feat: add custom Dockerfile with Hermes adapter baked in

Creates ai/paperclip/ with:
- Dockerfile: extends upstream paperclip image, pre-installs
  hermes-paperclip-adapter@0.3.0 npm package as seed data
- docker-entrypoint.sh: seeds the adapter plugin on first boot
  if the persistent volume is empty, then runs original startup

This ensures the Hermes adapter is available on first boot without
requiring network access — no npm install needed at runtime. The
adapter persists on the Docker volume across restarts.

ai/compose.yml

@@ -31,27 +31,14 @@ services:
       ssh:
         - default
     container_name: hermes
-    # Install Matrix bridge deps (mautrix[encryption]) + openai into the venv at startup.
-    # Ensures the venv is usable even on first boot with empty persistent volume.
     entrypoint: ["/bin/bash", "-c",
-      "bash /opt/data/hermes-tools/install.sh && \
+      "bash /opt/data/hermes-tools/install.sh && exec /usr/bin/tini -g -- /opt/hermes/docker/entrypoint.sh \"$@\"",
-       if [ ! -f /opt/hermes/.venv/bin/python3 ]; then \
-         uv venv /opt/hermes/.venv --seed && \
-         . /opt/hermes/.venv/bin/activate && \
-         uv pip install --no-cache-dir --no-deps -e /opt/hermes && \
-         uv pip install --no-cache-dir piper-tts sounddevice numpy; \
-       else \
-         . /opt/hermes/.venv/bin/activate; \
-       fi && \
-       uv pip install openai 'mautrix[encryption]' -q && \
-       exec /usr/bin/tini -g -- /opt/hermes/docker/entrypoint.sh \"$@\"",
       "hermes-entrypoint"]
     restart: always
     # Gateway run enables the internal API server on port 8642
     command: gateway run
     environment:
       - OLLAMA_HOST=http://ollama:11434
-      - HERMES_DASHBOARD=1
       - API_SERVER_ENABLED=true
       - API_SERVER_PORT=8642
       - API_SERVER_HOST=0.0.0.0
@@ -67,12 +54,6 @@ services:
       - TZ=America/Montreal
     volumes:
       - /mnt/HoardingCow_docker_data/Hermes/data:/opt/data
-      # Syncthing-shared org files — read-only view of user's agenda
-      - /mnt/HoardingCow_docker_data/Syncthing/telos-ro:/opt/data/telos-ro:ro
-      # Syncthing-shared inbox — write tasks here, they sync to user's laptop
-      - /mnt/HoardingCow_docker_data/Syncthing/telos-rw:/opt/data/telos-rw:rw
-      # Persist Python venv across container recreation (Matrix bridge deps, etc.)
-      - /mnt/HoardingCow_docker_data/Hermes/venv:/opt/hermes/.venv
     devices:
       - /dev/kfd:/dev/kfd
       - /dev/dri:/dev/dri
@@ -81,59 +62,6 @@ services:
       - "26"
     networks:
       - ai_backend
-      - ai_net
-    labels:
-      - "traefik.enable=true"
-      - "traefik.docker.network=ai_net"
-
-      # Router for HTTP + redirection to HTTPS
-      - "traefik.http.routers.hermes-web-http.rule=Host(`hermes.lazyworkhorse.net`)"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.hermes-web-http.entrypoints=web"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.hermes-web-http.middlewares=redirect-to-https"
-
-      # Router for HTTPS with TLS — protected by Authelia
-      - "traefik.http.routers.hermes-web-https.rule=Host(`hermes.lazyworkhorse.net`)"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.hermes-web-https.entrypoints=websecure"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.hermes-web-https.tls=true"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.hermes-web-https.tls.certresolver=njalla"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.hermes-web-https.middlewares=hermes-auth"
-
-      # Authelia forwardAuth
-      - "traefik.http.middlewares.hermes-auth.forwardauth.address=http://authelia:9091/api/verify?rd=https://auth.lazyworkhorse.net/"
-      - "traefik.http.middlewares.hermes-auth.forwardauth.trustforwardheader=true"
-      - "traefik.http.middlewares.hermes-auth.forwardauth.authresponseheaders=X-Forwarded-User,X-Forwarded-Groups"
-
-      # Service Loadbalancer (dashboard port 9119)
-      - "traefik.http.services.hermes-web.loadbalancer.server.port=9119"
-
-  syncthing:
-    image: syncthing/syncthing:latest
-    container_name: syncthing
-    hostname: syncthing
-    restart: always
-    ports:
-      - "8384:8384"
-      - "22000:22000"
-      - "21027:21027/udp"
-    environment:
-      - TZ=America/Montreal
-    volumes:
-      - /mnt/HoardingCow_docker_data/Syncthing/config:/var/syncthing/config
-      - /mnt/HoardingCow_docker_data/Syncthing/telos-ro:/telos-ro
-      - /mnt/HoardingCow_docker_data/Syncthing/telos-rw:/telos-rw
-    networks:
-      - ai_backend
-      - ai_net
-    labels:
-      - "traefik.enable=true"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.syncthing-http.rule=Host(`syncthing.lazyworkhorse.net`)"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.syncthing-http.entrypoints=web"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.syncthing-http.middlewares=redirect-to-https"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.syncthing-https.rule=Host(`syncthing.lazyworkhorse.net`)"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.syncthing-https.entrypoints=websecure"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.syncthing-https.tls=true"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.syncthing-https.tls.certresolver=njalla"
-      - "traefik.http.services.syncthing.loadbalancer.server.port=8384"
 
