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Hermes Agent 配置

2026-05-20 · Skills中心

Hermes Agent 配置

配置、扩展或贡献 Hermes Agent 智能体

Hermes Agent

Hermes Agent is an open-source AI agent framework by Nous Research that runs in your terminal, messaging platforms, and IDEs. It belongs to the same category as Claude Code (Anthropic), Codex (OpenAI), and OpenClaw — autonomous coding and task-execution agents that use tool calling to interact with your system. Hermes works with any LLM provider (OpenRouter, Anthropic, OpenAI, DeepSeek, local models, and 15+ others) and runs on Linux, macOS, and WSL.

What makes Hermes different:

  • Self-improving through skills — Hermes learns from experience by saving reusable procedures as skills. When it solves a complex problem, discovers a workflow, or gets corrected, it can persist that knowledge as a skill document that loads into future sessions. Skills accumulate over time, making the agent better at your specific tasks and environment.
  • Persistent memory across sessions — remembers who you are, your preferences, environment details, and lessons learned. Pluggable memory backends (built-in, Honcho, Mem0, and more) let you choose how memory works.
  • Multi-platform gateway — the same agent runs on Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, Matrix, Email, and 10+ other platforms with full tool access, not just chat.
  • Provider-agnostic — swap models and providers mid-workflow without changing anything else. Credential pools rotate across multiple API keys automatically.
  • Profiles — run multiple independent Hermes instances with isolated configs, sessions, skills, and memory.
  • Extensible — plugins, MCP servers, custom tools, webhook triggers, cron scheduling, and the full Python ecosystem.

    • People use Hermes for software development, research, system administration, data analysis, content creation, home automation, and anything else that benefits from an AI agent with persistent context and full system access.

    This skill helps you work with Hermes Agent effectively — setting it up, configuring features, spawning additional agent instances, troubleshooting issues, finding the right commands and settings, and understanding how the system works when you need to extend or contribute to it.

    Docs: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/

    快速入门

    
# Install
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/main/scripts/install.sh | bash

# Interactive chat (default)
hermes

# Single query
hermes chat -q "What is the capital of France?"

# Setup wizard
hermes setup

# Change model/provider
hermes model

# Check health
hermes doctor

    ---

    CLI 参考

    Global Flags

    
hermes [flags] [command]

  --version, -V             Show version
  --resume, -r SESSION      Resume session by ID or title
  --continue, -c [NAME]     Resume by name, or most recent session
  --worktree, -w            Isolated git worktree mode (parallel agents)
  --skills, -s SKILL        Preload skills (comma-separate or repeat)
  --profile, -p NAME        Use a named profile
  --yolo                    Skip dangerous command approval
  --pass-session-id         Include session ID in system prompt

    No subcommand defaults to chat.

    Chat

    
hermes chat [flags]
  -q, --query TEXT          Single query, non-interactive
  -m, --model MODEL         Model (e.g. anthropic/claude-sonnet-4)
  -t, --toolsets LIST       Comma-separated toolsets
  --provider PROVIDER       Force provider (openrouter, anthropic, nous, etc.)
  -v, --verbose             Verbose output
  -Q, --quiet               Suppress banner, spinner, tool previews
  --checkpoints             Enable filesystem checkpoints (/rollback)
  --source TAG              Session source tag (default: cli)

    配置

    
hermes setup [section]      Interactive wizard (model|terminal|gateway|tools|agent)
hermes model                Interactive model/provider picker
hermes config               View current config
hermes config edit          Open config.yaml in $EDITOR
hermes config set KEY VAL   Set a config value
hermes config path          Print config.yaml path
hermes config env-path      Print .env path
hermes config check         Check for missing/outdated config
hermes config migrate       Update config with new options
hermes login [--provider P] OAuth login (nous, openai-codex)
hermes logout               Clear stored auth
hermes doctor [--fix]       Check dependencies and config
hermes status [--all]       Show component status

