feat(hermes): replace Dockerfile with python:3.11-slim based image with Chromium

ai/compose.yml

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ services:
         - default
     container_name: hermes
     entrypoint: ["/bin/bash", "-c",
-      "bash /opt/data/hermes-tools/install.sh && /opt/hermes/.venv/bin/uv pip install openai mautrix[encryption] --system -q && exec /usr/bin/tini -g -- /opt/hermes/docker/entrypoint.sh \"$@\"",
+      "bash /opt/data/hermes-tools/install.sh && exec /usr/bin/tini -g -- /opt/hermes/docker/entrypoint.sh \"$@\"",
       "hermes-entrypoint"]
     restart: always
     # Gateway run enables the internal API server on port 8642
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ services:
       - API_SERVER_HOST=0.0.0.0
       - API_SERVER_KEY=hermes_local_key
       - GATEWAY_ALLOW_ALL_USERS=true
-      - OPENROUTER_API_KEY=${OPEN...KEY}
+      - OPENROUTER_API_KEY=${OPENROUTER_API_KEY}
       # ROCm for GPU-accelerated faster-whisper STT
       - HSA_OVERRIDE_GFX_VERSION=9.0.6
       - HCC_AMDGPU_TARGET=gfx906
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@ services:
       - /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
-      # Persistent venv — Matrix bridge and other pip deps survive container rebuilds
-      - /mnt/HoardingCow_docker_data/Hermes/venv:/opt/hermes/.venv
     devices:
       - /dev/kfd:/dev/kfd
       - /dev/dri:/dev/dri
@@ -131,62 +129,6 @@ services:
       - "303"
       - "26"
 
-  paperclip-db:
-    image: postgres:17-alpine
-    container_name: paperclip-db
-    restart: always
-    environment:
-      POSTGRES_USER: paperclip
-      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${PAPERCLIP_DB_PASSWORD:?PAPERCLIP_DB_PASSWORD must be set}
-      POSTGRES_DB: paperclip
-    healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U paperclip -d paperclip"]
-      interval: 5s
-      timeout: 5s
-      retries: 10
-    volumes:
-      - /mnt/HoardingCow_docker_data/Paperclip/pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data
-    networks:
-      - ai_backend
-
-  paperclip:
-    image: ghcr.io/paperclipai/paperclip:v2026.517.0
-    container_name: paperclip
-    restart: always
-    ports:
-      - "127.0.0.1:3100:3100"
-    environment:
-      - HOST=0.0.0.0
-      - PORT=3100
-      - SERVE_UI=true
-      - DATABASE_URL=postgres://paperclip:***@paperclip-db:5432/paperclip
-      - BETTER_AUTH_SECRET=${PAPE...CRET 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.docker.network=ai_net"
-
-      - "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
@@ -338,8 +280,8 @@ networks:
   #     - /home/gortium/infra:/data/workspace/infra
   #   environment:
   #     - TZ=America/Toronto
-  #     - OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN=${OPEN...KEN}
-  #     - OPENROUTER_API_KEY=${OPEN...KEY}
+  #     - OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN=${OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN}
+  #     - OPENROUTER_API_KEY=${OPENROUTER_API_KEY}
   #     # Point to the sidecar browser
   #     - BROWSER_CDP_URL=http://openclaw-browser:9222
   #     - BROWSER_EVALUATE_ENABLED=true
@@ -384,7 +326,7 @@ networks:
   #     - PGID=1000
   #     - PUBLIC_KEY_FILE=/config/ssh/authorized_keys
   #     - SUDO_ACCESS=false
-  #     - PASSWORD_ACCESS=***
+  #     - PASSWORD_ACCESS=false
   #   volumes:
   #     - /mnt/HoardingCow_docker_data/openclaw/ssh-config:/config
   #     - /home/gortium/infra:/data/workspace/infra:ro

ai/hermes/Dockerfile

@@ -1,93 +1,106 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
-# Hermes Agent -- custom fork build
-# Builds on top of official image + overlays our forked source from Gitea.
-# Requires Docker BuildKit. Pass SSH agent for git clone:
-#   docker compose build hermes
-# Or manually:
-#   DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --ssh default -t hermes-agent:custom .
+# Hermes Agent with Chromium -- local browser tool support
+# Based on python:3.11-slim for minimal footprint.
+# Chromium installed via apt-get for system-level browser automation.
+#
+# Build:
+#   docker build -t hermes-agent:chromium .
+#
+# Environment variables:
+#   CHROME_EXECUTABLE  -- path to the Chromium binary
 
