RUDR9 turns Hermes Agent into a 9-profile AI engineering workflow with per-profile permissions, a Kanban-driven process, and PAUL-based artifacts. It uses a shell install flow and rejects certain tool usage per profile.
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What it is
RUDR9 transforms a Hermes Agent installation into a 9-role AI engineering organization with structured workflows, parallel execution, and product-grade quality gates.
How it works
- Roles/profiles: planner, architect, vcm, builder, security, performance, reviewer, plus CTO/orchestrator.
- Each profile has isolated config, memory, sessions, and skills, with per-profile toolset restrictions enforced by tooling.
- The workflow distributes tasks across roles, creating Kanban tasks and producing SPEC.md, ARD.md, feature branches, PRs, and reviews in a staged process.
- Authority enforcement is implemented via the rudr9-guard plugin and SOUL.md definitions.
- The system supports sequential and parallel steps depending on ceremony level (Quick-fix, Standard, Complex).
Getting started
Install using the provided script in the README:
curl -fsSL https://ardhastudios.com/rudr9/install.sh | bash
Prerequisites include Hermes Agent, Git, Node.js (for MCP servers), and GitHub CLI authentication for the VCM role.
Install options include:
# From this repo
./install.sh
# With project initialization (.rudr9/ + AGENTS.md in current dir)
./install.sh --with-project
# Dry run (see what would happen)
./install.sh --dry-run
# Uninstall
./install.sh --uninstall
What the installer does:
1. Creates 7 Hermes profiles (planner, architect, vcm, builder, security, performance, reviewer)
2. Writes SOUL.md (role identity + authority) to each profile
3. Configures per-profile toolsets (hard authority enforcement)
4. Installs Ponytail skill on all profiles
5. Installs Context7 MCP (architect, builder) + GitHub MCP (default, vcm, reviewer)
6. Initializes Kanban board with CTO as orchestrator
7. Installs long-task alert hook + rudr9-guard plugin
8. Verifies all components
Getting started (structure)
After install, the project creates a Hermes/ directory layout with SOUL.md, config.yaml, hooks, plugins, and per-profile subdirectories (planner, architect, vcm, builder, security, performance, reviewer).
Licenses
MIT