OSSNousResearch Hermes Agent Persistent Open Source AgentGitHub·high signalXBlueskyLinkedInCopy linkMulti-level procedural memory, 40+ bundled agentskills.io skills, 5 execution backends, messaging gateway. Can generate tool-calling trajectories for RL training.SourceSource pageGitHub↳ Follow the threadStack layer / Threat patternCROSS-CATEGORY: The Guardrail Layer Around Coding Agents Shipped at Four Different Points in the Lifecycle in 48 HoursHacker News Show HN and Product Hunt (2026-08-24 and 2026-08-25)Policy dependency / Stack layerCherry Studio v2.0.9 unifies tool approval into one declarative policy and lets the provider catalog hot-update without an app releaseGitHubStack layer / ContrastMicrosoft's Agent Lightning v1.0.1 ships an agent skill whose job is optimizing other agents, installed through gh skillGitHubStack layer / Threat patternGemini CLI Closes a macOS Seatbelt Escape Through the Docker Desktop SocketGitHubStack layer / ContrastGradient open-sources a full reinforcement-learning loop for training tool-using research agents with GRPOGitHubPolicy dependency / Stack layerHalofy ships an open governance layer for agents with identity, policy, provenance, audit and signed erasureGitHubStack layer / Threat patternSkillPreflight Publishes a 100-Point Scorecard for Agent Skills and a Benchmark of 40 Public OnesGitHub (via Show HN, 2026-08-25)Stack layer / ContrastCline v4.1.16 fixes hooks resolving from global state, and starts redacting credentials embedded in git remote URLs before they reach the modelGitHub (cline/cline)