hermes-agent/gateway
Edison e752c9454e feat(plugins): add register_auxiliary_task() to PluginContext API
Auxiliary LLM tasks (vision, compression, web_extract, etc.) currently
require modifications to core files for any plugin that needs its own
task slot — specifically the _AUX_TASKS list in hermes_cli/main.py and
the hardcoded env-var bridging dict in gateway/run.py. This violates
the 'plugins must not modify core files' rule and forces every memory
or context plugin that wants its own auxiliary task to either fork
core or open a coupled core+plugin PR.

This change adds a generic plugin surface for auxiliary task
registration:

    ctx.register_auxiliary_task(
        key='memory_retain_filter',
        display_name='Memory retain filter',
        description='hindsight pre-retain dedup/extract',
        defaults={'timeout': 30, 'extra_body': {'reasoning_effort': 'low'}},
    )

After registration, the task automatically:

  - Appears in 'hermes model → Configure auxiliary models' picker via
    a new _all_aux_tasks() merge of built-in + plugin tasks
  - Has its provider/model/base_url/api_key bridged from config.yaml
    to AUXILIARY_<KEY_UPPER>_* env vars at gateway startup
    (gateway/run.py now uses a dynamic bridged-keys set instead of
    a hardcoded per-task dict)
  - Gets plugin-declared defaults (timeout, extra_body, etc.) layered
    underneath user config so unconfigured plugin tasks still work
    (agent/auxiliary_client._get_auxiliary_task_config)
  - Resets to auto via 'Reset all to auto' alongside built-ins

Validation:

  - Rejects shadowing of built-in keys (vision, compression, etc.)
  - Rejects invalid key shapes (must match [A-Za-z0-9_]+)
  - Rejects cross-plugin collisions (clear error)
  - Allows same-plugin re-registration (idempotent updates)

Plugin discovery failures (rare) fall back gracefully — the aux
config UI still shows built-in tasks if get_plugin_auxiliary_tasks()
raises, and gateway env-var bridging keeps working for built-ins.

Built-in tasks remain hardcoded in _AUX_TASKS for stability — they're
the baseline UX, and DEFAULT_CONFIG already ships their defaults.
Plugin tasks layer on top.

Tests: 15 new tests in test_plugin_auxiliary_tasks.py covering API
validation, manager state lifecycle, helper sort order, _all_aux_tasks
merge semantics, _reset_aux_to_auto inclusion of plugin tasks, and
default-layering in auxiliary_client.

Updates the gateway-bridge code-parity test (test_auxiliary_config_bridge)
to assert the new dynamic shape rather than the hardcoded literal env
var names which no longer appear post-refactor.

Motivation: this unblocks PR #20262 (hindsight smart retain pipeline)
and similar plugins that need a dedicated aux task slot. The change
is non-breaking — built-in env vars (AUXILIARY_VISION_PROVIDER, etc.)
keep working since they're produced by the same f-string template
that built the hardcoded names.
2026-05-23 17:49:47 -07:00
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assets fix: improve telegram topic mode setup 2026-05-04 12:07:17 -07:00
builtin_hooks remove: BOOT.md built-in hook (#17093) 2026-04-28 09:50:27 -07:00
platforms fix(telegram): preserve observed group slash commands 2026-05-23 16:26:28 -07:00
__init__.py docs(gateway): mention Weixin in gateway help and docstrings 2026-05-12 17:08:51 -07:00
channel_directory.py refactor(ntfy): convert built-in adapter to platform plugin 2026-05-23 16:13:01 -07:00
config.py refactor(ntfy): convert built-in adapter to platform plugin 2026-05-23 16:13:01 -07:00
delivery.py fix(gateway): preserve case-sensitive chat IDs in DeliveryTarget.parse 2026-05-01 14:01:26 -07:00
display_config.py chore: ruff auto-fix PLR6201 — tuple → set in membership tests (#23937) 2026-05-11 11:13:25 -07:00
hooks.py fix(plugins): register dynamically-loaded modules in sys.modules before exec 2026-04-29 23:34:35 -07:00
memory_monitor.py Port from cline/cline#10343: periodic gateway memory logging (#27102) 2026-05-16 12:55:23 -07:00
mirror.py refactor(gateway): drop _append_to_jsonl from mirror 2026-05-20 13:00:57 -07:00
pairing.py fix(gateway): preserve WhatsApp pairing approvals across JID/LID alias flips 2026-05-23 01:46:34 -07:00
platform_registry.py refactor(plugins): add apply_yaml_config_fn registry hook 2026-05-13 22:20:30 -07:00
restart.py fix(gateway): address restart review feedback 2026-04-10 21:18:34 -07:00
run.py feat(plugins): add register_auxiliary_task() to PluginContext API 2026-05-23 17:49:47 -07:00
runtime_footer.py feat(gateway): opt-in runtime-metadata footer on final replies (#17026) 2026-04-28 06:50:04 -07:00
session.py fix(gateway): separate observed Telegram group context 2026-05-23 01:33:42 -07:00
session_context.py fix(cli): synchronize HERMES_SESSION_ID across environment and contextvar during session switches 2026-05-23 17:46:55 -07:00
shutdown_forensics.py chore: ruff auto-fixes — collapsible-else-if, if-stmt-min-max, dict.fromkeys (#23926) 2026-05-11 11:03:29 -07:00
slash_access.py feat(gateway): per-platform admin/user split for slash commands (salvage of #4443) (#23373) 2026-05-10 12:33:54 -07:00
status.py fix: gateway PID detection fails on Windows (two issues) 2026-05-13 23:10:57 -07:00
sticker_cache.py fix: guard yaml.safe_load, flock unlock, TOCTOU races, and atomic writes 2026-05-19 00:12:41 -07:00
stream_consumer.py fix(telegram): preserve topic metadata on overflow edits 2026-05-18 22:40:03 -07:00
whatsapp_identity.py fix(whatsapp_identity): pin identifier regex to ASCII, clarify it's defense-in-depth 2026-04-26 20:48:31 -07:00