Isolated Hermes Home

Use a project-local Hermes (HERMES_HOME=<repo>/hermes_home) so media production does not modify the Hermes you already run for coding, chat, or other boards.

This skill does not install a second copy of the Hermes binary. It points the existing CLI at a separate home directory: skills, profiles, memory, and kanban live beside the project, not in ~/.hermes.

When to Use

• Launching Cinesmith / Forge NPS / a media pipeline next to a daily-driver Hermes
• The user says "don't touch my Hermes" or "isolated hermes_home"
• Installing this media skill pack into a production runtime, not the global agent

Don't use for: editing ~/.hermes/skills on purpose; one-off /skills install into the default home.

Prerequisites

• Hermes CLI on PATH
• A project with hermes_home/ (Cinesmith ships this) or willingness to create one
• Optional escape hatch only if the user explicitly wants the global home: CINESMITH_ALLOW_GLOBAL_HERMES=1