create-yss-spec 1.0.0

package/template/.hermes/skills/kb-retriever/references/pdf_reading.md

@@ -0,0 +1,362 @@
+# PDF 读取与分析
+
+> ⚠️ **使用本文档前请注意**：本文档应在实际处理 PDF 文件之前完整阅读，以选择最合适的工具和方法。不要在未阅读本文档的情况下盲目尝试处理 PDF。
+
+用于从 PDF 文件中提取文本、表格和元数据的方法。
+
+## 快速决策表
+
+| 场景 | 推荐工具 | 原因 | 命令/代码示例 |
+|------|----------|------|--------------|
+| 纯文本提取（最常见） | pdftotext 命令 | 最快最简单 | `pdftotext input.pdf output.txt` |
+| 需要保留布局 | pdftotext -layout | 保持原始排版 | `pdftotext -layout input.pdf output.txt` |
+| 需要提取表格 | pdfplumber | 表格识别能力强 | `page.extract_tables()` |
+| 需要元数据 | pypdf | 轻量级 | `reader.metadata` |
+| 扫描PDF（图片） | OCR (pytesseract) | 无其他选择 | 先转图片再OCR |
+
+## 文本提取优先级
+
+**推荐优先级（从高到低）**：
+1. **pdftotext 命令行工具**（最快，适合大多数 PDF）
+2. pdfplumber（适合需要保留布局或提取表格）
+3. pypdf（轻量级，适合简单提取）
+4. OCR（仅用于扫描PDF或无法直接提取文本的情况）
+
+## 快速开始：使用 pdftotext（推荐）
+
+> ⚠️ **重要**：必须将输出保存到文件，不要直接输出到终端（stdout），否则会占用大量 token！
+
+```bash
+# ✅ 正确：提取文本到文件（最快最简单）
+pdftotext input.pdf output.txt
+
+# ✅ 正确：保留布局并输出到文件
+pdftotext -layout input.pdf output.txt
+
+# ✅ 正确：提取特定页面到文件
+pdftotext -f 1 -l 5 input.pdf output.txt  # 第1-5页
+
+# ❌ 错误：不要使用 stdout（会占用大量 token）
+# pdftotext input.pdf -
+```
+
+**使用流程**：
+1. 使用 pdftotext 提取文本到临时文件
+2. 使用 grep 或 Read 工具对生成的文本文件进行检索
+3. 只读取匹配部分的上下文，而非全文
+
+如果需要在 Python 中处理：
+
+```python
+from pypdf import PdfReader
+
+# 读取 PDF
+reader = PdfReader("document.pdf")
+print(f"Pages: {len(reader.pages)}")
+
+# 提取文本
+text = ""
+for page in reader.pages:
+    text += page.extract_text()
+```
+
+## Python 库
+
+### pypdf - 基本文本提取
+
+```python
+from pypdf import PdfReader
+
+reader = PdfReader("document.pdf")
+
+# 提取全部文本
+for page in reader.pages:
+    text = page.extract_text()
+    print(text)
+
+# 提取元数据
+meta = reader.metadata
+print(f"Title: {meta.title}")
+print(f"Author: {meta.author}")
+print(f"Subject: {meta.subject}")
+print(f"Creator: {meta.creator}")
+```
+
+### pdfplumber - 带布局的文本和表格提取
+
+#### 提取文本（保留布局）
+
+```python
+import pdfplumber
+
+with pdfplumber.open("document.pdf") as pdf:
+    for page in pdf.pages:
+        text = page.extract_text()
+        print(text)
+```
+
+#### 提取表格
+
+```python
+with pdfplumber.open("document.pdf") as pdf:
+    for i, page in enumerate(pdf.pages):
+        tables = page.extract_tables()
+        for j, table in enumerate(tables):
+            print(f"Table {j+1} on page {i+1}:")
+            for row in table:
+                print(row)
+```
+
+#### 高级表格提取（转为 DataFrame）
+
+```python
+import pandas as pd
+
+with pdfplumber.open("document.pdf") as pdf:
+    all_tables = []
+    for page in pdf.pages:
+        tables = page.extract_tables()
+        for table in tables:
+            if table:  # 检查表格非空
