hermes-agent/website
snav d863773c81 feat(discord): add thread_require_mention for multi-bot threads
By default, once Hermes participates in a Discord thread (auto-created on
@mention or replied in once) it auto-responds to every subsequent message
in that thread without requiring further @mentions. That's the right default
for one-on-one conversations and isolated channel threads.

But it's a confirmed footgun in multi-bot threads. When a user invokes one
bot per turn — addressing Codex first, then Hermes — every other bot in the
thread also fires on every message, burning credits and spamming the channel.
Author has hit this personally in active multi-bot research-team threads.

Add a new `discord.thread_require_mention` config key (env:
`DISCORD_THREAD_REQUIRE_MENTION`), default `false` to preserve existing
behavior. When `true`, the in-thread mention shortcut is disabled and
threads are gated the same way channels are. Explicit @mentions still pass
through as expected.

Mirrors the existing helper shape (config.extra > env > default) and the
existing yaml→env bridge pattern used by `require_mention`.

Changes:

- gateway/platforms/discord.py: new `_discord_thread_require_mention()`
  helper; in_bot_thread shortcut now AND's with `not _discord_thread_require_mention()`
- gateway/config.py: bridge `discord.thread_require_mention` from config.yaml
  to `DISCORD_THREAD_REQUIRE_MENTION` env var (mirrors the existing
  `require_mention` bridge two lines above)
- hermes_cli/config.py: add `thread_require_mention: False` default to
  DEFAULT_CONFIG['discord']
- tests/gateway/test_discord_free_response.py: 4 new tests covering default
  behaviour (in-thread shortcut still works), enabled behaviour (mention
  required in threads), enabled+mentioned (mention still passes through),
  and yaml-via-config.extra path. Also clears DISCORD_* env vars in the
  `adapter` fixture so process-env state from the contributor's shell
  doesn't leak into per-test behaviour.
- tests/gateway/test_config.py: 2 new tests covering the yaml→env bridge
  (both the apply-from-yaml and env-precedence-over-yaml paths)
- website/docs/user-guide/messaging/discord.md: document the new env var
  + config key with multi-bot rationale; cross-link from `auto_thread`
  section

Tested on Ubuntu 24.04.
2026-05-13 22:21:43 -07:00
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docs feat(discord): add thread_require_mention for multi-bot threads 2026-05-13 22:21:43 -07:00
i18n/zh-Hans/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/user-guide docs(i18n): add zh-Hans Tool Gateway, image gen, and Windows WSL guide 2026-05-05 14:14:03 -07:00
scripts chore: ruff auto-fix PLR6201 — tuple → set in membership tests (#23937) 2026-05-11 11:13:25 -07:00
src docs(user-stories): add 116 stories from the Hermes Discord archive (#23436) 2026-05-10 15:21:40 -07:00
static rebuild model catalog 2026-05-11 09:54:31 -07:00
.gitignore docs: publish llms.txt and llms-full.txt for agent-friendly ingestion (#18276) 2026-04-30 23:17:14 -07:00
docusaurus.config.ts docs(i18n): add zh-Hans Tool Gateway, image gen, and Windows WSL guide 2026-05-05 14:14:03 -07:00
package-lock.json docs: stabilize website diagrams 2026-03-14 22:49:57 -07:00
package.json feat(profile): shareable profile distributions via git (#20831) 2026-05-08 10:04:32 -07:00
README.md docs: replace ASCII diagrams with Mermaid/lists, add linting note 2026-03-21 17:58:30 -07:00
sidebars.ts feat(codex-runtime): optional codex app-server runtime for OpenAI/Codex models (#24182) 2026-05-13 17:18:15 -07:00
tsconfig.json feat: add documentation website (Docusaurus) 2026-03-05 05:24:55 -08:00

Website

This website is built using Docusaurus, a modern static website generator.

Installation

yarn

Local Development

yarn start

This command starts a local development server and opens up a browser window. Most changes are reflected live without having to restart the server.

Build

yarn build

This command generates static content into the build directory and can be served using any static contents hosting service.

Deployment

Using SSH:

USE_SSH=true yarn deploy

Not using SSH:

GIT_USER=<Your GitHub username> yarn deploy

If you are using GitHub pages for hosting, this command is a convenient way to build the website and push to the gh-pages branch.

Diagram Linting

CI runs ascii-guard to lint docs for ASCII box diagrams. Use Mermaid (````mermaid`) or plain lists/tables instead of ASCII boxes to avoid CI failures.