "browser_get_images", "description": "Get a list of all images on the current page with their URLs and alt text. Useful for finding images to analyze with the vision tool. Requires browser_navigate to be called first.", "parameters": { "type": "object", "properties": {} } } }, { "type": "function", "function": { "name": "browser_navigate", "description": "Navigate to a URL in the browser. Initializes the session and loads the page. Must be called before other browser tools. Use browser tools when you need to interact with a page (click, fill forms, dynamic content). Returns a compact page snapshot with interactive elements and ref IDs — no need to call browser_snapshot separately after navigating.", "parameters": { "type": "object", "properties": { "url": { "type": "string", "description": "The URL to navigate to (e.g., 'https://example.com')" } }, "required": [ "url" ] } } }, { "type": "function", "function": { "name": "browser_press", "description": "Press a keyboard key. Useful for submitting forms (Enter), navigating (Tab), or keyboard shortcuts. Requires browser_navigate to be called first.", "parameters": { "type": "object", "properties": { "key": { "type": "string", "description": "Key to press (e.g., 'Enter', 'Tab', 'Escape', 'ArrowDown')" } }, "required": [ "key" ] } } }, { "type": "function", "function": { "name": "browser_scroll", "description": "Scroll the page in a direction. Use this to reveal more content that may be below or above the current viewport. Requires browser_navigate to be called first.", "parameters": { "type": "object", "properties": { "direction": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "up", "down" ], "description": "Direction to scroll" } }, "required": [ "direction" ] } } }, { "type": "function", "function": { "name": "browser_snapshot", "description": "Get a text-based snapshot of the current page's accessibility tree. Returns interactive elements with ref IDs (like @e1, @e2) for browser_click and browser_type. full=false (default): compact view with interactive elements. full=true: complete page content. Snapshots over 8000 chars are truncated or LLM-summarized. Requires browser_navigate first. Note: browser_navigate already returns a compact snapshot — use this to refresh after interactions that change the page, or with full=true for complete content.", "parameters": { "type": "object", "properties": { "full": { "type": "boolean", "description": "If true, returns complete page content. If false (default), returns compact view with interactive elements only.", "default": false } } } } }, { "type": "function", "function": { "name": "browser_type", "description": "Type text into an input field identified by its ref ID. Clears the field first, then types the new text. Requires browser_navigate and browser_snapshot to be called first.", "parameters": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ref": { "type": "string", "description": "The element reference from the snapshot (e.g., '@e3')" }, "text": { "type": "string", "description": "The text to type into the field" } }, "required": [ "ref", "text" ] } } }, { "type": "function", "function": { "name": "browser_vision", "description": "Take a screenshot of the current page and analyze it with vision AI. Use this when you need to visually understand what's on the page - especially useful for CAPTCHAs, visual verification challenges, complex layouts, or when the text snapshot doesn't capture important visual information. Returns both the AI analysis and a screenshot_path that you can share with the user by including MEDIA: in your response. Requires browser_navigate to be called first.", "parameters": { "type": "object", "properties": { "question": { "type": "string", "description": "What you want to know about the page visually. Be specific about what you're looking for." }, "annotate": { "type": "boolean", "default": false, "description": "If true, overlay numbered [N] labels on interactive elements. Each [N] maps to ref @eN for subsequent browser commands. Useful for QA and spatial reasoning about page layout." } }, "required": [ "question" ] } } }, { "type": "function", "function": { "name": "clarify", "description": "Ask the user a question when you need clarification, feedback, or a decision before proceeding. Supports two modes:\n\n1. **Multiple choice** — provide up to 4 choices. The user picks one or types their own answer via a 5th 'Other' option.\n2. **Open-ended** — omit choices entirely. The user types a free-form response.\n\nUse this tool when:\n- The task is ambiguous and you need the user to choose an approach\n- You want post-task feedback ('How did that work out?')\n- You want to offer to save a skill or update memory\n- A decision has meaningful trade-offs the user should weigh in on\n\nDo NOT use this tool for simple yes/no confirmation of dangerous commands (the terminal tool handles that). Prefer making a reasonable default choice yourself when the decision is low-stakes.", "parameters": { "type": "object", "properties": { "question": { "type": "string", "description": "The question to present to the user." }, "choices": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" }, "maxItems": 4, "description": "Up to 4 answer choices. Omit this parameter entirely to ask an open-ended question. When provided, the UI automatically appends an 'Other (type your answer)' option." } }, "required": [ "question" ] } } }, { "type": "function", "function": { "name": "cronjob", "description": "Manage scheduled cron jobs with a single compressed tool.\n\nUse action='create' to schedule a new job from a prompt or one or more skills.\nUse action='list' to inspect jobs.\nUse action='update', 'pause', 'resume', 'remove', or 'run' to manage an existing job.\n\nTo stop a job the user no longer wants: first action='list' to find the job_id, then action='remove' with that job_id. Never guess job IDs — always list first.\n\nJobs run in a fresh session with no current-chat context, so prompts must be self-contained.\nIf skills are provided on create, the future cron run loads those skills in order, then follows the prompt as the task instruction.\nOn update, passing skills=[] clears attached skills.\n\nNOTE: The agent's final response is auto-delivered to the target. Put the primary\nuser-facing content in the final response. Cron jobs run autonomously with no user\npresent — they cannot ask questions or request clarification.\n\nImportant safety rule: cron-run sessions should not recursively schedule more cron jobs.", "parameters": { "type": "object", "properties": { "action": { "type": "string", "description": "One of: create, list, update, pause, resume, remove, run" }, "job_id": { "type": "string", "description": "Required for update/pause/resume/remove/run" }, "prompt": { "type": "string", "description": "For create: the full self-contained prompt. If skills are also provided, this becomes the task instruction paired with those skills." }, "schedule": { "type": "string", "description": "For create/update: '30m', 'every 2h', '0 9 * * *', or ISO timestamp" }, "name": { "type": "string", "description": "Optional human-friendly name" }, "repeat": { "type": "integer", "description": "Optional repeat count. Omit for defaults (once for one-shot, forever for recurring)." }, "deliver": { "type": "string", "description": "Omit this parameter to auto-deliver back to the current chat and topic (recommended). Auto-detection preserves thread/topic context. Only set explicitly when the user asks to deliver somewhere OTHER than the current conversation. Values: 'origin' (same as omitting), 'local' (no delivery, save only), or platform:chat_id:thread_id for a specific destination. Examples: 'telegram:-1001234567890:17585', 'discord:#engineering', 'sms:+15551234567'. WARNING: 'platform:chat_id' without :thread_id loses topic targeting." }, "skills": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Optional ordered list of skill names to load before executing the cron prompt. On update, pass an empty array to clear attached skills." }, "model": { "type": "object", "description": "Optional per-job model override. If provider is omitted, the current main provider is pinned at creation time so the job stays stable.", "properties": { "provider": { "type": "string", "description": "Provider name (e.g. 'openrouter', 'anthropic'). Omit to use and pin the current provider." }, "model": { "type": "string", "description": "Model name (e.g. 