    Tools & Skills

    
hermes tools                Interactive tool enable/disable (curses UI)
hermes tools list           Show all tools and status
hermes tools enable NAME    Enable a toolset
hermes tools disable NAME   Disable a toolset

hermes skills list          List installed skills
hermes skills search QUERY  Search the skills hub
hermes skills install ID    Install a skill (ID can be a hub identifier OR a direct https://…/SKILL.md URL; pass --name to override when frontmatter has no name)
hermes skills inspect ID    Preview without installing
hermes skills config        Enable/disable skills per platform
hermes skills check         Check for updates
hermes skills update        Update outdated skills
hermes skills uninstall N   Remove a hub skill
hermes skills publish PATH  Publish to registry
hermes skills browse        Browse all available skills
hermes skills tap add REPO  Add a GitHub repo as skill source

    MCP Servers

    
hermes mcp serve            Run Hermes as an MCP server
hermes mcp add NAME         Add an MCP server (--url or --command)
hermes mcp remove NAME      Remove an MCP server
hermes mcp list             List configured servers
hermes mcp test NAME        Test connection
hermes mcp configure NAME   Toggle tool selection

    Gateway (Messaging Platforms)

    
hermes gateway run          Start gateway foreground
hermes gateway install      Install as background service
hermes gateway start/stop   Control the service
hermes gateway restart      Restart the service
hermes gateway status       Check status
hermes gateway setup        Configure platforms

    Supported platforms: Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, Email, SMS, Matrix, Mattermost, Home Assistant, DingTalk, Feishu, WeCom, BlueBubbles (iMessage), Weixin (WeChat), API Server, Webhooks. Open WebUI connects via the API Server adapter.

    Platform docs: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/messaging/

    Sessions

    
hermes sessions list        List recent sessions
hermes sessions browse      Interactive picker
hermes sessions export OUT  Export to JSONL
hermes sessions rename ID T Rename a session
hermes sessions delete ID   Delete a session
hermes sessions prune       Clean up old sessions (--older-than N days)
hermes sessions stats       Session store statistics

    Cron Jobs

    
hermes cron list            List jobs (--all for disabled)
hermes cron create SCHED    Create: '30m', 'every 2h', '0 9 * * *'
hermes cron edit ID         Edit schedule, prompt, delivery
hermes cron pause/resume ID Control job state
hermes cron run ID          Trigger on next tick
hermes cron remove ID       Delete a job
hermes cron status          Scheduler status

    Webhooks

    
hermes webhook subscribe N  Create route at /webhooks/
hermes webhook list         List subscriptions
hermes webhook remove NAME  Remove a subscription
hermes webhook test NAME    Send a test POST

    Profiles

    
hermes profile list         List all profiles
hermes profile create NAME  Create (--clone, --clone-all, --clone-from)
hermes profile use NAME     Set sticky default
hermes profile delete NAME  Delete a profile
hermes profile show NAME    Show details
hermes profile alias NAME   Manage wrapper scripts
hermes profile rename A B   Rename a profile
hermes profile export NAME  Export to tar.gz
hermes profile import FILE  Import from archive

    Credential Pools

    
hermes auth add             Interactive credential wizard
hermes auth list [PROVIDER] List pooled credentials
hermes auth remove P INDEX  Remove by provider + index
hermes auth reset PROVIDER  Clear exhaustion status

    Other

    
hermes insights [--days N]  Usage analytics
hermes update               Update to latest version
hermes pairing list/approve/revoke  DM authorization
hermes plugins list/install/remove  Plugin management
hermes honcho setup/status  Honcho memory integration (requires honcho plugin)
hermes memory setup/status/off  Memory provider config
hermes completion bash|zsh  Shell completions
hermes acp                  ACP server (IDE integration)
hermes claw migrate         Migrate from OpenClaw
hermes uninstall            Uninstall Hermes

    ---

    Slash Commands (In-Session)

    Type these during an interactive chat session. New commands land fairly

    often; if something below looks stale, run /help in-session for the

    authoritative list or see the live slash commands reference.

    The registry of record is hermes_cli/commands.py — every consumer

    (autocomplete, Telegram menu, Slack mapping, /help) derives from it.