+                df = pd.DataFrame(table[1:], columns=table[0])
+                all_tables.append(df)
+
+# 合并所有表格
+if all_tables:
+    combined_df = pd.concat(all_tables, ignore_index=True)
+    combined_df.to_excel("extracted_tables.xlsx", index=False)
+```
+
+#### 带坐标的精确文本提取
+
+```python
+import pdfplumber
+
+with pdfplumber.open("document.pdf") as pdf:
+    page = pdf.pages[0]
+    
+    # 提取所有字符及其坐标
+    chars = page.chars
+    for char in chars[:10]:  # 前10个字符
+        print(f"Char: '{char['text']}' at x:{char['x0']:.1f} y:{char['y0']:.1f}")
+    
+    # 按边界框提取文本 (left, top, right, bottom)
+    bbox_text = page.within_bbox((100, 100, 400, 200)).extract_text()
+```
+
+#### 复杂表格的高级设置
+
+```python
+import pdfplumber
+
+with pdfplumber.open("complex_table.pdf") as pdf:
+    page = pdf.pages[0]
+    
+    # 自定义表格提取设置
+    table_settings = {
+        "vertical_strategy": "lines",
+        "horizontal_strategy": "lines",
+        "snap_tolerance": 3,
+        "intersection_tolerance": 15
+    }
+    tables = page.extract_tables(table_settings)
+    
+    # 可视化调试
+    img = page.to_image(resolution=150)
+    img.save("debug_layout.png")
+```
+
+### pypdfium2 - 快速渲染和文本提取
+
+```python
+import pypdfium2 as pdfium
+
+# 加载 PDF
+pdf = pdfium.PdfDocument("document.pdf")
+
+# 提取文本
+for i, page in enumerate(pdf):
+    text = page.get_text()
+    print(f"Page {i+1} text length: {len(text)} chars")
+```
+
+#### 将 PDF 页面渲染为图片
+
+```python
+import pypdfium2 as pdfium
+from PIL import Image
+
+pdf = pdfium.PdfDocument("document.pdf")
+
+# 渲染单页
+page = pdf[0]  # 第一页
+bitmap = page.render(
+    scale=2.0,  # 高分辨率
+    rotation=0  # 不旋转
+)
+
+# 转换为 PIL Image
+img = bitmap.to_pil()
+img.save("page_1.png", "PNG")
+
+# 处理多页
+for i, page in enumerate(pdf):
+    bitmap = page.render(scale=1.5)
+    img = bitmap.to_pil()
+    img.save(f"page_{i+1}.jpg", "JPEG", quality=90)
+```
+
+## 命令行工具
+
+### pdftotext (poppler-utils)
+
+> ⚠️ **性能优化**：始终输出到文件，避免占用 token
+
+```bash
+# ✅ 提取文本到文件
+pdftotext input.pdf output.txt
+
+# ✅ 保留布局提取到文件
+pdftotext -layout input.pdf output.txt
+
+# ✅ 提取特定页面到文件
+pdftotext -f 1 -l 5 input.pdf output.txt  # 第1-5页
+
+# ✅ 提取带坐标的文本到 XML 文件（用于结构化数据）
+pdftotext -bbox-layout document.pdf output.xml
+
+# ❌ 避免：不要省略输出文件名（会输出到 stdout）
+# pdftotext input.pdf
+```
+
+### 高级图片转换 (pdftoppm)
+
+```bash
+# 转换为 PNG，指定分辨率
+pdftoppm -png -r 300 document.pdf output_prefix
+
+# 转换特定页面范围，高分辨率
+pdftoppm -png -r 600 -f 1 -l 3 document.pdf high_res_pages
+
+# 转换为 JPEG，指定质量
+pdftoppm -jpeg -jpegopt quality=85 -r 200 document.pdf jpeg_output
+```
+
+### 提取嵌入图片 (pdfimages)
+
+```bash
+# 提取所有图片
+pdfimages -j input.pdf output_prefix
