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feat(desktop): add Cron Blueprints to the GUI (#70066)
* feat(desktop): add Cron Blueprints to the GUI

The desktop app had a Cron jobs panel but no Blueprints tab, so the
parameterized automation templates the dashboard offers were unreachable
there (parity matrix: Dashboard=Y, GUI=N).

Adds a Jobs/Blueprints segmented toggle to the cron panel. The Blueprints
tab renders the catalog from the existing GET /api/cron/blueprints endpoint,
one card per template with a typed form (time/enum/weekdays/text slots).
Submitting POSTs to /api/cron/blueprints/instantiate, which fills the slots
and creates a real cron job via the same create_job path as a hand-written
one. The new job is merged into the shared  atom so the Jobs tab
and sidebar reflect it immediately.

Backend already served both endpoints; this is desktop frontend only.
Strings added to all four locales.

* fix(desktop): stop cron blueprint cards clipping and tabs overlapping close X

Blueprint cards were wrapped in PanelBlock (a max-h-48 overflow-auto <pre>
for monospace code), which capped each card and forced an inner scroll,
clipping the copy. Use a plain auto-height card div so rows grow with their
content and the gallery scrolls as one.

PanelHeader actions sat under the overlay's absolutely-positioned close X
(no layout space reserved). Reserve pr-8 clearance when actions are present.

* refactor(desktop): narrow blueprint card i18n dep, document intentional scoping

Address review nits on the Cron Blueprints PR:
- BlueprintCard's submit useCallback depended on the whole t.cron object; it
  only uses the blueprints slice. Bind const b = c.blueprints and use it (plus
  narrow the dep) throughout the card.
- Document the intentional GET-vs-POST profile asymmetry on the blueprint
  endpoints (global catalog vs per-profile instantiate) — the prior comment
  claimed both were profile-scoped.
- Note why the blueprints tab collapses 'all' scope to 'default' (a blueprint
  creates a real per-profile job; 'all' is not a writable target).

* fix(desktop): default blueprint delivery to This desktop, not origin

The blueprint catalog is shared with the dashboard, so its deliver slot
defaults to 'origin' (the chat/home-channel a dashboard or gateway job was
created from). Desktop has no origin chat and no home-channel picker, so the
seeded 'origin' rendered unlabeled and, at delivery, fell through the
home-channel fallback to nowhere when no gateway was configured.

Seed the deliver slot to 'local' (This desktop) when the backend default is
'origin' or empty, drop the origin option from the desktop dropdown, and label
the remaining options with the desktop's own delivery labels — matching the
manual cron editor (local/telegram/discord/slack/email). Also skip the
backend's origin-centric deliver help, which contradicts desktop semantics.

* refactor(desktop): align blueprint cards with the Panel/settings idiom

Address PR review (UI consistency with neighboring surfaces):
- Card container: drop the standalone-card look (bg-foreground/5) for the
  shared in-panel grouping token bg-(--ui-bg-quinary), matching the cron
  editor's in-surface groupings so blueprints sit in the Panel family.
- Form fields: replace the bespoke <label>+<Input> rows with the shared
  ListRow primitive from settings/primitives (label+help on the left, control
  on the right, stacks in a narrow pane) — same idiom as settings/messaging.

No behavior change; blueprint deliver remap and $cronJobs merge untouched.

* fix(desktop): satisfy eslint on the cron blueprint files

CI check:lint failed on import/export ordering and an unused import in the
blueprint changes:
- hermes.ts: sort AutomationBlueprint before AuxiliaryModelsResponse in the
  type import + re-export blocks, and drop the unused AutomationBlueprintField
  import (still re-exported for blueprints.tsx).
- cron/index.tsx: alphabetize the dialog/segmented-control imports and the
  ./blueprints vs ../shell/statusbar-controls group.
- blueprints.tsx: add the required blank lines between statements.

eslint --fix only; no behavior change. typecheck + blueprint tests green.

* refactor(desktop): blueprints reuse the cron editor dialog + shared card

Address review: the blueprint UI was still going its own way on the card and
form. Reuse the app's canonical pieces instead of a bespoke surface.

