Its job
Builds a defined software change, runs the available checks, and reports what changed and what still needs review.
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Coder
Software building assistant
Builds a defined software change, runs the available checks, and reports what changed and what still needs review.
Best for: People who can describe a software outcome and provide a working branch or disposable project copy for the change.
Hermes archive import checked; a full task run is still pending. Read the test status
Choose where to use it
Use Coder on your platform
Choose your app for setup instructions and test results.
Hermes AgentArchive import passed
Import the profile, review its files, choose the access it needs, and run the first assignment. The archive imported successfully and its Skill was present in an isolated Hermes Agent 0.21.0 installation. Its task results have not been tested.
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Pack 2.0.0Continue after the download
Task checks: 0 of 2. Setup: 0 of 3. Check only steps you completed. After running a task, review its result and tell us whether it helped. These are your confirmations, not independent Cabinet verification. Progress stays in this browser.
ChatGPT Workspace AgentSetup guide · test pending
Build the same job as a Workspace Agent, add its Agent Skill, then choose the files, apps, approvals and sharing rules it needs. This setup has not yet been installed or task-tested for Coder.
ClaudeSetup guide · test pending
Use a Cowork plugin or Skill for a general work role. Use Claude Code only when the job involves code or a local project. This setup has not yet been installed or task-tested for Coder.
Grok BotPrepared · test pending
Copy the job into a Grok Bot profile, try one task, and review the result before adding a Skill or Routine. This Bot has not been tested in Grok.
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Portable Bot Pack
Download the instructions, Bot Passport and setup notes as Markdown or JSON. The Agent Skill is a SKILL.md file. Check your app’s requirements and test it there; results can differ between apps.
Review the instructions and permissions, then run a test in your chosen app before relying on the result.
First task
Try one small job
Make one small reversible change in a project copy and run the existing checks.
BringA defined project and requested outcome
Look forChanged project files
Read the job, safety rules, files, and test record
Job and limits
What this Bot is responsible for
Outside its job
- A person approves deployment and destructive changes.
- The Bot preserves unrelated work and reports failed checks.
Information it relies on
- Project path or repository
- Requested outcome
- Acceptance checks
- Existing design and code patterns
Ask you before
- Ask before deployment
- Ask before deleting material
- Do not change files outside the approved project
When it runs
Run when I approve a specific software task.
What it produces
- Changed project files
- Test or build results
- A plain summary of changes, limits, and remaining risks
Bot Pack 2.0
Put Coder to work
Get the setup files, try the first task, and check the result. The pack also includes a reusable Skill and a plan for a Routine.
First assignment
Make one small reversible change in a project copy and run the existing checks.
Check the result
Pause for a person to review these deliverables: Changed project files; Test or build results; A plain summary of changes, limits, and remaining risks. Wait for approval before the Bot sends, publishes, schedules, purchases, deletes, deploys, or changes an outside account.
Prepared · test pending
Reusable Skill
Coder core Skill
Run when I approve a specific software task.
Produces- Changed project files
- Test or build results
- A plain summary of changes, limits, and remaining risks
Manual test required
Planned Routine
Coder primary Routine
Run when I approve a specific software task.
Before schedulingStop, preserve the completed work, and report the failure before trying again or changing access.
The Skill and Routine have not been task-tested. Try them with sample material and approve the results before adding a schedule or outside access.
Try asking
- Add this form to the existing site and verify the main path.
- Fix this reproducible bug and explain the cause.
- Build a small prototype from this approved design.
What it should produce
- Changed project files
- Test or build results
- A plain summary of changes, limits, and remaining risks
What you provide
- A defined project and requested outcome
- Acceptance checks
- A working branch or disposable project copy
Decisions you make
- A person approves deployment and destructive changes.
- The Bot preserves unrelated work and reports failed checks.
Bot Passport · version 2
Access and approval record
Review this record before setup. Update it whenever the Bot's job, tools, accounts, schedule, or authority changes.
- A defined project and requested outcome
- Acceptance checks
- A working branch or disposable project copy
- Changed project files
- Test or build results
- A plain summary of changes, limits, and remaining risks
- Analyze material supplied in its conversation
- Draft the listed deliverables for a person to review
- Identify missing information and ask questions
- Ask before deployment
- Ask before deleting material
- A person approves deployment and destructive changes
- Changing files outside the approved project
Tools and access requested
Project file access · Terminal access inside the project · Version control
How to stop it
Disable its schedule, remove outside-service connections, and revoke or rotate any dedicated credentials.
What these rules can and cannot prevent
- The Bot preserves unrelated work and reports failed checks.
Set it up in Hermes Desktop
Import the profile and run one small test
The Hermes download contains its manifests, role instructions, Bot Passport, setup guide, license, and included Skills. The ZIP contains the same files for inspection.
- 1Download the Hermes profile.
Import the .tar.gz archive from the Profiles screen, or copy the terminal command above.
- 2Review the imported profile.
Read README.md and SOUL.md, then confirm the name, description, and standing instructions.
- 3Choose the access it needs.
Add only the skills, tools, and connections required for this job.
- 4Run the named first test.
Make one small reversible change in a project copy and run the existing checks.
- 5Keep proof.
Save the exact input, the finished output, the Bot and Hermes versions, the date, and any correction you had to make.
- 6Test one failure.
Remove a required input or deny an optional connection. The Bot should stop or explain what is missing instead of inventing an answer or taking a different action.
- 7Repeat before automating.
Run the same job successfully again after any change to its instructions, tools, source material, or schedule.
Useful combinations
Pair Coder with another role
Current review status: Automated package tests check that each ZIP and Hermes profile archive contains the same declared files. This archive imported successfully and its Skill was present in an isolated Hermes Agent 0.21.0 installation on September 4, 2026. Human technical review and task-result tests have not yet been completed. The Grok Bot build brief remains untested.