+
+# 列出图片信息（不提取）
+pdfimages -list document.pdf
+
+# 以原始格式提取
+pdfimages -all document.pdf images/img
+```
+
+## OCR 提取（扫描PDF）
+
+```python
+# 需要: pip install pytesseract pdf2image
+import pytesseract
+from pdf2image import convert_from_path
+
+# PDF 转图片
+images = convert_from_path('scanned.pdf')
+
+# OCR 每一页
+text = ""
+for i, image in enumerate(images):
+    text += f"Page {i+1}:\n"
+    text += pytesseract.image_to_string(image)
+    text += "\n\n"
+
+print(text)
+```
+
+## 处理加密 PDF
+
+```python
+from pypdf import PdfReader
+
+try:
+    reader = PdfReader("encrypted.pdf")
+    if reader.is_encrypted:
+        reader.decrypt("password")
+    
+    # 解密后可正常提取文本
+    for page in reader.pages:
+        text = page.extract_text()
+        print(text)
+except Exception as e:
+    print(f"Failed to decrypt: {e}")
+```
+
+```bash
+# 使用 qpdf 解密（需要知道密码）
+qpdf --password=mypassword --decrypt encrypted.pdf decrypted.pdf
+
+# 检查加密状态
+qpdf --show-encryption encrypted.pdf
+```
+
+## 批量处理
+
+```python
+import os
+import glob
+from pypdf import PdfReader
+import logging
+
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+def batch_extract_text(input_dir):
+    """批量提取文本"""
+    pdf_files = glob.glob(os.path.join(input_dir, "*.pdf"))
+    
+    for pdf_file in pdf_files:
+        try:
+            reader = PdfReader(pdf_file)
+            text = ""
+            for page in reader.pages:
+                text += page.extract_text()
+            
+            output_file = pdf_file.replace('.pdf', '.txt')
+            with open(output_file, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+                f.write(text)
+            logger.info(f"Extracted text from: {pdf_file}")
+            
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error(f"Failed to extract text from {pdf_file}: {e}")
+            continue
+```
+
+## 性能优化
+
+1. **文件输出优先**：始终将 pdftotext 输出保存到文件，然后用 grep/Read 检索，避免直接输出到终端占用大量 token
+2. **大型PDF**：使用流式方式逐页处理，避免一次性加载整个文件
+3. **文本提取**：`pdftotext` 最快；pdfplumber 适合结构化数据和表格
+4. **图片提取**：`pdfimages` 比渲染页面快得多
+5. **内存管理**：逐页或分块处理大文件
+
+## 快速参考
+
+| 任务 | 最佳工具 | 命令/代码 |
+|------|----------|-----------|
+| 提取文本 | pdfplumber | `page.extract_text()` |
+| 提取表格 | pdfplumber | `page.extract_tables()` |
+| 命令行提取 | pdftotext | `pdftotext -layout input.pdf` |
+| OCR 扫描PDF | pytesseract | 先转图片再OCR |
+| 提取元数据 | pypdf | `reader.metadata` |
+| PDF转图片 | pypdfium2 | `page.render()` |
+
+## 可用包
+
+- **pypdf** - 基本操作（BSD 许可）
+- **pdfplumber** - 文本和表格提取（MIT 许可）
+- **pypdfium2** - 快速渲染和提取（Apache/BSD 许可）
+- **pytesseract** - OCR（Apache 许可）
+- **pdf2image** - PDF转图片
+- **poppler-utils** - 命令行工具（GPL-2 许可）