    Session Control

    
/new (/reset)        Fresh session
/clear               Clear screen + new session (CLI)
/retry               Resend last message
/undo                Remove last exchange
/title [name]        Name the session
/compress            Manually compress context
/stop                Kill background processes
/rollback [N]        Restore filesystem checkpoint
/snapshot [sub]      Create or restore state snapshots of Hermes config/state (CLI)
/background  Run prompt in background
/queue       Queue for next turn
/steer       Inject a message after the next tool call without interrupting
/agents (/tasks)     Show active agents and running tasks
/resume [name]       Resume a named session
/goal [text|sub]     Set a standing goal Hermes works on across turns until achieved
                     (subcommands: status, pause, resume, clear)
/redraw              Force a full UI repaint (CLI)

    配置

    
/config              Show config (CLI)
/model [name]        Show or change model
/personality [name]  Set personality
/reasoning [level]   Set reasoning (none|minimal|low|medium|high|xhigh|show|hide)
/verbose             Cycle: off → new → all → verbose
/voice [on|off|tts]  Voice mode
/yolo                Toggle approval bypass
/busy [sub]          Control what Enter does while Hermes is working (CLI)
                     (subcommands: queue, steer, interrupt, status)
/indicator [style]   Pick the TUI busy-indicator style (CLI)
                     (styles: kaomoji, emoji, unicode, ascii)
/footer [on|off]     Toggle gateway runtime-metadata footer on final replies
/skin [name]         Change theme (CLI)
/statusbar           Toggle status bar (CLI)

    Tools & Skills

    
/tools               Manage tools (CLI)
/toolsets            List toolsets (CLI)
/skills              Search/install skills (CLI)
/skill         Load a skill into session
/reload-skills       Re-scan ~/.hermes/skills/ for added/removed skills
/reload              Reload .env variables into the running session (CLI)
/reload-mcp          Reload MCP servers
/cron                Manage cron jobs (CLI)
/curator [sub]       Background skill maintenance (status, run, pin, archive, …)
/kanban [sub]        Multi-profile collaboration board (tasks, links, comments)
/plugins             List plugins (CLI)

    Gateway

    
/approve             Approve a pending command (gateway)
/deny                Deny a pending command (gateway)
/restart             Restart gateway (gateway)
/sethome             Set current chat as home channel (gateway)
/update              Update Hermes to latest (gateway)
/topic [sub]         Enable or inspect Telegram DM topic sessions (gateway)
/platforms (/gateway) Show platform connection status (gateway)

    Utility

    
/branch (/fork)      Branch the current session
/fast                Toggle priority/fast processing
/browser             Open CDP browser connection
/history             Show conversation history (CLI)
/save                Save conversation to file (CLI)
/copy [N]            Copy the last assistant response to clipboard (CLI)
/paste               Attach clipboard image (CLI)
/image               Attach local image file (CLI)

    Info

    
/help                Show commands
/commands [page]     Browse all commands (gateway)
/usage               Token usage
/insights [days]     Usage analytics
/gquota              Show Google Gemini Code Assist quota usage (CLI)
/status              Session info (gateway)
/profile             Active profile info
/debug               Upload debug report (system info + logs) and get shareable links

    Exit

    
/quit (/exit, /q)    Exit CLI

    ---

    Key Paths & Config

    
~/.hermes/config.yaml       Main configuration
~/.hermes/.env              API keys and secrets
$HERMES_HOME/skills/        Installed skills
~/.hermes/sessions/         Session transcripts
~/.hermes/logs/             Gateway and error logs
~/.hermes/auth.json         OAuth tokens and credential pools
~/.hermes/hermes-agent/     Source code (if git-installed)

    Profiles use ~/.hermes/profiles// with the same layout.

    Config Sections

    Edit with hermes config edit or hermes config set section.key value.

    SectionKey options
    `model``default`, `provider`, `base_url`, `api_key`, `context_length`
    `agent``max_turns` (90), `tool_use_enforcement`
    `terminal``backend` (local/docker/ssh/modal), `cwd`, `timeout` (180)
    `compression``enabled`, `threshold` (0.50), `target_ratio` (0.20)
    `display``skin`, `tool_progress`, `show_reasoning`, `show_cost`
    `stt``enabled`, `provider` (local/groq/openai/mistral)
    `tts``provider` (edge/elevenlabs/openai/minimax/mistral/neutts)
    `memory``memory_enabled`, `user_profile_enabled`, `provider`
    `security``tirith_enabled`, `website_blocklist`
    `delegation``model`, `provider`, `base_url`, `api_key`, `max_iterations` (50), `reasoning_effort`

    Full config reference: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/configuration

    Providers

    20+ providers supported. Set via hermes model or hermes setup.

