# Hermes Studio Installation

Install, detect, validate, update, remove, recover, or migrate Ekko Studio, its managed...

- Repository: https://github.com/EKKOLearnAI/ekko-studio (11634 stars)
- Category: AI and agents
- License: see repository
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add EKKOLearnAI/ekko-studio --skill hermes-studio-installation -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add EKKOLearnAI/ekko-studio --skill hermes-studio-installation -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add EKKOLearnAI/ekko-studio --skill hermes-studio-installation -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add EKKOLearnAI/ekko-studio --skill hermes-studio-installation -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Install, detect, validate, update, remove, recover, or migrate Ekko Studio, its managed Hermes Runtime, or the Claude Code, Codex, Pi, and Grok coding-agent CLIs. Use for installation status, version checks, Runtime downloads and storage moves, PATH problems, or upgrade failures; do not use for model, Provider, credential, MCP, memory, or Skill configuration.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Ekko Studio installation

Handle installation and Runtime lifecycle work for Ekko Studio and every Agent shown on its Agents page.

## Keep the boundary narrow

- Cover installation, discovery, verification, upgrades, removal, Runtime activation, and Runtime storage migration.
- Do not create or edit model, Provider, API-key, OAuth, MCP, memory, prompt, or Skill configuration as part of this workflow.
- Installation may create package-manager files and Studio-owned Runtime manifests. Treat those as installer state, not user model configuration.
- Prefer the Agents page and Version Management UI because they use the same paths, pins, adapters, validation, and restart behavior as Studio itself.
- Do not hand-edit `runtime-manifest.json` or `active-version.json` when the UI is available.

## Load only the relevant reference

- Read [references/studio.md](references/studio.md) for installing, verifying, or upgrading the Desktop, npm, Docker, or source form of Ekko Studio.
- Read [references/hermes-runtime.md](references/hermes-runtime.md) for Hermes CLI detection, managed Runtime downloads, validation, activation, upgrades, recovery, or storage migration.
- Read [references/coding-agents.md](references/coding-agents.md) for Claude Code, Codex, Pi, or Grok installation, update checks, removal, PATH diagnosis, and success criteria.

Read more than one reference only when the request crosses those boundaries.

## Installation workflow

The rest: https://github.com/EKKOLearnAI/ekko-studio/blob/HEAD/packages/ekko-agent/skills/hermes-studio-installation/SKILL.md