package/template/.hermes/skills/kb-retriever/scripts/convert_pdf_to_images.py

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import os
+import sys
+
+from pdf2image import convert_from_path
+
+
+# Converts each page of a PDF to a PNG image.
+
+
+def convert(pdf_path, output_dir, max_dim=1000):
+    images = convert_from_path(pdf_path, dpi=200)
+
+    for i, image in enumerate(images):
+        # Scale image if needed to keep width/height under `max_dim`
+        width, height = image.size
+        if width > max_dim or height > max_dim:
+            scale_factor = min(max_dim / width, max_dim / height)
+            new_width = int(width * scale_factor)
+            new_height = int(height * scale_factor)
+            image = image.resize((new_width, new_height))
+        
+        image_path = os.path.join(output_dir, f"page_{i+1}.png")
+        image.save(image_path)
+        print(f"Saved page {i+1} as {image_path} (size: {image.size})")
+
+    print(f"Converted {len(images)} pages to PNG images")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    if len(sys.argv) != 3:
+        print("Usage: convert_pdf_to_images.py [input pdf] [output directory]")
+        sys.exit(1)
+    pdf_path = sys.argv[1]
+    output_directory = sys.argv[2]
+    convert(pdf_path, output_directory)

package/template/.hermes/skills/prototype/LOGIC.md

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+# Logic Prototype
+
+A tiny interactive terminal app that lets the user drive a state model by hand. Use this when the question is about **business logic, state transitions, or data shape** — the kind of thing that looks reasonable on paper but only feels wrong once you push it through real cases.
+
+## When this is the right shape
+
+- "I'm not sure if this state machine handles the edge case where X then Y."
+- "Does this data model actually let me represent the case where..."
+- "I want to feel out what the API should look like before writing it."
+- Anything where the user wants to **press buttons and watch state change**.
+
+If the question is "what should this look like" — wrong branch. Use [UI.md](UI.md).
+
+## Process
+
+### 1. State the question
+
+Before writing code, write down what state model and what question you're prototyping. One paragraph, in the prototype's README or a comment at the top of the file. A logic prototype that answers the wrong question is pure waste — make the question explicit so it can be checked later, whether the user is watching now or returning to it AFK.
+
+### 2. Pick the language
+
+Use whatever the host project uses. If the project has no obvious runtime (e.g. a docs repo), ask.
+
+Match the project's existing conventions for tooling — don't add a new package manager or runtime just for the prototype.
+
+### 3. Isolate the logic in a portable module
+
+Put the actual logic — the bit that's answering the question — behind a small, pure interface that could be lifted out and dropped into the real codebase later. The TUI around it is throwaway; the logic module shouldn't be.
+
+The right shape depends on the question:
+
+- **A pure reducer** — `(state, action) => state`. Good when actions are discrete events and state is a single value.
+- **A state machine** — explicit states and transitions. Good when "which actions are even legal right now" is part of the question.
+- **A small set of pure functions** over a plain data type. Good when there's no implicit current state — just transformations.
+- **A class or module with a clear method surface** when the logic genuinely owns ongoing internal state.
+
+Pick whichever shape best fits the question being asked, *not* whichever is easiest to wire to a TUI. Keep it pure: no I/O, no terminal code, no `console.log` for control flow. The TUI imports it and calls into it; nothing flows the other direction.
+
+This is what makes the prototype useful past its own lifetime. When the question's been answered, the validated reducer / machine / function set can be lifted into the real module — the TUI shell gets deleted.
+
+### 4. Build the smallest TUI that exposes the state
+
+Build it as a **lightweight TUI** — on every tick, clear the screen (`console.clear()` / `print("\033[2J\033[H")` / equivalent) and re-render the whole frame. The user should always see one stable view, not an ever-growing scrollback.
+
+Each frame has two parts, in this order:
+
+1. **Current state**, pretty-printed and diff-friendly (one field per line, or formatted JSON). Use **bold** for field names or section headers and **dim** for less important context (timestamps, IDs, derived values). Native ANSI escape codes are fine — `\x1b[1m` bold, `\x1b[2m` dim, `\x1b[0m` reset. No need to pull in a styling library unless one is already in the project.
+2. **Keyboard shortcuts**, listed at the bottom: `[a] add user  [d] delete user  [t] tick clock  [q] quit`. Bold the key, dim the description, or vice-versa — whatever reads cleanly.
+
+Behaviour:
+
+1. **Initialise state** — a single in-memory object/struct. Render the first frame on start.
+2. **Read one keystroke (or one line)** at a time, dispatch to a handler that mutates state.
+3. **Re-render** the full frame after every action — don't append, replace.
+4. **Loop until quit.**
+
+The whole frame should fit on one screen.
+
+### 5. Make it runnable in one command
+
+Add a script to the project's existing task runner (`package.json` scripts, `Makefile`, `justfile`, `pyproject.toml`). The user should run `pnpm run <prototype-name>` or equivalent — never need to remember a path.
+
+If the host project has no task runner, just put the command at the top of the prototype's README.
+
+### 6. Hand it over
+
+Give the user the run command. They'll drive it themselves; the interesting moments are when they say "wait, that shouldn't be possible" or "huh, I assumed X would be different" — those are the bugs in the _idea_, which is the whole point. If they want new actions added, add them. Prototypes evolve.
+
+### 7. Capture the answer
+
+When the prototype has done its job, the answer to the question is the only thing worth keeping. If the user is around, ask what it taught them. If not, leave a `NOTES.md` next to the prototype so the answer can be filled in (or filled in by you, if you've watched the session) before the prototype gets deleted.
+
+## Anti-patterns
+
+- **Don't add tests.** A prototype that needs tests is no longer a prototype.
+- **Don't wire it to the real database.** Use an in-memory store unless the question is specifically about persistence.
+- **Don't generalise.** No "what if we wanted to support X later." The prototype answers one question.
+- **Don't blur the logic and the TUI together.** If the reducer / state machine references `console.log`, prompts, or terminal escape codes, it's no longer portable. Keep the TUI as a thin shell over a pure module.
+- **Don't ship the TUI shell into production.** The shell is optimised for being driven by hand from a terminal. The logic module behind it is the bit worth keeping.

