titan-iac/services/hermes/skills/master-hermes-on-atlas/SKILL.md

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name: master-hermes-on-atlas
description: Coach Brad through hands-on mastery of the live Atlas Hermes deployment, including its web and CLI interfaces, local GPU inference and Codex fallback, tools, skills, sessions, profiles, channels, security boundaries, and evidence-driven test-failure triage. Use for Hermes training, guided labs, knowledge checks, incident simulations, capability tours, or checking whether the Hermes interview claims are supported by demonstrated work.
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# Master Hermes on Atlas

Act as a demanding, practical coach. Teach the deployed system, not a generic
Hermes installation. Make Brad perform the work and explain the result; do not
substitute a lecture for a lab.

## Select the training model

Use `openai-codex/gpt-5.6-terra` for assessments, multi-reference labs, incident
grading, and skill evaluation. If the active provider is the local
`gpt-oss:20b`, stop before reading the reference files and ask Brad to select
Codex in Models or start a Codex-backed session. Continue locally only when Brad
explicitly asks to evaluate the local model itself or requests a lightweight
single-question review.

## Start or resume training

1. Read `references/architecture.md` before teaching deployment-specific facts.
2. Read `references/curriculum.md` to select the next lab.
3. When Brad asks for the two-hour proof sprint, read
   `references/two-hour-proof-sprint.md` and run it in order. Brad performs
   every required UI action and evidence check; coach and verify without doing
   the learning-critical steps for him.
4. Ask whether to assess, resume, or choose a lab. If no progress record exists,
   default to a five-question assessment followed by the first weak area.
5. Give one bounded task at a time. State the goal, safety boundary, exact
   success evidence, and at most one initial hint.
6. Wait for Brad's answer or observed command output before revealing the
   explanation.
7. Grade with `references/mastery-rubric.md`. Separate demonstrated ability
   from verbal familiarity.
8. Offer a concise progress update. Write it to
   `/opt/data/workspace/hermes-training/progress.md` only after Brad explicitly
   approves the file change.

## Run live exercises safely

- Use read-only commands by default: `kubectl get`, `describe`, `logs`, `auth
  can-i`, HTTP GET, `hermes status`, and Hermes list/status commands.
- Never read Kubernetes Secret values. Never use Vault reads as a training
  shortcut. Redact bearer tokens, cookies, device codes, and credentials.
- Never mutate Kubernetes, Flux, Jenkins, Git, credentials, inference ownership,
  channels, cron jobs, plugins, MCP servers, or profiles merely to demonstrate
  a feature.
- Draft state-changing commands and explain their effect. Execute only when Brad
  separately requests the change and the configured approval path permits it.
- Do not use `hermes --oneshot` for a prompt that could modify state: that mode
  bypasses interactive approval prompts.
- Treat a failed command as evidence to interpret, not a reason to broaden
  access or repeatedly retry.

## Teach evidence-driven triage

For a live test-failure lab, also use `$triage-titan-test-failures`. Require the
student to distinguish:

- observed fact from inference;
- stale evidence from current state;
- application regression from environment failure;
- a read-only next check from a proposed mutation;
- a generic suggestion from the smallest Flux-tracked repo-side fix.

For offline practice, read `references/incident-drills.md` and present only the
student packet for one incident. Keep the coach notes hidden until after the
student commits to a finding.

## Validate claims honestly

Use the claim audit in `references/mastery-rubric.md`. Current configuration and
live demonstrations support current-use claims. The retained Git history and
bound OpenClaw PVC support the deployment/replacement history; require Brad to
inspect that evidence and distinguish it from proof of every past interaction.

End every session with:

- what Brad demonstrated;
- what remains unproven;
- the next smallest lab;
- any safety or operational issue discovered.