From 425f5b427283347a81ba2a5902876a15b2debac3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hermes <hermes@research.dezeeuw.ca>
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2026 16:39:15 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: run_tests.sh fallback logic for pytest availability

---
 run_tests.sh | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/run_tests.sh b/run_tests.sh
index d32ffd4..2cbcab6 100755
--- a/run_tests.sh
+++ b/run_tests.sh
@@ -3,11 +3,15 @@
 
 cd "$(dirname "$0")"
 
-# Use full python path if in Hermes environment
+# Default to Hermes python (has pytest), fall back to system python
 if [ -f "/opt/hermes/tools/python-3.14.9+202****1021-linux-x64/bin/python" ]; then
     PYTHON="/opt/hermes/tools/python-3.14.9+202****1021-linux-x64/bin/python"
-else
+elif command -v python3 &>/dev/null && python3 -c "import pytest" 2>/dev/null; then
     PYTHON="python3"
+else
+    echo "Error: pytest not found. Try:"
+    echo "  pip install pytest numpy psutil Pillow"
+    exit 1
 fi
 
 echo "Running tests with: $PYTHON"