[codex] Add built-in Hermes adapters (#8543)

## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work.
> - Agent adapters are the boundary between the control plane and the
runtimes that actually do work.
> - Hermes support needs to be available as first-class local and
gateway adapters while still preserving the adapter-manager override
path for external packages.
> - The adapter work touches runtime execution, UI adapter metadata,
onboarding prompts, scoped credentials, release packaging, and smoke
coverage, so the handoff needs concrete verification rather than only
unit tests.
> - This pull request adds built-in Hermes local and Hermes gateway
support, keeps external adapter overrides compatible, and
documents/tests the gateway flow end to end.
> - The benefit is that operators can hire Hermes-backed agents without
a manual plugin install, while self-hosted installs can still
override/shadow the built-ins through Adapter manager packages.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

No public GitHub issue exists for this exact Hermes built-in adapter,
gateway onboarding, and release-source work.

Problem description:
- Hermes local and gateway adapters need a public, reviewable source
path in the monorepo so package artifacts and built-in adapter behavior
match the application source.
- Operators need built-in `hermes_local` and `hermes_gateway` adapter
choices without losing the ability to install external Hermes packages
as overrides.
- Gateway onboarding needs secure defaults for API server URLs, API
keys, and generated agent setup text.
- Hermes-originated task bridge credentials need narrower API-key scope
configuration.
- Related public PRs found during duplicate search include #3027, #2363,
#7544, #7950, #8095, and #8543.

## What Changed

- Added the unified Hermes adapter package with local and gateway
server/UI/CLI exports, config schemas, transcript parsing, model
detection, and package metadata.
- Registered `hermes_local` and `hermes_gateway` as built-in adapters
across shared constants, server registries, CLI packaging, and UI
adapter registries.
- Kept the external adapter override path compatible so installed Hermes
packages can shadow built-ins and restore the built-in parser when
disabled.
- Added Hermes gateway onboarding docs, board-operator docs, Docker
smoke assets, and shell smoke harnesses for join/e2e validation.
- Added scoped task-bridge API-key support, authorization checks,
issue-origin handling, and tests for Hermes-created Paperclip tasks.
- Hardened gateway transport and redaction behavior for API keys,
headers, session data, and smoke diagnostics.
- Updated release packaging/bootstrap checks for the Hermes packages
while leaving `pnpm-lock.yaml` out of the PR per repository policy.

## Verification

Targeted local verification recorded before PR handoff:
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/hermes-paperclip-adapter exec vitest run
src/gateway/server/execute.test.ts` — 14/14 passed.
- `pnpm test:hermes-gateway-smoke` — 6/6 passed.
- Hermes package typecheck/build checks passed.
- Focused server/UI adapter tests passed — 31/31.
- Release helper Node tests passed — 18/18.
- `git diff --check origin/master..HEAD` passed.

Fresh Docker E2E smoke evidence:
- Ran `pnpm smoke:hermes-gateway-e2e` on 2026-06-26 with a fresh state
directory and fresh Docker container against a live Paperclip dev
server.
- Hermes direct execution reached `completed`.
- Hermes stop/cancel path reached `cancelled`.
- Hermes gateway created a Paperclip task, Paperclip ran the Hermes
agent, and the task reached `done` with the expected marker response.
- Temporary board auth keys, token files, smoke state, and Docker
containers were cleaned up after the run.

PR checks on head `b5eae40ce`:
- GitHub Actions passed: `policy`, `review`, `Typecheck + Release
Registry`, all general test shards, all serialized server shards,
`Build`, `Canary Dry Run`, `e2e`, and aggregate `verify`.
- External checks passed: Snyk and Socket Project Report.
- External Socket Pull Request Alerts remained pending after the
first-party CI matrix completed.

## Risks

- Medium risk: this spans adapter registration, package publishing,
gateway execution, onboarding docs, API-key scoping, and UI adapter
metadata.
- Migration risk is low: the scope-config migration adds a nullable
column and does not rewrite existing keys.
- Gateway execution depends on operator-provided Hermes API
configuration; the smoke covers the Docker gateway path but real
deployments may differ by network/auth setup.
- Direct Greptile review on the latest expanded diff is file-count
limited, although the commitperclip review gate passed.

> For core feature work, check [`ROADMAP.md`](ROADMAP.md) first and
discuss it in `#dev` before opening the PR. Feature PRs that overlap
with planned core work may need to be redirected — check the roadmap
first. See `CONTRIBUTING.md`.

## Model Used

OpenAI Codex, GPT-5 coding agent, tool use enabled in a local repository
workspace. Context window size is not exposed in this environment.