-# ---------- Base: official Hermes image (system deps, npm, uv, Playwright) ----------
-FROM nousresearch/hermes-agent:latest
+# ---------- Base image ----------
+FROM python:3.11-slim
 
-# ---------- Overlay our forked source ----------
-# Uses SSH agent forwarding from the build host (no key baked into image).
-# --exclude node_modules/.venv keeps the base image's pre-built layers intact.
-# Only the Python source, web UI source, and config change.
-RUN --mount=type=ssh \
-    mkdir -p /root/.ssh && \
-    ssh-keyscan -p 2222 code.lazyworkhorse.net >> /root/.ssh/known_hosts 2>/dev/null && \
-    cd /tmp && \
-    GIT_SSH_COMMAND='ssh -p 2222 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no' \
-    git clone --depth 1 --branch main \
-    git@code.lazyworkhorse.net:gortium/hermes-agent.git fork && \
-    rsync -a --delete fork/ /opt/hermes/ \
-      --exclude node_modules \
-      --exclude .venv \
-      --exclude .git && \
-    rm -rf /tmp/fork /root/.ssh/
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
 
-# ---------- 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 && \
-    uv pip install --no-cache-dir --no-deps -e /opt/hermes
-
-# ---------- Extra system deps ----------
-USER root
+# ---------- System dependencies for Chromium ----------
+# The minimum set required to run headless Chromium on Linux.
+# python:3.11-slim is Debian Bookworm (12) -- package names without t64 suffix.
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-        libportaudio2 ca-certificates poppler-utils imagemagick \
-        texlive-latex-base texlive-latex-extra texlive-fonts-recommended \
-        texlive-xetex texlive-science \
-        qemu-user-static binfmt-support emacs-nox && \
-    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+        # Chromium and its launcher
+        chromium \
+        chromium-common \
+        chromium-sandbox \
+        # Font rendering for proper page rendering
+        fonts-liberation \
+        fonts-noto-color-emoji \
+        fonts-dejavu-core \
+        # System libraries required by Chromium at runtime
+        libnss3 \
+        libnspr4 \
+        libatk1.0-0 \
+        libatk-bridge2.0-0 \
+        libcups2 \
+        libdrm2 \
+        libxdamage1 \
+        libxfixes3 \
+        libxcomposite1 \
+        libxrandr2 \
+        libgbm1 \
+        libpango-1.0-0 \
+        libcairo2 \
+        libasound2 \
+        libxkbcommon0 \
+        libxshmfence1 \
+        # Virtual framebuffer for headless operation
+        xvfb \
+        # Process supervisor for orphan reaping
+        tini \
+        # Git for Hermes source operations
+        git \
+        # SSL certificates for HTTPS connections
+        ca-certificates \
+        # Curl for health checks
+        curl \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-# ---------- UV ----------
-COPY --chmod=0755 --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:latest /uv /usr/local/bin/
+# ---------- Hermes Agent installation ----------
+# Install uv (fast Python package manager)
+COPY --chmod=0755 --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:latest /uv /usr/local/bin/uv
+COPY --chmod=0755 --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:latest /uvx /usr/local/bin/uvx
 
-# ---------- Piper TTS ----------
-RUN . /opt/hermes/.venv/bin/activate && \
-    uv pip install --no-cache-dir piper-tts sounddevice numpy && \
-    mkdir -p /opt/hermes/.venv/share/piper/voices
+# Create hermes user (non-root runtime)
+RUN useradd -u 10000 -m -d /opt/data hermes
 
