Summary

This PR refreshes the Hermes optimization guide for the April 30 v0.12.0 state, replacing stale post-v0.10 framing with current Curator, TUI, plugin, dashboard, gateway, security, sandbox, and model-routing guidance. It adds a new Part 22 for the latest high-leverage workflows and updates the README, model cheat sheets, templates, benchmarks, ecosystem links, quickstart/reference docs, outreach docs, and changelog. It also removes obsolete placeholder/fluff such as the example.com disclosure link and stale MCP catalog URLs. Follow-up review fixes align the config wizard with Linear remote MCP, make Part 4's 18+ platform coverage consistent, correct provider/model identifiers, restore count/layout references, and align Google/OpenAI LightRAG + MCP package requirements across quickstart and config templates.

Type

• Docs / content update
• New skill (skills/)
• New config template (templates/config/)
• Benchmark addition
• Ecosystem entry
• Infra template (compose / caddy / systemd / script)
• Fix / typo / link

Checklist

• Cross-links are relative (./partN-foo.md) and resolve
• No secrets in any example — ${VAR} placeholders only
• Dates / prices / PR numbers are current (or marked with the date)
• For skills: security notes included; trust: / bypass_subagents posture documented
• For templates: every non-obvious field is commented
• CHANGELOG.md updated if user-facing

Screenshots / diffs (optional)

Local checks run:

• python3 .github/scripts/validate_skills.py
• yamllint -c .github/yamllint.yml templates/ benchmarks/ skills/
• markdown-link-check over changed markdown files
• git diff --check

Note: Prettier remains advisory/non-blocking and reports pre-existing style drift across many markdown files.

Link to Devin session: https://app.devin.ai/sessions/d600c4abbb09414abe9bb0a0802421d0
Requested by: @OnlyTerp