## Checklist

- [x] I have included a thinking path that traces from project context
to this change
- [x] I have specified the model used (with version and capability
details)
- [x] I have checked ROADMAP.md and confirmed this PR does not duplicate
planned core work
- [x] I have searched GitHub for duplicate or related PRs and linked
them above
- [x] I have either (a) linked existing issues with `Fixes: #` / `Closes
#` / `Refs #` OR (b) described the issue in-PR following the relevant
issue template
- [x] I have not referenced internal/instance-local Paperclip issues or
links (only public GitHub `#NNN` / `github.com/paperclipai/paperclip`
URLs)
- [x] My branch name describes the change (e.g. `docs/...`, `fix/...`)
and contains no internal Paperclip ticket id or instance-derived details
- [x] I have run tests locally and they pass
- [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable
- [x] I have updated relevant documentation to reflect my changes
- [x] I have considered and documented any risks above
- [x] All Paperclip CI gates are green
- [x] Commitperclip review gate is green; direct Greptile review is
file-count limited on the latest expanded diff
- [x] I will address all Greptile and reviewer comments before
requesting merge

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Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>

docker/hermes-gateway-smoke/Dockerfile

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+# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.6
+ARG HERMES_VERSION=0.17.0
+FROM node:22-bookworm-slim
+
+ARG HERMES_VERSION
+
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+RUN apt-get update \
+  && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    bash \
+    ca-certificates \
+    curl \
+    git \
+    jq \
+    python3 \
+    python3-pip \
+    tini \
+  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# The npm package is a pinned bridge that exposes the `hermes` binary. Install
+# the matching Python package globally first so the non-root runtime user can
+# import the upstream Hermes modules at container start.
+RUN python3 -m pip install --break-system-packages --no-cache-dir "hermes-agent[anthropic]==${HERMES_VERSION}" "aiohttp==3.13.4" \
+  && rm -f /usr/local/bin/hermes /usr/local/bin/hermes-agent \
+  && npm install -g --ignore-scripts "hermes-agent@${HERMES_VERSION}" \
+  && python3 -c "import hermes_cli.main" \
+  && command -v hermes >/dev/null
+
+RUN useradd --create-home --shell /bin/bash --uid 10001 hermes \
+  && mkdir -p /home/hermes/.hermes /home/hermes/workspace \
+  && chown -R hermes:hermes /home/hermes
+
+COPY entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/hermes-gateway-entrypoint
+RUN chmod 0755 /usr/local/bin/hermes-gateway-entrypoint
+
+USER hermes
+WORKDIR /home/hermes/workspace
+
+ENV HOME=/home/hermes \
+  HERMES_HOME=/home/hermes/.hermes \
+  XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/home/hermes/.config \
+  XDG_CACHE_HOME=/home/hermes/.cache \
+  XDG_DATA_HOME=/home/hermes/.local/share \
+  API_SERVER_ENABLED=true \
+  API_SERVER_HOST=0.0.0.0 \
+  API_SERVER_PORT=8642 \
+  NO_COLOR=1
+
+EXPOSE 8642
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/tini", "--", "/usr/local/bin/hermes-gateway-entrypoint"]

docker/hermes-gateway-smoke/entrypoint.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+log() {
+  echo "[hermes-gateway-smoke] $*"
+}
+
+hash_prefix() {
+  local value="$1"
+  if command -v sha256sum >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    printf "%s" "$value" | sha256sum | awk '{print substr($1,1,12)}'
+  elif command -v shasum >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    printf "%s" "$value" | shasum -a 256 | awk '{print substr($1,1,12)}'
+  else
+    printf "unavailable"
+  fi
+}
+
+generate_key() {
+  node -e 'process.stdout.write(require("node:crypto").randomBytes(32).toString("hex"))'
+}
+
+export HOME="${HOME:-/home/hermes}"
+export HERMES_HOME="${HERMES_HOME:-${HOME}/.hermes}"
+export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-${HOME}/.config}"
+export XDG_CACHE_HOME="${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-${HOME}/.cache}"
+export XDG_DATA_HOME="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-${HOME}/.local/share}"
+export API_SERVER_ENABLED="${API_SERVER_ENABLED:-true}"
+export API_SERVER_HOST="${API_SERVER_HOST:-0.0.0.0}"
+export API_SERVER_PORT="${API_SERVER_PORT:-8642}"
+export NO_COLOR="${NO_COLOR:-1}"
+
+if [[ "${API_SERVER_ENABLED}" != "true" ]]; then
+  log "forcing API_SERVER_ENABLED=true for gateway smoke"
+  export API_SERVER_ENABLED=true
+fi
+
+if [[ -z "${API_SERVER_KEY:-}" ]]; then
+  API_SERVER_KEY="$(generate_key)"
+  export API_SERVER_KEY
+  log "generated API_SERVER_KEY sha256=$(hash_prefix "$API_SERVER_KEY") len=${#API_SERVER_KEY}"
+else
+  log "using provided API_SERVER_KEY sha256=$(hash_prefix "$API_SERVER_KEY") len=${#API_SERVER_KEY}"
+fi
+
+mkdir -p "$HERMES_HOME" "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME" "$XDG_CACHE_HOME" "$XDG_DATA_HOME" "$HOME/workspace"
+chmod 0700 "$HERMES_HOME" "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME" "$XDG_CACHE_HOME" "$XDG_DATA_HOME" || true
+
+log "HOME=${HOME}"
+log "HERMES_HOME=${HERMES_HOME}"
+log "workspace=$(pwd)"
+log "API_SERVER_HOST=${API_SERVER_HOST}"
+log "API_SERVER_PORT=${API_SERVER_PORT}"
+log "state listing hash=$(find "$HERMES_HOME" -maxdepth 2 -type f -print 2>/dev/null | sort | sha256sum | awk '{print substr($1,1,12)}')"
+
+exec hermes gateway run --replace --accept-hooks "$@"