Hermes Tweet

Uses Xquik from Hermes Agent for X research, monitoring, and approval-gated actions. Not affiliated with X Corp. Use when the user requests X data or an approved X action. Trigger with "search X", "monitor X", "post tweet", or "X trends".

Overview

Hermes Tweet solves X research and automation tasks without direct HTTP fallbacks or guessed endpoints. It discovers catalog-listed Xquik routes, performs authenticated reads, and keeps write-like or private operations behind an explicit environment gate and user approval.

Use the skill for read-first workflows. Enable action tooling only for a named operation whose endpoint, payload, account, and side effects the user approves.

When to Use

Use this skill for Hermes Agent sessions that need X/Twitter data or controlled X actions through the Hermes Tweet plugin.

Use this skill especially for social listening, launch monitoring, support triage, creator research, brand research, giveaway audits, community audits, and controlled publishing workflows.

Use tweet_explore first when the user asks for a capability, endpoint, route, or Xquik API surface. Use tweet_read only after a read-only endpoint is known. Use tweet_action only after the user requests a write, private read, monitor, webhook, extraction job, giveaway draw, or media operation that requires action permissions.

Prerequisites

• Install and enable the plugin with hermes plugins install Xquik-dev/hermes-tweet --enable.
• Configure XQUIK_API_KEY on the Hermes runtime host for authenticated reads. tweet_explore remains available without the key or network access.
• Leave HERMES_TWEET_ENABLE_ACTIONS unset or false unless the workflow needs an approved write-like or private operation.
• For project-local plugins, set HERMES_ENABLE_PROJECT_PLUGINS=true only in a trusted repository.
• Restart a gateway after environment changes and start a new session. Active CLI sessions can use /reload.

Permissions and Capabilities

• Use tweet_explore, tweet_read, and tweet_action only through the enabled Hermes Tweet toolset.
• Network access is limited to catalog-listed Xquik API routes reached by those tools. Do not create direct HTTP fallbacks.
• Shell access is not part of normal operation. Use Hermes CLI commands only for the install and registry checks listed in Testing.
• Local file access is not part of normal operation. Do not write reports, credentials, logs, screenshots, or cached API payloads unless the user asks for an explicit export workflow.
• Environment access is limited to configuration presence checks for XQUIK_API_KEY, HERMES_TWEET_ENABLE_ACTIONS, and HERMES_ENABLE_PROJECT_PLUGINS. Never request or echo their values.
• MCP access is not required.

Instructions

1. Confirm the plugin is enabled with hermes plugins list and confirm tool registration with hermes tools list.
2. Use tweet_explore to find the catalog endpoint and method.
3. Use tweet_read for public read-only endpoints after the API key is configured.
4. Before tweet_action, state the exact endpoint, payload, account, reason, and expected side effects, then get explicit approval.
5. Verify the tool response. Report policy, authentication, validation, or account errors without retrying through alternate routes.

Decision Rules

• IF the task is endpoint discovery, THEN call tweet_explore with a short query.
• IF the endpoint method is GET and the catalog does not mark it as an action, THEN call tweet_read.
• IF the endpoint method is not GET, or the route touches private account state, THEN call tweet_action only when actions are enabled and the user has approved the operation.
• IF tweet_action is unavailable or disabled, THEN explain that action tools are intentionally gated by HERMES_TWEET_ENABLE_ACTIONS=true.
• IF XQUIK_API_KEY is missing, THEN ask the user to set it in the Hermes runtime environment without requesting the key value in chat.
• IF Hermes lists the plugin as not enabled, THEN tell the user to run hermes plugins enable hermes-tweet or reinstall with --enable.
• IF the plugin is installed as a project-local .hermes/plugins/ copy, THEN remind the user that Hermes requires HERMES_ENABLE_PROJECT_PLUGINS=true for trusted repositories.
• IF the task is unattended, scheduled, gateway-driven, or cron-driven, THEN prefer tweet_read and keep tweet_action disabled unless the workflow has a clear approval step.
• IF the user is in Hermes Desktop with a remote gateway profile, THEN remind them that Hermes Tweet must be installed, enabled, and configured on the remote Hermes host where plugin tools execute.
• IF the user uses the Hermes dashboard for gateway administration or credentials, THEN keep Hermes Tweet secrets in the runtime environment and do not ask for key values in chat.