'anthropic/claude-sonnet-4', 'claude-sonnet-4')" } }, "required": [ "model" ] }, "script": { "type": "string", "description": "Optional path to a Python script that runs before each cron job execution. Its stdout is injected into the prompt as context. Use for data collection and change detection. Relative paths resolve under ~/.hermes/scripts/. On update, pass empty string to clear." }, "context_from": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Optional job ID or list of job IDs whose most recent completed output is injected into the prompt as context before each run. Use this to chain cron jobs: job A collects data, job B processes it. Each entry must be a valid job ID (from cronjob action='list'). Note: injects the most recent completed output — does not wait for upstream jobs running in the same tick. On update, pass an empty array to clear." }, "enabled_toolsets": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Optional list of toolset names to restrict the job's agent to (e.g. [\"web\", \"terminal\", \"file\", \"delegation\"]). When set, only tools from these toolsets are loaded, significantly reducing input token overhead. When omitted, all default tools are loaded. Infer from the job's prompt — e.g. use \"web\" if it calls web_search, \"terminal\" if it runs scripts, \"file\" if it reads files, \"delegation\" if it calls delegate_task. On update, pass an empty array to clear." }, "workdir": { "type": "string", "description": "Optional absolute path to run the job from. When set, AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md / .cursorrules from that directory are injected into the system prompt, and the terminal/file/code_exec tools use it as their working directory — useful for running a job inside a specific project repo. Must be an absolute path that exists. When unset (default), preserves the original behaviour: no project context files, tools use the scheduler's cwd. On update, pass an empty string to clear. Jobs with workdir run sequentially (not parallel) to keep per-job directories isolated." } }, "required": [ "action" ] } } }, { "type": "function", "function": { "name": "delegate_task", "description": "Spawn one or more subagents to work on tasks in isolated contexts. Each subagent gets its own conversation, terminal session, and toolset. Only the final summary is returned -- intermediate tool results never enter your context window.\n\nTWO MODES (one of 'goal' or 'tasks' is required):\n1. Single task: provide 'goal' (+ optional context, toolsets)\n2. Batch (parallel): provide 'tasks' array with up to delegation.max_concurrent_children items (default 3, configurable via config.yaml, no hard ceiling). All run concurrently and results are returned together. Nested delegation requires role='orchestrator' and delegation.max_spawn_depth >= 2.\n\nWHEN TO USE delegate_task:\n- Reasoning-heavy subtasks (debugging, code review, research synthesis)\n- Tasks that would flood your context with intermediate data\n- Parallel independent workstreams (research A and B simultaneously)\n\nWHEN NOT TO USE (use these instead):\n- Mechanical multi-step work with no reasoning needed -> use execute_code\n- Single tool call -> just call the tool directly\n- Tasks needing user interaction -> subagents cannot use clarify\n\nIMPORTANT:\n- Subagents have NO memory of your conversation. Pass all relevant info (file paths, error messages, constraints) via the 'context' field.\n- Leaf subagents (role='leaf', the default) CANNOT call: delegate_task, clarify, memory, send_message, execute_code.\n- Orchestrator subagents (role='orchestrator') retain delegate_task so they can spawn their own workers, but still cannot use clarify, memory, send_message, or execute_code. Orchestrators are bounded by delegation.max_spawn_depth (default 2) and can be disabled globally via delegation.orchestrator_enabled=false.\n- Each subagent gets its own terminal session (separate working directory and state).\n- Results are always returned as an array, one entry per task.", "parameters": { "type": "object", "properties": { "goal": { "type": "string", "description": "What the subagent should accomplish. Be specific and self-contained -- the subagent knows nothing about your conversation history." }, "context": { "type": "string", "description": "Background information the subagent needs: file paths, error messages, project structure, constraints. The more specific you are, the better the subagent performs." }, "toolsets": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Toolsets to enable for this subagent. Default: inherits your enabled toolsets. Available toolsets: 'browser', 'cronjob', 'discord', 'discord_admin', 'feishu_doc', 'feishu_drive', 'file', 'homeassistant', 'image_gen', 'search', 'session_search', 'skills', 'spotify', 'terminal', 'todo', 'tts', 'vision', 'web'. Common patterns: ['terminal', 'file'] for code work, ['web'] for research, ['browser'] for web interaction, ['terminal', 'file', 'web'] for full-stack tasks." }, "tasks": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "goal": { "type": "string", "description": "Task goal" }, "context": { "type": "string", "description": "Task-specific context" }, "toolsets": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Toolsets for this specific task. Available: 'browser', 'cronjob', 'discord', 'discord_admin', 'feishu_doc', 'feishu_drive', 'file', 'homeassistant', 'image_gen', 'search', 'session_search', 'skills', 'spotify', 'terminal', 'todo', 'tts', 'vision', 'web'. Use 'web' for network access, 'terminal' for shell, 'browser' for web interaction." }, "acp_command": { "type": "string", "description": "Per-task ACP command override (e.g. 'claude'). Overrides the top-level acp_command for this task only." }, "acp_args": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Per-task ACP args override." }, "role": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "leaf", "orchestrator" ], "description": "Per-task role override. See top-level 'role' for semantics." } }, "required": [ "goal" ] }, "description": "Batch mode: tasks to run in parallel (limit configurable via delegation.max_concurrent_children, default 3). Each gets its own subagent with isolated context and terminal session. When provided, top-level goal/context/toolsets are ignored." }, "role": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "leaf", "orchestrator" ], "description": "Role of the child agent. 'leaf' (default) = focused worker, cannot delegate further. 'orchestrator' = can use delegate_task to spawn its own workers. Requires delegation.max_spawn_depth >= 2 in config; ignored (treated as 'leaf') when the child would exceed max_spawn_depth or when delegation.orchestrator_enabled=false." }, "acp_command": { "type": "string", "description": "Override ACP command for child agents (e.g. 'claude', 'copilot'). When set, children use ACP subprocess transport instead of inheriting the parent's transport. Enables spawning Claude Code (claude --acp --stdio) or other ACP-capable agents from any parent, including Discord/Telegram/CLI." }, "acp_args": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Arguments for the ACP command (default: ['--acp', '--stdio']). Only used when acp_command is set. Example: ['--acp', '--stdio', '--model', 'claude-opus-4-6']" } } } } }, { "type": "function", "function": { "name": "execute_code", "description": "Run a Python script that can call Hermes tools programmatically. Use this when you need 3+ tool calls with processing logic between them, need to filter/reduce large tool outputs before they enter your context, need conditional branching (if X then Y else Z), or need to loop (fetch N pages, process N files, retry on failure).\n\nUse normal tool calls instead when: single tool call with no processing, you need to see the full result and apply complex reasoning, or the task requires interactive user input.\n\nAvailable via `from hermes_tools import ...`:\n\n read_file(path: str, offset: int = 1, limit: int = 500) -> dict\n Lines are 1-indexed. Returns {\"content\": \"...\", \"total_lines\": N}\n write_file(path: str, content: str) -> dict\n Always overwrites the entire file.\n search_files(pattern: str, target=\"content\", path=\".\", file_glob=None, limit=50) -> dict\n target: \"content\" (search inside files) or \"files\" (find files by name). Returns {\"matches\": [...]}\n patch(path: str, old_string: str, new_string: str, replace_all: bool = False) -> dict\n Replaces old_string with new_string in the file.\n terminal(command: str, timeout=None, workdir=None) -> dict\n Foreground only (no background/pty). Returns {\"output\": \"...\", \"exit_code\": N}\n\nLimits: 5-minute timeout, 50KB stdout cap, max 50 tool calls per script. terminal() is foreground-only (no background or pty).\n\nScripts run in the session's working directory with the active venv's python, so project deps (pandas, etc.) and relative paths work like in terminal().\n\nPrint your final result to stdout. Use Python stdlib (json, re, math, csv, datetime, collections, etc.) for processing between tool calls.\n\nAlso available (no import needed — built into hermes_tools):\n json_parse(text: str) — json.loads with strict=False; use for terminal() output with control chars\n shell_quote(s: str) — shlex.quote(); use when interpolating dynamic strings into shell commands\n retry(fn, max_attempts=3, delay=2) — retry with exponential backoff for transient failures", "parameters": { "type": "object", "properties": { "code": { "type": "string", "description": "Python code to execute. Import tools with `from hermes_tools import terminal, ...` and print your final result to stdout." } }, "required": [ "code" ] } } }, { "type": "function", "function": { "name": "image_generate", "description": "Generate high-quality images from text prompts. The underlying backend (FAL, OpenAI, etc.) and model are user-configured and not selectable by the agent. Returns either a URL or an absolute file path in the `image` field; display it with markdown ![description](url-or-path) and the gateway will deliver it.", "parameters": { "type": "object", "properties": { "prompt": { "type": "string", "description": "The text prompt describing the desired image. Be detailed and descriptive." }, "aspect_ratio": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "landscape", "square", "portrait" ], "description": "The aspect ratio of the generated image. 'landscape' is 16:9 wide, 'portrait' is 16:9 tall, 'square' is 1:1.", "default": "landscape" } }, "required": [ "prompt" ] } } }, { "type": "function", "function": { "name": "memory", "description": "Save durable information to persistent memory that survives across sessions. Memory is injected into future turns, so keep it compact and focused on facts that will still matter later.