Parent: #66345 — GPT 5.4 Enhancement v3: Hermes Parity Sprint
Priority: P2 — LOW
Type: Feature / Provider Support
Problem
Hermes Agent includes Gemini/Gemma-specific operational guidance (GOOGLE_MODEL_OPERATIONAL_GUIDANCE in prompt_builder.py lines 256-276) that addresses known Gemini failure modes: relative paths, missing dependency checks, interactive CLI prompts hanging, and sequential-when-parallel tool calls.
OpenClaw's Google extension (extensions/google/) has no prompt-overlay.ts and doesn't use resolveSystemPromptContribution. Gemini models on OpenClaw get the generic execution bias only.
Hermes Reference
GOOGLE_MODEL_OPERATIONAL_GUIDANCE = (
"# Google model operational directives\n"
"Follow these operational rules strictly:\n"
"- **Absolute paths:** Always construct and use absolute file paths...\n"
"- **Verify first:** Use read_file/search_files to check file contents...\n"
"- **Dependency checks:** Never assume a library is available...\n"
"- **Conciseness:** Keep explanatory text brief...\n"
"- **Parallel tool calls:** When you need to perform multiple independent "
"operations, make all the tool calls in a single response...\n"
"- **Non-interactive commands:** Use flags like -y, --yes, --non-interactive...\n"
"- **Keep going:** Work autonomously until the task is fully resolved...\n"
)
Proposed Implementation
New File: extensions/google/prompt-overlay.ts
export const GOOGLE_GEMINI_EXECUTION_GUIDANCE = `## Gemini Operational Directives
Follow these operational rules strictly:
- **Absolute paths:** Always construct and use absolute file paths for all file system operations.
- **Verify first:** Use read or search tools to check file contents and project structure before making changes.
- **Dependency checks:** Never assume a library is available. Check package.json, requirements.txt, etc.
- **Parallel tool calls:** When performing multiple independent operations, make all tool calls in a single response.
- **Non-interactive commands:** Use flags like -y, --yes, --non-interactive to prevent CLI tools from hanging.
- **Keep going:** Work autonomously until the task is fully resolved.`;
export function resolveGoogleSystemPromptContribution(params) {
// Returns { sectionOverrides: { tool_enforcement: GOOGLE_GEMINI_EXECUTION_GUIDANCE } }
// Only for Google provider IDs
}
File: extensions/google/provider-registration.ts
Wire resolveSystemPromptContribution into the provider:
import { resolveGoogleSystemPromptContribution } from "./prompt-overlay.js";
// In registerGoogleProvider:
api.registerProvider({
...existingConfig,
resolveSystemPromptContribution: (ctx) =>
resolveGoogleSystemPromptContribution({
modelProviderId: "google",
modelId: ctx.modelId,
}),
});
Architecture
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Provider Prompt Overlay Pattern │
│ │
│ extensions/openai/prompt-overlay.ts (exists) │
│ ├── GPT-5 execution bias │
│ ├── GPT-5 tool enforcement │
│ ├── GPT-5 output contract │
│ └── Friendly personality overlay │
│ │
│ extensions/google/prompt-overlay.ts (NEW) │
│ └── Gemini operational directives │
│ (absolute paths, verify first, parallel calls) │
│ │
│ Both use: sectionOverrides.tool_enforcement │
│ from PR 3's first-class section │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Dependencies
Verification
- Test: Gemini models receive operational directives in system prompt
- Test: Non-Google models don't receive Gemini directives
- Manual: Run Gemini on a file-manipulation task, verify it uses absolute paths
Parent: #66345 — GPT 5.4 Enhancement v3: Hermes Parity Sprint
Priority: P2 — LOW
Type: Feature / Provider Support
Problem
Hermes Agent includes Gemini/Gemma-specific operational guidance (
GOOGLE_MODEL_OPERATIONAL_GUIDANCEinprompt_builder.pylines 256-276) that addresses known Gemini failure modes: relative paths, missing dependency checks, interactive CLI prompts hanging, and sequential-when-parallel tool calls.OpenClaw's Google extension (
extensions/google/) has noprompt-overlay.tsand doesn't useresolveSystemPromptContribution. Gemini models on OpenClaw get the generic execution bias only.Hermes Reference
Proposed Implementation
New File:
extensions/google/prompt-overlay.tsFile:
extensions/google/provider-registration.tsWire
resolveSystemPromptContributioninto the provider:Architecture
Dependencies
tool_enforcementsection ID to exist inProviderSystemPromptSectionIdVerification