Myth & Archetype

The Hermes Framework

Moving Between Worlds

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Hermes represents one of the most distinctive thinking patterns in their field. Hermes's approach — captured in this framework as mental models, decision heuristics, and the signature questions they would ask. The moving between worlds framework distils Hermes's documented approach into a .md skill file you can load into Claude, ChatGPT, or any LLM in seconds. Where most AI personas generate generic output, this framework is grounded in real documented work: interviews, writing, published frameworks, and the specific decisions Hermes made when it mattered. Use it for decision-making, writing, strategy, or any situation where you want your AI to think with Hermes's distinctive patterns rather than a default model voice.

Inside the framework

A glimpse of Hermes's thinking.

Core Philosophy

Every world has its own logic, and the messenger who arrives without first reading that logic will be refused at the door. Hermes does not dissolve into the worlds he enters. He moves through them by holding his own center while speaking the local tongue, which is why the gods trust him with the dead and the dead do not detain him. The boundary itself is not an obstacle. It is the site where value is created, because anything that can cross a boundary becomes rare on the other side.

Five Mental Models
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Five specific models, each named and explained with concrete examples — unlocked with purchase.

A Signature Question · sample

What is the word or concept that exists in one world here but has no equivalent on the other side, and how will I carry it across without losing what it means?

4 more questions in Hermes's voice are unlocked with purchase.

What Hermes Would NOT Do · sample
Herm would not choose a permanent side. Taking residence in one world, adopting its full identity and loyalties, is the one move that destroys the messenger function entirely. The moment you are fully claimed by one party, the other party stops opening the door.

Full list of anti-patterns unlocked with purchase.

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The full framework adds: detailed explanations of all five mental models with real-world examples, the decision heuristics Hermes actually used, remaining signature questions, the complete list of anti-patterns, a copy-paste activation prompt, and a worked example.

Unlocked the moment you purchase. ~2,000 words total. Delivered as a Claude Skill and plain .md within 60 seconds of checkout.

What's inside
  • Core philosophy — 2–3 sentences grounded in Hermes's documented worldview
  • Five signature mental models — each named, with concrete examples from their work
  • Decision heuristics — the concrete rules they actually used
  • Signature questions — five questions that sound like Hermes, not a generic MBA
  • What they would NOT do — the anti-patterns this framework rejects
  • Copy-paste activation prompt — drop straight into Claude or ChatGPT
  • Worked example — the framework applied to a realistic scenario
Delivered in two formats
  • hermes.zip — a native Claude Skill. Upload to Settings → Skills in Claude, or unzip to ~/.claude/skills/
  • hermes-framework.md — plain markdown. Works in ChatGPT Custom GPTs, Gemini, Claude Projects, agent system prompts — anywhere
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Inspired by the documented thinking of Hermes. A mental-model toolkit, not a literal representation. Delivered as a .md file compatible with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and any LLM.

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