Aras Mehmet focused on improving output safety in the NousResearch/hermes-agent repository by addressing a bug that allowed stray think and reasoning tags to appear in user-facing responses. Using Python and leveraging regular expressions, Aras enhanced the _strip_think_blocks function to identify and remove orphaned opening or closing tags that remained after initial paired-tag removal. This targeted patch reduced the risk of internal reasoning leaking into outputs, supporting reliability and user trust objectives. The work demonstrated strong debugging and text processing skills, delivering a precise solution that improved the quality and clarity of AI-generated responses without introducing new features during the period.