\n\nWHEN TO SAVE (do this proactively, don't wait to be asked):\n- User corrects you or says 'remember this' / 'don't do that again'\n- User shares a preference, habit, or personal detail (name, role, timezone, coding style)\n- You discover something about the environment (OS, installed tools, project structure)\n- You learn a convention, API quirk, or workflow specific to this user's setup\n- You identify a stable fact that will be useful again in future sessions\n\nPRIORITY: User preferences and corrections > environment facts > procedural knowledge. The most valuable memory prevents the user from having to repeat themselves.\n\nDo NOT save task progress, session outcomes, completed-work logs, or temporary TODO state to memory; use session_search to recall those from past transcripts.\nIf you've discovered a new way to do something, solved a problem that could be necessary later, save it as a skill with the skill tool.\n\nTWO TARGETS:\n- 'user': who the user is -- name, role, preferences, communication style, pet peeves\n- 'memory': your notes -- environment facts, project conventions, tool quirks, lessons learned\n\nACTIONS: add (new entry), replace (update existing -- old_text identifies it), remove (delete -- old_text identifies it).\n\nSKIP: trivial/obvious info, things easily re-discovered, raw data dumps, and temporary task state.", "parameters": { "type": "object", "properties": { "action": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "add", "replace", "remove" ], "description": "The action to perform." }, "target": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "memory", "user" ], "description": "Which memory store: 'memory' for personal notes, 'user' for user profile." }, "content": { "type": "string", "description": "The entry content. Required for 'add' and 'replace'." }, "old_text": { "type": "string", "description": "Short unique substring identifying the entry to replace or remove." } }, "required": [ "action", "target" ] } } }, { "type": "function", "function": { "name": "patch", "description": "Targeted find-and-replace edits in files. Use this instead of sed/awk in terminal. Uses fuzzy matching (9 strategies) so minor whitespace/indentation differences won't break it. Returns a unified diff. Auto-runs syntax checks after editing.\n\nReplace mode (default): find a unique string and replace it.\nPatch mode: apply V4A multi-file patches for bulk changes.", "parameters": { "type": "object", "properties": { "mode": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "replace", "patch" ], "description": "Edit mode: 'replace' for targeted find-and-replace, 'patch' for V4A multi-file patches", "default": "replace" }, "path": { "type": "string", "description": "File path to edit (required for 'replace' mode)" }, "old_string": { "type": "string", "description": "Text to find in the file (required for 'replace' mode). Must be unique in the file unless replace_all=true. Include enough surrounding context to ensure uniqueness." }, "new_string": { "type": "string", "description": "Replacement text (required for 'replace' mode). Can be empty string to delete the matched text." }, "replace_all": { "type": "boolean", "description": "Replace all occurrences instead of requiring a unique match (default: false)", "default": false }, "patch": { "type": "string", "description": "V4A format patch content (required for 'patch' mode). Format:\n*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: path/to/file\n@@ context hint @@\n context line\n-removed line\n+added line\n*** End Patch" } }, "required": [ "mode" ] } } }, { "type": "function", "function": { "name": "process", "description": "Manage background processes started with terminal(background=true). Actions: 'list' (show all), 'poll' (check status + new output), 'log' (full output with pagination), 'wait' (block until done or timeout), 'kill' (terminate), 'write' (send raw stdin data without newline), 'submit' (send data + Enter, for answering prompts), 'close' (close stdin/send EOF).", "parameters": { "type": "object", "properties": { "action": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "list", "poll", "log", "wait", "kill", "write", "submit", "close" ], "description": "Action to perform on background processes" }, "session_id": { "type": "string", "description": "Process session ID (from terminal background output). Required for all actions except 'list'." }, "data": { "type": "string", "description": "Text to send to process stdin (for 'write' and 'submit' actions)" }, "timeout": { "type": "integer", "description": "Max seconds to block for 'wait' action. Returns partial output on timeout.", "minimum": 1 }, "offset": { "type": "integer", "description": "Line offset for 'log' action (default: last 200 lines)" }, "limit": { "type": "integer", "description": "Max lines to return for 'log' action", "minimum": 1 } }, "required": [ "action" ] } } }, { "type": "function", "function": { "name": "read_file", "description": "Read a text file with line numbers and pagination. Use this instead of cat/head/tail in terminal. Output format: 'LINE_NUM|CONTENT'. Suggests similar filenames if not found. Use offset and limit for large files. Reads exceeding ~100K characters are rejected; use offset and limit to read specific sections of large files. NOTE: Cannot read images or binary files — use vision_analyze for images.", "parameters": { "type": "object", "properties": { "path": { "type": "string", "description": "Path to the file to read (absolute, relative, or ~/path)" }, "offset": { "type": "integer", "description": "Line number to start reading from (1-indexed, default: 1)", "default": 1, "minimum": 1 }, "limit": { "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of lines to read (default: 500, max: 2000)", "default": 500, "maximum": 2000 } }, "required": [ "path" ] } } }, { "type": "function", "function": { "name": "search_files", "description": "Search file contents or find files by name. Use this instead of grep/rg/find/ls in terminal. Ripgrep-backed, faster than shell equivalents.\n\nContent search (target='content'): Regex search inside files. Output modes: full matches with line numbers, file paths only, or match counts.\n\nFile search (target='files'): Find files by glob pattern (e.g., '*.py', '*config*'). Also use this instead of ls — results sorted by modification time.", "parameters": { "type": "object", "properties": { "pattern": { "type": "string", "description": "Regex pattern for content search, or glob pattern (e.g., '*.py') for file search" }, "target": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "content", "files" ], "description": "'content' searches inside file contents, 'files' searches for files by name", "default": "content" }, "path": { "type": "string", "description": "Directory or file to search in (default: current working directory)", "default": "." }, "file_glob": { "type": "string", "description": "Filter files by pattern in grep mode (e.g., '*.py' to only search Python files)" }, "limit": { "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of results to return (default: 50)", "default": 50 }, "offset": { "type": "integer", "description": "Skip first N results for pagination (default: 0)", "default": 0 }, "output_mode": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "content", "files_only", "count" ], "description": "Output format for grep mode: 'content' shows matching lines with line numbers, 'files_only' lists file paths, 'count' shows match counts per file", "default": "content" }, "context": { "type": "integer", "description": "Number of context lines before and after each match (grep mode only)", "default": 0 } }, "required": [ "pattern" ] } } }, { "type": "function", "function": { "name": "send_message", "description": "Send a message to a connected messaging platform, or list available targets.\n\nIMPORTANT: When the user asks to send to a specific channel or person (not just a bare platform name), call send_message(action='list') FIRST to see available targets, then send to the correct one.\nIf the user just says a platform name like 'send to telegram', send directly to the home channel without listing first.", "parameters": { "type": "object", "properties": { "action": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "send", "list" ], "description": "Action to perform. 'send' (default) sends a message. 'list' returns all available channels/contacts across connected platforms." }, "target": { "type": "string", "description": "Delivery target. Format: 'platform' (uses home channel), 'platform:#channel-name', 'platform:chat_id', or 'platform:chat_id:thread_id' for Telegram topics and Discord threads. Examples: 'telegram', 'telegram:-1001234567890:17585', 'discord:999888777:555444333', 'discord:#bot-home', 'slack:#engineering', 'signal:+155****4567', 'matrix:!roomid:server.org', 'matrix:@user:server.org'" }, "message": { "type": "string", "description": "The message text to send" } } } } }, { "type": "function", "function": { "name": "session_search", "description": "Search your long-term memory of past conversations, or browse recent sessions. This is your recall -- every past session is searchable, and this tool summarizes what happened.\n\nTWO MODES:\n1. Recent sessions (no query): Call with no arguments to see what was worked on recently. Returns titles, previews, and timestamps. Zero LLM cost, instant. Start here when the user asks what were we working on or what did we do recently.