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That sounds like a terminal color issue — the text colors in Hermes are probably set to white/light, which blends into your terminal background. Let me check your Hermes config to see what's going on.

I see the issue. Your config has `display.skin: default` and your terminal is using `xterm-256color` but with no `COLORTERM` set. The "default" skin likely uses white text that's invisible on your light terminal background. Let me check what skins are available:

Found it. The skin engine is at `hermes_cli/skin_engine.py`. Let me look at it and the available skins:

Now I can see the problem clearly. Your `display.skin` is set to `default`, which uses light/cream colors like `#FFF8DC` (cornsilk), `#FFD700` (gold), `#FFBF00` — these are designed for dark terminal backgrounds. On a light/white terminal background, they're invisible. You have two built-in light-mode skins available: 1. **`daylight`** — Light theme with dark text and cool blue accents (modern look) 2. **`warm-lightmode`** — Warm brown/gold text for light terminal backgrounds (matches the gold aesthetic but readable) Let me switch you to `daylight` since it's the most readable on white backgrounds:

Done. I changed your skin from `default` to `daylight`. Next time you start Hermes, it'll use dark text on your light terminal background. Here's a quick summary of the available skins: | Skin | Best for | Look | |------|----------|------| | `default` | Dark terminal | Gold/cream text (was invisible on yours) | | `daylight` | Light/white terminal | Dark text, blue accents -- NOW ACTIVE | | `warm-lightmode` | Light terminal | Brown/gold dark text, warm feel | | `slate` | Dark terminal | Cool blue developer theme | | `mono` | Dark terminal | Grayscale monochrome | | `ares` | Dark terminal | Crimson/bronze war theme | | `poseidon` | Dark terminal | Deep blue ocean theme | | `charizard` | Dark terminal | Burnt orange volcanic theme | | `sisyphus` | Dark terminal | Austere grayscale | You can switch anytime in the CLI with `/skin daylight` or `/skin warm-lightmode`, or edit `display.skin` in config.yaml. If `daylight` feels too cold/blue, try `warm-lightmode` which keeps more of the gold feel but with dark text that's readable on white backgrounds.

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