package/template/.hermes/skills/prototype/SKILL.md

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+---
+name: prototype
+description: Build a throwaway prototype to answer a design question. Use when the user wants to sanity-check whether a state model or logic feels right, or explore what a UI should look like.
+---
+
+# Prototype
+
+A prototype is **throwaway code that answers a question**. The question decides the shape.
+
+## Pick a branch
+
+Identify which question is being answered — from the user's prompt, the surrounding code, or by asking if the user is around:
+
+- **"Does this logic / state model feel right?"** → [LOGIC.md](LOGIC.md). Build a tiny interactive terminal app that pushes the state machine through cases that are hard to reason about on paper.
+- **"What should this look like?"** → [UI.md](UI.md). Generate several radically different UI variations on a single route, switchable via a URL search param and a floating bottom bar.
+
+The two branches produce very different artifacts — getting this wrong wastes the whole prototype. If the question is genuinely ambiguous and the user isn't reachable, default to whichever branch better matches the surrounding code (a backend module → logic; a page or component → UI) and state the assumption at the top of the prototype.
+
+## Rules that apply to both
+
+1. **Throwaway from day one, and clearly marked as such.** Locate the prototype code close to where it will actually be used (next to the module or page it's prototyping for) so context is obvious — but name it so a casual reader can see it's a prototype, not production. For throwaway UI routes, obey whatever routing convention the project already uses; don't invent a new top-level structure.
+2. **One command to run.** Whatever the project's existing task runner supports — `pnpm <name>`, `python <path>`, `bun <path>`, etc. The user must be able to start it without thinking.
+3. **No persistence by default.** State lives in memory. Persistence is the thing the prototype is _checking_, not something it should depend on. If the question explicitly involves a database, hit a scratch DB or a local file with a clear "PROTOTYPE — wipe me" name.
+4. **Skip the polish.** No tests, no error handling beyond what makes the prototype _runnable_, no abstractions. The point is to learn something fast and then delete it.
+5. **Surface the state.** After every action (logic) or on every variant switch (UI), print or render the full relevant state so the user can see what changed.
+6. **Delete or absorb when done.** When the prototype has answered its question, either delete it or fold the validated decision into the real code — don't leave it rotting in the repo.
+
+## When done
+
+The _answer_ is the only thing worth keeping from a prototype. Capture it somewhere durable (commit message, ADR, issue, or a `NOTES.md` next to the prototype) along with the question it was answering. If the user is around, that capture is a quick conversation; if not, leave the placeholder so they (or you, on the next pass) can fill in the verdict before deleting the prototype.