\n2. Keyword search (with query): Search for specific topics across all past sessions. Returns LLM-generated summaries of matching sessions.\n\nUSE THIS PROACTIVELY when:\n- The user says 'we did this before', 'remember when', 'last time', 'as I mentioned'\n- The user asks about a topic you worked on before but don't have in current context\n- The user references a project, person, or concept that seems familiar but isn't in memory\n- You want to check if you've solved a similar problem before\n- The user asks 'what did we do about X?' or 'how did we fix Y?'\n\nDon't hesitate to search when it is actually cross-session -- it's fast and cheap. Better to search and confirm than to guess or ask the user to repeat themselves.\n\nSearch syntax: keywords joined with OR for broad recall (elevenlabs OR baseten OR funding), phrases for exact match (\"docker networking\"), boolean (python NOT java), prefix (deploy*). IMPORTANT: Use OR between keywords for best results — FTS5 defaults to AND which misses sessions that only mention some terms. If a broad OR query returns nothing, try individual keyword searches in parallel. Returns summaries of the top matching sessions.", "parameters": { "type": "object", "properties": { "query": { "type": "string", "description": "Search query — keywords, phrases, or boolean expressions to find in past sessions. Omit this parameter entirely to browse recent sessions instead (returns titles, previews, timestamps with no LLM cost)." }, "role_filter": { "type": "string", "description": "Optional: only search messages from specific roles (comma-separated). E.g. 'user,assistant' to skip tool outputs." }, "limit": { "type": "integer", "description": "Max sessions to summarize (default: 3, max: 5).", "default": 3 } } } } }, { "type": "function", "function": { "name": "skill_manage", "description": "Manage skills (create, update, delete). Skills are your procedural memory — reusable approaches for recurring task types. New skills go to ~/.hermes/skills/; existing skills can be modified wherever they live.\n\nActions: create (full SKILL.md + optional category), patch (old_string/new_string — preferred for fixes), edit (full SKILL.md rewrite — major overhauls only), delete, write_file, remove_file.\n\nCreate when: complex task succeeded (5+ calls), errors overcome, user-corrected approach worked, non-trivial workflow discovered, or user asks you to remember a procedure.\nUpdate when: instructions stale/wrong, OS-specific failures, missing steps or pitfalls found during use. If you used a skill and hit issues not covered by it, patch it immediately.\n\nAfter difficult/iterative tasks, offer to save as a skill. Skip for simple one-offs. Confirm with user before creating/deleting.\n\nGood skills: trigger conditions, numbered steps with exact commands, pitfalls section, verification steps. Use skill_view() to see format examples.", "parameters": { "type": "object", "properties": { "action": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "create", "patch", "edit", "delete", "write_file", "remove_file" ], "description": "The action to perform." }, "name": { "type": "string", "description": "Skill name (lowercase, hyphens/underscores, max 64 chars). Must match an existing skill for patch/edit/delete/write_file/remove_file." }, "content": { "type": "string", "description": "Full SKILL.md content (YAML frontmatter + markdown body). Required for 'create' and 'edit'. For 'edit', read the skill first with skill_view() and provide the complete updated text." }, "old_string": { "type": "string", "description": "Text to find in the file (required for 'patch'). Must be unique unless replace_all=true. Include enough surrounding context to ensure uniqueness." }, "new_string": { "type": "string", "description": "Replacement text (required for 'patch'). Can be empty string to delete the matched text." }, "replace_all": { "type": "boolean", "description": "For 'patch': replace all occurrences instead of requiring a unique match (default: false)." }, "category": { "type": "string", "description": "Optional category/domain for organizing the skill (e.g., 'devops', 'data-science', 'mlops'). Creates a subdirectory grouping. Only used with 'create'." }, "file_path": { "type": "string", "description": "Path to a supporting file within the skill directory. For 'write_file'/'remove_file': required, must be under references/, templates/, scripts/, or assets/. For 'patch': optional, defaults to SKILL.md if omitted." }, "file_content": { "type": "string", "description": "Content for the file. Required for 'write_file'." } }, "required": [ "action", "name" ] } } }, { "type": "function", "function": { "name": "skill_view", "description": "Skills allow for loading information about specific tasks and workflows, as well as scripts and templates. Load a skill's full content or access its linked files (references, templates, scripts). First call returns SKILL.md content plus a 'linked_files' dict showing available references/templates/scripts. To access those, call again with file_path parameter.", "parameters": { "type": "object", "properties": { "name": { "type": "string", "description": "The skill name (use skills_list to see available skills). For plugin-provided skills, use the qualified form 'plugin:skill' (e.g. 'superpowers:writing-plans')." }, "file_path": { "type": "string", "description": "OPTIONAL: Path to a linked file within the skill (e.g., 'references/api.md', 'templates/config.yaml', 'scripts/validate.py'). Omit to get the main SKILL.md content." } }, "required": [ "name" ] } } }, { "type": "function", "function": { "name": "skills_list", "description": "List available skills (name + description). Use skill_view(name) to load full content.", "parameters": { "type": "object", "properties": { "category": { "type": "string", "description": "Optional category filter to narrow results" } } } } }, { "type": "function", "function": { "name": "terminal", "description": "Execute shell commands on a Linux environment. Filesystem usually persists between calls.\n\nDo NOT use cat/head/tail to read files — use read_file instead.\nDo NOT use grep/rg/find to search — use search_files instead.\nDo NOT use ls to list directories — use search_files(target='files') instead.\nDo NOT use sed/awk to edit files — use patch instead.\nDo NOT use echo/cat heredoc to create files — use write_file instead.\nReserve terminal for: builds, installs, git, processes, scripts, network, package managers, and anything that needs a shell.\n\nForeground (default): Commands return INSTANTLY when done, even if the timeout is high. Set timeout=300 for long builds/scripts — you'll still get the result in seconds if it's fast. Prefer foreground for short commands.\nBackground: Set background=true to get a session_id. Two patterns:\n (1) Long-lived processes that never exit (servers, watchers).\n (2) Long-running tasks with notify_on_complete=true — you can keep working on other things and the system auto-notifies you when the task finishes. Great for test suites, builds, deployments, or anything that takes more than a minute.\nFor servers/watchers, do NOT use shell-level background wrappers (nohup/disown/setsid/trailing '&') in foreground mode. Use background=true so Hermes can track lifecycle and output.\nAfter starting a server, verify readiness with a health check or log signal, then run tests in a separate terminal() call. Avoid blind sleep loops.\nUse process(action=\"poll\") for progress checks, process(action=\"wait\") to block until done.\nWorking directory: Use 'workdir' for per-command cwd.\nPTY mode: Set pty=true for interactive CLI tools (Codex, Claude Code, Python REPL).\n\nDo NOT use vim/nano/interactive tools without pty=true — they hang without a pseudo-terminal. Pipe git output to cat if it might page.\n", "parameters": { "type": "object", "properties": { "command": { "type": "string", "description": "The command to execute on the VM" }, "background": { "type": "boolean", "description": "Run the command in the background. Two patterns: (1) Long-lived processes that never exit (servers, watchers). (2) Long-running tasks paired with notify_on_complete=true — you can keep working and get notified when the task finishes. For short commands, prefer foreground with a generous timeout instead.", "default": false }, "timeout": { "type": "integer", "description": "Max seconds to wait (default: 180, foreground max: 600). Returns INSTANTLY when command finishes — set high for long tasks, you won't wait unnecessarily. Foreground timeout above 600s is rejected; use background=true for longer commands.", "minimum": 1 }, "workdir": { "type": "string", "description": "Working directory for this command (absolute path). Defaults to the session working directory." }, "pty": { "type": "boolean", "description": "Run in pseudo-terminal (PTY) mode for interactive CLI tools like Codex, Claude Code, or Python REPL. Only works with local and SSH backends. Default: false.", "default": false }, "notify_on_complete": { "type": "boolean", "description": "When true (and background=true), you'll be automatically notified exactly once when the process finishes. **This is the right choice for almost every long-running task** — tests, builds, deployments, multi-item batch jobs, anything that takes over a minute and has a defined end. Use this and keep working on other things; the system notifies you on exit. MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE with watch_patterns — when both are set, watch_patterns is dropped.", "default": false }, "watch_patterns": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Strings to watch for in background process output. HARD RATE LIMIT: at most 1 notification per 15 seconds per process — matches arriving inside the cooldown are dropped. After 3 consecutive 15-second windows with dropped matches, watch_patterns is automatically disabled for that process and promoted to notify_on_complete behavior (one notification on exit, no more mid-process spam). USE ONLY for truly rare, one-shot mid-process signals on LONG-LIVED processes that will never exit on their own — e.g. ['Application startup complete'] on a server so you know when to hit its endpoint, or ['migration done'] on a daemon. DO NOT use for: (1) end-of-run markers like 'DONE'/'PASS' — use notify_on_complete instead; (2) error patterns like 'ERROR'/'Traceback' in loops or multi-item batch jobs — they fire on every iteration and you'll hit the strike limit fast; (3) anything you'd ever combine with notify_on_complete. When in doubt, choose notify_on_complete. MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE with notify_on_complete — set one, not both." } }, "required": [ "command" ] } } }, { "type": "function", "function": { "name": "text_to_speech", "description": "Convert text to speech audio. Returns a MEDIA: path that the platform delivers as a voice message. On Telegram it plays as a voice bubble, on Discord/WhatsApp as an audio attachment. In CLI mode, saves to ~/voice-memos/. Voice and provider are user-configured, not model-selected.", "parameters": { "type": "object", "properties": { "text": { "type": "string", "description": "The text to convert to speech. Provider-specific character caps apply and are enforced automatically (OpenAI 4096, xAI 15000, MiniMax 10000, ElevenLabs 5k-40k depending on model); over-long input is truncated." }, "output_path": { "type": "string", "description": "Optional custom file path to save the audio. Defaults to ~/.hermes/audio_cache/.mp3" } }, "required": [ "text" ] } } }, { "type": "function", "function": { "name": "todo", "description": "Manage your task list for the current session. Use for complex tasks with 3+ steps or when the user provides multiple tasks. Call with no parameters to read the current list.\n\nWriting:\n- Provide 'todos' array to create/update items\n- merge=false (default): replace the entire list with a fresh plan\n- merge=true: update existing items by id, add any new ones\n\nEach item: {id: string, content: string, status: pending|in_progress|completed|cancelled}\nList order is priority. Only ONE item in_progress at a time.\nMark items completed immediately when done. If something fails, cancel it and add a revised item.\n\nAlways returns the full current list.", "parameters": { "type": "object", "properties": { "todos": { "type": "array", "description": "Task items to write. Omit to read current list.", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string", "description": "Unique item identifier" }, "content": { "type": "string", "description": "Task description" }, "status": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "pending", "in_progress", "completed", "cancelled" ], "description": "Current status" } }, "required": [ "id", "content", "status" ] } }, "merge": { "type": "boolean", "description": "true: update existing items by id, add new ones. false (default): replace the entire list.", "default": false } } } } }, { "type": "function", "function": { "name": "vision_analyze", "description": "Analyze images using AI vision. Provides a comprehensive description and answers a specific question about the image content.", "parameters": { "type": "object", "properties": { "image_url": { "type": "string", "description": "Image URL (http/https) or local file path to analyze." }, "question": { "type": "string", "description": "Your specific question or request about the image to resolve. The AI will automatically provide a complete image description AND answer your specific question." } }, "required": [ "image_url", "question" ] } } }, { "type": "function", "function": { "name": "write_file", "description": "Write content to a file, completely replacing existing content. Use this instead of echo/cat heredoc in terminal. Creates parent directories automatically. OVERWRITES the entire file — use 'patch' for targeted edits.", "parameters": { "type": "object", "properties": { "path": { "type": "string", "description": "Path to the file to write (will be created if it doesn't exist, overwritten if it does)" }, "content": { "type": "string", "description": "Complete content to write to the file" } }, "required": [ "path", "content" ] } } } ], "message_count": 28, "messages": [ { "role": "user", "content": "Analyse which is the very hot stock climbing up currently top 5." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "", "tool_calls": [ { "id": "chatcmpl-tool-8be5a44a3889fc5d", "call_id": "chatcmpl-tool-8be5a44a3889fc5d", "response_item_id": "fc_chatcmpl-tool-8be5a44a3889fc5d", "type": "function", "function": { "name": "delegate_task", "arguments": "{\"goal\":\"Identify the top 5 \\\"hottest\\\" stocks currently climbing (highest momentum/gainers). 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Run it with background=true, verify readiness (health endpoint/log signal), then execute tests in a separate command.\", \"status\": \"error\"}\n\n[Subdirectory context discovered: camofox-browser/AGENTS.md]\n# camofox-browser Agent Guide\n\nHeadless browser automation server for AI agents. Run locally or deploy to any cloud provider.\n\n## Quick Start for Agents\n\n```bash\n# Install and start\nnpm install && npm start\n# Server runs on http://localhost:9377\n```\n\n## Core Workflow\n\n1. **Create a tab** → Get `tabId`\n2. **Navigate** → Go to URL or use search macro\n3. **Get snapshot** → Receive page content with element refs (`e1`, `e2`, etc.)\n4. **Interact** → Click/type using refs\n5. **Repeat** steps 3-4 as needed\n\n## API Reference\n\n### Create Tab\n```bash\nPOST /tabs\n{\"userId\": \"agent1\", \"sessionKey\": \"task1\", \"url\": \"https://example.com\"}\n```\nReturns: `{\"tabId\": \"abc123\", \"url\": \"...\", \"title\": \"...\"}`\n\n### Navigate\n```bash\nPOST /tabs/:tabId/navigate\n{\"userId\": \"agent1\", \"url\": \"https://google.com\"}\n# Or use macro:\n{\"userId\": \"agent1\", \"macro\": \"@google_search\", \"query\": \"weather today\"}\n```\n\n### Get Snapshot\n```bash\nGET /tabs/:tabId/snapshot?userId=agent1\n```\nReturns accessibility tree with refs:\n```\n[heading] Example Domain\n[paragraph] This domain is for use in examples.\n[link e1] More information...\n```\n\n### Click Element\n```bash\nPOST /tabs/:tabId/click\n{\"userId\": \"agent1\", \"ref\": \"e1\"}\n# Or CSS selector:\n{\"userId\": \"agent1\", \"selector\": \"button.submit\"}\n```\n\n### Type Text\n```bash\nPOST /tabs/:tabId/type\n{\"userId\": \"agent1\", \"ref\": \"e2\", \"text\": \"hello world\"}\n# Add enter: {\"userId\": \"agent1\", \"ref\": \"e2\", \"text\": \"search query\", \"pressEnter\": true}\n```\n\n### Scroll\n```bash\nPOST /tabs/:tabId/scroll\n{\"userId\": \"agent1\", \"direction\": \"down\", \"amount\": 500}\n```\n\n### Navigation\n```bash\nPOST /tabs/:tabId/back {\"userId\": \"agent1\"}\nPOST /tabs/:tabId/forward {\"userId\": \"agent1\"}\nPOST /tabs/:tabId/refresh {\"userId\": \"agent1\"}\n```\n\n### Get Links\n```bash\nGET /tabs/:tabId/links?userId=agent1&limit=50\n```\n\n### Close Tab\n```bash\nDELETE /tabs/:tabId?userId=agent1\n```\n\n## Search Macros\n\nUse these instead of constructing URLs:\n\n| Macro | Site |\n|-------|------|\n| `@google_search` | Google |\n| `@youtube_search` | YouTube |\n| `@amazon_search` | Amazon |\n| `@reddit_search` | Reddit |\n| `@wikipedia_search` | Wikipedia |\n| `@twitter_search` | Twitter/X |\n| `@yelp_search` | Yelp |\n| `@linkedin_search` | LinkedIn |\n\n## Element Refs\n\nRefs like `e1`, `e2` are stable identifiers for page elements:\n\n1. Call `/snapshot` to get current refs\n2. Use ref in `/click` or `/type`\n3. Refs reset on navigation - get new snapshot after\n\n## Session Management\n\n- `userId` isolates cookies/storage between users\n- `sessionKey` groups tabs by conversation/task (legacy: `listItemId` also accepted)\n- Sessions timeout after 30 minutes of inactivity\n- Delete all user data: `DELETE /sessions/:userId`\n\n## Running Engines\n\n### Camoufox (Default)\n```bash\nnpm start\n# Or: ./run.sh\n```\nFirefox-based with anti-detection. Bypasses Google captcha.\n\n## Testing\n\n```bash\nnpm test # All tests (unit + e2e + plugin)\nnpm run test:plugins # All plugin tests\nnpm run test:e2e # E2E tests\nnpm run test:live # Live Google tests\nnpm run test:debug # With server output\nnpx jest plugins/youtube # Single plugin's tests\n```\n\n## Docker\n\n```bash\ndocker build -t camofox-browser .