hermes-agent/agent
Teknium 5aa755e4e6
feat(plugins): run any LLM call from inside a plugin via ctx.llm (#23194)
* feat(plugins): host-owned LLM access via ctx.llm

Plugins can now ask the host to run a one-shot chat or structured
completion against the user's active model and auth, without ever
seeing an OAuth token or API key. Closes the gap where plugins that
needed bounded structured inference (receipts, CRM extraction,
support classification) had to either bring their own provider keys
or register a tool the agent had to call.

New surface on PluginContext:
- ctx.llm.complete(messages, ...)
- ctx.llm.complete_structured(instructions, input, json_schema, ...)
- async siblings ctx.llm.acomplete / acomplete_structured

Backed by the existing auxiliary_client.call_llm pipeline — every
provider, fallback chain, vision routing, and timeout policy Hermes
already supports applies automatically.

Trust gate (fail-closed by default):
- plugins.entries.<id>.llm.allow_model_override
- plugins.entries.<id>.llm.allowed_models (allowlist; '*' = any)
- plugins.entries.<id>.llm.allow_agent_id_override
- plugins.entries.<id>.llm.allow_profile_override

Embedded model@profile shorthand goes through the same gate as
explicit profile=, so it can't bypass the auth-profile policy.
Conflicting explicit and embedded profiles fail closed.

Also lands:
- plugins/plugin-llm-example/ — reference plugin that registers
  /receipt-extract, demonstrating image+text structured input,
  jsonschema validation, and the trust-gate config.
- website/docs/developer-guide/plugin-llm-access.md — full API docs.
- 45 unit tests covering trust gates, JSON parsing, schema
  validation, image encoding, async surface, and config loading.

Validation:
- 2628 tests pass in tests/agent/
- E2E: bundled plugin loaded with isolated HERMES_HOME, slash
  command produced parsed JSON via stubbed call_llm
- response_format extra_body wired correctly for both json_object
  and json_schema modes

* docs(plugin-llm): rewrite quickstart and framing

The quickstart now uses a meeting-notes-to-tasks example instead of
a receipt extractor, and the page leads with hook-time / gateway
pre-filter / scheduled-job framing rather than the OpenClaw
KB/support/CRM/finance/migration enumeration that the original
upstream PR used. Receipt example moved to a separate worked
example link so the docs page itself doesn't echo any of the
upstream framing.

Also clarifies where ctx.llm fits in the broader plugin surface
(table comparing register_tool / register_platform / register_hook
/ etc.) and what makes this lane different from auxiliary_client
internals.

No code change.

* docs(plugin-llm): reframe as any LLM call, not just structured output

The original draft leaned heavily on complete_structured() and made
the chat lane (complete() / acomplete()) feel like a footnote.
Restructure so:

- The page title and description say 'any LLM call.'
- The lead shows BOTH a plain chat call (error rewriter) AND a
  structured call (triage scorer) up top.
- Quick start has two complete plugin examples — /tldr (chat) and
  /paste-to-tasks (structured).
- New 'When to use which' table for choosing complete() vs
  complete_structured() vs the async siblings.
- Trust-gate sections explicitly note 'all four methods,' and the
  request-shaping list calls out chat-only fields (messages) and
  structured-only fields (instructions, input, json_schema)
  alongside each other.
- The 'Where this fits' section now says 'for any reason,
  structured or not.'

The receipt-extractor reference plugin still exists under
plugins/plugin-llm-example/ — but the docs page no longer treats
it as the canonical surface example. It's now described as 'a third
worked example, this time with image input.'

No code change.

* feat(plugin-llm): split provider/model into independent explicit kwargs

The first cut accepted a single 'provider/model' slug on every method
and split it internally. That looked clean but broke under live test:
the model-override path tried to use the slug's vendor prefix as a
literal Hermes provider id, which silently switched the user off
their aggregator (e.g. plugin asks for 'openai/gpt-4o-mini' on a user
who routes through OpenRouter — host attempted to call the 'openai'
provider directly, failed because OPENAI_API_KEY wasn't set).

New shape mirrors the host's main config:

  ctx.llm.complete(
      messages=[...],
      provider='openrouter',         # gated, optional
      model='openai/gpt-4o-mini',    # gated, optional
      profile='work',                # gated, optional
      ...
  )

Each is independently gated by its own allow_*_override flag.
Granting model-override does NOT auto-grant provider-override.
Allowlists are now per-axis (allowed_providers, allowed_models)
matched literally against whatever string the plugin sends.

Dropped 'model@profile' embedded-suffix shorthand entirely. Hermes
doesn't use that pattern anywhere else; profile= is its own kwarg.

Live E2E (against real OpenRouter via Teknium's config) confirms:
- zero-config call works
- default-deny blocks each override with a helpful error
- model-only override stays on user's active provider (the bug)
- provider+model override switches cleanly
- allowlist refuses non-listed entries
- structured output round-trip parses + schema-validates

Tests: 49 cases (up from 45); all green. Docs updated to match the
new shape, including a 'most plugins never need this section' callout
on the trust-gate config block.