- CronEditorDialog gains a 'blueprint' mode: EditorState carries the blueprint
  + target profile, the dialog renders the typed slots with the same
  Field/FieldHint/DialogFooter/error-block chrome as manual New cron, and
  submit routes to instantiateAutomationBlueprint. One dialog, one editor state
  machine. Resolves the accordion, the border-t divider, ListRow-vs-Field, the
  ad-hoc buttons, and the plain error <p> in one move.
- Blueprint cards use selectableCardClass({ prominent: true }) (the shared
  theme/pet/gateway card idiom), caller owns padding (p-2), whole card is a
  button that opens the dialog pre-filled. No inline form.
- Gallery renders via PanelDetail, not PanelBody's master/detail row.
- i18n: drop the now-unused blueprints.setUp/cancel, add blueprints.dialogDesc
  across en/ja/zh/zh-hant + types.
- Dropped the stray \u2014 literal comment.

Logic (origin->local deliver, desktopDeliverOptions, merge into $cronJobs) is
unchanged and stays unit-tested. typecheck + eslint + tests green.

* fix(desktop): dropdown no longer closes the cron dialog; unify deliver targets

Two cron-dialog bugs:

1. Dismissing any Select dropdown inside the cron editor dialog closed the whole
   dialog. Radix portals Select/Popover content outside the dialog, so the
   dismiss pointerdown reached the Dialog's DismissableLayer as an
   outside-interaction. Guard DialogContent.onInteractOutside: swallow
   interactions originating from a [data-radix-popper-content-wrapper] (a
   dropdown dismiss inside our own dialog), compose with any caller handler. Fix
   is at the shared Dialog level so every dialog benefits.

2. Blueprint deliver only offered 'This desktop'. The blueprint used the backend
   blueprint field.options (configured gateways only) while the manual editor
   hardcoded local/telegram/discord/slack/email regardless of what's connected.
   Wire the desktop to GET /api/cron/delivery-targets (the documented single
   source of truth, already used by the dashboard) via getCronDeliveryTargets,
   and render both the manual editor and the blueprint deliver slot through one
   shared DeliverSelect. Now all three surfaces agree and only offer connected
   platforms; unconfigured-home-channel targets show a hint.

i18n: add cron.deliverNeedsHomeChannel across en/ja/zh/zh-hant + types.
typecheck + eslint + vitest green.

* fix(desktop): clicking away from an open dropdown no longer closes the dialog

The onInteractOutside guard only caught pointerdowns whose target was inside
the popper wrapper. But dismissing an open Select by clicking elsewhere inside
the dialog also closes the popover, which moves focus — and Radix Dialog reads
that as focusOutside and closes the whole dialog. (Radix Select 2.3.1 has no
modal prop, so that escape hatch isn't available.)

Guard both paths at the shared DialogContent level: onInteractOutside AND
onFocusOutside now swallow the event when it originates from a Radix popper OR
when any [data-radix-popper-content-wrapper] is open at event time (covers the
focus/re-dispatch case where the target is no longer the popper). A genuine
backdrop click with no dropdown open still closes the dialog. Export
isInteractionFromPopper + unit-test the three cases.

typecheck + eslint + vitest green (7 dialog tests).

* fix(desktop): portal popovers into their dialog so dropdowns don't close it

Root cause (affected every dialog, not just cron): Radix Select/Popover/
DropdownMenu portal to document.body — a SIBLING of the dialog, outside its DOM
subtree. Dismissing a dropdown (or clicking another field) moves focus out of
the dialog subtree, which the Dialog's modal FocusScope/DismissableLayer reads
as an outside interaction and closes the whole dialog. Separate body-level
portals also make z-index across the two fragile.

The earlier onInteractOutside/onFocusOutside guards treated symptoms and didn't
hold (and Radix Select 2.3.1 has no modal prop to disable its layer). Real fix
is a layering system: DialogContent publishes its content node via
DialogPortalContainerContext; SelectContent/PopoverContent/DropdownMenuContent
call usePopoverPortalContainer() and portal INTO that node when inside a dialog
(document.body otherwise). The popover is then a true DOM descendant of the
dialog — focus stays in, dismissal no longer closes the dialog, and both share
one stacking context so z-index is deterministic.

Test: with a Dialog open, an open Select's item is a descendant of the dialog
(portalled in), verified in jsdom. typecheck + eslint + component tests green.

