Hermes Agent Refactoring Proposal: Decoupling via Event Bus and Monorepo Slicing
Promptmethus · x · 2026-07-22
This technical blueprint proposes refactoring the Hermes Agent codebase (v0.18+) using RIA (Recursive Intelligence Architecture) and Logic Bus decoupling.
Current Architectural Bottlenecks:
- Monolithic Growth: The core orchestrator (AIAgent) exceeds 12,000 lines, simultaneously handling context assembly, prompt caching, routing, and tool dispatching.
- Synchronous Tight Coupling: CLI, gateways, and cron jobs directly drive the AIAgent synchronously instead of using async events.
- Token Bloat: Tools inject large JSON schemas at import time, heavily consuming context.
Core Refactoring Approaches:
- Non-blocking Events: Ingress adapters (CLI, Telegram, Cron) will post non-blocking event packets to an isolated priority bus.
- Async Priority Spine: Utilizes a 50ms Carmack async priority queue as the central logic spine.
- Node Segregation: Splits the system into Observe Assemblers (context/prompt slicers), Compute Engine Nodes (LLM API), and Act/Tool Execution Nodes (sandboxed runners).
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