For parents

A separate Hermes agent. The same age bands as the booklets.

WisdomForge Kids Hermes Profiles is a parent-operated starter kit. You design a private child-facing agent in one band — 5–10, 11–14, or 15–18 — without handing your child an adult Hermes profile.

Open the GitHub kit Back to the booklets

What this is

A working adult Hermes agent can use a terminal, send messages, schedule work, and remember a lot. That is the wrong starting point for a child. This kit is a template for a whole profile — identity, teaching style, memory rules, and which tools stay off — not a friendlier coat of paint on your own agent.

It is not a hosted kids chatbot. It does not make AI safe. A parent who already uses Hermes inspects the design, changes what does not fit, tests it, and can refuse it.

Three templates. Adult is out of scope.

Each band has its own SOUL seed and capability defaults. Pick one profile per child. When they age out, redesign. Do not silently stretch the old one.

5–10

Little Thinkers

One step. A short story. Ask a Grown-Up.

Conversation only.

11–14

Young Minds

Hint, then example. Talk About It.

Chat. Optional local voice-to-text. Optional image understanding.

15–18

Emerging Adults

Real argument. Practice. Reflect.

Chat. Optional narrow search or school files. Not an adult team agent.

How it works

From your adultHermes profile, send the prompt in the repo's START-HERE.md.
The setup agent asks the band first, then only the choices that change privacy, cost, tools, or access.
It shows the full design before it creates anything. You approve.
It creates a fresh profile. It must not clone yours.
It tests through the interface the child will use, with synthetic examples. Fix failures before the child starts.

Shared rules: hint-first learning, no hidden AI homework, warm without pretending to be a friend, suggest a trusted adult, parent controls spend, messages, and publishing.

Pair it with a booklet

The booklet stays the text. The agent is the guide. You may add one parent-approved fact: currently reading WisdomForge booklet figure title only. The agent asks questions from that figure. It does not recite the PDF. When a new figure ships, change the title. Do not widen the tools just because the catalog grew.

Use it beside homework, creative work, and the questions that come with the age. Do not use it as a secret friend or a substitute for you.

The kit is public

Seeds, decisions, and evals live on GitHub. Real children's profiles stay private. Official Hermes docs win if a command goes stale.

github.com/smfworks/wisdomforge-kids-Hermes-profiles