hermes-agent/website/docs/guides/minimax-oauth.md

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15	MiniMax OAuth	Log into MiniMax via browser OAuth and use MiniMax-M2.7 models in Hermes Agent — no API key required

MiniMax OAuth

Hermes Agent supports MiniMax through a browser-based OAuth login flow, using the same credentials as the MiniMax portal. No API key or credit card is required — log in once and Hermes automatically refreshes your session.

The transport reuses the anthropic_messages adapter (MiniMax exposes an Anthropic Messages-compatible endpoint at /anthropic), so all existing tool-calling, streaming, and context features work without any adapter changes.

Overview

Item	Value
Provider ID	minimax-oauth
Display name	MiniMax (OAuth)
Auth type	Browser OAuth (PKCE device-code flow)
Transport	Anthropic Messages-compatible (anthropic_messages)
Models	MiniMax-M2.7, MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed
Global endpoint	https://api.minimax.io/anthropic
China endpoint	https://api.minimaxi.com/anthropic
Requires env var	No (MINIMAX_API_KEY is not used for this provider)

Prerequisites

• Python 3.9+
• Hermes Agent installed
• A MiniMax account at minimax.io (global) or minimaxi.com (China)
• A browser available on the local machine (or use --no-browser for remote sessions)

Quick Start

# Launch the provider and model picker
hermes model
# → Select "MiniMax (OAuth)" from the provider list
# → Hermes opens your browser to the MiniMax authorization page
# → Approve access in the browser
# → Select a model (MiniMax-M2.7 or MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed)
# → Start chatting

hermes

After the first login, credentials are stored under ~/.hermes/auth.json and are refreshed automatically before each session.

Logging In Manually

You can trigger a login without going through the model picker:

hermes auth add minimax-oauth

China region

If your account is on the China platform (minimaxi.com), use the China-region OAuth provider id minimax-cn instead, or skip OAuth and configure MINIMAX_CN_API_KEY / MINIMAX_CN_BASE_URL directly. The --region cn flag described in older docs is not wired through the CLI's argument parser; use the minimax-cn provider instead:

hermes auth add minimax-cn --type oauth   # if OAuth is supported on your CN account
# or simpler:
echo 'MINIMAX_CN_API_KEY=your-key' >> ~/.hermes/.env

Remote / headless sessions

On servers or containers where no browser is available:

hermes auth add minimax-oauth --no-browser

Hermes will print the verification URL and user code — open the URL on any device and enter the code when prompted.

The OAuth Flow

Hermes implements a PKCE device-code flow against the MiniMax OAuth endpoints:

1. Hermes generates a PKCE verifier / challenge pair and a random state value.
2. It POSTs to {base_url}/oauth/code with the challenge and receives a user_code and verification_uri.
3. Your browser opens verification_uri. If prompted, enter the user_code.
4. Hermes polls {base_url}/oauth/token until the token arrives (or the deadline passes).
5. Tokens (access_token, refresh_token, expiry) are saved to ~/.hermes/auth.json under the minimax-oauth key.

Token refresh (standard OAuth refresh_token grant) runs automatically at each session start when the access token is within 60 seconds of expiry.

Checking Login Status

hermes doctor

The ◆ Auth Providers section will show:

✓ MiniMax OAuth  (logged in, region=global)

or, if not logged in:

⚠ MiniMax OAuth  (not logged in)

Switching Models

hermes model
# → Select "MiniMax (OAuth)"
# → Pick from the model list

Or set the model directly:

hermes config set model MiniMax-M2.7
hermes config set provider minimax-oauth

Configuration Reference

After login, ~/.hermes/config.yaml will contain entries similar to:

model:
  default: MiniMax-M2.7
  provider: minimax-oauth
  base_url: https://api.minimax.io/anthropic

Region endpoints

Provider id	Portal	Inference endpoint
minimax-oauth (global)	https://api.minimax.io	https://api.minimax.io/anthropic
minimax-cn (China)	https://api.minimaxi.com	https://api.minimaxi.com/anthropic

Provider aliases

All of the following resolve to minimax-oauth:

hermes --provider minimax-oauth    # canonical
hermes --provider minimax-portal   # alias
hermes --provider minimax-global   # alias
hermes --provider minimax_oauth    # alias (underscore form)

Environment Variables

The minimax-oauth provider does not use MINIMAX_API_KEY or MINIMAX_BASE_URL. Those variables are for the API-key-based minimax and minimax-cn providers only.

Variable	Effect
MINIMAX_API_KEY	Used by minimax provider only — ignored for minimax-oauth
MINIMAX_CN_API_KEY	Used by minimax-cn provider only — ignored for minimax-oauth

To use minimax-oauth as the active provider, set model.provider: minimax-oauth in config.yaml (use hermes setup for the guided flow), or pass --provider minimax-oauth for a single invocation:

hermes --provider minimax-oauth

Models

Model	Best for
MiniMax-M2.7	Long-context reasoning, complex tool-calling
MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed	Lower latency, lighter tasks, auxiliary calls

Both models support up to 200,000 tokens of context.

MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed is also used automatically as the auxiliary model for vision and delegation tasks when minimax-oauth is the primary provider.

Troubleshooting

Token expired — not re-logging in automatically

Hermes refreshes the token on every session start if it is within 60 seconds of expiry. If the access token is already expired (for example, after a long offline period), the refresh happens automatically on the next request. If refresh fails with refresh_token_reused or invalid_grant, Hermes marks the session as requiring re-login.

When the refresh failure is terminal (HTTP 4xx, invalid_grant, revoked grant, etc.), Hermes marks the refresh token as dead and quarantines it locally so it doesn't keep replaying the doomed exchange. The agent surfaces a single "re-authentication required" message and stays out of the way until you log in again.

Fix: run hermes auth add minimax-oauth again to start a fresh login. The quarantine clears on the next successful exchange.

Authorization timed out

The device-code flow has a finite expiry window. If you don't approve the login in time, Hermes raises a timeout error.

Fix: re-run hermes auth add minimax-oauth (or hermes model). The flow starts fresh.

State mismatch (possible CSRF)

Hermes detected that the state value returned by the authorization server does not match what it sent.

Fix: re-run the login. If it persists, check for a proxy or redirect that is modifying the OAuth response.

Logging in from a remote server

If hermes cannot open a browser window, use --no-browser:

hermes auth add minimax-oauth --no-browser

Hermes prints the URL and code. Open the URL on any device and complete the flow there.

"Not logged into MiniMax OAuth" error at runtime

The auth store has no credentials for minimax-oauth. You have not logged in yet, or the credential file was deleted.

Fix: run hermes model and select MiniMax (OAuth), or run hermes auth add minimax-oauth.

Logging Out

To remove stored MiniMax OAuth credentials:

hermes auth remove minimax-oauth

See Also

• AI Providers reference
• Environment Variables
• Configuration
• hermes doctor