    `checkpoints``enabled`, `max_snapshots` (50)
    ProviderAuthKey env var
    OpenRouterAPI key`OPENROUTER_API_KEY`
    AnthropicAPI key`ANTHROPIC_API_KEY`
    Nous PortalOAuth`hermes auth`
    OpenAI CodexOAuth`hermes auth`
    GitHub CopilotToken`COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN`
    Google GeminiAPI key`GOOGLE_API_KEY` or `GEMINI_API_KEY`
    DeepSeekAPI key`DEEPSEEK_API_KEY`
    xAI / GrokAPI key`XAI_API_KEY`
    Hugging FaceToken`HF_TOKEN`
    Z.AI / GLMAPI key`GLM_API_KEY`
    MiniMaxAPI key`MINIMAX_API_KEY`
    MiniMax CNAPI key`MINIMAX_CN_API_KEY`
    Kimi / MoonshotAPI key`KIMI_API_KEY`
    Alibaba / DashScopeAPI key`DASHSCOPE_API_KEY`
    Xiaomi MiMoAPI key`XIAOMI_API_KEY`
    Kilo CodeAPI key`KILOCODE_API_KEY`
    AI Gateway (Vercel)API key`AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY`
    OpenCode ZenAPI key`OPENCODE_ZEN_API_KEY`
    OpenCode GoAPI key`OPENCODE_GO_API_KEY`
    Qwen OAuthOAuth`hermes login --provider qwen-oauth`
    Custom endpointConfig`model.base_url` + `model.api_key` in config.yaml

    Full provider docs: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/integrations/providers

    Toolsets

    Enable/disable via hermes tools (interactive) or hermes tools enable/disable NAME.

    GitHub Copilot ACPExternal`COPILOT_CLI_PATH` or Copilot CLI
    ToolsetWhat it provides
    `web`Web search and content extraction
    `search`Web search only (subset of `web`)
    `browser`Browser automation (Browserbase, Camofox, or local Chromium)
    `terminal`Shell commands and process management
    `file`File read/write/search/patch
    `code_execution`Sandboxed Python execution
    `vision`Image analysis
    `image_gen`AI image generation
    `video`Video analysis and generation
    `tts`Text-to-speech
    `skills`Skill browsing and management
    `memory`Persistent cross-session memory
    `session_search`Search past conversations
    `delegation`Subagent task delegation
    `cronjob`Scheduled task management
    `clarify`Ask user clarifying questions
    `messaging`Cross-platform message sending
    `todo`In-session task planning and tracking
    `kanban`Multi-agent work-queue tools (gated to workers)
    `debugging`Extra introspection/debug tools (off by default)
    `safe`Minimal, low-risk toolset for locked-down sessions
    `spotify`Spotify playback and playlist control
    `homeassistant`Smart home control (off by default)
    `discord`Discord integration tools
    `discord_admin`Discord admin/moderation tools
    `feishu_doc`Feishu (Lark) document tools
    `feishu_drive`Feishu (Lark) drive tools
    `yuanbao`Yuanbao integration tools
    `rl`Reinforcement learning tools (off by default)

    Full enumeration lives in toolsets.py as the TOOLSETS dict; _HERMES_CORE_TOOLS is the default bundle most platforms inherit from.

    Tool changes take effect on /reset (new session). They do NOT apply mid-conversation to preserve prompt caching.

    ---

    安全说明 & Privacy Toggles

    Common "why is Hermes doing X to my output / tool calls / commands?" toggles — and the exact commands to change them. Most of these need a fresh session (/reset in chat, or start a new hermes invocation) because they're read once at startup.

    Secret redaction in tool output

    Secret redaction is off by default — tool output (terminal stdout, read_file, web content, subagent summaries, etc.) passes through unmodified. If the user wants Hermes to auto-mask strings that look like API keys, tokens, and secrets before they enter the conversation context and logs:

    
hermes config set security.redact_secrets true       # enable globally

    Restart required. security.redact_secrets is snapshotted at import time — toggling it mid-session (e.g. via export HERMES_REDACT_SECRETS=true from a tool call) will NOT take effect for the running process. Tell the user to run hermes config set security.redact_secrets true in a terminal, then start a new session. This is deliberate — it prevents an LLM from flipping the toggle on itself mid-task.

