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fix(tui): mouse + keyboard text selection in the composer (#16732)
* feat(tui): auto copy-on-select for transcript text

Drag in the transcript already highlighted but you had to press Cmd+C to
land it on the clipboard, and the highlight cleared on copy — most users
never realised selection existed. Now drag-release fires copySelectionNoClear
so the text is on the clipboard immediately while the highlight stays put,
matching iTerm2's "Copy to pasteboard on selection" default. Esc clears.

Behaviour:
- Single click in the input still positions the cursor (TextInput onClick).
- Single click in the transcript still does nothing destructive.
- Double / triple click select word / line, then drag extends.
- /copyselect [on|off|toggle] (alias /cos) flips the setting at runtime,
  HERMES_TUI_DISABLE_COPY_ON_SELECT=1 disables at startup, persists via
  display.tui_copy_on_select in config.yaml.

Help overlay now lists drag-select, multi-click, and click-to-position
so the gestures are discoverable.

Made-with: Cursor

* fix(tui): support prompt text selection gestures

Add mouse drag selection and Shift+Arrow/Home/End extension inside the TUI composer so prompt text behaves like a normal editable field while keeping click-to-position and right-click paste intact.

Made-with: Cursor

* Revert "feat(tui): auto copy-on-select for transcript text"

This reverts commit 6701288fe0.

* fix(tui): allow composer selection from prompt whitespace

Give the composer a one-cell mouse capture pad before the editable text. The prompt glyph/gutter still does not become selectable, but dragging from the edge now anchors at input offset 0 so users do not need to hit the first character precisely.

Made-with: Cursor

* fix(tui): clear selections from blank composer space

Clicking blank space in the transcript or composer now clears active TUI/input selections like a normal text surface. TextInput clicks stop bubbling so cursor placement and selection gestures keep their local behavior.

Made-with: Cursor

* fix(tui): delegate prompt gutter drags to composer text

The prompt gutter is now an input gesture region, not selectable content. Dragging from the whitespace or prompt area anchors the composer selection at offset 0, while selection highlight/copy remains limited to actual input text.

Made-with: Cursor

* fix(tui): move composer cursor to end on selection clear

External clear actions now collapse the composer selection to the end of the input, matching normal text-field behavior after dismissing a selection.

Made-with: Cursor

* fix(tui): capture composer padding before prompt

Add an explicit mouse capture cell over the left padding before the prompt glyph. Drags starting there now delegate to the composer input at offset 0 instead of starting terminal-level selection over the prompt chrome.

Made-with: Cursor

* fix(tui): avoid npm install on lockfile mtime churn

Compare package-lock.json against npm's hidden node_modules lock by content instead of mtimes. Git checkouts and npm lock rewrites can make the root lockfile newer even when installed dependencies already match, causing hermes --tui to print Installing TUI dependencies on every launch.

Made-with: Cursor

* fix(tui): include prompt leading cell in gesture region

Use the prompt box's real layout region to cover the leading whitespace cell before the glyph. The cell now participates in mouse hit testing and delegates to composer selection instead of starting terminal-level selection.

Made-with: Cursor

* fix(tui): widen prompt-side gesture capture band

Capture a wider left-side band around the composer prompt row so drags starting in terminal gutter/padding cells are consumed and delegated to input selection, instead of triggering terminal-level selection chrome.

Made-with: Cursor

* fix(tui): make pre-prompt spacer non-selectable content

Replace the sticky-prompt fallback `Text(' ')` with an empty spacer box so the visual gap remains but no literal space character is rendered/copyable before the composer prompt.

Made-with: Cursor

* fix(tui): capture pre-prompt spacer without shifting prompt layout

Revert the widened negative-margin prompt capture band and instead capture drags on the dedicated spacer row above the prompt. This keeps prompt/text alignment stable while still delegating whitespace-start drags to composer selection.

Made-with: Cursor

* fix(tui): align prompt with status bar and capture full input row

Drop the leading prompt column from 3 to 2 so the input first character lines up with the status bar text. Wrap the prompt+input row in a single mouse-capture box and stop event propagation from TextInput's own handlers so any drag in that row delegates to composer selection without leaking to terminal-level selection.

Made-with: Cursor

* fix(tui): anchor hardware cursor during composer selection

When a composer selection covers a row exactly the column width, the rendered text fills the row and the terminal auto-wraps the hardware cursor to col 0 of the next row, leaving a ghost block beneath the prompt. Park the cursor at the start of the input box during selection so it can't escape the input region.

