docs: restructure site navigation — promote features and platforms to top-level (#4116)
Major reorganization of the documentation site for better discoverability
and navigation. 94 pages across 8 top-level sections (was 5).
Structural changes:
- Promote Features from 3-level-deep subcategory to top-level section
with new Overview hub page categorizing all 26 feature pages
- Promote Messaging Platforms from User Guide subcategory to top-level
section, add platform comparison matrix (13 platforms x 7 features)
- Create new Integrations section with hub page, grouping MCP, ACP,
API Server, Honcho, Provider Routing, Fallback Providers
- Extract AI provider content (626 lines) from configuration.md into
dedicated integrations/providers.md — configuration.md drops from
1803 to 1178 lines
- Subcategorize Developer Guide into Architecture, Extending, Internals
- Rename "User Guide" to "Using Hermes" for top-level items
Orphan fixes (7 pages now reachable via sidebar):
- build-a-hermes-plugin.md added to Guides
- sms.md added to Messaging Platforms
- context-references.md added to Features > Core
- plugins.md added to Features > Core
- git-worktrees.md added to Using Hermes
- checkpoints-and-rollback.md added to Using Hermes
- checkpoints.md (30-line stub) deleted, superseded by
checkpoints-and-rollback.md (203 lines)
New files:
- integrations/index.md — Integrations hub page
- integrations/providers.md — AI provider setup (extracted)
- user-guide/features/overview.md — Features hub page
Broken link fixes:
- quickstart.md, faq.md: update context-length-detection anchors
- configuration.md: update checkpoints link
- overview.md: fix checkpoint link path
Docusaurus build verified clean (zero broken links/anchors).
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---
title: "Integrations"
sidebar_label: "Overview"
sidebar_position: 0
---
# Integrations
Hermes Agent connects to external systems for AI inference, tool servers, IDE workflows, programmatic access, and more. These integrations extend what Hermes can do and where it can run.
docs: deep quality pass — expand 10 thin pages, fix specific issues (#4134)
Developer guide stubs expanded to full documentation:
- trajectory-format.md: 56→233 lines (JSONL format, ShareGPT example,
normalization rules, reasoning markup, replay code)
- session-storage.md: 66→388 lines (SQLite schema, migration table,
FTS5 search syntax, lineage queries, Python API examples)
- context-compression-and-caching.md: 72→321 lines (dual compression
system, config defaults, 4-phase algorithm, before/after example,
prompt caching mechanics, cache-aware patterns)
- tools-runtime.md: 65→246 lines (registry API, dispatch flow,
availability checking, error wrapping, approval flow)
- prompt-assembly.md: 89→246 lines (concrete assembled prompt example,
SOUL.md injection, context file discovery table)
User-facing pages expanded:
- docker.md: 62→224 lines (volumes, env forwarding, docker-compose,
resource limits, troubleshooting)
- updating.md: 79→167 lines (update behavior, version checking,
rollback instructions, Nix users)
- skins.md: 80→206 lines (all color/spinner/branding keys, built-in
skin descriptions, full custom skin YAML template)
Hub pages improved:
- integrations/index.md: 25→82 lines (web search backends table,
TTS/browser providers, quick config example)
- features/overview.md: added Integrations section with 6 missing links
Specific fixes:
- configuration.md: removed duplicate Gateway Streaming section
- mcp.md: removed internal "PR work" language
- plugins.md: added inline minimal plugin example (self-contained)
13 files changed, ~1700 lines added. Docusaurus build verified clean.
2026-03-30 20:30:11 -07:00
## AI Providers & Routing
docs: restructure site navigation — promote features and platforms to top-level (#4116)
Major reorganization of the documentation site for better discoverability
and navigation. 94 pages across 8 top-level sections (was 5).
Structural changes:
- Promote Features from 3-level-deep subcategory to top-level section
with new Overview hub page categorizing all 26 feature pages
- Promote Messaging Platforms from User Guide subcategory to top-level
section, add platform comparison matrix (13 platforms x 7 features)
- Create new Integrations section with hub page, grouping MCP, ACP,
API Server, Honcho, Provider Routing, Fallback Providers
- Extract AI provider content (626 lines) from configuration.md into
dedicated integrations/providers.md — configuration.md drops from
1803 to 1178 lines
- Subcategorize Developer Guide into Architecture, Extending, Internals
- Rename "User Guide" to "Using Hermes" for top-level items
Orphan fixes (7 pages now reachable via sidebar):
- build-a-hermes-plugin.md added to Guides
- sms.md added to Messaging Platforms
- context-references.md added to Features > Core
- plugins.md added to Features > Core
- git-worktrees.md added to Using Hermes
- checkpoints-and-rollback.md added to Using Hermes
- checkpoints.md (30-line stub) deleted, superseded by
checkpoints-and-rollback.md (203 lines)
New files:
- integrations/index.md — Integrations hub page
- integrations/providers.md — AI provider setup (extracted)
- user-guide/features/overview.md — Features hub page
Broken link fixes:
- quickstart.md, faq.md: update context-length-detection anchors
- configuration.md: update checkpoints link
- overview.md: fix checkpoint link path
Docusaurus build verified clean (zero broken links/anchors).