    Disable again with:

    
hermes config set security.redact_secrets false

    PII redaction in gateway messages

    Separate from secret redaction. When enabled, the gateway hashes user IDs and strips phone numbers from the session context before it reaches the model:

    
hermes config set privacy.redact_pii true    # enable
hermes config set privacy.redact_pii false   # disable (default)

    Command approval prompts

    By default (approvals.mode: manual), Hermes prompts the user before running shell commands flagged as destructive (rm -rf, git reset --hard, etc.). The modes are:

  • manual — always prompt (default)
  • smart — use an auxiliary LLM to auto-approve low-risk commands, prompt on high-risk
  • off — skip all approval prompts (equivalent to --yolo)
    • 
hermes config set approvals.mode smart       # recommended middle ground
hermes config set approvals.mode off         # bypass everything (not recommended)

    Per-invocation bypass without changing config:

  • hermes --yolo …
  • export HERMES_YOLO_MODE=1

    • Note: YOLO / approvals.mode: off does NOT turn off secret redaction. They are independent.

    Shell hooks allowlist

    Some shell-hook integrations require explicit allowlisting before they fire. Managed via ~/.hermes/shell-hooks-allowlist.json — prompted interactively the first time a hook wants to run.

    Disabling the web/browser/image-gen tools

    To keep the model away from network or media tools entirely, open hermes tools and toggle per-platform. Takes effect on next session (/reset). See the Tools & Skills section above.

    ---

    Voice & Transcription

    STT (Voice → Text)

    Voice messages from messaging platforms are auto-transcribed.

    Provider priority (auto-detected):

  • Local faster-whisper — free, no API key: pip install faster-whisper
  • Groq Whisper — free tier: set GROQ_API_KEY
  • OpenAI Whisper — paid: set VOICE_TOOLS_OPENAI_KEY
  • Mistral Voxtral — set MISTRAL_API_KEY

    • Config:

    
stt:
  enabled: true
  provider: local        # local, groq, openai, mistral
  local:
    model: base          # tiny, base, small, medium, large-v3

    TTS (Text → Voice)

    `moa`Mixture of Agents (off by default)
    ProviderEnv varFree?
    Edge TTSNoneYes (default)
    ElevenLabs`ELEVENLABS_API_KEY`Free tier
    OpenAI`VOICE_TOOLS_OPENAI_KEY`Paid
    MiniMax`MINIMAX_API_KEY`Paid
    Mistral (Voxtral)`MISTRAL_API_KEY`Paid

    Voice commands: /voice on (voice-to-voice), /voice tts (always voice), /voice off.

    ---

    Spawning Additional Hermes Instances

    Run additional Hermes processes as fully independent subprocesses — separate sessions, tools, and environments.

    使用场景 This vs delegate_task

    NeuTTS (local)None (`pip install neutts[all]` + `espeak-ng`)Free
    `delegate_task`Spawning `hermes` process
    IsolationSeparate conversation, shared processFully independent process
    DurationMinutes (bounded by parent loop)Hours/days
    Tool accessSubset of parent's toolsFull tool access
    InteractiveNoYes (PTY mode)

    One-Shot Mode

    
terminal(command="hermes chat -q 'Research GRPO papers and write summary to ~/research/grpo.md'", timeout=300)

# Background for long tasks:
terminal(command="hermes chat -q 'Set up CI/CD for ~/myapp'", background=true)

    Interactive PTY Mode (via tmux)

    Hermes uses prompt_toolkit, which requires a real terminal. Use tmux for interactive spawning:

    
# Start
terminal(command="tmux new-session -d -s agent1 -x 120 -y 40 'hermes'", timeout=10)

# Wait for startup, then send a message
terminal(command="sleep 8 && tmux send-keys -t agent1 'Build a FastAPI auth service' Enter", timeout=15)

