name: irc-platform
label: IRC
kind: platform
version: 1.0.0
description: >
  IRC gateway adapter for Hermes Agent.
  Connects to an IRC server and relays messages between an IRC channel
  (or DMs) and the Hermes agent.  No external dependencies — uses
  Python's stdlib asyncio for the IRC protocol.
author: Nous Research
# ``requires_env`` entries are surfaced in ``hermes config`` UI via the
# platform-plugin env var injector in ``hermes_cli/config.py``.
requires_env:
  - name: IRC_SERVER
    description: "IRC server hostname (e.g. irc.libera.chat)"
    prompt: "IRC server"
    password: false
  - name: IRC_CHANNEL
    description: "Channel to join (e.g. #hermes — comma-separate for multiple)"
    prompt: "IRC channel"
    password: false
  - name: IRC_NICKNAME
    description: "Bot nickname on IRC (default: hermes-bot)"
    prompt: "Bot nickname"
    password: false
optional_env:
  - name: IRC_PORT
    description: "IRC server port (default: 6697 with TLS, 6667 without)"
    prompt: "IRC port"
    password: false
  - name: IRC_USE_TLS
    description: "Use TLS for the IRC connection (1/true/yes to enable, default: true on port 6697)"
    prompt: "Use TLS? (true/false)"
    password: false
  - name: IRC_SERVER_PASSWORD
    description: "Server password for the IRC PASS command (optional)"
    prompt: "Server password (optional)"
    password: true
  - name: IRC_NICKSERV_PASSWORD
    description: "NickServ password for automatic IDENTIFY on connect (optional)"
    prompt: "NickServ password (optional)"
    password: true
  - name: IRC_ALLOWED_USERS
    description: "Comma-separated IRC nicks allowed to talk to the bot"
    prompt: "Allowed nicks (comma-separated)"
    password: false
  - name: IRC_ALLOW_ALL_USERS
    description: "Allow anyone in the channel to talk to the bot (dev only)"
    prompt: "Allow all users? (true/false)"
    password: false
  - name: IRC_HOME_CHANNEL
    description: "Channel for cron / notification delivery (defaults to IRC_CHANNEL)"
    prompt: "Home channel (or empty)"
    password: false