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Reference -- CA4730-59A

The intended flow is:

User request

→ planner decides route

→ backend creates a scoped job ticket

→ Hermes should execute only that ticket

→ generated app builds and opens

The problem is that my OpenRouter logs show Hermes sending huge prompts, around 40k–60k tokens, even for a scoped coding task. The prompt includes things like:

Hermes Agent Persona

memory instructions

available_skills

full skills catalogue

unrelated skills

This is expensive and seems to distract the coding model. I do not need the full autonomous-agent context for these runs. I only need Hermes to act as a narrow executor for a prebuilt job ticket.

I tried adding a “job_ticket_executor” / lean mode that should include only:

- executor identity

- serialized job ticket

- repo workdir

- selected required skills

- allowed tools

- acceptance criteria

- verification commands

But the OpenRouter prompt still seems to include the full Hermes persona/skills/memory block in some runs.

My questions:

1. Has anyone successfully run Hermes Agent, or similar coding agents, in a lean executor mode?

2. Is there a clean way to prevent the full persona, memory block, and full skills catalogue from being injected into every model call?

3. Should skills be loaded as outcome-specific instructions only, instead of listing the entire available skill registry?

4. Is the better pattern to bypass the agent framework entirely for codegen and call the model directly with my own job ticket + tool layer?

5. How do you debug where prompt bloat is coming from in agent frameworks?

What I want is:

Planner model decides what should happen.

Backend creates deterministic job ticket.

Coding model receives only the ticket and minimal execution rules.

Agent/tool layer edits files and runs commands.

What I do not want is:

Coding model receives 47k tokens of persona, memory, all skills, unrelated tools, and then the actual task.

Any advice on architecture, prompt assembly, or where to patch this kind of framework would be appreciated.

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The basics are quietly strong: 39.6mm case, 11.7mm thick, sapphire with AR, 100m water resistance, Eco-Drive B620 rated ±15 sec/month with about 9 months reserve, plus 1/5 sec chrono (60-min total), date, and 24h. Even the dial is unusually clean for this segment, including the small choice to skip the classic “Eco-Drive” text.

It naturally raises the Seiko question. The Prospex Speedtimer has become a go-to reference point for modern Japanese chronographs, but it also tends to sit in a higher price bracket. These new Citizens, listed in Japan at ¥49,500 (roughly $300), can come in at well under half of what a Speedtimer often costs at retail depending on the market.

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The question must be made: is there now a reason to go for the Seiko paying double the price over this new piece?