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AGENTS.md
Guidance for AI coding agents working on this repository. This complements README.md (for humans) with agent-focused context.
Project Overview
Hermes Control is a Jetpack Compose Android app — a mobile control panel for Hermes Agent. It talks to the Hermes dashboard's REST API and WebSocket TUI Gateway (JSON-RPC 2.0) over a trusted LAN.
- Package:
com.m57.hermescontrol - Min SDK 26 / Target SDK 36 / Compile SDK 36
- Kotlin 2.3.20, KSP 2.3.9 (standalone versioning, NOT
kotlinVersion-kspVersion) - Jetpack Compose, Room 2.7.x, Navigation3, OkHttp WebSocket, Retrofit, Gson
- Auth:
EncryptedSharedPreferences(AES256-GCM), Bearer token (REST) +?token=(WS)
Build & Test Commands
⚠ No local Android SDK — CI is the only compilation truth engine
./gradlew assembleDebug, ./gradlew test, ./gradlew ktlintCheck all fail locally
(no Android SDK installed). CI verifies compilation, lint, and tests. Push small
and watch CI.
What you CAN run locally
# Standalone ktlint binary (no SDK needed) — the PRIMARY local check
curl -sSLO https://github.com/pinterest/ktlint/releases/download/1.2.1/ktlint
chmod +x ktlint
./ktlint <file> # check one file
./ktlint --format <file> # auto-fix import ordering, indent, trailing commas
find app/src -name '*.kt' | xargs ./ktlint --format # fix all
CI pipeline (.github/workflows/android.yml)
| Job | Purpose |
|---|---|
ktlint |
ktlint 1.2.1 style check |
android-lint |
Android Lint |
unit-tests |
JUnit |
build |
assembleDebug (gated by the 3 above) |
release-compile |
compileReleaseKotlin — catches release-variant compilation issues (e.g. debugImplementation-scoped deps referenced in main source) |
ci-summary |
Aggregator (if: always()) — branch protection gates on THIS check |
Every Gradle job validates gradle-wrapper.jar and uses the remote build cache
(GRADLE_ENCRYPTED_KEY secret). concurrency.cancel-in-progress: true.
Releasing (.github/workflows/release.yml)
Triggers on git push tag v*. Release APK uses R8 minification + resource shrinking.
Requires permissions: contents: write on the build-release job.
Code Style
- ktlint 1.2.1 is enforced in CI. Run
./ktlint --formatbefore pushing. - Import ordering is the #1 CI failure: ktlint enforces ASCII-lexicographic order
(uppercase before lowercase:
LaunchedEffectbeforecollectAsState). const valmust use SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE.- Trailing commas required. No trailing whitespace.
- 120 char max line length.
Architecture Conventions
Navigation (Navigation3 — NOT Navigation Compose)
Uses androidx.navigation3 (NavKey, NavBackStack, NavDisplay, entry<T>).
⚠ Always route navigation through NavigationController.navigateTo(). Never call
backStack.add(ScreenKey) directly from UI callbacks — the controller has a
deduplication guard. Bypassing it stacks duplicate screen entries that compete for
touch events and become unresponsive.
⚠ Drawer scrim gets stuck when navigating to a non-gesture screen. Screens
not in DRAWER_GESTURE_SCREENS disable drawer gestures. If the drawer is open
when this happens, the scrim stays visible and blocks touch. Always pair gesture
transitions with a LaunchedEffect:
LaunchedEffect(gesturesEnabled) {
if (!gesturesEnabled && drawerState.isOpen) {
drawerState.snapTo(DrawerValue.Closed)
}
}
Activity-Scoped ViewModels
Some ViewModels (e.g. AuthLoginViewModel) are created at the Activity scope via
viewModel() at the navigation entry level. This means they survive navigation
and cached state like connectionSuccess persists across screen entries.
Always pair transient state flags with a DisposableEffect cleanup:
DisposableEffect(Unit) {
onDispose { viewModel.clearTransientState() }
}
The cleanup function should reset self-transitioning flags (connectionSuccess,
isLoading, errorMessage) so the screen can re-enter cleanly.
WebSocket Lifecycle
HermesWsClient is a singleton that outlives individual screens. It must be
explicitly disconnected on logout and reconnected after login:
| Event | Action |
|---|---|
| Logout | HermesWsClient.disconnect() before clearing tokens |
| Login success | HermesWsClient.connect() after ApiClient.rebuild() |
The singleton's connect() has a guard (if connected → skip) so it's safe to
call unconditionally.
