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One page consolidating all three Hermes×Buzz integration paths — Desktop managed runtime, buzz-acp relay bridge, and the native gateway platform — with a comparison table, per-path pointers into the detailed docs, identity guidance, and contributor credits. Registered in sidebars.ts under Integrations; Buzz added to the messaging platform list and a new Collaboration Workspaces section on the integrations index. en + zh-Hans.
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title: "Buzz Integration"
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description: "All three ways to connect Hermes Agent to Buzz — Block's Nostr-based human+agent workspace"
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---
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# Buzz Integration
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[Buzz](https://github.com/block/buzz) is Block's open-source, self-hostable workspace where humans and AI agents share the same channels. It is built on Nostr: every message is a signed event on a relay you own, and every participant — human or agent — is a keypair.
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Hermes integrates with Buzz three ways. Pick by where Hermes runs and what you want it to do:
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| **What it is** | Buzz Desktop spawns Hermes locally as a managed harness | Buzz's `buzz-acp` bridges a channel to `hermes acp` over stdio | Hermes' gateway joins Buzz as a first-class messaging platform |
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| **Hermes runs** | On your desktop, launched by Buzz | On a server, launched by `buzz-acp` | In your own gateway, alongside Telegram/Discord/etc. |
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| **Best for** | Trying Hermes inside Buzz Desktop with zero config | A hosted agent identity when Buzz owns the transport | Full Hermes: memory, skills, approvals, cron, sessions |
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| **Inbound** | ACP stdio | ACP stdio (via relay WebSocket) | NIP-42-authenticated Nostr WebSocket (poll fallback) |
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| **Setup** | Automatic discovery | `buzz-acp` env vars | `hermes gateway setup` → Buzz |
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## ① Buzz Desktop managed runtime
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Buzz Desktop ships Hermes as a preset runtime. With Hermes installed the normal way, open **Settings → Runtimes** and Hermes appears automatically — discovery resolves the `hermes-acp` launcher on your login-shell PATH, which the installer writes to `~/.local/bin` (and `hermes update` self-heals on older installs).
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Full setup, troubleshooting, and the security posture (Buzz auto-approves tool permissions — keep agents owner-only): **[ACP Host Integration → Buzz Desktop](/user-guide/features/acp#buzz-desktop)**
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## ② Relay bridge (buzz-acp + ACP)
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For a hosted Hermes identity that joins Buzz *channels* while Buzz's own harness owns the transport:
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```text
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Buzz relay <-- WebSocket --> buzz-acp <-- ACP over stdio --> Hermes Agent
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```
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The spawned Hermes uses the same config, credentials, memory, and skills as `hermes` on that host. Key minting, channel discovery, owner-only telemetry (`BUZZ_ACP_RELAY_OBSERVER`), and headless-permission guidance: **[ACP Host Integration → Buzz channels (relay bridge)](/user-guide/features/acp#buzz-channels-relay-bridge)**
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## ③ Native gateway platform (recommended for full Hermes)
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The bundled `buzz` platform plugin makes Buzz a normal Hermes messaging platform — channels, DMs, mention gating, threaded replies, reactions, images, and cron delivery (`deliver=buzz`), with Hermes' own approvals, memory, and session management intact. Inbound arrives over a persistent NIP-42-authenticated Nostr WebSocket (dependency-free BIP-340 signing) with automatic fallback to CLI polling; outbound goes through the `buzz` CLI.
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```bash
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hermes gateway setup # pick Buzz
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```
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Full configuration reference (env vars, config.yaml, transport modes, access control): **[Messaging → Buzz](/user-guide/messaging/buzz)**
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## Which one should I use?
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- **Just exploring, Buzz Desktop user** → ① works out of the box.
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- **Running a community relay and want an agent identity managed by Buzz** → ②.
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- **You already run Hermes as your agent and want Buzz as another channel** → ③. This is the deepest integration and the one that keeps every Hermes feature.
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①/② and ③ use different identities and transports; run ③ with its own dedicated Nostr keypair. The adapter takes a scoped lock on the relay+pubkey pair, so two Hermes profiles cannot accidentally drive one Buzz identity.
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## Credits
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The Buzz integration was built with the community: @SHL0MS (PATH launcher + Desktop security audit), @NYTEMODEONLY (relay-bridge docs), @rob-coco (platform adapter), @ScaleLeanChris (Nostr WebSocket transport + NIP-42/BIP-340 signing), and @jethac (multi-agent verification).
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