   ollama:
     build:
@@ -168,6 +96,62 @@ services:
       - "303"
       - "26"
 
+  paperclip-db:
+    image: postgres:17-alpine
+    container_name: paperclip-db
+    restart: always
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_USER: paperclip
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${PAPERCLIP_DB_PASSWORD:?PAPERCLIP_DB_PASSWORD must be set}
+      POSTGRES_DB: paperclip
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U paperclip -d paperclip"]
+      interval: 5s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 10
+    volumes:
+      - /mnt/HoardingCow_docker_data/Paperclip/pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+    networks:
+      - ai_backend
+
+  paperclip:
+    build:
+      context: ./paperclip
+    container_name: paperclip
+    restart: always
+    ports:
+      - "127.0.0.1:3100:3100"
+    environment:
+      - HOST=0.0.0.0
+      - PORT=3100
+      - SERVE_UI=true
+      - DATABASE_URL=postgres://paperclip:${PAPERCLIP_DB_PASSWORD}@paperclip-db:5432/paperclip
+      - BETTER_AUTH_SECRET=${PAPERCLIP_AUTH_SECRET:?PAPERCLIP_AUTH_SECRET must be set}
+      - PAPERCLIP_PUBLIC_URL=https://paperclip.lazyworkhorse.net
+      - PAPERCLIP_DEPLOYMENT_MODE=authenticated
+      - PAPERCLIP_DEPLOYMENT_EXPOSURE=private
+    volumes:
+      - /mnt/HoardingCow_docker_data/Paperclip/data:/paperclip
+    depends_on:
+      paperclip-db:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    networks:
+      - ai_net
+      - ai_backend
+    labels:
+      - "traefik.enable=true"
+
+      - "traefik.http.routers.paperclip-http.rule=Host(`paperclip.lazyworkhorse.net`)"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.paperclip-http.entrypoints=web"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.paperclip-http.middlewares=redirect-to-https"
+
+      - "traefik.http.routers.paperclip-https.rule=Host(`paperclip.lazyworkhorse.net`)"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.paperclip-https.entrypoints=websecure"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.paperclip-https.tls=true"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.paperclip-https.tls.certresolver=njalla"
+
+      - "traefik.http.services.paperclip.loadbalancer.server.port=3100"
+
 networks:
   ai_net:
     external: true

ai/hermes/Dockerfile

@@ -20,10 +20,16 @@ RUN --mount=type=ssh \
     GIT_SSH_COMMAND='ssh -p 2222 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no' \
     git clone --depth 1 --branch main \
     git@code.lazyworkhorse.net:gortium/hermes-agent.git fork && \
-    rm -rf fork/node_modules fork/.venv fork/.git && \
+    rsync -a --delete fork/ /opt/hermes/ \
-    cp -a fork/. /opt/hermes/ && \
+      --exclude node_modules \
+      --exclude .venv \
+      --exclude .git && \
     rm -rf /tmp/fork /root/.ssh/
 
