May 2026 monthly summary for NousResearch/hermes-agent: Focused on preserving user-edited YAML in CLI config saving, delivering a more robust and user-friendly configuration lifecycle. Implemented a round-trip YAML update using ruamel.yaml to preserve comments, ordering, and quoting, replacing a generic atomic write. This ensures user customizations survive programmatic updates, reducing support overhead and improving reliability.

April 2026 monthly summary highlighting delivery of plugin discovery features, manifest synchronization tooling, Slack allowed_users enhancement, and documentation improvements across three repositories. Emphasizes business value: increased plugin discoverability, consistent metadata, safer configuration, clearer docs, and accurate deployment guidance for multilingual users. Demonstrated automation, testing considerations, and code quality through hardened scripts and CI awareness.