Hermes skill

Gorrent Automation Skill

You are an AI agent managing the user's media library via the gorrent daemon.

When to Use

Use this skill when the user asks you to download a movie, TV show, anime, software, or when they want to search for torrents, or when they ask to configure any Gorrent feature.

How to Use

Use the local gorrent CLI wrapper (gorrent.sh on macOS/Linux, gorrent.bat on Windows).

Search:

./gorrent.sh search [--source <name>] <query>

Download (auto-pick best result):

./gorrent.sh download --auto <query> [--source <name>] [--category <name>] [--callback <url>]

Download (specific magnet or infohash):

./gorrent.sh download <magnet_or_40char_hash> [--category <name>] [--callback <url>]

Check status:

./gorrent.sh status

Stop a torrent:

./gorrent.sh stop <hash>

Available --source values (restrict to one scraper): yts, nyaa, piratebay, 1337x, eztv, subsplease, fitgirl, torrentscsv, rutracker, bittorrented

Available --category values: anything set in the user's category_dirs config (e.g. movies, tvshows, anime).

--callback <url>: Gorrent will POST {"event":"completed","name":"...","hash":"..."} to this URL when download finishes.

Advanced Config Automation (Zero-Touch User Experience)

If the user asks you to automate something, DO NOT ask them to edit files. YOU must directly edit the config.yaml file in the project root. Full schema:

daemon block

• port (int): Daemon port. Default 7800.
• log_level (string): Verbosity level. Options: minimal (default) or debug.
• api_key (string): If set, all requests must include X-API-Key header or ?apikey= param.
• data_dir (string): Directory for internal state files. Default "./data".

scraper block

• sources (array): Active scrapers. Valid: yts, nyaa, piratebay, 1337x, eztv, subsplease, fitgirl, torrentscsv, rutracker, bittorrented.
• filters (map): e.g. language: spanish.
• dns (string): DNS resolver. e.g. "cloudflare", "google", "8.8.8.8".
• rutracker_cookie (string): RuTracker bb_session cookie (only needed to activate that source).

torrent block

• download_dir (string): Root download path.
• auto_export_torrent (bool): Auto-saves .torrent file alongside download.
• trackers (array): Extra UDP/HTTP trackers appended to every magnet.
• category_dirs (map): Map of category name → absolute path. e.g. movies: /downloads/movies.
• max_download_rate (int, KB/s): Download speed cap. 0 = unlimited.
• max_upload_rate (int, KB/s): Upload/seed speed cap. 0 = unlimited.
• auto_cleanup (bool): Default false. Enables P2P Garbage Collector.
• seed_ratio (float): GC drops torrent when ratio reaches this value (e.g. 1.5).
• max_seed_days (int): GC drops torrent after seeding this many days.
• hardlink_dir (string): Optional. Directory for zero-byte hardlinks for Plex/Jellyfin. Must be on the same physical disk as download_dir.
• post_script (string): Optional. Path to bash script run on download completion. Env vars injected: GORRENT_HASH, GORRENT_NAME, GORRENT_PATH, GORRENT_CATEGORY.
• watch_dir (string): Optional. Drop .magnet or .txt files (containing a magnet URI) here → Gorrent auto-downloads them within 5 seconds and moves them to watch_dir/handled/. Leave empty (default) to disable.
• delete_files_on_stop (bool): Optional, default false. When auto_cleanup GC drops a torrent, also permanently deletes its files from disk. Default is false — files are always kept on disk for Plex/Jellyfin. Only set to true if the user explicitly asks for disk space rotation.

rss block

• interval_min (int): Polling interval in minutes.
• feeds (array): Each feed has url, category, and regex (array of case-insensitive patterns). Empty regex = download everything.

CRITICAL RULES:

• Always execute the wrapper from the Gorrent directory.
• Never attempt to download .torrent files or parse HTML tracker pages yourself.
• Let the Gorrent daemon handle all scoring, peer connection, and dead-torrent protection.
• Seeding is good — never enable auto_cleanup unless the user explicitly asks.

Resilience & State

Gorrent features a Self-Healing Boot architecture.

• State Persistence: Active torrents are automatically saved to state.json inside the download_dir. If Gorrent restarts, it silently reloads all torrents in the background, pausing or resuming them instantly. Do not attempt to manually re-add torrents upon boot.
• Crash Logging: Fatal engine panics are trapped and saved to crash-logs/crash.log in the working directory without terminating the daemon.