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docs: clarify gateway service scopes (#1378)

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@ -54,10 +54,12 @@ This walks you through configuring each platform with arrow-key selection, shows
```bash
hermes gateway # Run in foreground
hermes gateway setup # Configure messaging platforms interactively
hermes gateway install # Install as systemd service (Linux) / launchd (macOS)
hermes gateway start # Start the service
hermes gateway stop # Stop the service
hermes gateway status # Check service status
hermes gateway install # Install as a user service (Linux) / launchd service (macOS)
sudo hermes gateway install --system # Linux only: install a boot-time system service
hermes gateway start # Start the default service
hermes gateway stop # Stop the default service
hermes gateway status # Check default service status
hermes gateway status --system # Linux only: inspect the system service explicitly
```
## Chat Commands (Inside Messaging)
@ -188,8 +190,18 @@ journalctl --user -u hermes-gateway -f
# Enable lingering (keeps running after logout)
sudo loginctl enable-linger $USER
# Or install a boot-time system service that still runs as your user
sudo hermes gateway install --system
sudo hermes gateway start --system
sudo hermes gateway status --system
journalctl -u hermes-gateway -f
```
Use the user service on laptops and dev boxes. Use the system service on VPS or headless hosts that should come back at boot without relying on systemd linger.
Avoid keeping both the user and system gateway units installed at once unless you really mean to. Hermes will warn if it detects both because start/stop/status behavior gets ambiguous.
### macOS (launchd)
```bash