* fix(desktop): bump radix-ui so dismissing a dropdown can't close its dialog

Upstream bug, not app-layer: with radix-ui 1.6.0 (dismissable-layer 1.1.13),
an open modal Select sets pointer-events: none on the dialog body, so a click
anywhere inside the dialog hit-tests through to the overlay. The Dialog's
DismissableLayer defers its outside-pointerdown decision to the click, but the
overlay is a registered dismissable surface exempt from the interception check
— so the Select swallowing the press didn't count, the deferred onDismiss
fired, and the dialog closed along with the dropdown.

dismissable-layer 1.1.17 adds shouldHandlePointerDownOutside, which makes the
dialog's layer ignore the press entirely while a higher layer has its pointer
events disabled. Bump radix-ui ^1.4.3 -> ^1.6.5 (dismissable-layer 1.1.17,
dialog 1.1.21, select 2.3.5); lockfile diff is Radix-only.

Repro test fires the pointerdown/up/click sequence on the overlay with a
Select open inside the dialog: red on 1.6.0 (dialog closed), green on 1.6.5.
Counterpart test keeps a genuine overlay click closing the dialog.

typecheck + dialog/select component tests green. Full-suite failures on this
Windows host reproduce identically without the bump (pre-existing env issues).
2026-07-24 14:22:43 -04:00
.github ci(js-tests): split check into parallel matrix shards per workspace (#70252) 2026-07-23 18:45:16 -04:00
.plans Merge PR #724: feat: --yolo flag to bypass all approval prompts 2026-03-10 20:56:30 -07:00
acp_adapter fix(gateway): guard chained .get() against None intermediate values 2026-07-23 12:01:24 -07:00
agent fix(fallback): allow xai-oauth → xai failover on shared host/model 2026-07-24 23:22:11 +05:30
apps feat(desktop): add Cron Blueprints to the GUI (#70066) 2026-07-24 14:22:43 -04:00
assets Update banner image to new version 2026-02-25 11:53:44 -08:00
contributors chore: add contributor email mapping for agent@hermes.dev -> webtecnica 2026-07-24 23:07:57 +05:30
cron fix(gateway): deliver relay-backed homes after restart 2026-07-24 10:45:13 -07:00
datagen-config-examples feat: add WebResearchEnv RL environment for multi-step web research 2026-03-05 14:34:36 +00:00
docker fix(docker): strip tini -g flags in legacy entrypoint shim 2026-07-18 01:11:03 -07:00
docs fix(relay): restore streaming delivery, Slack command parity, and status clearing (salvage of #69716) (#69747) 2026-07-23 12:51:13 +10:00
gateway fix(api-server): expose model options inventory 2026-07-24 11:20:07 -07:00
hermes_cli fix(api-server): expose model options inventory 2026-07-24 11:20:07 -07:00
infograficos docs(bedrock): add cachePoint architecture infographic 2026-07-23 11:45:07 -07:00
infographic feat(reasoning): add max and ultra effort levels (#62650) 2026-07-12 00:26:49 -07:00
locales feat(i18n): add Arabic (ar) catalog for agent/CLI messages 2026-07-24 12:10:03 -05:00
native/fts5_cjk feat(state): messages_fts_cjk — CJK-bigram index on the v23 external-content layout 2026-07-22 07:56:47 -07:00
nix fix(timeline): persist typed display events (#69771) 2026-07-23 14:46:24 -04:00
optional-mcps feat(mcp): enforce exact version pins across the whole MCP catalog 2026-07-15 04:56:25 -07:00
optional-skills fix(skills): sync bundled + misc CLI skills to current upstream 2026-07-24 08:29:59 -07:00
plugins fix(telegram): prevent connect hang with retry watchdog and fresh app per attempt (#67498) 2026-07-24 23:07:57 +05:30
providers feat(providers): Support DeepInfra as an LLM provider 2026-07-14 02:59:39 +05:30
scripts chore: fix contributor attribution for desktop PR 2026-07-24 12:54:29 -05:00
skills fix(skills): sync bundled + misc CLI skills to current upstream 2026-07-24 08:29:59 -07:00
tests fix(api-server): expose model options inventory 2026-07-24 11:20:07 -07:00
tests-js ci(js-tests): split check into parallel matrix shards per workspace (#70252) 2026-07-23 18:45:16 -04:00
tools fix: apply _rewrite_compound_background in spawn_local to prevent worker deadlock on server backgrounding 2026-07-24 23:07:57 +05:30
tui_gateway fix(api-server): expose model options inventory 2026-07-24 11:20:07 -07:00
ui-tui fmt(js): npm run fix on merge (#70455) 2026-07-24 01:58:39 +00:00
web feat(web): add Arabic (ar) locale with RTL support 2026-07-24 12:10:00 -05:00
website fix(api-server): expose model options inventory 2026-07-24 11:20:07 -07:00
.dockerignore rip out brew + pip/PyPI wheel support (#68217) 2026-07-22 16:51:01 -04:00
.env.example feat(agent): add Upstage Solar as a model provider 2026-07-15 00:09:24 +05:30
.envrc feat(install): warn pip/Homebrew installs are unsupported (CLI, TUI, desktop) (#57225) 2026-07-07 21:13:19 -07:00
.gitattributes chore: enforce LF line endings for container entrypoints (#12181) 2026-06-05 09:54:01 +10:00
.gitignore chore(gitignore): ignore installer .install_method stamp (salvage of #54855) (#67364) 2026-07-22 14:40:44 -04:00
.hadolint.yaml feat(docker): remove gosu from bundled image; s6-setuidgid handles privilege drop 2026-05-24 18:05:33 -07:00