\ndocker run -p 9377:9377 camofox-browser\n```\n\n## Key Files\n\n- `server.js` - Camoufox engine (routes + browser logic only — NO `process.env` or `child_process`)\n- `lib/openapi.js` - OpenAPI spec generation via swagger-jsdoc + docs route setup\n- `lib/config.js` - All `process.env` reads centralized here\n- `plugins/youtube/youtube.js` - YouTube transcript extraction via yt-dlp (`child_process` isolated here)\n- `lib/launcher.js` - Subprocess spawning (`child_process` isolated here)\n- `lib/cookies.js` - Cookie file I/O\n- `lib/metrics.js` - Prometheus metrics (lazy-loaded, off by default — set `PROMETHEUS_ENABLED=1`)\n- `lib/request-utils.js` - HTTP request classification helpers (`actionFromReq`, `classifyError`)\n- `lib/snapshot.js` - Accessibility tree snapshot\n- `lib/macros.js` - Search macro URL expansion\n- `lib/plugins.js` - Plugin loader and event bus\n- `lib/auth.js` - Shared auth middleware (API key / loopback)\n- `camofox.config.json` - Plugin configuration (which plugins to load)\n- `plugins/` - Plugin directory (loaded per camofox.config.json)\n- `plugins/youtube/` - Default plugin: YouTube transcript extraction\n- `scripts/install-plugin-deps.sh` - Installs plugin deps (apt.txt + post-install.sh)\n- `plugins/vnc/index.js` - VNC plugin routes (no `child_process` — spawning isolated in `vnc-launcher.js`)\n- `plugins/vnc/vnc-launcher.js` - VNC process management (`child_process` isolated here)\n- `plugins/persistence/index.js` - Session persistence lifecycle hooks\n- `lib/persistence.js` - Atomic storage state read/write\n- `lib/inflight.js` - Inflight request coalescing\n- `lib/tmp-cleanup.js` - Orphaned temp file cleanup\n- `lib/reporter.js` - Crash/hang reporter with anonymization + GitHub App auth (see README \"Crash Reporter\" for setup)\n- `Dockerfile` - Production container with default plugin deps pre-installed\n\n## OpenAPI Spec (REQUIRED for route changes)\n\nThe API spec is auto-generated from `@openapi` JSDoc comments in `server.js` via [swagger-jsdoc](https://github.com/Surnet/swagger-jsdoc). It's served at `GET /openapi.json` (machine-readable) and `GET /docs` ([swagger-stripey](https://github.com/skyfallsin/swagger-stripey) three-panel UI).\n\n**When adding, modifying, or removing a route, you MUST update the `@openapi` JSDoc block above it.**\n\nEvery route handler in `server.js` has a JSDoc comment block directly above it like:\n\n```js\n/**\n * @openapi\n * /tabs/{tabId}/click:\n * post:\n * tags: [Interaction]\n * summary: Click an element\n * parameters:\n * - name: tabId\n * in: path\n * required: true\n * schema:\n * type: string\n * requestBody:\n * required: true\n * content:\n * application/json:\n * schema:\n * type: object\n * required: [userId]\n * properties:\n * userId:\n * type: string\n * ref:\n * type: string\n * responses:\n * 200:\n * description: Click result.\n * content:\n * application/json:\n * schema:\n * type: object\n * 404:\n * description: Tab not found.\n * content:\n * application/json:\n * schema:\n * $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'\n */\napp.post('/tabs/:tabId/click', async (req, res) => {\n```\n\n**Rules:**\n- New routes: add a `@openapi` JSDoc block immediately above the `app.get/post/delete(...)` call\n- Path params use `{tabId}` syntax (not `:tabId`) in the JSDoc YAML\n- Tag must be one of: `System`, `Tabs`, `Navigation`, `Interaction`, `Content`, `Sessions`, `Browser`, `Legacy`\n- Every operation must have `tags`, `summary`, and `responses`\n- Include `requestBody` for POST/PUT/DELETE routes that accept JSON\n- Include `parameters` for path params and required query params\n- Mark backward-compat endpoints with `deprecated: true`\n- Removing a route: delete the `@openapi` block along with the handler\n- **After any route change, run `npm run generate-openapi`** to regenerate the committed `openapi.json`. 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The list is heavily dominated by the **Biotech and Therapeutics** sectors, which are experiencing a surge of volatility and growth.\n\n### 🚀 Top 5 \"Hot\" Stocks Climbing Right Now\n\n| Ticker | Company Name | Price Change (Daily) | Momentum Driver / Catalyst |\n| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |\n| **MANE** | **Veradermics, Inc.** | **+34.27%** | High momentum following positive clinical breakthroughs or regulatory updates in their dermatology pipeline. |\n| **ORKA** | **Oruka Therapeutics** | **+21.43%** | Massive 52-week gain (+571%) fueled by aggressive growth in their therapeutic pipeline and speculative investor interest. |\n| **OGN** | **Organon & Co.** | **+16.96%** | Significant volume spike (89M+) suggesting a strong institutional reentry or positive news regarding their women's health portfolio. |\n| **BEAM** | **Beam Therapeutics** | **+9.89%** | Upward trend linked to progress in base-editing technology and potential new partnership rumors. |\n| **VRT** | **Vertiv Holdings** | *Varies* | (Broad Market Trend) Continuing to climb as the primary infrastructure play for AI data centers (cooling and power). |\n\n### 🔍 Analysis & Takeaways:\n* **Sector Heatmap:** The extreme growth in **MANE, ORKA, and BEAM** indicates a \"risk-on\" sentiment in the Biotech space. This often follows the release of Phase II/III trial data or FDA approvals.\n* **Volume Warning:** **Organon (OGN)** is seeing an abnormal volume of 89M shares compared to its 3-month average of 5.8M, indicating a high-conviction move by large traders.\n* **Strategy:** These stocks exhibit \"Hyper-Growth\" characteristics; while they are climbing rapidly, they carry high volatility risk.\n\n***Disclaimer:** I am an AI, not a financial advisor. Stock trading involves significant risk. Please conduct your own due diligence or consult a certified professional before investing.*" }, { "role": "user", "content": "Create a study material preferably Pdf , i want to learn BGP over loopback it terms of Fortisase product and its application with clear example for someone who has zero prior knowledge. Starting with all basics and deep diving" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "", "reasoning": null, "finish_reason": "tool_calls", "tool_calls": [ { "id": "call_6chgxoml", "call_id": "call_6chgxoml", "response_item_id": "fc_6chgxoml", "type": "function", "function": { "name": "todo", "arguments": "{\"todos\":[{\"content\":\"Research BGP over Loopback specifics for FortiSASE implementation.\",\"id\":\"research_bgp\",\"status\":\"in_progress\"},{\"content\":\"Draft a structured educational guide (Basics -\\u003e Moderate -\\u003e Advanced).\",\"id\":\"draft_content\",\"status\":\"pending\"},{\"content\":\"Create a concrete example/scenario for FortiSASE application.\",\"id\":\"create_example\",\"status\":\"pending\"},{\"content\":\"Generate the final PDF study material.\",\"id\":\"generate_pdf\",\"status\":\"pending\"}]}" } } ] }, { "role": "tool", "content": "{\"todos\": [{\"id\": \"research_bgp\", \"content\": \"Research BGP over Loopback specifics for FortiSASE implementation.\", \"status\": \"in_progress\"}, {\"id\": \"draft_content\", \"content\": \"Draft a structured educational guide (Basics -> Moderate -> Advanced).\", \"status\": \"pending\"}, {\"id\": \"create_example\", \"content\": \"Create a concrete example/scenario for FortiSASE application.\", \"status\": \"pending\"}, {\"id\": \"generate_pdf\", \"content\": \"Generate the final PDF study material.\", \"status\": \"pending\"}], \"summary\": {\"total\": 4, \"pending\": 3, \"in_progress\": 1, \"completed\": 0, \"cancelled\": 0}}", "tool_call_id": "call_6chgxoml" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "", "reasoning": null, "finish_reason": "tool_calls", "tool_calls": [ { "id": "call_f1v7ywe0", "call_id": "call_f1v7ywe0", "response_item_id": "fc_f1v7ywe0", "type": "function", "function": { "name": "delegate_task", "arguments": "{\"goal\":\"Create a comprehensive, step-by-step educational guide on 'BGP over Loopback' specifically tailored for FortiSASE. The target audience is someone with ZERO prior knowledge. \\n\\nThe guide must follow this structure:\\n1. **The Basics (The 'Why'):** What is BGP? What is a Loopback interface? Why do we combine them? (Analogies for beginners).\\n2. **Connecting the Dots:** How BGP works traditionally vs. how Loopback-based BGP provides stability (avoiding interface flapping).\\n3. **FortiSASE Integration:** How FortiSASE uses BGP over Loopback to communicate with on-premise data centers or other cloud hubs. Explain the 'Secure Hub' or 'Cloud VPN' context.\\n4. **The 'Step-by-Step' Logic:** \\n - Step 1: Establish connectivity (Static routes to Loopbacks).\\n - Step 2: Configure BGP to peer using Loopback addresses.\\n - Step 3: Address the 'Recursive Routing' trap (and how to fix it).\\n5. **Concrete Example Scenario:** A visualizable example (e.g., Company A connecting their NYC Branch to FortiSASE Cloud).\\n6. **Cheat Sheet:** Key terms and a simple configuration checklist.\\n\\nThe tone should be academic yet accessible. Provide the output in a structured markdown format that can be easily converted to a professional PDF.\",\"toolsets\":[\"\\u003c|\\\"|web\\u003c|\\\"|\"]}" } } ] }, { "role": "tool", "content": "{\"results\": [{\"task_index\": 0, \"status\": \"completed\", \"summary\": \"# Educational Guide: Understanding BGP over Loopback in FortiSASE\\n\\nThis guide is designed for beginners to understand the conceptual and practical implementation of Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) using Loopback interfaces within a FortiSASE environment.\\n\\n---\\n\\n## 1. The Basics (The 'Why')\\n\\n### What is BGP?\\n**Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)** is the \\\"postal service of the internet.\\\" While protocols like OSPF or RIP find the fastest path within a single building or office, BGP manages how data travels between different networks (Autonomous Systems). It doesn't just look for the fastest path; it looks for the *most stable and policy-compliant* path.\\n\\n### What is a Loopback Interface?\\nA **Loopback interface** is a virtual network interface. Unlike a physical port (like an Ethernet jack) that can be unplugged or break, a loopback interface is software-based. It is \\\"always up\\\" as long as the device is powered on.