diff --git a/tests/tools/test_browser_console.py b/tests/tools/test_browser_console.py
index 1b9bb462b..b058fb3f3 100644
--- a/tests/tools/test_browser_console.py
+++ b/tests/tools/test_browser_console.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import json
 import os
 import sys
+from pathlib import Path
 from unittest.mock import patch, MagicMock
 
 import pytest
@@ -194,6 +195,63 @@ class TestBrowserVisionAnnotate:
                 assert "--annotate" in cmd_args
 
 
+class TestBrowserVisionConfig:
+    def _setup_screenshot(self, tmp_path):
+        shots_dir = tmp_path / "browser_screenshots"
+        shots_dir.mkdir()
+        screenshot = shots_dir / "shot.png"
+        screenshot.write_bytes(b"\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n" + b"\x00" * 8)
+        return shots_dir, screenshot
+
+    def test_browser_vision_uses_configured_temperature_and_timeout(self, tmp_path):
+        from tools.browser_tool import browser_vision
+
+        shots_dir, screenshot = self._setup_screenshot(tmp_path)
+        mock_response = MagicMock()
+        mock_choice = MagicMock()
+        mock_choice.message.content = "Annotated screenshot analysis"
+        mock_response.choices = [mock_choice]
+
+        with (
+            patch("hermes_constants.get_hermes_dir", return_value=shots_dir),
+            patch("tools.browser_tool._cleanup_old_screenshots"),
+            patch("tools.browser_tool._run_browser_command", return_value={"success": True, "data": {"path": str(screenshot)}}),
+            patch("tools.browser_tool._get_vision_model", return_value="test-model"),
+            patch("hermes_cli.config.load_config", return_value={"auxiliary": {"vision": {"temperature": 1, "timeout": 45}}}),
+            patch("tools.browser_tool.call_llm", return_value=mock_response) as mock_llm,
+        ):
+            result = json.loads(browser_vision("what is on the page?", task_id="test"))
+
+        assert result["success"] is True
+        assert result["analysis"] == "Annotated screenshot analysis"
+        assert mock_llm.call_args.kwargs["temperature"] == 1.0
+        assert mock_llm.call_args.kwargs["timeout"] == 45.0
+
+    def test_browser_vision_defaults_temperature_when_config_omits_it(self, tmp_path):
+        from tools.browser_tool import browser_vision
+
+        shots_dir, screenshot = self._setup_screenshot(tmp_path)
+        mock_response = MagicMock()
+        mock_choice = MagicMock()
+        mock_choice.message.content = "Default screenshot analysis"
+        mock_response.choices = [mock_choice]
+
+        with (
+            patch("hermes_constants.get_hermes_dir", return_value=shots_dir),
+            patch("tools.browser_tool._cleanup_old_screenshots"),
+            patch("tools.browser_tool._run_browser_command", return_value={"success": True, "data": {"path": str(screenshot)}}),
+            patch("tools.browser_tool._get_vision_model", return_value="test-model"),
+            patch("hermes_cli.config.load_config", return_value={"auxiliary": {"vision": {}}}),
+            patch("tools.browser_tool.call_llm", return_value=mock_response) as mock_llm,
+        ):
+            result = json.loads(browser_vision("what is on the page?", task_id="test"))
+
+        assert result["success"] is True
+        assert result["analysis"] == "Default screenshot analysis"
+        assert mock_llm.call_args.kwargs["temperature"] == 0.1
+        assert mock_llm.call_args.kwargs["timeout"] == 120.0
+
+
 # ── auto-recording config ────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 
diff --git a/tools/browser_tool.py b/tools/browser_tool.py
index f8a3ff09a..96dbd7432 100644
--- a/tools/browser_tool.py
+++ b/tools/browser_tool.py
@@ -2098,16 +2098,21 @@ def browser_vision(question: str, annotate: bool = False, task_id: Optional[str]
         logger.debug("browser_vision: analysing screenshot (%d bytes)",
                      len(_screenshot_bytes))
 
-        # Read vision timeout from config (auxiliary.vision.timeout), default 120s.
+        # Read vision timeout/temperature from config (auxiliary.vision.*).
         # Local vision models (llama.cpp, ollama) can take well over 30s for
-        # screenshot analysis, so the default must be generous.
+        # screenshot analysis, so the default timeout must be generous.
         vision_timeout = 120.0
+        vision_temperature = 0.1
         try:
             from hermes_cli.config import load_config
             _cfg = load_config()
-            _vt = _cfg.get("auxiliary", {}).get("vision", {}).get("timeout")
+            _vision_cfg = _cfg.get("auxiliary", {}).get("vision", {})
+            _vt = _vision_cfg.get("timeout")
             if _vt is not None:
                 vision_timeout = float(_vt)
+            _vtemp = _vision_cfg.get("temperature")
+            if _vtemp is not None:
+                vision_temperature = float(_vtemp)
         except Exception:
             pass
 
@@ -2123,7 +2128,7 @@ def browser_vision(question: str, annotate: bool = False, task_id: Optional[str]
                 }
             ],
             "max_tokens": 2000,
-            "temperature": 0.1,
+            "temperature": vision_temperature,
             "timeout": vision_timeout,
         }
         if vision_model: