# Evaluator Orchestrations Report
Target: `scripts/agents/hermes`
Generated: 2026-03-12T12:31:57.172662

## Script: `dispatch_hermes.py`
**Pattern Adherence**: ❌ NON-COMPLIANT

> The script violates the coding standard by using legacy typing annotations (Optional[str] and Optional[object]) instead of Python 3.11+ union types (str | None and object | None). While the script generally follows the thin orchestrator pattern by delegating core actions to HermesClient or shell scripting, it contains significant helper functions for prompt building, response extraction, and code modernization that could be considered business logic. However, given the exemplary scripts in the project also contain similar helpers, the primary and clear violation is the legacy typing usage.

### Technical Debt Identified:
- Legacy typing: Use of Optional[str] in _validate_args return type
- Legacy typing: Use of Optional[object] in _boot_hermes_client return type

### Underlying Method Improvements Required:
- Replace legacy typing imports and annotations with Python 3.11+ union types (str | None, object | None) throughout the script
- Consider extracting prompt construction and response processing logic to a dedicated library module to achieve a thinner orchestrator

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## Script: `prompt_context.py`
**Pattern Adherence**: ❌ NON-COMPLIANT

> The script prompt_context.py is a utility module, not an orchestrator script. It lacks a main function, does not accept configuration via config files or environment variables for its own execution, does not delegate to a library method for core business logic (it contains the logic itself), does not use cli_helpers for logging, and does not exit with sys.exit. While it provides useful functions for other orchestrator scripts, it does not itself follow the Thin Orchestrator pattern for executable scripts.

### Technical Debt Identified:
- Sloppy Code: Uses deprecated typing.Optional instead of union types (Path | None and list[Path] | None) for Python 3.11+
- Hardcoded Standards: The _PROJECT_STANDARDS string duplicates content that should be sourced from the project configuration or AGENTS.md to avoid drift
- Magic Number: The load_agents_md function uses a hardcoded limit of 5 levels when walking up the directory tree

### Underlying Method Improvements Required:
- Architectural Flaw: The script is designed as a utility module but is being evaluated as an orchestrator; consider separating concerns if orchestrator functionality is needed
- Configuration Dependency: The script could integrate with the project's configuration system to source standards dynamically
- Refactor Opportunity: Extract the directory-walking logic into a configurable parameter to avoid magic numbers

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## Script: `observe_hermes.py`
**Pattern Adherence**: ✅ STRICT ADHERENCE

> The script observe_hermes.py adheres to the Codomyrmex Thin Orchestrator pattern. It accepts configuration transparently via config files (hermes.yaml) and CLI arguments, with fallback to client defaults. It delegates core business logic to library modules (HermesClient, SQLiteSessionStore) and contains no heavy data transformation in the script itself. Output is logged using cli_helpers (print_info/print_success/print_error) with no bare print statements. The script exits cleanly via sys.exit(main()) with appropriate return codes (0 for success, 1 for failure). All anti-patterns are avoided: no bare except clauses (specific ImportError handling), uses modern Python 3.11+ union types (str | None) instead of typing.Optional, avoids hardcoded paths by using Path(__file__).resolve() and config/environment variables, and keeps the script as a thin orchestration layer.

### Technical Debt Identified:

### Underlying Method Improvements Required:

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## Script: `setup_hermes.py`
**Pattern Adherence**: ✅ STRICT ADHERENCE

> The script adheres to the Thin Orchestrator pattern by accepting configuration via get_config() and repo-relative paths, delegating core operations to helper functions and HermesClient methods, using cli_helpers for all status output, and exiting with explicit sys.exit codes. The main function acts as a clean orchestration loop. It also follows Python 3.11+ coding standards: uses modern type hint syntax (e.g., X | None, dict[str, int]), avoids bare except (uses except Exception as e), avoids wildcard imports and builtin shadowing, uses f-strings for formatting, and has no unused imports.

### Technical Debt Identified:
- Sloppy Code: Ignored return value of _check_config function.
- Sloppy Code: Access to protected member _session_db_path of HermesClient.

### Underlying Method Improvements Required:
- Consider making the session db path accessible via a public method or property in HermesClient to avoid accessing protected members.
- Consider extracting validation checks into a separate module to further reduce orchestrator complexity.

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## Script: `run_hermes.py`
**Pattern Adherence**: ❌ NON-COMPLIANT

> The script violates several Codomyrmex standards: it does not use the standardized configuration loading mechanism (get_config), uses legacy typing.Optional instead of Python 3.11+ union types, and has unused imports (get_config and yaml in certain code paths). Although it follows the thin orchestrator pattern in delegating core logic to HermesClient and using cli_helpers for logging, these violations prevent full adherence.

### Technical Debt Identified:
- Unused import: get_config from codomyrmex.agents.core.config is imported but not used.
- Non-standard configuration loading: Script reimplements YAML loading instead of using the centralized get_config function.
- Legacy type hints: Uses typing.Optional instead of Python 3.11+ union types (str | None).
- Unused import: yaml module is imported in _resolve_config but unused when the config file does not exist.

### Underlying Method Improvements Required:
- Adopt standardized configuration loading by using get_config from codomyrmex.agents.core.config to load hermes configuration.
- Modernize type hints: Replace typing.Optional[X] with X | None for Python 3.11+ compliance.
- Refactor import statements to avoid unused imports: move yaml import inside the if block that checks config file existence, and remove unused get_config import or use it.

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## Script: `evaluate_orchestrators.py`
**Pattern Adherence**: ❌ NON-COMPLIANT

> The script violates several thin orchestrator principles: 1) Uses Optional[X] from typing instead of X | None (Python 3.11+) in multiple places; 2) Contains significant business logic in helper functions (_extract_json_object, _sanitize_json_candidate, extract_json_from_response) that should be delegated to a library; 3) Has hardcoded paths in _REPO_ROOT and _SCRIPTS_ROOT calculations (though using __file__ is acceptable, the depth is fragile); 4) The assess_script function builds a complex prompt with embedded standards, violating the 'no heavy business logic' rule; 5) Missing explicit type hints for some parameters (e.g., 'client' in assess_script). While it uses cli_helpers for logging and has a clean main() orchestrator, the internal logic is too heavy for a thin orchestrator.

### Technical Debt Identified:
- Sloppy Code: Use of Optional[X] from typing instead of X | None (Python 3.11+)
- Heavy Logic: JSON extraction and sanitization logic (_extract_json_object, _sanitize_json_candidate, extract_json_from_response) should be in a utility module
- Hardcoded Paths: _REPO_ROOT uses parent.parent.parent.parent - fragile if script location changes
- Business Logic: assess_script builds complex evaluation prompt with embedded standards - should delegate to a prompt library
- Sloppy Code: Missing type hint for 'client' parameter in assess_script function

### Underlying Method Improvements Required:
- Refactor to use modern union types (X | None) for optional parameters
- Extract JSON handling logic into codomyrmex.utils.json_helpers
- Move prompt construction to codomyrmex.agents.hermes.prompts
- Use configuration for path depths instead of hardcoded parent levels
- Add explicit type hints for all parameters and return values

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