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channel-setup
45 / 100 · High risk
Only if you trust the author. Some of what it can do is expected: a coding skill usually runs build and test commands.
By gtapps/hermitd (GitHub) · coding · 84 stars · scanned at commit c2d971a
Guided channel activation for local/tmux users — adds a channel entry when none is configured, installs the plugin, configures the bot token in the project-local state dir, and walks through pairing. Run after hatch, or any time to add or re-enable a channel.
Works with any agent that supports SKILL.md skills.
What this skill can do
Runs commands on your computer
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Found in 66 places.
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- plugins/hermitd/skills/channel-setup/SKILL.md, line 138
bun ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/channel-bot-id.ts .hermit <channel> --write - plugins/hermitd/skills/channel-setup/SKILL.md, line 208
bun ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/channel-access.ts "<hermit_state_dir>" pair <channel> <code> - plugins/hermitd/skills/channel-setup/SKILL.md, line 223
mkdir -p <state_dir> - plugins/hermitd/skills/channel-setup/SKILL.md, line 246
echo '{"channels":{"<channel>":{"allowed_users":<selected_string_array>}}}' | bun ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/hatch-config.ts "$(pwd)" --reinit - plugins/hermitd/skills/channel-setup/SKILL.md, line 256
bun ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/channel-access.ts "<hermit_state_dir>" ensure-defaults <channel> - plugins/hermitd/skills/channel-setup/SKILL.md, line 295
echo '{"channels":{"<channel>":{<answered_per_channel_keys>}}}' | bun ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/hatch-config.ts "$(pwd)" --reinit - plugins/hermitd/skills/channel-setup/SKILL.md, line 303
bun ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/settings-edit.ts .hermit/config.json set channels.primary <name> - plugins/hermitd/skills/channel-setup/SKILL.md, line 343
bun ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/channel-send.ts .hermit - <<'HERMIT_WELCOME' - plugins/hermitd/scripts/apply-settings.ts, line 241
"Bash(bash -c 'AGENT_DIR=\".hermit\"*)", - plugins/hermitd/scripts/browser-display.ts, line 4
import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process'; - plugins/hermitd/scripts/browser-display.ts, line 126
const children: ReturnType<typeof Bun.spawn>[] = []; - plugins/hermitd/scripts/browser-display.ts, line 142
const xvnc = Bun.spawn(['Xvnc', owned.display, '-geometry', '500x1082', '-depth', '24', '-rfbport', '-1', '-rfbunixpath', vncSocket, '-rfbunixmode', '0600', '-S - plugins/hermitd/scripts/browser-display.ts, line 151
children.push(Bun.spawn(['openbox'], { env, stdin: 'ignore', stdout: 'ignore', stderr: 'inherit' })); - plugins/hermitd/scripts/browser-display.ts, line 160
const child = Bun.spawn([process.execPath, path.join(import.meta.dir, 'browser-viewer.ts')], { env: { ...env, HERMIT_BROWSER_VIEWER_BIND: browserDisplaySettings - plugins/hermitd/scripts/docker-preflight.ts, line 32
import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process'; - plugins/hermitd/scripts/docker-preflight.ts, line 39
const r = spawnSync('docker', ['--version'], { timeout: 5000, encoding: 'utf8' }); - plugins/hermitd/scripts/hermitd-start.ts, line 17
import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';
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Changes files outside its own folder
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Sends data to these websites: bun.sh
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Downloads and installs other software
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Reads your saved credentials, such as SSH keys or .env files
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Install
Paste this into your terminal. It downloads exactly the version we scanned, not whatever is newest.
if [ -e ~/.agents/skills/'channel-setup' ] || [ -L ~/.agents/skills/'channel-setup' ]; then echo 'A skill folder named channel-setup already exists — not replacing it' >&2; false; else d=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --quiet --filter=blob:none --no-checkout 'https://github.com/gtapps/hermitd' "$d" && git -C "$d" checkout --quiet 'c2d971ab801daa0725f1554f92e405e62f76a3e8' -- 'plugins/hermitd/skills/channel-setup' && mkdir -p ~/.agents/skills && cp -R "$d"/'plugins/hermitd/skills/channel-setup' ~/.agents/skills/'channel-setup' && rm -rf "$d"; fi
Codex reads ~/.agents/skills directly. For Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Antigravity or OpenCode, also link it. For Claude Code: ln -s ~/.agents/skills/'channel-setup' ~/.claude/skills/'channel-setup' (other agents: ~/.cursor/skills, ~/.copilot/skills, ~/.gemini/skills, ~/.gemini/config/skills, ~/.config/opencode/skills). Or install through the finder skill, which does both.
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Score history
| Date | Version | Score |
|---|
| 2026-11-13 | c2d971a | 45 |
| 2026-11-09 | e69a48c | 45 |
| 2026-11-07 | 84942b7 | 45 |