Global user-level instruction file for agents

NousResearch/hermes-agent · cluster 31762 · agent

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3 open items. Fix attempted, not merged.

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2open issues
1open PR
5items grouped
Known?
Yes. 5 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
Fix event
No fix has been merged to main. 1 PR closed without merging; see the attempts below.
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Still open
2 issues and 1 PR.

Multiple proposals and implementations for loading a global markdown rules or instructions file from a user home directory location, to provide persistent context across agent sessions. The members share this theme but differ on the exact filename and directory conventions.

Open issues2

  • Issue#31762feat(prompt_builder): scan HERMES_HOME for global context files (HERMES.md, AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md)
  • Issue#32395Feat: Load global agent instructions from ~/.agents/AGENTS.md

Open PRs1

  • PR#3972feat(context): add GUIDELINES.md global prompt layer

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 1

  • #51490 feat(agent): add global RULES.md support · done elsewhere → e4a3ffa, #33143
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#33143[Feature Request] Global rules file (similar to ~/.claude/claude.md)
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  • Link evidence (partly structural links): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
  • Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
  • Pairwise link density 0.31: the share of item pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. 1.00 means every pair is linked.

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