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      "does": "Connects Hermes to Asyntai's hosted customer-support MCP service through a version-pinned npm stdio bridge ([pinned source](https://github.com/asyntai/mcp-bridge/tree/75680ed683534aea4e158b49a7ad629c656e10a5/hermes)).",
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      "worst": "The bridge reads and refreshes OAuth tokens in its own credential file instead of Hermes's credential route, and its browser authorization wait has no local timeout or unattended guard ([src/oauth.js](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/asyntai/mcp-bridge/75680ed683534aea4e158b49a7ad629c656e10a5/src/oauth.js)).",
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      "does": "Gives Hermes webOS TV display, speech, YouTube, notification and remote-control tools with a Desktop status chip and dashboard remote ([pinned source](https://github.com/helenn-szn/hermes-tv/tree/0423785699fb856bceb2beed1b49e451f3cc97a9)).",
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      "worst": "Pairing keys are read from a plugin-owned JSON file rather than Hermes secrets, and tv_show reads user-specified text/configuration files without a sensitive-file guard before serving them on the LAN ([hermes_tv/state.py](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helenn-szn/hermes-tv/0423785699fb856bceb2beed1b49e451f3cc97a9/hermes_tv/state.py), [hermes_tv/core.py](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helenn-szn/hermes-tv/0423785699fb856bceb2beed1b49e451f3cc97a9/hermes_tv/core.py)).",
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      "worst": "The pinned ProcessHandle.launch passes the full Hermes environment to arbitrary trainers, exposing inherited secrets, and is_ours accepts a missing saved fingerprint when reattaching to a process ([nightshift/core/process.py](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Pavilion-devs/nightshift/8bbbd6e4163db347af5d4795134bfae22d036d4c/nightshift/core/process.py)).",
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      "name": "openseo",
      "does": "Connects Hermes to hosted OpenSEO data and project tools through mcp-remote, with twelve skills for SEO research, audits and reports ([pinned source](https://github.com/every-app/open-seo/tree/7d89cfb3ca30b2819356c57c5b746a1048b9743f/plugins/openseo)).",
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      "worst": "The default connection delegates OAuth storage to mcp-remote in ~/.mcp-auth instead of Hermes, and the deployed server/tool set is not fixed by the plugin commit ([plugins/openseo/README.md](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/every-app/open-seo/7d89cfb3ca30b2819356c57c5b746a1048b9743f/plugins/openseo/README.md)).",
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      "does": "Makes Hermes an OBS operator with scene design, screen questions, overlays, automatic failure/fix marks, highlight reels and a Desktop studio ([pinned source](https://github.com/perfect7613/hermes-onair/tree/2245b9158300f2a60a5dda859f037b3cc3244b03)).",
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      "worst": "Browser sources accept unchecked URLs and local or model-written HTML, while approval for source/design changes only fires during streaming, allowing unapproved local-page execution and private-network reads ([core/studio.py](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/perfect7613/hermes-onair/2245b9158300f2a60a5dda859f037b3cc3244b03/core/studio.py), [core/guard.py](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/perfect7613/hermes-onair/2245b9158300f2a60a5dda859f037b3cc3244b03/core/guard.py)).",
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