Made-with: Cursor

* fix(tui): hide hardware cursor during composer selection

Stop fighting auto-wrap by hiding the hardware cursor outright while the
composer has an active selection. This prevents both the ghost block under
the prompt (cursor wrapping past the last cell) and the parked-cursor block
on the first selected character. The cursor restores as soon as the
selection clears or focus changes.

Made-with: Cursor

* chore(tui): /clean — drop dead capture-pad path, dedupe gutter handlers

- TextInput: remove unused leftCaptureColumns prop and capture-pad math, drop
  unused mouseApi.startAt, fold mouse offset into a single offsetAt helper,
  share a MouseEventLite type across the four handlers.
- appLayout: hoist a GutterMouseEvent type and an endInputDrag callback so the
  spacer/prompt/input rows share one shape.
- _tui_need_npm_install: lift the runtime-only key set to a module constant,
  collapse nested isinstance checks, and document the mtime fallback.

Made-with: Cursor

* fix(tui): address copilot review on PR #16732

- Split InputSelection.clear() into clear() (cursor-preserving) and
  collapseToEnd() (clear + jump to end). Cmd+C copy paths keep using
  clear() so the cursor stays put; the blank-area click in useMainApp
  switches to collapseToEnd() to match the requested UX.
- Spacer-row drags now force row=0 when forwarding into the input,
  since the spacer's vertical origin doesn't align with the input box
  and Ink mouse-capture keeps dispatching motion to the original
  target. Prompt+input row drag keeps localRow because origins match.

Made-with: Cursor

* fix(tui): give TextInput Box an explicit width

After the /clean pass dropped the unused capture-pad math, the wrapping
Box also lost its explicit width and started sizing to its rendered
content. Clicks past the last character missed TextInput and fell
through to the parent prompt-row Box, which collapsed the cursor to
offset 0. Pin the Box back to `columns` so the input owns its full
column span regardless of value length.

Made-with: Cursor

* feat(tui): double-click select-all + hide cursor on terminal blur

- Track click time/offset in TextInput so a quick second click on the
  same offset triggers select-all. Ink's screen-level multi-click is
  bypassed once our onMouseDown captures, so the gesture has to be
  detected locally.
- Extend the cursor-hide effect to also fire when the terminal loses
  focus, so the hollow-rect ghost most terminals draw at the parked
  cursor position disappears too.

Made-with: Cursor

* chore(tui): /clean — extract isMultiClickAt helper

Pull the click-recurrence math out of TextInput's onMouseDown into a
small isMultiClickAt(offset) helper so the handler reads as the gesture
list it actually is (multi-click → select-all, otherwise start).
Drop the redundant length>0 guard now that selectAll() already noops on
an empty value.