.mailmap chore: add MestreY0d4-Uninter to AUTHOR_MAP and .mailmap 2026-04-15 15:03:28 -07:00
.prettierignore fix(ci): js-autofix pushes via PR instead of direct push to main (#65186) 2026-07-15 17:19:19 -04:00
.prettierrc refactor(lint): hoist shared eslint + prettier config to root 2026-07-16 01:42:02 +05:30
AGENTS.md feat(delegation): let subagents use execute_code (#69325) 2026-07-22 06:58:45 -07:00
batch_runner.py feat(reasoning): add max and ultra effort levels (#62650) 2026-07-12 00:26:49 -07:00
cli-config.yaml.example feat(gateway): opt-in compression progress notices via compression.progress_notices (#52995) (#70457) 2026-07-23 19:44:19 -07:00
cli.py Reapply "Merge pull request #30179 from NousResearch/feat/iron-proxy" 2026-07-24 09:49:00 -07:00
constraints-termux.txt feat: add tested Termux install path and EOF-aware gh auth 2026-04-09 16:24:53 -07:00
CONTRIBUTING.es.md docs(i18n): align translated CONTRIBUTING files with pyproject Python range (3.11-3.13) 2026-07-08 07:09:23 -07:00
CONTRIBUTING.md docs: correct Python support to 3.11-3.13 (#59572) 2026-07-06 04:38:07 -07:00
docker-compose.windows.yml feat(docker): add Windows Docker Desktop compatible compose file 2026-05-23 21:52:34 +05:30
docker-compose.yml docs(compose): update entrypoint comment for s6-overlay 2026-05-24 18:05:33 -07:00
Dockerfile fix(docker): strip tini -g flags in legacy entrypoint shim 2026-07-18 01:11:03 -07:00
eslint.config.shared.mjs fix(ci): js-autofix pushes via PR instead of direct push to main (#65186) 2026-07-15 17:19:19 -04:00
flake.lock fix(nix): follow root pyproject inputs 2026-07-05 13:53:20 -07:00
flake.nix fix(nix): follow root pyproject inputs 2026-07-05 13:53:20 -07:00
hermes fix: use argparse entrypoint in top-level launcher (#3874) 2026-03-29 21:54:36 -07:00
hermes-already-has-routines.md docs: stop recommending pip install; curl installer is the only supported path (#51743) 2026-06-24 00:14:32 -07:00
hermes_bootstrap.py revert(windows): roll back terminal-popup PRs #53791 #53810 #53829 (#53853) 2026-06-27 15:59:00 -07:00
hermes_constants.py rip out brew + pip/PyPI wheel support (#68217) 2026-07-22 16:51:01 -04:00
hermes_logging.py fix(logging): thread-safe queue state + bounded hard-exit drain + record copy 2026-07-05 11:44:53 +05:30
hermes_state.py feat(sessions): opt-in auto-archive of stale sessions + durable pin flag 2026-07-24 10:45:34 -05:00
hermes_time.py perf(cli): TTFT round 2 — live reasoning by default, partial-line streaming, prompt-build cache, stale budget-warning docs (#59389) 2026-07-06 00:16:38 -07:00
LICENSE fix: restore missing MIT license file 2026-03-07 13:43:08 -08:00
mcp_serve.py refactor: consolidate gateway session metadata into state.db (#58899) 2026-07-05 14:01:03 -07:00
mini_swe_runner.py fix(swe-runner): move logging.basicConfig out of Runner __init__ into main 2026-06-21 19:02:06 -07:00
model_tools.py fix(kanban): isolate delegated children from parent task 2026-07-23 07:33:36 -07:00
package-lock.json feat(desktop): add Cron Blueprints to the GUI (#70066) 2026-07-24 14:22:43 -04:00
package.json test: port workspace-level JS tests to a new js-tests workspace package 2026-07-15 17:24:12 -04:00
pyproject.toml rip out brew + pip/PyPI wheel support (#68217) 2026-07-22 16:51:01 -04:00
README.es.md feat(i18n): add complete Spanish translation 2026-06-20 23:23:47 -07:00
README.md feat(config): add get and unset commands 2026-07-16 05:44:43 -07:00
README.ur-pk.md docs: add Urdu translation of README (#40578) 2026-06-08 06:15:27 +05:30
README.zh-CN.md docs(README.zh-CN): update Windows install from 'not supported' to native PowerShell 2026-06-20 20:42:49 -07:00
relatorio-issue-69678-sqlite-fd-leaks.md docs: add SQLite FD leak infographic and report updates for #69678 2026-07-23 11:45:07 -07:00
run_agent.py fix(auth): stop stale-key credential recovery loops 2026-07-24 22:58:47 +05:30
SECURITY.es.md feat(i18n): add complete Spanish translation 2026-06-20 23:23:47 -07:00
SECURITY.md docs(security): enumerate cron job scripts in §2.3 credential scoping 2026-06-20 00:30:42 +05:30
setup-hermes.sh remove Vercel AI Gateway and Vercel Sandbox (#33067) 2026-05-27 00:43:32 -07:00
setup.py rip out brew + pip/PyPI wheel support (#68217) 2026-07-22 16:51:01 -04:00
sqlite_leak_fix.png docs: add SQLite FD leak infographic and report updates for #69678 2026-07-23 11:45:07 -07:00
toolset_distributions.py feat(moa): expose MoA presets as selectable virtual models (#46081) 2026-06-25 13:52:06 -07:00
toolsets.py docs(xai): clarify x_search vs xurl routing without schema cross-refs 2026-07-23 21:06:47 -07:00
trajectory_compressor.py fix(compaction): skip compression when it can't reduce tokens 2026-07-23 16:21:03 -07:00
utils.py harden(slack): CDN-allowlist inbound file URLs, DNS-pin token downloads, widen token-file perms warning 2026-07-23 11:44:43 -07:00
uv.lock rip out brew + pip/PyPI wheel support (#68217) 2026-07-22 16:51:01 -04:00