package/template/.hermes/skills/prototype/UI.md

@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+# UI Prototype
+
+Generate **several radically different UI variations** on a single route, switchable from a floating bottom bar. The user flips between variants in the browser, picks one (or steals bits from each), then throws the rest away.
+
+If the question is about logic/state rather than what something looks like — wrong branch. Use [LOGIC.md](LOGIC.md).
+
+## When this is the right shape
+
+- "What should this page look like?"
+- "I want to see a few options for this dashboard before committing."
+- "Try a different layout for the settings screen."
+- Any time the user would otherwise spend a day picking between three vague mockups in their head.
+
+## Two sub-shapes — strongly prefer sub-shape A
+
+A UI prototype is much easier to judge when it's **butting up against the rest of the app** — real header, real sidebar, real data, real density. A throwaway route on its own is a vacuum: every variant looks fine in isolation. Default to sub-shape A whenever there's a plausible existing page to host the variants. Only reach for sub-shape B if the prototype genuinely has no nearby home.
+
+### Sub-shape A — adjustment to an existing page (preferred)
+
+The route already exists. Variants are rendered **on the same route**, gated by a `?variant=` URL search param. The existing data fetching, params, and auth all stay — only the rendering swaps. This is the default; pick it unless there's a specific reason not to.
+
+If the prototype is for something that doesn't yet have a page but *would naturally live inside one* (a new section of the dashboard, a new card on the settings screen, a new step in an existing flow) — that's still sub-shape A. Mount the variants inside the host page.
+
+### Sub-shape B — a new page (last resort)
+
+Only use this when the thing being prototyped genuinely has no existing page to live inside — e.g. an entirely new top-level surface, or a flow that can't be embedded anywhere sensible.
+
+Create a **throwaway route** following whatever routing convention the project already uses — don't invent a new top-level structure. Name it so it's obviously a prototype (e.g. include the word `prototype` in the path or filename). Same `?variant=` pattern.
+
+Before committing to sub-shape B, sanity-check: is there really no existing page this could be embedded in? An empty route hides design problems that a populated one would expose.
+
+In both sub-shapes the floating bottom bar is identical.
+
+## Process
+
+### 1. State the question and pick N
+
+Default to **3 variants**. More than 5 stops being radically different and starts being noise — cap there.
+
+Write down the plan in one line, in the prototype's location or a top-of-file comment:
+
+> "Three variants of the settings page, switchable via `?variant=`, on the existing `/settings` route."
+
+This works whether the user is here to push back or not.
+
+### 2. Generate radically different variants
+
+Draft each variant. Hold each one to:
+
+- The page's purpose and the data it has access to.
+- The project's component library / styling system (TailwindCSS, shadcn, MUI, plain CSS, whatever).
+- A clear exported component name, e.g. `VariantA`, `VariantB`, `VariantC`.
+
+Variants must be **structurally different** — different layout, different information hierarchy, different primary affordance, not just different colours. Three slightly-tweaked card grids isn't a UI prototype, it's wallpaper. If two drafts come out too similar, redo one with explicit "do not use a card grid" guidance.
+
+### 3. Wire them together
+
+Create a single switcher component on the route:
+
+```tsx
+// pseudo-code — adapt to the project's framework
+const variant = searchParams.get('variant') ?? 'A';
+return (
+  <>
+    {variant === 'A' && <VariantA {...data} />}
+    {variant === 'B' && <VariantB {...data} />}
+    {variant === 'C' && <VariantC {...data} />}
+    <PrototypeSwitcher variants={['A','B','C']} current={variant} />
+  </>
+);
+```
+
+For sub-shape A (existing page): keep all the existing data fetching above the switcher; only the rendered subtree changes per variant.
+
+For sub-shape B (new page): the throwaway route under `/prototype/<name>` mounts the same switcher.
+
+### 4. Build the floating switcher
+
+A small fixed-position bar at the bottom-centre of the screen with three pieces:
+
+- **Left arrow** — cycles to the previous variant (wraps around).
+- **Variant label** — shows the current variant key and, if the variant exports a name, that name too. e.g. `B — Sidebar layout`.
+- **Right arrow** — cycles forward (wraps around).
+
+Behaviour:
+
+- Clicking an arrow updates the URL search param (use the framework's router — `router.replace` on Next, `navigate` on React Router, etc) so the variant is shareable and reload-stable.
+- Keyboard: `←` and `→` arrow keys also cycle. Don't intercept arrow keys when an `<input>`, `<textarea>`, or `[contenteditable]` is focused.
+- Visually distinct from the page (e.g. high-contrast pill, subtle shadow) so it's obviously not part of the design being evaluated.
+- Hidden in production builds — gate on `process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production'` or an equivalent check, so a stray prototype merge can't ship the bar to users.
+
+Put the switcher in a single shared component so both sub-shapes can reuse it. Locate it wherever shared UI lives in the project.
+
+### 5. Hand it over
+
+Surface the URL (and the `?variant=` keys). The user will flip through whenever they get to it. The interesting feedback is usually **"I want the header from B with the sidebar from C"** — that's the actual design they want.
+
+### 6. Capture the answer and clean up
+
+Once a variant has won, write down which one and why (commit message, ADR, issue, or a `NOTES.md` next to the prototype if running AFK and the user hasn't responded yet). Then:
+
+- **Sub-shape A** — delete the losing variants and the switcher; fold the winner into the existing page.
+- **Sub-shape B** — promote the winning variant to a real route, delete the throwaway route and the switcher.
+
+Don't leave variant components or the switcher lying around. They rot fast and confuse the next reader.
+
+## Anti-patterns
+
+- **Variants that differ only in colour or copy.** That's a tweak, not a prototype. Real variants disagree about structure.
+- **Sharing too much code between variants.** A shared `<Header>` is fine; a shared `<Layout>` defeats the point. Each variant should be free to throw out the layout.
+- **Wiring variants to real mutations.** Read-only prototypes are fine. If a variant needs to mutate, point it at a stub — the question is "what should this look like", not "does the backend work".
+- **Promoting the prototype directly to production.** The variant code was written under prototype constraints (no tests, minimal error handling). Rewrite it properly when you fold it in.