Made-with: Cursor

* docs(tui): explain _tui_need_npm_install content-vs-mtime comparison

Expand the docstring so future readers understand why we parse the
lockfiles instead of comparing mtimes, what the optional/peer skip
covers, how stale hidden-lock entries are handled, and when we fall
back to mtime.
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.github docs(website): dedicated page per bundled + optional skill (#14929) 2026-04-23 22:22:11 -07:00
.plans Merge PR #724: feat: --yolo flag to bypass all approval prompts 2026-03-10 20:56:30 -07:00
acp_adapter fix(acp): include MCP toolsets in ACP sessions 2026-04-24 03:04:42 -07:00
acp_registry feat: restore ACP server implementation from PR #949 (#1254) 2026-03-14 00:09:05 -07:00
agent style: trim verbose comment blocks added by previous commit 2026-04-27 12:37:33 -07:00
assets Update banner image to new version 2026-02-25 11:53:44 -08:00
cron fix(gateway,cron): close ephemeral agents + reap stale aux clients (salvage #13979) (#16598) 2026-04-27 07:41:42 -07:00
datagen-config-examples feat: add WebResearchEnv RL environment for multi-step web research 2026-03-05 14:34:36 +00:00
docker fix(docker): don't chown config.yaml after gosu drop (#15865) (#16096) 2026-04-26 08:27:39 -07:00
environments refactor: remove remaining redundant local imports (comprehensive sweep) 2026-04-21 00:50:58 -07:00
gateway style: trim verbose comment blocks added by previous commit 2026-04-27 12:37:33 -07:00
hermes_cli fix(tui): mouse + keyboard text selection in the composer (#16732) 2026-04-27 16:43:48 -07:00
nix feat(nix): declarative plugin installation for NixOS module (#15953) 2026-04-28 00:18:32 +05:30
optional-skills feat(skills): expand touchdesigner-mcp with GLSL, post-FX, audio, geometry references (#13664) 2026-04-27 08:46:36 -07:00
packaging/homebrew chore: prepare Hermes for Homebrew packaging (#4099) 2026-03-30 17:34:43 -07:00
plans fix(gemini): tighten native routing and streaming replay 2026-04-19 12:40:08 -07:00
plugins feat(honcho): explain why when honcho_profile returns an empty card 2026-04-27 12:37:33 -07:00
scripts chore(release): map honcho-consolidation contributor emails 2026-04-27 12:37:33 -07:00
skills docs(skills): salvage dropped trigger content into skill bodies 2026-04-26 21:50:56 -07:00
tests fix(tui): mouse + keyboard text selection in the composer (#16732) 2026-04-27 16:43:48 -07:00
tinker-atropos@65f084ee80 Add tinker-atropos submodule and update RL training tools 2026-02-04 10:36:01 -08:00
tools fix(approval): close remaining prompt_toolkit deadlock vectors (#15216) 2026-04-27 06:42:32 -07:00
tui_gateway fix(tui): tighten fast-mode support validation 2026-04-27 13:00:11 -05:00
ui-tui fix(tui): mouse + keyboard text selection in the composer (#16732) 2026-04-27 16:43:48 -07:00
web refactor: /btw is now an alias for /background (#16053) 2026-04-26 07:11:08 -07:00
website docs(docker): restore accidentally-redacted placeholder strings 2026-04-28 08:21:40 +10:00
.dockerignore fix(docker): exclude runtime data/ from build context 2026-04-22 21:15:28 -07:00
.env.example feat: add Ollama Cloud as built-in provider 2026-04-16 02:22:09 -07:00
.envrc nix: add tui lockfile update script 2026-04-10 00:46:37 -04:00
.gitattributes feat: web UI dashboard for managing Hermes Agent (#8756) 2026-04-12 22:26:28 -07:00
.gitignore feat(providers): add GMI Cloud as a first-class API-key provider (#11955) 2026-04-27 11:17:59 -07:00
.gitmodules refactor: remove mini-swe-agent dependency — inline Docker/Modal backends (#2804) 2026-03-24 07:30:25 -07:00
.mailmap chore: add MestreY0d4-Uninter to AUTHOR_MAP and .mailmap 2026-04-15 15:03:28 -07:00
AGENTS.md chore: revert docs 2026-04-26 05:46:45 -07:00
batch_runner.py fix: eliminate duplicate checkpoint entries and JSON-unsafe coercion 2026-04-24 14:32:21 -07:00
cli-config.yaml.example yuanbao platform (#16298) 2026-04-26 18:50:49 -07:00
cli.py diagnostic(cli): log slow bracketed-paste handler (>500ms) for #16263 (#16575) 2026-04-27 06:44:36 -07:00
constraints-termux.txt feat: add tested Termux install path and EOF-aware gh auth 2026-04-09 16:24:53 -07:00
CONTRIBUTING.md Update CONTRIBUTING.md 2026-04-23 15:08:41 -07:00
docker-compose.yml fix(docker): safer docker-compose defaults for UID and dashboard bind 2026-04-24 04:52:11 -07:00
Dockerfile fix(docker): tighten TUI build contract 2026-04-27 10:15:00 -05:00
flake.lock fix nix build 2026-04-11 15:30:37 -04:00
flake.nix feat(nix): declarative plugin installation for NixOS module (#15953) 2026-04-28 00:18:32 +05:30
hermes fix: use argparse entrypoint in top-level launcher (#3874) 2026-03-29 21:54:36 -07:00
hermes-already-has-routines.md docs: automation templates gallery + comparison post (#9821) 2026-04-14 12:30:50 -07:00
hermes_constants.py Merge branch 'main' of github.com:NousResearch/hermes-agent into feat/ink-refactor 2026-04-13 21:17:41 -05:00
hermes_logging.py fix(logging): attach gateway log after cli init 2026-04-26 19:01:26 -07:00