Shared Components
HermesScaffold— drawer-aware Scaffold + TopAppBar with refresh slot, pull-to-refresh, optional snackbar host. New screens MUST use this instead of rawScaffold. API:title: @Composable () -> Unit(notString— wrap in{ Text("...") }).StateViews—LoadingState,ErrorState,EmptyState. Every data screen must implement all three branches in itswhen { }block.
Room Persistence
ChatMessageEntity/ChatMessageDao/HermesDatabase— chat messages survive app kills.getMessagesForSession()returnssuspend fun ...: List<ChatMessageEntity>(notFlow— the caller controls the coroutine scope).- Room 2.7.x requires
room { schemaDirectory("$projectDir/schemas") }DSL. ChatViewModelextendsAndroidViewModel(needs Application for DB access).
Theme
Theme.kt has ENABLE_DYNAMIC_COLOR = true (Material You on API 31+). Semantic
status colors (success/warning/error/info) are ALWAYS brand-defined via
LocalHermesStatusColors, never dynamic. Access them via
LocalHermesStatusColors.current.success, not MaterialTheme.colorScheme.
Git Workflow
PR-Always (ENFORCED)
Every change goes through a PR. Never push directly to main.
git checkout main && git pull origin main
git checkout -b fix/issue-N-description # or feat/...
# make changes, run ./ktlint --format
git commit -m "fix(#N): description"
git push -u origin HEAD
gh pr create --title "fix(#N): description" --body "Closes #N"
Commit Conventions — STRICT
🚫 NEVER add yourself as author or co-author. The agent must never appear in any commit metadata field — not as author, not as Co-Authored-By, not in Generated with, not anywhere.
- No
--authoroverride. Use the default git config. Always. - Short commits: subject line + max 2 lines of body. Split into atomic commits rather than writing long bodies.
- Conventional Commits types:
feat,fix,refactor,docs,test,ci,chore. - Bug fixes annotated inline:
// B7 (Jun 18 2026, kanban t_xxx): description.
Security Considerations
- Cleartext HTTP/WS is intentional — trusted LAN only.
usesCleartextTraffic="true"andhttp:///ws://URLs are by design. Don't "fix" this unless adding HTTPS support. HttpLoggingInterceptor.Level.BODYmust stay gated onBuildConfig.DEBUG— it prints the Authorization header. (B1)- AuthManager token is ephemeral — it becomes invalid when the Hermes dashboard restarts. Symptom: 401 on every call. Fix: re-extract the token from the running gateway, don't assume the stored one is valid.
- Release signing uses a keystore with env-var credentials (
KEYSTORE_PATH,KEYSTORE_PASSWORD,KEY_ALIAS,KEY_PASSWORD). Don't commit keystore files or hardcode passwords.
Things to Avoid
- Don't run
./gradlewtasks locally expecting them to work — no Android SDK. - Don't remove
@OptIn(ExperimentalMaterial3Api::class)from screens that useSegmentedButton,PullToRefreshBox, or other experimental M3 APIs. - Don't use
remember { AuthManager.getBottomNavItems() }without a key — SharedPreferences is not Compose state; the value goes stale. Read it directly. - Don't access
MaterialTheme.colorScheme.*inside non-@Composablelambdas (remember {},buildAnnotatedString,LaunchedEffect). Extract to a localvalat the composable scope first. - Don't add new screens without checking if an existing one already covers the functionality (19+ screens exist). Extend rather than duplicate.
- ⚠ Never scope a dependency to
debugImplementationif its import is used inmain/source code. The CIrelease-compilejob catches this, but save the cycle.okhttp3.logging.HttpLoggingInterceptoris the classic example — it's imported inApiClient.kt(main source) so it must beimplementation, notdebugImplementation. If you want it debug-only, wrap the usage inif (BuildConfig.DEBUG)or extract it behind an interface.
Project Layout
com.m57.hermescontrol/
├── data/ local (AuthManager), remote (Retrofit), ws (WebSocket), model
├── notification/ ChatNotificationService (foreground service)
├── theme/ Color, Theme, Motion, Spacing, Shapes, Type
├── ui/ chat, settings, common (HermesScaffold, StateViews), + 17 screens
├── util/ CronExpressionFormatter, etc.
├── Navigation.kt Drawer + NavDisplay + entry wiring
├── NavigationController.kt Central navigation guard (dedup)
└── MainActivity.kt
Further Reading
- README.md — human-facing overview, features, screenshots, tech stack
- TEST_INFRA.md / TEST_READY.md — test infrastructure notes
- .github/workflows/android.yml — CI pipeline source of truth