Matt Wolfe's roundup of 9 free AI coding skills has high-value candidates for Steve's Hermes+OpenClaw pipeline: GStack (code review), Stop Slop (cleaner content), and Graphify (queryable memory) are the top three to install immediately.
GStack · Code review & quality gating before wrangler deploys
Stop Slop · Clean AI-isms from briefs before vault publication
Graphify · Queryable knowledge graph over the Obsidian second brain
Last 30 Days · Sentiment research for workforce development briefs
23 specialist roles and 8 power tools as slash-command skills: CEO, EM, designer, reviewer, QA, security, release engineer. Each is a self-contained skill.md.
Steve's take: Run /gstack-review before every wrangler deploy. Catches production bugs, edge cases, and security issues a single-pass Hermes review would miss. The plan-CEO-review skill validates architecture before committing to complex pipeline changes.
A single skill.md that strips AI tells: clichés, overused phrases, robotic language. Removes the "delve into," "landscape," "tapestry of" patterns common in LLM output.
Steve's take: Patch into the deploy pipeline as a post-synthesis, pre-vault step. Briefs and slides are AI-generated — Stop Slop would make them read more professionally without manual editing. Tiny file, instant install.
Converts codebases, docs, notes, and media into interactive, queryable graphs. The visual output resembles Obsidian's graph view, but the real power is the queryable JSON layer — the agent queries the graph instead of re-reading all files.
Steve's take: Run on the Obsidian wiki/journals directory. Ask "What are the biggest recurring themes?" or "What vault-brief ideas are hiding here?" — answers use far fewer tokens than full file scans. Also works on the state-repo for instant dependency maps.
"Graphs that teach are greater than graphs that impress." Creates interactive flow diagrams showing how API routes, services, data models, and UI layers interconnect — focused on human onboarding, not agent memory.
Steve's take: Run on /shared-workspace/state-repo/ to produce a browsable HTML map. Valuable if Rook or another collaborator needs to understand the deployment codebase. Answers "Where should a new developer start?" without digging through every file.
Real-time sentiment research across Reddit, X, YouTube, Hacker News, Polymarket, GitHub, and web search. Synthesizes findings with source counts. Wolfe demoed on "Claude Fable" — pulled 21 Reddit threads, 20 YT videos, 27 HN stories in one run.
Steve's take: Test on a health-system workforce development topic. Adds a public-sentiment dimension to briefs: "What are people saying about AI in healthcare training right now?" Also generates shareable HTML reports for vault publication.
Both improve AI-generated UI aesthetics. The video shows clear improvements over unaided model output — more colorful layouts, better spacing, refined typography. Taste produces cleaner designs; Front End Design adds more color.
Steve's take: Low priority. The vault's Duke Dark theme is already established and stable. Only revisit if building new public-facing pages or dashboards outside the vault, or if the standards repo needs UI baselines.
Both generate programmed motion graphics from text prompts: iPhone text conversations, logo reveals with particle explosions, animated stock charts. HyperFrames produces more polished results in Wolfe's tests.
Steve's take: Future use only. No current application in the text-brief pipeline. Revisit if the vault evolves to include video summaries, animated preview cards, or narrated podcast visuals. HyperFrames is the recommended starting point.
Install GStack — Run install this for me https://github.com/garrytan/gstack in Hermes. Test /gstack-review before the next wrangler deploy.
Add Stop Slop to pipeline — After brief synthesis, run Stop Slop on the content before HTML generation. Test on an existing published brief first.
Test Graphify on Obsidian vault — Run on wiki/journals directory. Verify query accuracy before pipeline integration.
Try Last 30 Days on one brief topic — Evaluate sentiment quality on a health-system workforce development topic. If good, add as optional pre-brief step.
Defer animation & design skills — Tag for later evaluation. These add value only if the vault expands to video or public-facing dashboards.
Tier guide: Tier 1 = Primary institutional source · Tier 2 = Expert/educational channel · Tier 3 = News/opinion commentary
Provenance: Sources: YouTube video content. Transcripts auto-extracted via Obsidian Web Clipper. Verify key technical claims independently. Personalized analysis by Gambit (Hermes Agent) for Steve's Provenance Labs workflow.