hermes_state.py fix: harden memory-context leak boundaries 2026-04-27 12:37:33 -07:00
hermes_time.py refactor: extract shared helpers to deduplicate repeated code patterns (#7917) 2026-04-11 13:59:52 -07:00
LICENSE fix: restore missing MIT license file 2026-03-07 13:43:08 -08:00
MANIFEST.in chore: prepare Hermes for Homebrew packaging (#4099) 2026-03-30 17:34:43 -07:00
mcp_serve.py fix: point optional-dep install hints at the venv's python (#11938) 2026-04-17 21:16:33 -07:00
mini_swe_runner.py fix(kimi): omit temperature entirely for Kimi/Moonshot models (#13157) 2026-04-20 12:23:05 -07:00
model_tools.py feat(hooks): add duration_ms to post_tool_call + transform_tool_result (#15429) 2026-04-25 22:13:12 -07:00
package-lock.json perf(browser): upgrade agent-browser 0.13 -> 0.26, wire daemon idle timeout 2026-04-22 16:33:36 -07:00
package.json perf(browser): upgrade agent-browser 0.13 -> 0.26, wire daemon idle timeout 2026-04-22 16:33:36 -07:00
pyproject.toml fix(skills): ship google-workspace deps as [google] extra; make setup.py 3.9-parseable 2026-04-24 16:45:27 -07:00
README.md chore: revert docs 2026-04-26 05:46:45 -07:00
RELEASE_v0.2.0.md chore: rebuild changelog with correct time window (Feb 25 12PM PST onwards) 2026-03-12 02:33:50 -07:00
RELEASE_v0.3.0.md chore: release v0.3.0 (v2026.3.17) 2026-03-17 00:38:48 -07:00
RELEASE_v0.4.0.md docs: revise v0.4.0 changelog — fix feature attribution, reorder sections 2026-03-23 22:42:22 -07:00
RELEASE_v0.5.0.md chore: release v0.5.0 (v2026.3.28) (#3568) 2026-03-28 13:11:39 -07:00
RELEASE_v0.6.0.md chore: release v0.6.0 (2026.3.30) (#3985) 2026-03-30 08:29:38 -07:00
RELEASE_v0.7.0.md chore: release v0.7.0 (2026.4.3) (#4812) 2026-04-03 11:14:55 -07:00
RELEASE_v0.8.0.md docs: update v0.8.0 highlights — notify_on_complete, MiMo v2 Pro, reorder 2026-04-08 04:59:45 -07:00
RELEASE_v0.9.0.md fix: add contributor audit script + fix missed contributors (#9264) 2026-04-13 16:31:27 -07:00
RELEASE_v0.10.0.md chore: release v0.10.0 (2026.4.16) (#11209) 2026-04-16 12:53:06 -07:00
RELEASE_v0.11.0.md chore: release v0.11.0 (2026.4.23) (#14791) 2026-04-23 15:31:59 -07:00
rl_cli.py refactor: consolidate get_hermes_home() and parse_reasoning_effort() (#3062) 2026-03-25 15:54:28 -07:00
run_agent.py fix(memory): drop scrub from interim commentary + final response 2026-04-27 12:37:33 -07:00
SECURITY.md docs: add terminal bypass test to Out of Scope section 2026-04-15 14:34:09 -07:00
setup-hermes.sh fix(termux): make setup-hermes use android path 2026-04-09 16:24:53 -07:00
toolset_distributions.py chore: fix 154 f-strings, simplify getattr/URL patterns, remove dead code (#3119) 2026-03-25 19:47:58 -07:00
toolsets.py yuanbao platform (#16298) 2026-04-26 18:50:49 -07:00
trajectory_compressor.py fix: sweep remaining provider-URL substring checks across codebase 2026-04-20 22:14:29 -07:00
utils.py fix(agent): normalize socks:// env proxies for httpx/anthropic 2026-04-21 05:52:46 -07:00
uv.lock chore: address copilot comments 2026-04-24 12:51:04 -04:00

Hermes Agent

Hermes Agent ☤

Documentation Discord License: MIT Built by Nous Research

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), 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 interfaceFull TUI with multiline editing, slash-command autocomplete, conversation history, interrupt-and-redirect, and streaming tool output.
Lives where you doTelegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, and CLI — all from a single gateway process. Voice memo transcription, cross-platform conversation continuity.
A closed learning loopAgent-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 automationsBuilt-in cron scheduler with delivery to any platform. Daily reports, nightly backups, weekly audits — all in natural language, running unattended.
Delegates and parallelizesSpawn 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 laptopSix terminal backends — local, Docker, SSH, Daytona, Singularity, and Modal. 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-readyBatch trajectory generation, Atropos RL environments, trajectory compression for training the next generation of tool-calling models.

Quick Install

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/main/scripts/install.sh | bash

Works on Linux, macOS, WSL2, and Android via Termux. The installer handles the platform-specific setup for you.

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 not supported. Please install WSL2 and run the command above.

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

📖 Full documentation →

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

RL Training (optional): The RL/Atropos integration (environments/) ships via the atroposlib and tinker dependencies pulled in by .[all,dev] — no submodule setup required.


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License

MIT — see LICENSE.

Built by Nous Research.