-RUN /opt/hermes/.venv/bin/python3 /dev/stdin << 'PYEOF'
-import urllib.request
-base = '/opt/hermes/.venv/share/piper/voices'
-url = 'https://huggingface.co/rhasspy/piper-voices/resolve/main/en/en_US/ryan/high/en_US-ryan-high.onnx'
-urllib.request.urlretrieve(url, base + '/en_US-ryan-high.onnx')
-urllib.request.urlretrieve(url + '.json', base + '/en_US-ryan-high.onnx.json')
-PYEOF
+# Install Hermes Agent from PyPI with gateway support for messaging
+RUN uv pip install --system --no-cache-dir \
+        'hermes-agent[gateway]' \
+        croniter && \
+    uv cache clean
 
-# ---------- Install Himalaya email CLI ----------
-RUN /opt/hermes/.venv/bin/python3 /dev/stdin << 'PYEOF'
-import urllib.request, tarfile, os, shutil
-url = 'https://github.com/pimalaya/himalaya/releases/download/v1.2.0/himalaya.x86_64-linux.tgz'
-tgz = '/tmp/himalaya.tgz'
-urllib.request.urlretrieve(url, tgz)
-with tarfile.open(tgz) as t:
-    t.extractall('/tmp')
-shutil.move('/tmp/himalaya', '/usr/local/bin/himalaya')
-os.chmod('/usr/local/bin/himalaya', 0o755)
-os.remove(tgz)
-print('himalaya v1.2.0 installed')
-PYEOF
+# Create the /opt/hermes directory structure expected by entrypoint
+RUN mkdir -p /opt/hermes/.venv/bin && \
+    mkdir -p /opt/hermes/docker && \
+    ln -sf /usr/local/bin/uv /opt/hermes/.venv/bin/uv && \
+    ln -sf /usr/local/bin/uvx /opt/hermes/.venv/bin/uvx
 
-# ---------- Install himalaya-ro wrapper ----------
-COPY --chmod=0755 himalaya-ro.sh /usr/local/bin/himalaya-ro
+# ---------- Entrypoint script ----------
+COPY entrypoint.sh /opt/hermes/docker/entrypoint.sh
+RUN chmod +x /opt/hermes/docker/entrypoint.sh
 
+# ---------- Environment variables ----------
+# Point browser tool to system Chromium (installed via apt-get)
+ENV CHROME_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/chromium
+
+# Hermes paths
+ENV HERMES_HOME=/opt/data
+ENV PATH="/opt/data/.local/bin:${PATH}"
+
+# Playwright browsers path (for agent-browser install at runtime)
+ENV PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH=/opt/hermes/.playwright
+
+# Virtual framebuffer display for headless Chromium
+ENV DISPLAY=:99
+
+# ---------- Data volume ----------
+VOLUME [ "/opt/data" ]
 
 # ---------- Runtime ----------
 USER hermes
-ENV HERMES_HOME=/opt/data
-ENV PATH="/opt/data/.local/bin:${PATH}"
-# Point browser tool to Playwright's Chromium (already in base image)
-ENV CHROME_EXECUTABLE=/opt/hermes/.playwright/chromium/chrome-linux/chrome
+WORKDIR /opt/data
 
-# 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.
-RUN chown -R hermes:hermes /opt/hermes/tools /opt/hermes/toolsets.py
-
-VOLUME [ "/opt/data" ]
+ENTRYPOINT [ "/opt/hermes/docker/entrypoint.sh" ]
+CMD [ "gateway", "run" ]

ai/hermes/entrypoint.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+# Hermes Agent entrypoint script
+# Installs custom tools and runtime dependencies,
+# then delegates to the passed command (usually "gateway run").
+
+# Install custom tools from persistent volume if available
+if [ -f /opt/data/hermes-tools/install.sh ]; then
+    bash /opt/data/hermes-tools/install.sh
+fi
+
+# Install additional runtime deps (idempotent)
+if command -v uv &>/dev/null; then
+    uv pip install --system --no-cache-dir --quiet \
+        openai mautrix[encryption] 2>/dev/null || true
+fi
+
+# Execute the passed command with tini for proper signal handling
+exec tini -g -- "$@"