# Read output
terminal(command="sleep 20 && tmux capture-pane -t agent1 -p", timeout=5)

# Send follow-up
terminal(command="tmux send-keys -t agent1 'Add rate limiting middleware' Enter", timeout=5)

# Exit
terminal(command="tmux send-keys -t agent1 '/exit' Enter && sleep 2 && tmux kill-session -t agent1", timeout=10)

    Multi-Agent Coordination

    
# Agent A: backend
terminal(command="tmux new-session -d -s backend -x 120 -y 40 'hermes -w'", timeout=10)
terminal(command="sleep 8 && tmux send-keys -t backend 'Build REST API for user management' Enter", timeout=15)

# Agent B: frontend
terminal(command="tmux new-session -d -s frontend -x 120 -y 40 'hermes -w'", timeout=10)
terminal(command="sleep 8 && tmux send-keys -t frontend 'Build React dashboard for user management' Enter", timeout=15)

# Check progress, relay context between them
terminal(command="tmux capture-pane -t backend -p | tail -30", timeout=5)
terminal(command="tmux send-keys -t frontend 'Here is the API schema from the backend agent: ...' Enter", timeout=5)

    Session Resume

    
# Resume most recent session
terminal(command="tmux new-session -d -s resumed 'hermes --continue'", timeout=10)

# Resume specific session
terminal(command="tmux new-session -d -s resumed 'hermes --resume 20260225_143052_a1b2c3'", timeout=10)

    使用技巧

  • Prefer delegate_task for quick subtasks — less overhead than spawning a full process
  • Use -w (worktree mode) when spawning agents that edit code — prevents git conflicts
  • Set timeouts for one-shot mode — complex tasks can take 5-10 minutes
  • Use hermes chat -q for fire-and-forget — no PTY needed
  • Use tmux for interactive sessions — raw PTY mode has r vs n issues with prompt_toolkit
  • For scheduled tasks, use the cronjob tool instead of spawning — handles delivery and retry

    • ---

    Durable & Background Systems

    Four systems run alongside the main conversation loop. Quick reference

    here; full developer notes live in AGENTS.md, user-facing docs under

    website/docs/user-guide/features/.

    Delegation (`delegate_task`)

    Synchronous subagent spawn — the parent waits for the child's summary

    before continuing its own loop. Isolated context + terminal session.

  • Single: delegate_task(goal, context, toolsets).
  • Batch: delegate_task(tasks=[{goal, ...}, ...]) runs children in

    • parallel, capped by delegation.max_concurrent_children (default 3).

  • Roles: leaf (default; cannot re-delegate) vs orchestrator

    • (can spawn its own workers, bounded by delegation.max_spawn_depth).

  • Not durable. If the parent is interrupted, the child is

    • cancelled. For work that must outlive the turn, use cronjob or

    terminal(background=True, notify_on_complete=True).

    Config: delegation.* in config.yaml.

    Cron (scheduled jobs)

    Durable scheduler — cron/jobs.py + cron/scheduler.py. Drive it via

    the cronjob tool, the hermes cron CLI (list, add, edit,

    pause, resume, run, remove), or the /cron slash command.

  • Schedules: duration ("30m", "2h"), "every" phrase

    • ("every monday 9am"), 5-field cron ("0 9 * * *"), or ISO timestamp.

  • Per-job knobs: skills, model/provider override, script

    • (pre-run data collection; no_agent=True makes the script the whole

    job), context_from (chain job A's output into job B), workdir

    (run in a specific dir with its AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md loaded),

    multi-platform delivery.

  • Invariants: 3-minute hard interrupt per run, .tick.lock file

    • prevents duplicate ticks across processes, cron sessions pass

    skip_memory=True by default, and cron deliveries are framed with a

    header/footer instead of being mirrored into the target gateway

    session (keeps role alternation intact).

    User docs: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/cron

    Curator (skill lifecycle)

    Background maintenance for agent-created skills. Tracks usage, marks

    idle skills stale, archives stale ones, keeps a pre-run tar.gz backup

    so nothing is lost.

  • CLI: hermes curator — status, run, pause, resume,

    • pin, unpin, archive, restore, prune, backup, rollback.

  • Slash: /curator mirrors the CLI.
  • Scope: only touches skills with created_by: "agent" provenance.

    • Bundled + hub-installed skills are off-limits. Never deletes —

    max destructive action is archive. Pinned skills are exempt from

    every auto-transition and every LLM review pass.