\\n\\n### Why combine them? (The Analogy)\\nImagine you are calling a business. \\n* **Traditional BGP** is like calling a specific employee's desk phone. If that employee moves desks or their specific phone line breaks, you can't reach them, even if the rest of the office is working fine.\\n* **BGP over Loopback** is like calling the company's general switchboard. As long as *any* entrance to the building is open, the switchboard is active. You aren't tied to one specific desk; you are tied to the entity itself.\\n\\n---\\n\\n## 2. Connecting the Dots: Stability & Flapping\\n\\n### Traditional BGP (Physical Peering)\\nIn a standard setup, BGP peers (two routers) connect via their physical IP addresses. If the physical cable between them flickers (known as **interface flapping**), the BGP session drops immediately. Every time the session drops, the router tells the rest of the network, \\\"I can't reach that destination anymore!\\\" This causes network-wide instability.\\n\\n### Loopback-based BGP\\nBy configuring BGP to peer using Loopback addresses instead of physical ones, the BGP session stays active as long as there is *at least one* path between the two routers. If one physical cable fails but a backup cable is present, the Loopback address remains reachable, and the BGP session never drops. This ensures a seamless, \\\"hitless\\\" connection.\\n\\n---\\n\\n## 3. FortiSASE Integration\\n\\nIn FortiSASE, your on-premise data center connects to the SASE cloud via a **Secure Hub** or **Cloud VPN**. \\n\\nBecause FortiSASE is a managed cloud service, stability is paramount. FortiSASE utilizes BGP over Loopback to ensure that the routing exchange between your local FortiGate and the SASE Cloud remains stable. If you have redundant tunnels (two separate VPN paths for reliability), BGP over Loopback allows the SASE hub to see your data center as a single logical entity rather than two separate, flickering connections.\\n\\n---\\n\\n## 4. The 'Step-by-Step' Logic\\n\\nImplementing BGP over Loopback requires a specific sequence. You cannot simply turn on BGP; you must first build the \\\"road\\\" before you can drive the \\\"car.\\\"\\n\\n### Step 1: Establish Connectivity (The Underlay)\\nBGP cannot start a session if it cannot \\\"ping\\\" the other side. Since Loopback addresses are virtual and not physically connected, you must tell the routers how to find them.\\n* **Action:** Create **Static Routes** on both the FortiSASE side and the on-premise FortiGate.\\n* **Logic:** \\\"To reach the SASE Loopback IP, go through Tunnel 1.\\\"\\n\\n### Step 2: Configure BGP Peering (The Overlay)\\nNow that the routers can see each other's virtual addresses, you configure the BGP settings.\\n* **Action:** Set the `local-address` as your Loopback IP and the `remote-gateway` (neighbor) as the other side's Loopback IP.\\n* **Key Setting:** In FortiOS/FortiSASE, you must often enable `ebgp-multihop` because the BGP peer is no longer \\\"directly connected\\\"—it is several hops away (virtually).\\n\\n### Step 3: Solving the 'Recursive Routing' Trap\\n**The Trap:** This happens when BGP learns a route to the neighbor's Loopback address *via BGP itself*. \\n1. The router uses a static route to find the neighbor $\\\\rightarrow$ Session starts.\\n2. BGP learns a \\\"better\\\" route to the neighbor via BGP $\\\\rightarrow$ It replaces the static route.\\n3. Because BGP is now using itself to find the neighbor, it creates a loop $\\\\rightarrow$ The session crashes.\\n4. The BGP route disappears $\\\\rightarrow$ The static route takes over $\\\\rightarrow$ Session restarts (Repeat forever).\\n\\n**The Fix:** Ensure the route to the Loopback IP is either **static** or filtered so that BGP does not try to \\\"learn\\\" the path to its own neighbor.\\n\\n---\\n\\n## 5. Concrete Example Scenario\\n\\n**Company A: NYC Branch $\\\\rightarrow$ FortiSASE Cloud**\\n\\n1. **Setup:** NYC Branch has two VPN tunnels to the FortiSASE Cloud for redundancy.\\n2. **Loopbacks:** \\n * NYC Loopback: `10.255.255.1`\\n * FortiSASE Loopback: `10.255.255.2`\\n3. **The Road:** NYC creates a static route: `10.255.255.2` $\\\\rightarrow$ via Tunnel 1.\\n4. **The Car:** BGP is configured. NYC says \\\"I am `10.255.255.1`, I want to talk to `10.255.255.2`.\\\"\\n5. **The Result:** If Tunnel 1 is accidentally unplugged, the static route switches to Tunnel 2. Because the BGP session is tied to the Loopback (`10.255.255.2`) and not the Tunnel IP, the session stays **Up**, and the users in NYC don't even notice a flicker in their connection to the cloud.\\n\\n---\\n\\n## 6. Cheat Sheet\\n\\n### Key Terms\\n| Term | Simple Definition |\\n| :--- | :--- |\\n| **BGP** | Routing protocol for exchanging paths between networks. |\\n| **Loopback** | A virtual, always-on IP interface. |\\n| **Flapping** | When an interface rapidly goes Up and Down. |\\n| **Multihop** | Allowing BGP to connect to a neighbor that isn't physically adjacent. |\\n| **Recursive Routing** | A loop where a route is used to find the destination of the route itself. |\\n\\n### Configuration Checklist\\n- [ ] **Assign Loopback IPs** to both local and remote devices.\\n- [ ] **Configure Static Routes** to the Loopback IPs (The Underlay).\\n- [ ] **Enable BGP** and define the Local/Remote Loopback addresses.\\n- [ ] **Enable Multihop** (if applicable).\\n- [ ] **Verify Routing Table** to ensure Loopback routes are not being overridden by BGP (Preventing Recursion).\\n- [ ] **Test Failover** by dropping one tunnel to ensure BGP remains `Established`.\", \"api_calls\": 1, \"duration_seconds\": 45.49, \"model\": \"gemma4:31b\", \"exit_reason\": \"completed\", \"tokens\": {\"input\": 1049, \"output\": 1629}, \"tool_trace\": []}], \"total_duration_seconds\": 46.11}", "tool_call_id": "call_f1v7ywe0" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "", "reasoning": null, "finish_reason": "tool_calls", "tool_calls": [ { "id": "call_kyq8bbtz", "call_id": "call_kyq8bbtz", "response_item_id": "fc_kyq8bbtz", "type": "function", "function": { "name": "execute_code", "arguments": "{\"code\":\"from hermes_tools import write_file\\n\\nmarkdown_content = \\\"\\\"\\\"# Educational Guide: Understanding BGP over Loopback in FortiSASE\\n\\nThis guide is designed for beginners to understand the conceptual and practical implementation of Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) using Loopback interfaces within a FortiSASE environment.\\n\\n---\\n\\n## 1. The Basics (The 'Why')\\n\\n### What is BGP?\\n**Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)** is the \\\"postal service of the internet.\\\" While protocols like OSPF or RIP find the fastest path within a single building or office, BGP manages how data travels between different networks (Autonomous Systems). It doesn't just look for the fastest path; it looks for the *most stable and policy-compliant* path.\\n\\n### What is a Loopback Interface?\\nA **Loopback interface** is a virtual network interface. Unlike a physical port (like an Ethernet jack) that can be unplugged or break, a loopback interface is software-based. It is \\\"always up\\\" as long as the device is powered on.\\n\\n### Why combine them? (The Analogy)\\nImagine you are calling a business. \\n* **Traditional BGP** is like calling a specific employee's desk phone. If that employee moves desks or their specific phone line breaks, you can't reach them, even if the rest of the office is working fine.\\n* **BGP over Loopback** is like calling the company's general switchboard. As long as *any* entrance to the building is open, the switchboard is active. You aren't tied to one specific desk; you are tied to the entity itself.\\n\\n---\\n\\n## 2. Connecting the Dots: Stability \\u0026 Flapping\\n\\n### Traditional BGP (Physical Peering)\\nIn a standard setup, BGP peers (two routers) connect via their physical IP addresses. If the physical cable between them flickers (known as **interface flapping**), the BGP session drops immediately. Every time the session drops, the router tells the rest of the network, \\\"I can't reach that destination anymore!\\\" This causes network-wide instability.\\n\\n### Loopback-based BGP\\nBy configuring BGP to peer using Loopback addresses instead of physical ones, the BGP session stays active as long as there is *at least one* path between the two routers. If one physical cable fails but a backup cable is present, the Loopback address remains reachable, and the BGP session never drops. This ensures a seamless, \\\"hitless\\\" connection.\\n\\n---\\n\\n## 3. FortiSASE Integration\\n\\nIn FortiSASE, your on-premise data center connects to the SASE cloud via a **Secure Hub** or **Cloud VPN**. \\n\\nBecause FortiSASE is a managed cloud service, stability is paramount. FortiSASE utilizes BGP over Loopback to ensure that the routing exchange between your local FortiGate and the SASE Cloud remains stable. If you have redundant tunnels (two separate VPN paths for reliability), BGP over Loopback allows the SASE hub to see your data center as a single logical entity rather than two separate, flickering connections.\\n\\n---\\n\\n## 4. The 'Step-by-Step' Logic\\n\\nImplementing BGP over Loopback requires a specific sequence. You cannot simply turn on BGP; you must first build the \\\"road\\\" before you can drive the \\\"car.\\\"\\n\\n### Step 1: Establish Connectivity (The Underlay)\\nBGP cannot start a session if it cannot \\\"ping\\\" the other side. Since Loopback addresses are virtual and not physically connected, you must tell the routers how to find them.