Hermes Agent

Hermes Agent ☤

Hermes Agent | Hermes Desktop

Documentation Discord License: MIT Built by Nous Research 中文 اردو Español

The self-improving AI agent built by Nous Research. It's the only agent with a built-in learning loop — it creates skills from experience, improves them during use, nudges itself to persist knowledge, searches its own past conversations, and builds a deepening model of who you are across sessions. Run it on a $5 VPS, a GPU cluster, or serverless infrastructure that costs nearly nothing when idle. It's not tied to your laptop — talk to it from Telegram while it works on a cloud VM.

Use any model you want — Nous Portal, OpenRouter, OpenAI, your own endpoint, and many others. Switch with hermes model — no code changes, no lock-in.

A real terminal interfaceFull TUI with multiline editing, slash-command autocomplete, conversation history, interrupt-and-redirect, and streaming tool output.
Lives where you doTelegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, and CLI — all from a single gateway process. Voice memo transcription, cross-platform conversation continuity.
A closed learning loopAgent-curated memory with periodic nudges. Autonomous skill creation after complex tasks. Skills self-improve during use. FTS5 session search with LLM summarization for cross-session recall. Honcho dialectic user modeling. Compatible with the agentskills.io open standard.
Scheduled automationsBuilt-in cron scheduler with delivery to any platform. Daily reports, nightly backups, weekly audits — all in natural language, running unattended.
Delegates and parallelizesSpawn isolated subagents for parallel workstreams. Write Python scripts that call tools via RPC, collapsing multi-step pipelines into zero-context-cost turns.
Runs anywhere, not just your laptopSix terminal backends — local, Docker, SSH, Singularity, Modal, and Daytona. Daytona and Modal offer serverless persistence — your agent's environment hibernates when idle and wakes on demand, costing nearly nothing between sessions. Run it on a $5 VPS or a GPU cluster.
Research-readyBatch trajectory generation, trajectory compression for training the next generation of tool-calling models.