* fix+cleanup(plugin-llm): real attribution, hook-mode coverage, move example out of core

Three integration fixes for the ctx.llm surface:

1. Attribution bug — result.provider and result.model now reflect
   what call_llm actually used, not placeholder fallbacks ('auto',
   'default'). New _resolve_attribution() helper:

     - explicit overrides win (what the call targeted)
     - response.model wins for the recorded model (provider
       canonicalisation: 'gpt-4o' → 'gpt-4o-2024-08-06' etc.)
     - falls back to _read_main_provider() / _read_main_model()
       when no override is set, so audit logs reflect the user's
       active main provider/model
     - 'auto' / 'default' only when EVERYTHING is empty

   Live verified: zero-config call now records
   provider='openrouter', model='anthropic/claude-4.7-opus-20260416'
   instead of provider='auto', model='default'.

2. Hook-mode coverage — TestHookMode confirms ctx.llm.complete
   works from inside a registered post_tool_call callback. The
   docs page promised hook integration; now there's a test that
   exercises the lazy-import path through the real invoke_hook
   machinery. Two cases: traceback-rewrite hook with conditional
   ctx.llm.complete, and minimal hook regression for the
   sync-hook + sync-llm path.

3. Reference plugin moved out of core. plugins/plugin-llm-example/
   is gone from hermes-agent — it now lives in the new
   NousResearch/hermes-example-plugins companion repo. The docs
   page links there. Hermes' bundled plugins should be plugins
   users actually run; reference / docs-companion plugins live
   externally.

Test count: 56 (up from 49). Wider sweep on tests/hermes_cli/
+ tests/gateway/ + tests/tools/ + tests/agent/ shows 16770
passing; the 12 failures are all pre-existing on origin/main
(verified by stashing this branch's changes and re-running) —
kanban-boards, delegate-task, gateway-restart, tts-routing —
none touch the plugin_llm surface.

* chore(plugins): move all example plugins to companion repo

Reference / docs-companion plugins now live exclusively in
NousResearch/hermes-example-plugins, not bundled with the core repo:

- example-dashboard
- strike-freedom-cockpit

A new fourth example, plugin-llm-async-example, was added to that
repo demonstrating ctx.llm's async surface (acomplete()) with
asyncio.gather() — registers /translate <lang>: <text> which fires
forward translation + sentiment classifier in parallel, then a
back-translation for QA. Live-tested at 2.5s for three real
provider round-trips (would be ~5-6s sequential).

Docs updated:
- developer-guide/plugin-llm-access.md links both sync and async
  examples in the Reference section
- user-guide/features/extending-the-dashboard.md repoints both demo
  sections to the companion repo with corrected install paths
- user-guide/features/built-in-plugins.md drops the two demo rows
- AGENTS.md notes that example plugins live in the companion repo