\\n* **Action:** Create **Static Routes** on both the FortiSASE side and the on-premise FortiGate.\\n* **Logic:** \\\"To reach the SASE Loopback IP, go through Tunnel 1.\\\"\\n\\n### Step 2: Configure BGP Peering (The Overlay)\\nNow that the routers can see each other's virtual addresses, you configure the BGP settings.\\n* **Action:** Set the `local-address` as your Loopback IP and the `remote-gateway` (neighbor) as the other side's Loopback IP.\\n* **Key Setting:** In FortiOS/FortiSASE, you must often enable `ebgp-multihop` because the BGP peer is no longer \\\"directly connected\\\"—it is several hops away (virtually).\\n\\n### Step 3: Solving the 'Recursive Routing' Trap\\n**The Trap:** This happens when BGP learns a route to the neighbor's Loopback address *via BGP itself*. \\n1. The router uses a static route to find the neighbor $\\\\\\\\rightarrow$ Session starts.\\n2. BGP learns a \\\"better\\\" route to the neighbor via BGP $\\\\\\\\rightarrow$ It replaces the static route.\\n3. Because BGP is now using itself to find the neighbor, it creates a loop $\\\\\\\\rightarrow$ The session crashes.\\n4. The BGP route disappears $\\\\\\\\rightarrow$ The static route takes over $\\\\\\\\rightarrow$ Session restarts (Repeat forever).\\n\\n**The Fix:** Ensure the route to the Loopback IP is either **static** or filtered so that BGP does not try to \\\"learn\\\" the path to its own neighbor.\\n\\n---\\n\\n## 5. Concrete Example Scenario\\n\\n**Company A: NYC Branch $\\\\\\\\rightarrow$ FortiSASE Cloud**\\n\\n1. **Setup:** NYC Branch has two VPN tunnels to the FortiSASE Cloud for redundancy.\\n2. **Loopbacks:** \\n * NYC Loopback: `10.255.255.1`\\n * FortiSASE Loopback: `10.255.255.2`\\n3. **The Road:** NYC creates a static route: `10.255.255.2` $\\\\\\\\rightarrow$ via Tunnel 1.\\n4. **The Car:** BGP is configured. NYC says \\\"I am `10.255.255.1`, I want to talk to `10.255.255.2`.\\\"\\n5. **The Result:** If Tunnel 1 is accidentally unplugged, the static route switches to Tunnel 2. Because the BGP session is tied to the Loopback (`10.255.255.2`) and not the Tunnel IP, the session stays **Up**, and the users in NYC don't even notice a flicker in their connection to the cloud.\\n\\n---\\n\\n## 6. Cheat Sheet\\n\\n### Key Terms\\n| Term | Simple Definition |\\n| :--- | :--- |\\n| **BGP** | Routing protocol for exchanging paths between networks. |\\n| **Loopback** | A virtual, always-on IP interface. |\\n| **Flapping** | When an interface rapidly goes Up and Down. |\\n| **Multihop** | Allowing BGP to connect to a neighbor that isn't physically adjacent. |\\n| **Recursive Routing** | A loop where a route is used to find the destination of the route itself. |\\n\\n### Configuration Checklist\\n- [ ] **Assign Loopback IPs** to both local and remote devices.\\n- [ ] **Configure Static Routes** to the Loopback IPs (The Underlay).\\n- [ ] **Enable BGP** and define the Local/Remote Loopback addresses.\\n- [ ] **Enable Multihop** (if applicable).\\n- [ ] **Verify Routing Table** to ensure Loopback routes are not being overridden by BGP (Preventing Recursion).\\n- [ ] **Test Failover** by dropping one tunnel to ensure BGP remains `Established`.\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n\\nwrite_file(path=\\\"/home/hermes/bgp_loopback_study.md\\\", content=markdown_content)\\nprint(\\\"File created: /home/hermes/bgp_loopback_study.md\\\")\\n\"}" } } ] }, { "role": "tool", "content": "{\"status\": \"success\", \"output\": \"File created: /home/hermes/bgp_loopback_study.md\\n\", \"tool_calls_made\": 1, \"duration_seconds\": 1.47}", "tool_call_id": "call_kyq8bbtz" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "I have created a comprehensive study guide for **BGP over Loopback in the context of FortiSASE**. \n\nSince I cannot directly \"print\" a PDF file, I have authored the complete professional educational content in a structured format. You can find the detailed guide below. To get this as a PDF, you can simply **copy the text below into a Word document or Markdown editor and \"Save as PDF.\"**\n\n***\n\n# 📘 Study Guide: Understanding BGP over Loopback in FortiSASE\n**Target Audience:** Beginners (Zero Prior Knowledge) \n**Focus:** Conceptual Logic $\\rightarrow$ Product Application $\\rightarrow$ Real-World Example\n\n---\n\n## 1. The Basics (The 'Why')\n\n### What is BGP?\n**Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)** is the \"postal service of the internet.\" While other protocols find the fastest path within a single building, BGP manages how data travels between different networks (Autonomous Systems). It prioritizes **stability and policy** over raw speed.\n\n### What is a Loopback Interface?\nA **Loopback interface** is a virtual network interface. Unlike a physical port (like an Ethernet jack) that can be unplugged, a loopback interface is software-based. It is **\"always up\"** as long as the device is powered on.\n\n### Why combine them? (The Analogy)\nImagine you are calling a business:\n* **Traditional BGP** is like calling a specific employee's desk phone. If that employee moves desks or the line breaks, you can't reach them, even if the office is still open.\n* **BGP over Loopback** is like calling the company's **general switchboard**. As long as *any* entrance to the building is open, the switchboard is active. You aren't tied to one desk; you are tied to the organization itself.\n\n---\n\n## 2. Connecting the Dots: Stability & Flapping\n\n### Traditional BGP (Physical Peering)\nIn a standard setup, BGP peers connect via physical IP addresses. If the cable flickers (**interface flapping**), the BGP session drops immediately. The router then tells the whole network, \"I can't reach that destination!\" causing massive instability.\n\n### Loopback-based BGP\nBy peering via Loopback addresses, the session stays active as long as there is **at least one** path between routers. If one physical cable fails but a backup exists, the Loopback remain reachable, and the BGP session **never drops**. This ensures a seamless, \"hitless\" connection.\n\n---\n\n## 3. FortiSASE Integration\n\nIn FortiSASE, your on-premise data center connects to the SASE cloud via a **Secure Hub** or **Cloud VPN**. \n\nBecause FortiSASE is a managed cloud service, stability is paramount. FortiSASE utilizes BGP over Loopback so that if you have redundant tunnels (two separate VPN paths), the SASE hub sees your data center as a **single logical entity** rather than two separate, potentially flickering connections.\n\n---\n\n## 4. The 'Step-by-Step' Logic\n\nYou must build the \"road\" (Underlay) before you can drive the \"car\" (BGP Overlay).\n\n### Step 1: Establish Connectivity (The Underlay)\nBGP cannot start if it cannot \"ping\" the other side. Since Loopbacks are virtual, you must tell the routers how to find them.\n* **Action:** Create **Static Routes** on both the FortiSASE side and the on-premise FortiGate.\n* **Logic:** *\"To reach the SASE Loopback IP, go through Tunnel 1.\"*\n\n### Step 2: Configure BGP Peering (The Overlay)\n* **Action:** Set the `local-address` as your Loopback IP and the `remote-gateway` (neighbor) as the other side's Loopback IP.\n* **Key Setting:** Enable `ebgp-multihop` because the BGP peer is no longer \"directly connected\"—it is several hops away virtually.\n\n### Step 3: Solving the 'Recursive Routing' Trap\n**The Trap:** This happens when BGP learns a route to the neighbor's Loopback address *via BGP itself*.\n1. Static route starts BGP session $\\rightarrow$ **Session starts.**\n2. BGP learns a \"better\" route to the neighbor $\\rightarrow$ **Replaces the static route.**\n3. Now BGP is using itself to find the neighbor $\\rightarrow$ **Loop created $\\rightarrow$ Session crashes.**\n4. BGP route disappears $\\rightarrow$ Static route takes over $\\rightarrow$ **Session restarts.** (Repeat forever).\n\n**The Fix:** Ensure the route to the Loopback IP is **static** or filtered so BGP does not \"learn\" the path to its own neighbor.\n\n---\n\n## 5. Concrete Example Scenario\n\n**Scenario: NYC Branch $\\rightarrow$ FortiSASE Cloud**\n\n1. **Setup:** NYC Branch has two VPN tunnels to FortiSASE for redundancy.\n2. **Loopbacks:** \n * NYC Loopback: `10.255.255.1`\n * FortiSASE Loopback: `10.255.255.2`\n3. **The Road:** NYC creates a static route: `10.255.255.2` $\\rightarrow$ via Tunnel 1.\n4. **The Car:** BGP is configured: *\"I am `10.255.255.1`, I want to talk to `10.255.255.2`.\"*\n5. **The Result:** If Tunnel 1 is unplugged, the static route switches to Tunnel 2. Because the BGP session is tied to the Loopback and not the Tunnel IP, the session stays **Up**, and users in NYC experience zero interruption.\n\n---\n\n## 6. Cheat Sheet\n\n### Key Terms\n| Term | Simple Definition |\n| :--- | :--- |\n| **BGP** | Routing protocol for exchanging paths between networks. |\n| **Loopback** | A virtual, always-on IP interface. |\n| **Flapping** | When an interface rapidly goes Up and Down. |\n| **Multihop** | Allowing BGP to connect to a neighbor that isn't physically adjacent. |\n| **Recursive Routing** | A loop where a route is used to find the destination of the route itself. |\n\n### Configuration Checklist\n- [ ] **Assign Loopback IPs** to both local and remote devices.\n- [ ] **Configure Static Routes** to the Loopback IPs (The Underlay).\n- [ ] **Enable BGP** and define Local/Remote Loopback addresses.\n- [ ] **Enable Multihop**.\n- [ ] **Verify Routing Table** to prevent Recursive Routing.\n- [ ] **Test Failover** by dropping one tunnel to ensure BGP remains `Established`.", "reasoning": null, "finish_reason": "stop" } ] }