Quick Install

Linux, macOS, WSL2, Termux

curl -fsSL https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.sh | bash

Windows (native, PowerShell)

Heads up: Native Windows runs Hermes without WSL — CLI, gateway, TUI, and tools all work natively. If you'd rather use WSL2, the Linux/macOS one-liner above works there too. Found a bug? Please file issues.

Run this in PowerShell:

iex (irm https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.ps1)

The installer handles everything: uv, Python 3.11, Node.js, ripgrep, ffmpeg, and a portable Git Bash (MinGit, unpacked to %LOCALAPPDATA%\hermes\git — no admin required, completely isolated from any system Git install). Hermes uses this bundled Git Bash to run shell commands.

If you already have Git installed, the installer detects it and uses that instead. Otherwise a ~45MB MinGit download is all you need — it won't touch or interfere with any system Git.

Android / Termux: The tested manual path is documented in the Termux guide. On Termux, Hermes installs a curated .[termux] extra because the full .[all] extra currently pulls Android-incompatible voice dependencies.

Windows: Native Windows is fully supported — the PowerShell one-liner above installs everything. If you'd rather use WSL2, the Linux command works there too. Native Windows install lives under %LOCALAPPDATA%\hermes; WSL2 installs under ~/.hermes as on Linux.

After installation:

source ~/.bashrc    # reload shell (or: source ~/.zshrc)
hermes              # start chatting!

Troubleshooting

Windows Defender or antivirus flags uv.exe as malware

If your antivirus (Bitdefender, Windows Defender, etc.) quarantines uv.exe from the Hermes bin folder (%LOCALAPPDATA%\hermes\bin\uv.exe), this is a false positive. The file is Astral's uv — the Rust Python package manager Hermes bundles to manage its Python environment. ML-based antivirus engines commonly flag unsigned Rust binaries that download and install packages.

To verify your copy is authentic:

# Install GitHub CLI if needed
winget install --id GitHub.cli

# Login to GitHub
gh auth login

# Run verification
$uv = "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\hermes\bin\uv.exe"
$ver = (& $uv --version).Split(' ')[1]
[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
$zip = "$env:TEMP\uv.zip"
Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/releases/download/$ver/uv-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip" -OutFile $zip -UseBasicParsing
gh attestation verify $zip --repo astral-sh/uv
Expand-Archive $zip "$env:TEMP\uv_x" -Force
(Get-FileHash "$env:TEMP\uv_x\uv.exe").Hash -eq (Get-FileHash $uv).Hash

If attestation says "Verification succeeded" and the last line prints True, you're good.

To whitelist Hermes:

  • Windows Defender: Run PowerShell as Admin → Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\hermes\bin"
  • Bitdefender: Add an exception in the Bitdefender console (Protection > Antivirus > Settings > Manage Exceptions)
  • Whitelist the folder, not the file hash — Hermes updates uv and the hash changes every version

For more context, see the upstream Astral reports: astral-sh/uv#13553, astral-sh/uv#15011, astral-sh/uv#10079.


Getting Started

hermes              # Interactive CLI — start a conversation
hermes model        # Choose your LLM provider and model
hermes tools        # Configure which tools are enabled
hermes config set   # Set individual config values
hermes config get   # Print individual config values
hermes gateway      # Start the messaging gateway (Telegram, Discord, etc.)
hermes setup        # Run the full setup wizard (configures everything at once)
hermes claw migrate # Migrate from OpenClaw (if coming from OpenClaw)
hermes update       # Update to the latest version
hermes doctor       # Diagnose any issues

📖 Full documentation →


Skip the API-key collection — Nous Portal

Hermes works with whatever provider you want — that's not changing. But if you'd rather not collect five separate API keys for the model, web search, image generation, TTS, and a cloud browser, Nous Portal covers all of them under one subscription:

  • 300+ models — pick any of them with /model <name>
  • Tool Gateway — web search (Firecrawl), image generation (FAL), text-to-speech (OpenAI), cloud browser (Browser Use), all routed through your sub. No extra accounts.

One command from a fresh install:

hermes setup --portal

That logs you in via OAuth, sets Nous as your provider, and turns on the Tool Gateway. Check what's wired up any time with hermes portal info. Full details on the Tool Gateway docs page.