Net: hermes-agent's plugins/ directory now contains only plugins
users actually run (memory providers, dashboard tabs that ship real
features, the disk-cleanup hook, platform adapters). All four
demo / reference plugins live externally where they can be cloned
on demand instead of inflating the core install.
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transports feat(openrouter): wire Pareto Code router with min_coding_score knob (#22838) 2026-05-09 14:47:00 -07:00
__init__.py Refactor Terminal and AIAgent cleanup 2026-02-21 22:31:43 -08:00
account_usage.py feat(account-usage): add per-provider account limits module 2026-04-21 01:56:35 -07:00
anthropic_adapter.py feat(computer-use): cua-driver backend, universal any-model schema 2026-05-08 11:07:38 -07:00
auxiliary_client.py feat(vision): vision_analyze returns pixels to vision-capable models, not aux text (#22955) 2026-05-09 21:06:19 -07:00
bedrock_adapter.py fix(bedrock): preserve reasoningContent across converse normalization 2026-05-07 05:17:16 -07:00
codex_responses_adapter.py feat(vision): vision_analyze returns pixels to vision-capable models, not aux text (#22955) 2026-05-09 21:06:19 -07:00
context_compressor.py fix(context_compressor): treat streaming premature-close as transient error 2026-05-09 17:52:51 -07:00
context_engine.py fix(compress): don't reach into ContextCompressor privates from /compress (#15039) 2026-04-24 02:55:43 -07:00
context_references.py fix(agent): fall back when rg is blocked for @folder references 2026-04-20 01:56:41 -07:00
copilot_acp_client.py feat(cross-platform): psutil for PID/process management + Windows footgun checker 2026-05-08 14:27:40 -07:00
credential_pool.py fix(auth): shorten credential 401 cooldown 2026-05-07 06:15:33 -07:00
credential_sources.py feat(minimax-oauth): full integration with peer OAuth providers 2026-04-29 09:53:42 -07:00
curator.py feat(curator): hint at hermes curator pin in the rename block (#23212) 2026-05-10 06:44:53 -07:00
curator_backup.py fix(curator): authoritative absorbed_into on delete + restore cron skill links on rollback (#18671) (#18731) 2026-05-02 01:29:57 -07:00
display.py feat(computer-use): background focus-safe backend — set_value, structured windows, MIME detection 2026-05-08 11:07:38 -07:00
error_classifier.py fix(error_classifier): classify generic-typed timeout messages as transient (carve-out of #22664) 2026-05-09 17:54:07 -07:00
file_safety.py fix(security): apply file safety to copilot acp fs 2026-04-21 01:31:58 -07:00
gemini_cloudcode_adapter.py chore: remove unused imports and dead locals (ruff F401, F841) (#17010) 2026-04-28 06:46:45 -07:00
gemini_native_adapter.py fix(gemini): extract usageMetadata from streaming chunks for token tracking 2026-05-04 02:33:30 -07:00
gemini_schema.py chore: remove unused imports and dead locals (ruff F401, F841) (#17010) 2026-04-28 06:46:45 -07:00
google_code_assist.py chore: remove unused imports and dead locals (ruff F401, F841) (#17010) 2026-04-28 06:46:45 -07:00
google_oauth.py fix(google_oauth): close TOCTOU window when saving credentials 2026-05-04 03:16:19 -07:00
i18n.py feat(i18n): add Turkish (tr) locale 2026-05-05 17:29:12 -07:00
image_gen_provider.py feat(plugins): pluggable image_gen backends + OpenAI provider (#13799) 2026-04-21 21:30:10 -07:00
image_gen_registry.py feat(plugins): pluggable image_gen backends + OpenAI provider (#13799) 2026-04-21 21:30:10 -07:00
image_routing.py fix(image-routing): sniff magic bytes for image MIME, ignore misleading suffix 2026-05-07 05:58:11 -07:00
insights.py Merge branch 'main' into feat/dashboard-skill-analytics 2026-04-20 05:25:49 -07:00
lmstudio_reasoning.py feat(agent): add lmstudio integration 2026-04-28 12:27:36 -07:00
manual_compression_feedback.py fix(compression): include system prompt + tool schemas in token estimates (#18265) 2026-04-30 23:03:54 -07:00
memory_manager.py fix: salvage batch — compaction guidance, memory authority, cache eviction after compression 2026-05-05 22:33:45 -07:00
memory_provider.py docs(agent): remove stale BuiltinMemoryProvider references from memory module docstrings 2026-05-05 13:33:49 -07:00
model_metadata.py fix(codex-spark): defensive 128k entry in DEFAULT_CONTEXT_LENGTHS + clarify validation test docstring 2026-05-09 23:17:25 -07:00
models_dev.py perf(models_dev): cache-first lookup, skip network when disk cache is fresh (#22808) 2026-05-09 13:32:38 -07:00
moonshot_schema.py fix(moonshot): also strip nullable/enum after anyOf collapse 2026-04-30 23:14:31 -07:00
nous_rate_guard.py codebase: add encoding='utf-8' to all bare open() calls (PLW1514) 2026-05-08 14:27:40 -07:00
onboarding.py docs(onboarding): lead OpenClaw residue banner with migrate, warn that cleanup breaks OpenClaw (#17507) 2026-04-29 08:08:36 -07:00
plugin_llm.py feat(plugins): run any LLM call from inside a plugin via ctx.llm (#23194) 2026-05-10 07:09:28 -07:00
prompt_builder.py fix(memory): tighten MEMORY_GUIDANCE against ephemeral PR/issue/SHA notes (#22781) 2026-05-09 12:48:25 -07:00
prompt_caching.py fix(prompt-caching): skip top-level cache_control on role:tool for OpenRouter 2026-03-21 16:54:43 -07:00
rate_limit_tracker.py refactor: remove dead code — 1,784 lines across 77 files (#9180) 2026-04-13 16:32:04 -07:00
redact.py feat(security): enable secret redaction by default (#17691, #20785) (#21193) 2026-05-07 05:10:33 -07:00
retry_utils.py feat(agent): add jittered retry backoff 2026-04-08 00:41:36 -07:00
shell_hooks.py codebase: add encoding='utf-8' to all bare open() calls (PLW1514) 2026-05-08 14:27:40 -07:00
skill_commands.py fix(skills): rescan skill_commands cache when platform scope changes (#18739) 2026-05-02 01:36:53 -07:00
skill_preprocessing.py fix(skills): apply inline shell in skill_view 2026-04-24 15:15:07 -07:00
skill_utils.py perf(cli): cut ~19s from 'hermes' cold start (skills cache + lazy Feishu + no Nous HTTP) (#22138) 2026-05-08 16:39:32 -07:00
subdirectory_hints.py fix(agent): catch PermissionError in subdirectory hint discovery 2026-04-09 03:10:30 -07:00
think_scrubber.py fix(agent): stateful streaming scrubber for reasoning-block leaks (#17924) (#20184) 2026-05-05 04:33:38 -07:00
title_generator.py fix: improve telegram topic mode setup 2026-05-04 12:07:17 -07:00
tool_guardrails.py fix(guardrails): preserve display _detect_tool_failure semantics 2026-04-30 20:43:15 -07:00
trajectory.py Refactor Terminal and AIAgent cleanup 2026-02-21 22:31:43 -08:00
usage_pricing.py fix(analytics): prevent silent token loss and add Claude 4.5–4.7 pricing (#21455) 2026-05-07 13:24:31 -07:00