docs: two-container Docker setup for Agent + WebUI (#288)

Adds docker-compose.two-container.yml and README section for running
hermes-agent and hermes-webui in separate Docker containers connected
via shared volumes.

The key insight: the WebUI imports hermes-agent's Python modules
directly (not via HTTP), so the agent source must be mounted into
the WebUI container. The existing docker_init.bash handles installing
the agent's dependencies at startup via uv pip install.

Shared volumes:
- hermes-home: config, sessions, skills, memory (~/.hermes)
- hermes-agent-src: agent source code for Python import

Fixes #288

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Nathan Esquenazi
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> To expose on a network, change the port to `"8787:8787"` in `docker-compose.yml`
> and set `HERMES_WEBUI_PASSWORD` to enable authentication.
### Two-container setup (Agent + WebUI)
If you run the Hermes Agent in its own Docker container and want the WebUI
in a separate container:
```bash
docker compose -f docker-compose.two-container.yml up -d
```
This starts both containers with shared volumes:
- **`hermes-home`** — shared `~/.hermes` for config, sessions, skills, memory
- **`hermes-agent-src`** — the agent's source code, mounted into the WebUI
container so it can install the agent's Python dependencies at startup
The WebUI's init script automatically installs hermes-agent and all its
dependencies (openai, anthropic, etc.) into its own Python environment on
first boot. Subsequent restarts reuse the installed packages.
> **How it works:** The WebUI imports hermes-agent's Python modules directly
> (not via HTTP). The shared volume makes the agent source available, and
> the init script runs `uv pip install` to set up the dependencies. Both
> containers share the same `~/.hermes` directory for config and state.
See `docker-compose.two-container.yml` for the full configuration.
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## What start.sh discovers automatically