You can still bring your own keys per-tool whenever you want — the gateway is per-backend, not all-or-nothing.


CLI vs Messaging Quick Reference

Hermes has two entry points: start the terminal UI with hermes, or run the gateway and talk to it from Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, or Email. Once you're in a conversation, many slash commands are shared across both interfaces.

Action CLI Messaging platforms
Start chatting hermes Run hermes gateway setup + hermes gateway start, then send the bot a message
Start fresh conversation /new or /reset /new or /reset
Change model /model [provider:model] /model [provider:model]
Set a personality /personality [name] /personality [name]
Retry or undo the last turn /retry, /undo /retry, /undo
Compress context / check usage /compress, /usage, /insights [--days N] /compress, /usage, /insights [days]
Browse skills /skills or /<skill-name> /<skill-name>
Interrupt current work Ctrl+C or send a new message /stop or send a new message
Platform-specific status /platforms /status, /sethome

For the full command lists, see the CLI guide and the Messaging Gateway guide.


Documentation

All documentation lives at hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs:

Section What's Covered
Quickstart Install → setup → first conversation in 2 minutes
CLI Usage Commands, keybindings, personalities, sessions
Configuration Config file, providers, models, all options
Messaging Gateway Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, Home Assistant
Security Command approval, DM pairing, container isolation
Tools & Toolsets 40+ tools, toolset system, terminal backends
Skills System Procedural memory, Skills Hub, creating skills
Memory Persistent memory, user profiles, best practices
MCP Integration Connect any MCP server for extended capabilities
Cron Scheduling Scheduled tasks with platform delivery
Context Files Project context that shapes every conversation
Architecture Project structure, agent loop, key classes
Contributing Development setup, PR process, code style
CLI Reference All commands and flags
Environment Variables Complete env var reference

Migrating from OpenClaw

If you're coming from OpenClaw, Hermes can automatically import your settings, memories, skills, and API keys.

During first-time setup: The setup wizard (hermes setup) automatically detects ~/.openclaw and offers to migrate before configuration begins.

Anytime after install:

hermes claw migrate              # Interactive migration (full preset)
hermes claw migrate --dry-run    # Preview what would be migrated
hermes claw migrate --preset user-data   # Migrate without secrets
hermes claw migrate --overwrite  # Overwrite existing conflicts

What gets imported:

  • SOUL.md — persona file
  • Memories — MEMORY.md and USER.md entries
  • Skills — user-created skills → ~/.hermes/skills/openclaw-imports/
  • Command allowlist — approval patterns
  • Messaging settings — platform configs, allowed users, working directory
  • API keys — allowlisted secrets (Telegram, OpenRouter, OpenAI, Anthropic, ElevenLabs)
  • TTS assets — workspace audio files
  • Workspace instructions — AGENTS.md (with --workspace-target)

See hermes claw migrate --help for all options, or use the openclaw-migration skill for an interactive agent-guided migration with dry-run previews.


Contributing

We welcome contributions! See the Contributing Guide for development setup, code style, and PR process.

Quick start for contributors — use the standard installer, then work from the full git checkout it creates at $HERMES_HOME/hermes-agent (usually ~/.hermes/hermes-agent). This matches the layout used by hermes update, the managed venv, lazy dependencies, gateway, and docs tooling.

curl -fsSL https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.sh | bash
cd "${HERMES_HOME:-$HOME/.hermes}/hermes-agent"
uv pip install -e ".[all,dev]"
scripts/run_tests.sh

Manual clone fallback (for throwaway clones/CI where you intentionally do not want the managed install layout):

Create the venv outside the cloned source tree — a venv inside the directory the agent operates from can be wiped by a relative-path command the agent runs against its own checkout, destroying the running runtime mid-session.

curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
uv venv ~/.hermes/venvs/hermes-dev --python 3.11
source ~/.hermes/venvs/hermes-dev/bin/activate
uv pip install -e ".[all,dev]"
scripts/run_tests.sh

Community

  • 💬 Discord
  • 📚 Skills Hub
  • 🐛 Issues
  • 🔌 computer-use-linux — Linux desktop-control MCP server for Hermes and other MCP hosts, with AT-SPI accessibility trees, Wayland/X11 input, screenshots, and compositor window targeting.
  • 🔌 HermesClaw — Community WeChat bridge: Run Hermes Agent and OpenClaw on the same WeChat account.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.

Built by Nous Research.