Safety

• Never ask for or reveal API keys, signing keys, passwords, cookies, or TOTP secrets.
• Never pass credentials in tool arguments.
• Use only catalog-listed /api/v1/... endpoints.
• Copied endpoint URLs are accepted only when they resolve to catalog-listed paths.
• Do not use account connection, re-authentication, API key, billing, credit top-up, or support-ticket endpoints.
• For posting, deleting, following, DMs, profile changes, monitors, webhooks, extraction jobs, and draws, summarize the action before calling tweet_action.

Known Risks and Mitigations

• Risk: A broad X/Twitter request may map to a write-capable route. Mitigation: Start with tweet_explore, prefer tweet_read, and require a user-approved endpoint plus payload before tweet_action.
• Risk: Secrets may be pasted into chat or examples. Mitigation: Ask only for environment configuration, never for key values, and never put credentials in tool arguments.
• Risk: Endpoint guessing may bypass catalog review. Mitigation: Accept only catalog-listed /api/v1/... paths and reject direct HTTP fallbacks.
• Risk: Automated X/Twitter actions can affect real accounts. Mitigation: Keep HERMES_TWEET_ENABLE_ACTIONS=false by default and summarize side effects before any account-changing call.

Output

• Output type: endpoint selection, API-result summaries, action previews, and troubleshooting guidance.
• Output format: concise Markdown for humans and JSON-like tool payloads for Hermes Tweet calls.
• Side effects: tweet_explore has no external side effects, tweet_read performs authenticated reads, and tweet_action may change account or workflow state only after explicit approval.

Error Handling

Use the narrowest recovery step that preserves the read-first and action-gated contract:

• Missing tool: confirm the plugin is enabled, then run hermes tools list.
• Missing API key: configure XQUIK_API_KEY on the runtime host without pasting its value into chat, then run /reload in an active CLI session or run hermes gateway restart and start a new gateway session.
• Unknown endpoint: call tweet_explore again. Never guess paths or create a direct HTTP fallback.
• Disabled action: keep the action blocked unless the user requested it and HERMES_TWEET_ENABLE_ACTIONS=true is intentionally configured.
• Policy, authentication, validation, or account error: return the sanitized failure and corrective step. Do not retry through another route.
• Missing slash command: verify it in an active Hermes session or plugin registry test rather than treating prompt text as registration proof.
• Secret in input: stop and ask the user to rotate it before continuing.

Examples

Example: Search tweets

json

{"query":"tweet search","method":"GET"}

Then call:

json

{"path":"/api/v1/x/tweets/search","query":{"q":"AI agents","limit":25}}

Example: Inspect trends

Run /xtrends in an active Hermes session. Use tweet_explore when the task needs a catalog endpoint or structured response instead of the slash command.

Example: Post a tweet

json

{"query":"post tweet","include_actions":true}

Then call tweet_action with:

json

{"path":"/api/v1/x/tweets","method":"POST","body":{"account":"@example","text":"Hello from Hermes Tweet"},"reason":"Post the user-approved tweet."}

Testing

After installing or upgrading the plugin in Hermes Agent:

1. Run hermes plugins enable hermes-tweet unless the install used --enable.
2. Run hermes plugins list and confirm the plugin is enabled.
3. Run hermes tools list and confirm the hermes-tweet toolset is enabled.
4. Confirm tweet_explore is available without XQUIK_API_KEY.
5. Confirm tweet_read appears only when XQUIK_API_KEY is configured.
6. Confirm tweet_action stays hidden or disabled unless HERMES_TWEET_ENABLE_ACTIONS=true.

Useful CLI checks:

bash

hermes plugins enable hermes-tweet
hermes tools list

Release Trust Gate

Before presenting this skill as NVIDIA-verified or ready for broad enterprise deployment:

1. Run SkillSpector against the complete skill directory and resolve critical or high findings.
2. Complete skill-card.md with owner, license, use case, deployment geography, risks, references, output shape, and release version.
3. Include Tier-3 eval data and BENCHMARK.md for the reviewed release.
4. Sign the exact reviewed skill directory and publish skill.oms.sig.
5. Verify the published directory with the expected certificate chain.

Do not claim NVIDIA verification when those release artifacts are absent.

Resources

• Endpoint and approval contract
• Skill card
• Hermes Tweet repository
• Hermes Agent plugin guide
• Xquik Hermes Tweet guide