diff --git a/hermes/mapping.yaml b/hermes/mapping.yaml
index 1a9abfe..ea9797d 100644
--- a/hermes/mapping.yaml
+++ b/hermes/mapping.yaml
@@ -150,3 +150,10 @@ skills:
       mode: auto
       category: research
     reason: "Shells out to yt-dlp + ffmpeg and writes ./yt-cache/ in cwd. Behavioral audit via using-yt-tools-test-trigger required before promotion to auto."
+
+  using-vds-ops:
+    mode: pending
+    intended:
+      mode: auto
+      category: mcp
+    reason: "Calls mcp__vds-ops__* tools (read-only, but touches infrastructure). Behavioral audit via using-vds-ops-test-trigger required before promotion to auto."