HERMES · PUBLIC-SOURCE PREVIEW

Hermes, excavated while it grows.

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Hermes as a growing capability organism: effective time left to right, branch neighbourhoods top to bottom INHERITED SUBSTRATE FORK BODY — grows with every adopted change ≈ 12 months compressed Action surfaces Delegation & coordination Runtime & identity Memory boundary Verification & integration 25-07-23 26-08-25 26-09-01 26-09-05 26-09-08 26-09-15 26-09-22 26-09-29 pilot window closes Upstream horizon fork diverges · 2026-08-25 WS-only gateway boot path: arrived via v0.21 line merged into fork main · lag 13 days Encrypted local sign-in vault: arrived via an owner merge · lag 4 days Desktop profile window: arrived via Upstream sync merged · lag 13 days Profile multiplexing on by default: arrived via Upstream sync merged · lag 13 days Host-wide gateway singleton: arrived via Upstream sync merged · lag 8 days INHERITED Upstream repository begins 2025-07-23 · upstream INHERITED Terminal tool 2025-07-26 · upstream INHERITED Subagents receive project context 2026-08-24 · upstream MATERIALIZED Child fallback chain resolved 2026-08-25 · fork MATERIALIZED Snapshot stops leaking delegation markers 2026-08-25 · fork INHERITED Pre-compress checkpoint contract 2026-08-25 · upstream MATERIALIZED WS-only gateway boot path 2026-09-07 · upstream MATERIALIZED v0.21 line merged into fork main 2026-09-07 · fork MATERIALIZED Encrypted local sign-in vault 2026-09-14 · upstream MATERIALIZED Fork CI baseline 2026-09-16 · fork MATERIALIZED v0.21.4 preparation merged 2026-09-18 · fork MATERIALIZED Attested triage recovers atomically 2026-09-21 · fork MATERIALIZED Missing required skills block workers 2026-09-28 · fork MATERIALIZED Focused-first sync preflight 2026-09-28 · fork MATERIALIZED Desktop profile window 2026-09-29 · upstream MATERIALIZED Profile multiplexing on by default 2026-09-29 · upstream MATERIALIZED Host-wide gateway singleton 2026-09-29 · upstream RESTORED Fenced browser dispatch restored 2026-09-29 · fork MATERIALIZED Upstream sync merged 2026-09-29 · fork

Upstream arrival paths · evidence mode

  1. WS-only gateway boot path: arrived via v0.21 line merged into fork main · lag 13 days
  2. Encrypted local sign-in vault: arrived via an owner merge · lag 4 days
  3. Desktop profile window: arrived via Upstream sync merged · lag 13 days
  4. Profile multiplexing on by default: arrived via Upstream sync merged · lag 13 days
  5. Host-wide gateway singleton: arrived via Upstream sync merged · lag 8 days

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Archaeology — never drawn on the canvas

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Entity register — first appearance

  1. 2025-07-23 — Hermes core (mechanism)
  2. 2025-07-26 — Act through a shell (capability)
  3. 2025-07-26 — Terminal tool (mechanism)
  4. 2026-08-24 — Project-aware delegation (capability)
  5. 2026-08-25 — Resilient child agents (capability)
  6. 2026-08-25 — Terminal snapshot (mechanism)
  7. 2026-08-25 — Fail-closed checkpoint (operating rule)
  8. 2026-09-07 — Fork release line (mechanism)
  9. 2026-09-07 — Gateway (mechanism)
  10. 2026-09-14 — Credentialed browsing (capability)
  11. 2026-09-14 — Local vault (mechanism)
  12. 2026-09-16 — Fork CI (mechanism)
  13. 2026-09-21 — Recoverable task state (capability)
  14. 2026-09-21 — Kanban (mechanism)
  15. 2026-09-28 — Sync preflight (mechanism)
  16. 2026-09-28 — Required-skill gate (operating rule)
  17. 2026-09-29 — Many identities, one gateway (capability)
  18. 2026-09-29 — Desktop (mechanism)
  19. 2026-09-29 — Fenced browser dispatch (operating rule)
  20. 2026-09-29 — One gateway owner (operating rule)