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* feat(dashboard): unify multi-profile management — one machine dashboard, global profile switcher The dashboard becomes a machine-level management surface with one write-target selector, replacing per-profile dashboard fragmentation. Backend: - profile param (query or body) on /api/config (get/put/raw), /api/env (get/put/delete/reveal), /api/mcp/servers (list/add/remove/test/enabled), /api/mcp/catalog (list/install), /api/model/info, /api/model/set — all scoped through the existing _profile_scope() context manager - model/set restructured: expensive-model warning (await) runs before the scope; the config write runs sync inside the scope in a worker thread - MCP catalog installs + git-bootstrap entries spawn 'hermes -p <profile>' - chat PTY: ?profile= on /api/pty points the child's HERMES_HOME at the profile dir (its own gateway subprocess, config/skills/memory/state.db all profile-bound); in-process gateway attach skipped when scoped CLI launch unification: - '<profile> dashboard' routes to the machine dashboard: attach (open browser at ?profile=) when one is listening, else re-exec pinned to the default profile with --open-profile preselecting the launcher - --isolated preserves the old dedicated per-profile server behavior - start_server(initial_profile=...) appends ?profile= to the auto-open URL Frontend: - ProfileProvider + sidebar ProfileSwitcher: ONE global selector, URL- persisted (?profile=), mirrored into fetchJSON which auto-appends the param to the scoped endpoint families (explicit params win) - app-wide amber banner names the managed profile - SkillsPage's page-local selector (from the skills-scoping PR) folded into the global context — single source of truth - ChatPage threads the scope into the PTY WS URL; switching profiles remounts the terminal into a fresh scoped session Omitted profile keeps legacy behavior everywhere. * docs(dashboard): document machine-level multi-profile management - web-dashboard.md: 'Managing multiple profiles' section (switcher, URL deep-links, unified launch, --isolated, scoped Chat, what stays per-profile) + --isolated in the options table - profiles.md: 'From the dashboard' subsection + set-as-active vs switcher clarification - cli-commands.md: --isolated flag + profile-alias launch example * fix(dashboard): address profile-unification review findings Review findings (dev review on PR #44007): 1. HIGH — stale page state on profile switch: pages load data on mount and didn't consume the profile scope, so a page opened under profile A kept showing A's state while writes silently targeted the newly selected B. Fixed structurally: ProfileKeyedRoutes wraps the routed page tree and keys it by the selected profile, remounting every page (fresh state + refetch) on switch. ChatPage keeps its own remount (channel keyed on scopedProfile). 2. HIGH — /api/model/auxiliary read was unscoped while /api/model/set wrote scoped (Models page could show default's aux pins while editing worker's). Endpoint now takes profile + _profile_scope, added to PROFILE_SCOPED_PREFIXES, HTTPException re-raise so ghost profiles 404 instead of 500. Regression test asserts read/write symmetry with differing worker/default aux config. 3. MEDIUM — tools post-setup spawned unscoped from the profile-aware drawer. Now spawns 'hermes -p <profile> tools post-setup <key>' (same mechanism as hub installs); drawer threads its profile prop. Most hooks install machine-level artifacts where the scope is inert, but hooks reading config/env now see the drawer's HERMES_HOME. 4. LOW — ty warnings: env Optional asserts before subscript/membership, fastapi import replaced with web_server.HTTPException re-use. 298 tests green across the four affected suites; tsc -b + vite build green; aux scoping E2E-verified with real imports. * fix(dashboard): address second profile-unification review (gille) 1. BLOCKER — profile scope dropped on sidebar navigation: ProfileProvider derived the selection from the current URL, and nav links are bare paths, so clicking Config from /skills?profile=worker silently reset the write target. State is now the source of truth; an effect re-asserts ?profile= onto the new location after every navigation (URL stays a synchronized projection for deep links/refresh), and an incoming URL param (e.g. 'Manage skills & tools' links) still wins. 2. BLOCKER — /api/model/options unscoped while model/set wrote scoped: the picker context (current model/provider, custom providers, per-profile .env auth state) now loads inside _profile_scope; added to PROFILE_SCOPED_PREFIXES. Test: a worker-only current-model pin appears in the scoped payload and not the unscoped one. 3. BLOCKER — MCP test-server probe escaped the scope after the config read: the probe now re-enters _profile_scope inside the worker thread so env-placeholder expansion resolves against the selected profile's .env. Known limit (documented): the probe's dedicated MCP event-loop thread doesn't inherit the contextvar (OAuth token paths). Test asserts get_hermes_home() inside the probe == the worker profile dir. 4. BLOCKER — broad excepts swallowed unknown-profile 404s: /api/model/info degraded to 200-with-empty-model-info and /api/mcp/catalog to a silently-empty catalog. Both re-raise HTTPException; 404 regression tests added for info/options/catalog. Polish: scope banner clears the fixed mobile header (mt-14 lg:mt-0); --open-profile hidden via argparse.SUPPRESS (internal re-exec flag); attach-path test now asserts the opened ?profile= URL. (Stale-page-state + /api/model/auxiliary findings from this review were already fixed in |
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Hermes Agent ☤
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 (200+ models), NovitaAI (AI-native cloud for Model API, Agent Sandbox, and GPU Cloud), NVIDIA NIM (Nemotron), Xiaomi MiMo, z.ai/GLM, Kimi/Moonshot, MiniMax, Hugging Face, OpenAI, or your own endpoint. Switch with hermes model — no code changes, no lock-in.
| A real terminal interface | Full TUI with multiline editing, slash-command autocomplete, conversation history, interrupt-and-redirect, and streaming tool output. |
| Lives where you do | Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, and CLI — all from a single gateway process. Voice memo transcription, cross-platform conversation continuity. |
| A closed learning loop | Agent-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 automations | Built-in cron scheduler with delivery to any platform. Daily reports, nightly backups, weekly audits — all in natural language, running unattended. |
| Delegates and parallelizes | Spawn 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 laptop | Six 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-ready | Batch 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~/.hermesas on Linux.
After installation:
source ~/.bashrc # reload shell (or: source ~/.zshrc)
hermes # start chatting!
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 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
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 — clone and go with setup-hermes.sh:
git clone https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent.git
cd hermes-agent
./setup-hermes.sh # installs uv, creates venv, installs .[all], symlinks ~/.local/bin/hermes
./hermes # auto-detects the venv, no need to `source` first
Manual path (equivalent to the above):
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
uv venv .venv --python 3.11
source .venv/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.