  • Telemetry: sidecar at ~/.hermes/skills/.usage.json holds

    • per-skill use_count, view_count, patch_count,

    last_activity_at, state, pinned.

    Config: curator.* (enabled, interval_hours, min_idle_hours,

    stale_after_days, archive_after_days, backup.*).

    User docs: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/curator

    Kanban (multi-agent work queue)

    Durable SQLite board for multi-profile / multi-worker collaboration.

    Users drive it via hermes kanban ; dispatcher-spawned workers

    see a focused kanban_* toolset gated by HERMES_KANBAN_TASK so the

    schema footprint is zero outside worker processes.

  • CLI verbs (common): init, create, list (alias ls),

    • show, assign, link, unlink, comment, complete, block,

    unblock, archive, tail. Less common: watch, stats, runs,

    log, dispatch, daemon, gc.

  • Worker toolset: kanban_show, kanban_complete, kanban_block,

    • kanban_heartbeat, kanban_comment, kanban_create, kanban_link.

  • Dispatcher runs inside the gateway by default

    • (kanban.dispatch_in_gateway: true) — reclaims stale claims,

    promotes ready tasks, atomically claims, spawns assigned profiles.

    Auto-blocks a task after ~5 consecutive spawn failures.

  • Isolation: board is the hard boundary (workers get

    • HERMES_KANBAN_BOARD pinned in env); tenant is a soft namespace

    within a board for workspace-path + memory-key isolation.

    User docs: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/kanban

    ---

    常见问题

    Voice not working

  • Check stt.enabled: true in config.yaml
  • Verify provider: pip install faster-whisper or set API key
  • In gateway: /restart. In CLI: exit and relaunch.

    • Tool not available

  • hermes tools — check if toolset is enabled for your platform
  • Some tools need env vars (check .env)
  • /reset after enabling tools

    • Model/provider issues

  • hermes doctor — check config and dependencies
  • hermes login — re-authenticate OAuth providers
  • Check .env has the right API key
  • Copilot 403: gh auth login tokens do NOT work for Copilot API. You must use the Copilot-specific OAuth device code flow via hermes model → GitHub Copilot.

    • Changes not taking effect

  • Tools/skills: /reset starts a new session with updated toolset
  • Config changes: In gateway: /restart. In CLI: exit and relaunch.
  • Code changes: Restart the CLI or gateway process

    • Skills not showing

  • hermes skills list — verify installed
  • hermes skills config — check platform enablement
  • Load explicitly: /skill name or hermes -s name

    • Gateway issues

    Check logs first:

    
grep -i "failed to send|error" ~/.hermes/logs/gateway.log | tail -20

    Common gateway problems:

  • Gateway dies on SSH logout: Enable linger: sudo loginctl enable-linger $USER
  • Gateway dies on WSL2 close: WSL2 requires systemd=true in /etc/wsl.conf for systemd services to work. Without it, gateway falls back to nohup (dies when session closes).
  • Gateway crash loop: Reset the failed state: systemctl --user reset-failed hermes-gateway

    • Platform-specific issues

  • Discord bot silent: Must enable Message Content Intent in Bot → Privileged Gateway Intents.
  • Slack bot only works in DMs: Must subscribe to message.channels event. Without it, the bot ignores public channels.
  • Windows HTTP 400 "No models provided": Config file encoding issue (BOM). Ensure config.yaml is saved as UTF-8 without BOM.

    • Auxiliary models not working

    If auxiliary tasks (vision, compression, session_search) fail silently, the auto provider can't find a backend. Either set OPENROUTER_API_KEY or GOOGLE_API_KEY, or explicitly configure each auxiliary task's provider:

    
hermes config set auxiliary.vision.provider 
hermes config set auxiliary.vision.model

