Prestidigitation

Handle quick, low-stakes utility tasks that do not deserve a full spell.

What This Skill Does

Prestidigitation transforms. It does not fix, build, scaffold, migrate, or actuate. If the user says "make this look better" or "convert this to that format" — use prestidigitation. If the user says "make this work" or "set this up" or "build this system" — use something else. In this grimoire, Prestidigitation is treated as a hybrid spell with a shipping-now delivery profile. Canonical reference input: Prestidigitation (spell).

When To Use

• Trigger this spell when the request contains:
• Format/transform verbs: reformat, convert, sort, strip, encode, decode, tidy, clean, pretty-print
• Scale qualifiers: quick, just, small, one-off, throwaway, simple, nothing fancy, straightforward
• Artifact types: a table, a list, a single file, a string, a UUID, a snippet, a blob
• Bounded counts: "about 20", "10 rows", "5 columns", "one line", "a few"
• The task is cantrip-scale when all three are true:
• The input fits in a single message or small file
• The output is a single artifact (text, table, string, file)

Prerequisites

• No extra runtime dependencies beyond Hermes Agent and the normal toolset for this session.