package/template/.hermes/skills/research/SKILL.md

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+name: research
+description: Investigate a question against high-trust primary sources and capture the findings as a Markdown file in the repo. Use when the user wants a topic researched, docs or API facts gathered, or reading legwork delegated to a background agent.
+---
+
+Spin up a **background agent** to do the research, so you keep working while it reads.
+
+Its job:
+
+1. Investigate the question against **primary sources** — official docs, source code, specs, first-party APIs — not a secondary write-up of them. Follow every claim back to the source that owns it.
+2. Write the findings to a single Markdown file, citing each claim's source.
+3. Save it where the repo already keeps such notes; match the existing convention, and if there is none, put it somewhere sensible and say where.

package/template/.hermes/skills/resolving-merge-conflicts/SKILL.md

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+name: resolving-merge-conflicts
+description: "Use when you need to resolve an in-progress git merge/rebase conflict."
+---
+
+1. **See the current state** of the merge/rebase. Check git history, and the conflicting files.
+
+2. **Find the primary sources** for each conflict. Understand deeply why each change was made, and what the original intent was. Read the commit messages, check the PRs, check original issues/tickets.
+
+3. **Resolve each hunk.** Preserve both intents where possible. Where incompatible, pick the one matching the merge's stated goal and note the trade-off. Do **not** invent new behaviour. Always resolve; never `--abort`.
+
+4. Discover the project's **automated checks** and run them — typically typecheck, then tests, then format. Fix anything the merge broke.
+
+5. **Finish the merge/rebase.** Stage everything and commit. If rebasing, continue the rebase process until all commits are rebased.