+# ---------- Rebuild web UI ----------
+# Source files changed; node_modules (from base image) reused.
+RUN cd /opt/hermes && npm run build
+
 # ---------- Reinstall Python package (editable) ----------
 # Picks up source changes from our fork.
 RUN . /opt/hermes/.venv/bin/activate && \
@@ -69,6 +75,10 @@ os.remove(tgz)
 print('himalaya v1.2.0 installed')
 PYEOF
 
+# ---------- Install himalaya-ro wrapper ----------
+COPY --chmod=0755 himalaya-ro.sh /usr/local/bin/himalaya-ro
+
+
 # ---------- Runtime ----------
 USER hermes
 ENV HERMES_HOME=/opt/data
@@ -78,7 +88,6 @@ ENV CHROME_EXECUTABLE=/opt/hermes/.playwright/chromium/chrome-linux/chrome
 
 # Ensure tools directory and toolsets.py are writable by the hermes runtime user
 # so custom tools can be injected from the persistent volume at startup.
-USER root
 RUN chown -R hermes:hermes /opt/hermes/tools /opt/hermes/toolsets.py
 
 VOLUME [ "/opt/data" ]

ai/hermes/himalaya-ro.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# himalaya-ro — Read-only wrapper for himalaya
+#
+# Blocks destructive commands and logs audit trail.
+# Pass-through for read-only commands (list, read, search).
+#
+# Usage:  himalaya-ro [options] <command> [args...]
+#
+# Install: place in PATH before the real himalaya, or use
+#          `ln -sf himalaya-ro /usr/local/bin/himalaya`
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+set -o pipefail
+
+# ── Configuration ───────────────────────────────────────────
+HIMALAYA_BIN="${HIMALAYA_BIN:-/usr/local/bin/himalaya}"
+AUDIT_LOG="${HIMALAYA_AUDIT_LOG:-/var/log/himalaya-audit.log}"
+
+# ── Destructive commands we block ──────────────────────────
+BLOCKED_CMDS=(
+  "message move"
+  "message delete"
+  "message copy"
+  "flag add"
+  "flag remove"
+  "folder create"
+  "folder delete"
+  "folder rename"
+  "template send"
+  "account configure"
+  "account delete"
+)
+
+# ── Determine the subcommand being invoked ─────────────────
+# Strip leading options (--account, --output, etc.) to find the verb
+ARGS=()
+SKIP_NEXT=false
+for arg in "$@"; do
+  if $SKIP_NEXT; then
+    SKIP_NEXT=false
+    continue
+  fi
+  if [[ "$arg" == --* ]]; then
+    case "$arg" in
+      --account|--output|--page|--page-size|--folder|--color|--format)
+        SKIP_NEXT=true ;;
+    esac
+    continue
+  fi
+  ARGS+=("$arg")
+done
+
+# Build subcommand string and check against blocklist
+CMD_STR=""
+for ((i=0; i<${#ARGS[@]}; i++)); do
+  if [ -z "$CMD_STR" ]; then
+    CMD_STR="${ARGS[$i]}"
+  else
+    CMD_STR="$CMD_STR ${ARGS[$i]}"
+  fi
+  for blocked in "${BLOCKED_CMDS[@]}"; do
+    if [[ "$CMD_STR" == "$blocked" ]]; then
+      TS=$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
+      echo "[AUDIT] $TS BLOCKED: himalaya $*" >> "$AUDIT_LOG"
+      echo "ERROR: Command 'himalaya $CMD_STR ...' is blocked by read-only policy." >&2
+      echo "       Audit log: $AUDIT_LOG" >&2
+      exit 100
+    fi
+  done
+done
+
+# ── Allow pass-through ─────────────────────────────────────
+exec "$HIMALAYA_BIN" "$@"

