diff --git a/server/src/__tests__/adapter-routes.test.ts b/server/src/__tests__/adapter-routes.test.ts
index d67a4f9bf5..289e25c7c2 100644
--- a/server/src/__tests__/adapter-routes.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/__tests__/adapter-routes.test.ts
@@ -129,6 +129,18 @@ describe("adapter routes", () => {
     expect(cursorAdapter).toBeDefined();
     expect(cursorAdapter.capabilities.requiresMaterializedRuntimeSkills).toBe(true);
     expect(cursorAdapter.capabilities.supportsInstructionsBundle).toBe(true);
+
+    // hermes_local currently supports skills + local JWT, but not the managed
+    // instructions bundle flow because the bundled adapter does not consume
+    // instructionsFilePath at runtime.
+    const hermesAdapter = res.body.find((a: any) => a.type === "hermes_local");
+    expect(hermesAdapter).toBeDefined();
+    expect(hermesAdapter.capabilities).toMatchObject({
+      supportsInstructionsBundle: false,
+      supportsSkills: true,
+      supportsLocalAgentJwt: true,
+      requiresMaterializedRuntimeSkills: false,
+    });
   });
 
   it("GET /api/adapters derives supportsSkills from listSkills/syncSkills presence", async () => {
diff --git a/server/src/adapters/registry.ts b/server/src/adapters/registry.ts
index f6a1afca1e..d3fa0fbec7 100644
--- a/server/src/adapters/registry.ts
+++ b/server/src/adapters/registry.ts
@@ -209,8 +209,7 @@ const hermesLocalAdapter: ServerAdapterModule = {
   syncSkills: hermesSyncSkills,
   models: hermesModels,
   supportsLocalAgentJwt: true,
-  supportsInstructionsBundle: true,
-  instructionsPathKey: "instructionsFilePath",
+  supportsInstructionsBundle: false,
   requiresMaterializedRuntimeSkills: false,
   agentConfigurationDoc: hermesAgentConfigurationDoc,
   detectModel: () => detectModelFromHermes(),
diff --git a/ui/src/adapters/use-adapter-capabilities.ts b/ui/src/adapters/use-adapter-capabilities.ts
index 281d3adcc0..7c16e1c973 100644
--- a/ui/src/adapters/use-adapter-capabilities.ts
+++ b/ui/src/adapters/use-adapter-capabilities.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const KNOWN_DEFAULTS: Record<string, AdapterCapabilities> = {
   gemini_local: { supportsInstructionsBundle: true, supportsSkills: true, supportsLocalAgentJwt: true, requiresMaterializedRuntimeSkills: true },
   opencode_local: { supportsInstructionsBundle: true, supportsSkills: true, supportsLocalAgentJwt: true, requiresMaterializedRuntimeSkills: true },
   pi_local: { supportsInstructionsBundle: true, supportsSkills: true, supportsLocalAgentJwt: true, requiresMaterializedRuntimeSkills: true },
-  hermes_local: { supportsInstructionsBundle: true, supportsSkills: true, supportsLocalAgentJwt: true, requiresMaterializedRuntimeSkills: false },
+  hermes_local: { supportsInstructionsBundle: false, supportsSkills: true, supportsLocalAgentJwt: true, requiresMaterializedRuntimeSkills: false },
   openclaw_gateway: ALL_FALSE,
 };