feat(demos): Hermes skinned TUI VHS recordings

Author: greynewell

demos/demo.gif

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+# shellcheck source=../sanitize-recording-env.sh
+source "$SCRIPT_DIR/../sanitize-recording-env.sh"
+
+PROFILE="${DEMO_PROFILE:-}"
+if [[ -z "$PROFILE" ]] && [[ -f distribution.yaml ]]; then
+  PROFILE="$(grep -E '^name:' distribution.yaml | head -1 | sed 's/^name:[[:space:]]*//;s/"//g')"
+fi
+PROFILE="${PROFILE:-$(basename "$REPO_ROOT")}"
+
+CLEAN="$REPO_ROOT/demos/vhs/staging/clean-repo"
+rm -rf "$CLEAN"
+mkdir -p "$CLEAN"
+rsync -a \
+  --exclude .venv \
+  --exclude .git \
+  --exclude 'demos/vhs/staging' \
+  --exclude eval/runs \
+  --exclude 'demos/vhs/out' \
+  "$REPO_ROOT/" "$CLEAN/"
+
+echo "Installing Hermes profile: $PROFILE"
+hermes profile install "$CLEAN" --name "$PROFILE" --force -y
+echo "Profile ready: hermes -p $PROFILE chat"

demos/vhs/bin/bootstrap-demo-profile.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+# shellcheck source=../sanitize-recording-env.sh
+source "$SCRIPT_DIR/../sanitize-recording-env.sh"
+
+PROFILE="${DEMO_PROFILE:-}"
+if [[ -z "$PROFILE" ]] && [[ -f distribution.yaml ]]; then
+  PROFILE="$(grep -E '^name:' distribution.yaml | head -1 | sed 's/^name:[[:space:]]*//;s/"//g')"
+fi
+PROFILE="${PROFILE:-$(basename "$REPO_ROOT")}"
+
+command -v expect >/dev/null || { echo "expect required" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+export TERM=xterm-256color
+stty cols 120 rows 36 2>/dev/null || true
+
+export HOME HERMES_HOME PROFILE
+expect <<'EXPECT_EOF'
+set timeout 25
+set profile $env(PROFILE)
+log_user 1
+spawn env HOME=$env(HOME) HERMES_HOME=$env(HERMES_HOME) TERM=xterm-256color HERMES_TUI_FAST_ECHO=0 hermes -p $profile chat
+sleep 4
+send "/help\r"
+sleep 3
+send "/skin\r"
+sleep 2
+send "\x03"
+expect eof
+EXPECT_EOF

demos/vhs/bin/hermes-tui-skin-demo.sh

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 Output demos/demo.gif
 Set Shell "bash"
-Set FontSize 20
+Set FontSize 16
 Set Width 1280
 Set Height 720
-Set Theme "Catppuccin Mocha"
-Set TypingSpeed 50ms
-
-Type "# ContextForge RAG · production retrieval" Enter
-Sleep 600ms
+Set Theme "Builtin Dark"
+Set TypingSpeed 55ms
 
 Hide
 Type "source demos/vhs/sanitize-recording-env.sh" Enter
-Sleep 300ms
-Type "python3 scripts/validate_profile.py ." Enter
-Sleep 5s
-Type "head -16 SOUL.md" Enter
-Sleep 5s
-Type "ls skills | head -10" Enter
-Sleep 4s
+Type "bash demos/vhs/bin/bootstrap-demo-profile.sh" Enter
+Sleep 8s
 Show
 
-Type "hermes profile install github.com/codegraphtheory/context-forge-rag --name context-forge-rag --yes" Enter
-Sleep 4s
-Type "# RAG architecture · eval gates · observability" Enter
-Sleep 3s
+Type "# Skinned Hermes TUI (/help + profile skin)" Enter
+Sleep 800ms
+
+Hide
+Type "source demos/vhs/sanitize-recording-env.sh" Enter
+Sleep 200ms
+Type "bash demos/vhs/bin/hermes-tui-skin-demo.sh" Enter
+Sleep 22s
+Show

demos/vhs/demo-30s.tape

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 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # Public-safe shell identity for VHS terminal recordings.
-# Sources demos/vhs/env.sh after setting HOME/USER (real repo paths stay on disk).
 set -euo pipefail
 _VHS_SANITIZE_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 _REPO_ROOT="$(cd "$_VHS_SANITIZE_DIR/../.." && pwd)"
@@ -10,15 +9,23 @@ export HOME="$_REPO_ROOT/demos/vhs/staging/home/graphtheory"
 export USER=graphtheory
 export LOGNAME=graphtheory
 export HOSTNAME=cyber
+export HERMES_HOME="$HOME/.hermes"
+export HERMES_TUI_FAST_ECHO=0
+unset HERMES_TUI_THEME
+unset VSCODE_IPC_HOOK_CLI
+unset TERM_PROGRAM
 
-mkdir -p "$HOME/users/graphtheory/projects"
+mkdir -p "$HERMES_HOME" "$HOME/users/graphtheory/projects"
 _WORKSPACE="$HOME/users/graphtheory/projects/$(basename "$_REPO_ROOT")"
 ln -sfn "$_REPO_ROOT" "$_WORKSPACE"
 
 export PS1='graphtheory@cyber:~/users/graphtheory/projects/'"$(basename "$_REPO_ROOT")"'$ '
 export PROMPT_COMMAND=
-
 cd "$_WORKSPACE"
 
-# shellcheck source=env.sh
-source "$_VHS_SANITIZE_DIR/env.sh"
+if [[ -f "$_VHS_SANITIZE_DIR/env.sh" ]]; then
+  # shellcheck source=env.sh
+  source "$_VHS_SANITIZE_DIR/env.sh"
+else
+  export REPO_ROOT="$_REPO_ROOT"
+fi