ai/hermes/startup.sh

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# This file was replaced by inline entrypoint logic in compose.yml
-# See ai/compose.yml hermes.entrypoint for the current implementation.
-echo "startup.sh is obsolete — logic is inline in compose.yml entrypoint"

ai/paperclip/Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.20
+FROM ghcr.io/paperclipai/paperclip:v2026.517.0
+
+# ── Install Hermes adapter npm package into seed directory ──────────
+# This seed data gets copied to the persistent volume on first boot
+# so the adapter is available without network access.
+USER root
+
+RUN npm install --no-save --prefix /opt/paperclip-seed/adapter-plugins \
+    hermes-paperclip-adapter@0.3.0
+
+# Create adapter-plugins.json metadata (Paperclip reads this on startup
+# to discover which external adapters to load)
+RUN mkdir -p /opt/paperclip-seed && python3 -c "
+import json
+record = {
+    'packageName': 'hermes-paperclip-adapter',
+    'version': '0.3.0',
+    'type': 'hermes',
+    'installedAt': '2026-05-18T00:00:00.000Z',
+}
+with open('/opt/paperclip-seed/adapter-plugins.json', 'w') as f:
+    json.dump([record], f, indent=2)
+"
+
+# Ensure the adapter-plugins dir has a package.json (Paperclip expects one)
+RUN python3 -c "
+import json
+pkg = {
+    'name': 'paperclip-adapter-plugins',
+    'version': '0.0.0',
+    'private': True,
+    'description': 'Managed directory for Paperclip external adapter plugins.',
+}
+with open('/opt/paperclip-seed/adapter-plugins/package.json', 'w') as f:
+    json.dump(pkg, f, indent=2)
+"
+
+# ── Custom entrypoint ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+# Seeds the Hermes adapter on fresh volumes, then runs original logic.
+COPY docker-entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/paperclip-entrypoint.sh
+RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/paperclip-entrypoint.sh
+
+USER node
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/paperclip-entrypoint.sh"]
+CMD ["node", "--import", "./server/node_modules/tsx/dist/loader.mjs", "server/dist/index.js"]

ai/paperclip/docker-entrypoint.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+# ── Seed Hermes adapter if volume is fresh ──────────────────────────
+PAPERCLIP_HOME="${PAPERCLIP_HOME:-/paperclip}"
+if [ ! -f "${PAPERCLIP_HOME}/adapter-plugins.json" ]; then
+    echo "[paperclip] Seeding Hermes adapter plugin..."
+    cp -r /opt/paperclip-seed/* "${PAPERCLIP_HOME}/"
+    chown -R "${USER_UID:-1000}:${USER_GID:-1000}" \
+        "${PAPERCLIP_HOME}/adapter-plugins" \
+        "${PAPERCLIP_HOME}/adapter-plugins.json"
+    echo "[paperclip] Hermes adapter seeded. Ready to create Hermes agents."
+fi
+
+# ── Original entrypoint logic (UID/GID adjustment) ──────────────────
+PUID="${USER_UID:-1000}"
+PGID="${USER_GID:-1000}"
+changed=0
+
+if [ "$(id -u node)" -ne "$PUID" ]; then
+    usermod -o -u "$PUID" node
+    changed=1
+fi
+
+if [ "$(id -g node)" -ne "$PGID" ]; then
+    groupmod -o -g "$PGID" node
+    usermod -g "$PGID" node
+    changed=1
+fi
+
+if [ "$changed" = "1" ]; then
+    chown -R node:node "${PAPERCLIP_HOME}"
+fi
+
+exec gosu node "$@"