    ---

    Where to Find Things

    Use caseQuick parallel subtasksLong autonomous missions
    Looking for...Location
    Config options`hermes config edit` or [Configuration docs](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/configuration)
    Available tools`hermes tools list` or [Tools reference](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/reference/tools-reference)
    Slash commands`/help` in session or [Slash commands reference](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/reference/slash-commands)
    Skills catalog`hermes skills browse` or [Skills catalog](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/reference/skills-catalog)
    Provider setup`hermes model` or [Providers guide](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/integrations/providers)
    Platform setup`hermes gateway setup` or [Messaging docs](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/messaging/)
    MCP servers`hermes mcp list` or [MCP guide](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/mcp)
    Profiles`hermes profile list` or [Profiles docs](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/profiles)
    Cron jobs`hermes cron list` or [Cron docs](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/cron)
    Memory`hermes memory status` or [Memory docs](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/memory)
    Env variables`hermes config env-path` or [Env vars reference](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/reference/environment-variables)
    CLI commands`hermes --help` or [CLI reference](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/reference/cli-commands)
    Gateway logs`~/.hermes/logs/gateway.log`
    Session files`~/.hermes/sessions/` or `hermes sessions browse`

    ---

    Contributor Quick Reference

    For occasional contributors and PR authors. Full developer docs: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/developer-guide/

    Project Layout

    
hermes-agent/
├── run_agent.py          # AIAgent — core conversation loop
├── model_tools.py        # Tool discovery and dispatch
├── toolsets.py           # Toolset definitions
├── cli.py                # Interactive CLI (HermesCLI)
├── hermes_state.py       # SQLite session store
├── agent/                # Prompt builder, context compression, memory, model routing, credential pooling, skill dispatch
├── hermes_cli/           # CLI subcommands, config, setup, commands
│   ├── commands.py       # Slash command registry (CommandDef)
│   ├── config.py         # DEFAULT_CONFIG, env var definitions
│   └── main.py           # CLI entry point and argparse
├── tools/                # One file per tool
│   └── registry.py       # Central tool registry
├── gateway/              # Messaging gateway
│   └── platforms/        # Platform adapters (telegram, discord, etc.)
├── cron/                 # Job scheduler
├── tests/                # ~3000 pytest tests
└── website/              # Docusaurus docs site

    Config: ~/.hermes/config.yaml (settings), ~/.hermes/.env (API keys).

    Adding a Tool (3 files)

    1. Create tools/your_tool.py:

    
import json, os
from tools.registry import registry

def check_requirements() -> bool:
    return bool(os.getenv("EXAMPLE_API_KEY"))

def example_tool(param: str, task_id: str = None) -> str:
    return json.dumps({"success": True, "data": "..."})

registry.register(
    name="example_tool",
    toolset="example",
    schema={"name": "example_tool", "description": "...", "parameters": {...}},
    handler=lambda args, **kw: example_tool(
        param=args.get("param", ""), task_id=kw.get("task_id")),
    check_fn=check_requirements,
    requires_env=["EXAMPLE_API_KEY"],
)

    2. Add to toolsets.py → _HERMES_CORE_TOOLS list.

    Auto-discovery: any tools/*.py file with a top-level registry.register() call is imported automatically — no manual list needed.

    All handlers must return JSON strings. Use get_hermes_home() for paths, never hardcode ~/.hermes.

    Adding a Slash Command

  • Add CommandDef to COMMAND_REGISTRY in hermes_cli/commands.py
  • Add handler in cli.py → process_command()
  • (Optional) Add gateway handler in gateway/run.py

    • All consumers (help text, autocomplete, Telegram menu, Slack mapping) derive from the central registry automatically.

    Agent Loop (High Level)

    
run_conversation():
  1. Build system prompt
  2. Loop while iterations < max:
     a. Call LLM (OpenAI-format messages + tool schemas)
     b. If tool_calls → dispatch each via handle_function_call() → append results → continue
     c. If text response → return
  3. Context compression triggers automatically near token limit

    Testing

    
python -m pytest tests/ -o 'addopts=' -q   # Full suite
python -m pytest tests/tools/ -q            # Specific area
  • Tests auto-redirect HERMES_HOME to temp dirs — never touch real ~/.hermes/
  • Run full suite before pushing any change
  • Use -o 'addopts=' to clear any baked-in pytest flags

    • Commit Conventions

    
type: concise subject line

Optional body.

    Types: fix:, feat:, refactor:, docs:, chore:

    Key Rules

  • Never break prompt caching — don't change context, tools, or system prompt mid-conversation
  • Message role alternation — never two assistant or two user messages in a row
  • Use get_hermes_home() from hermes_constants for all paths (profile-safe)
  • Config values go in config.yaml, secrets go in .env
  • New tools need a check_fn so they only appear when requirements are met
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