If you are an open-source maintainer, developer advocate, or builder, you know the cycle: you build an amazing tool, but writing the launch blog post, documentation, or tutorial takes hours.
For the Hermes Agent Challenge, I wanted to build something that solves this exact problem. I built ** devto-blogger**, a custom, prompt-driven skill for the brand new
It autonomously scans any workspace or codebase, analyzes the architecture, and drafts a fully-structured, rich Markdown technical article ready for publication on DEV.
Hermes Agent is an open-source agentic system built by Nous Research (the lab behind the famous Hermes LLM models). Unlike basic coding copilots or simple chatbot wrappers, Hermes is:
devto-blogger
Skill
In Hermes Agent, a "skill" is defined by a simple, declarative Markdown file (SKILL.md
) located in the ~/.hermes/skills/
directory. By utilizing a prompt-driven skill structure, we can guide the agent's behavior globally without writing complex Python orchestration scripts.
Here is the custom skill I designed and installed for this challenge:
---
name: devto-blogger
description: "Scan the codebase and generate a comprehensive Dev.to technical blog post draft."
version: 1.0.0
author: Hermes Agent Developer
license: MIT
platforms: [linux, macos, windows]
metadata:
hermes:
tags: [devto, blogging, documentation, markdown, technical-writing]
related_skills: [plan, design-md]
---
Use this skill when you need to write an in-depth technical post, review, or tutorial about the active workspace or codebase.
## Core Behavior
1. **Codebase Inspection**: Scan repository structure, configuration, and dependencies.
2. **Drafting Strategy**: Write a high-quality technical article suitable for DEV.
3. **Content Structure**: Outline introduction, the problem, technical walkthrough, and implementation code snippets.
4. **Output File**: Save the draft under `drafts/devto-submission.md`.
When I run Hermes in my workspace and instruct it to write a post:
hermes -z "Generate a blog post about our new project"
devto-blogger
skill signature.package.json
, requirements.txt
, or config files)./drafts
folder.Writing documentation and developer outreach content is often the most neglected part of software development. By leveraging Hermes Agent:
To install Hermes Agent and configure your own custom skills:
curl -fsSL https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.sh | bash
hermes setup
Place the SKILL.md
template above in ~/.hermes/skills/creative/devto-blogger/SKILL.md
and start automating your developer outreach!
Built with love using Hermes Agent during the 2026 Hermes Agent Challenge.