2026-03-30 18:39:51 -07:00
docs: deep quality pass — expand 10 thin pages, fix specific issues (#4134)
Developer guide stubs expanded to full documentation:
- trajectory-format.md: 56→233 lines (JSONL format, ShareGPT example,
normalization rules, reasoning markup, replay code)
- session-storage.md: 66→388 lines (SQLite schema, migration table,
FTS5 search syntax, lineage queries, Python API examples)
- context-compression-and-caching.md: 72→321 lines (dual compression
system, config defaults, 4-phase algorithm, before/after example,
prompt caching mechanics, cache-aware patterns)
- tools-runtime.md: 65→246 lines (registry API, dispatch flow,
availability checking, error wrapping, approval flow)
- prompt-assembly.md: 89→246 lines (concrete assembled prompt example,
SOUL.md injection, context file discovery table)
User-facing pages expanded:
- docker.md: 62→224 lines (volumes, env forwarding, docker-compose,
resource limits, troubleshooting)
- updating.md: 79→167 lines (update behavior, version checking,
rollback instructions, Nix users)
- skins.md: 80→206 lines (all color/spinner/branding keys, built-in
skin descriptions, full custom skin YAML template)
Hub pages improved:
- integrations/index.md: 25→82 lines (web search backends table,
TTS/browser providers, quick config example)
- features/overview.md: added Integrations section with 6 missing links
Specific fixes:
- configuration.md: removed duplicate Gateway Streaming section
- mcp.md: removed internal "PR work" language
- plugins.md: added inline minimal plugin example (self-contained)
13 files changed, ~1700 lines added. Docusaurus build verified clean.
2026-03-30 20:30:11 -07:00
Hermes supports multiple AI inference providers out of the box. Use `hermes model` to configure interactively, or set them in `config.yaml` .
docs: restructure site navigation — promote features and platforms to top-level (#4116)
Major reorganization of the documentation site for better discoverability
and navigation. 94 pages across 8 top-level sections (was 5).
Structural changes:
- Promote Features from 3-level-deep subcategory to top-level section
with new Overview hub page categorizing all 26 feature pages
- Promote Messaging Platforms from User Guide subcategory to top-level
section, add platform comparison matrix (13 platforms x 7 features)
- Create new Integrations section with hub page, grouping MCP, ACP,
API Server, Honcho, Provider Routing, Fallback Providers
- Extract AI provider content (626 lines) from configuration.md into
dedicated integrations/providers.md — configuration.md drops from
1803 to 1178 lines
- Subcategorize Developer Guide into Architecture, Extending, Internals
- Rename "User Guide" to "Using Hermes" for top-level items
Orphan fixes (7 pages now reachable via sidebar):
- build-a-hermes-plugin.md added to Guides
- sms.md added to Messaging Platforms
- context-references.md added to Features > Core
- plugins.md added to Features > Core
- git-worktrees.md added to Using Hermes
- checkpoints-and-rollback.md added to Using Hermes
- checkpoints.md (30-line stub) deleted, superseded by
checkpoints-and-rollback.md (203 lines)
New files:
- integrations/index.md — Integrations hub page
- integrations/providers.md — AI provider setup (extracted)
- user-guide/features/overview.md — Features hub page
Broken link fixes:
- quickstart.md, faq.md: update context-length-detection anchors
- configuration.md: update checkpoints link
- overview.md: fix checkpoint link path
Docusaurus build verified clean (zero broken links/anchors).
2026-03-30 18:39:51 -07:00
docs: deep quality pass — expand 10 thin pages, fix specific issues (#4134)
Developer guide stubs expanded to full documentation:
- trajectory-format.md: 56→233 lines (JSONL format, ShareGPT example,
normalization rules, reasoning markup, replay code)
- session-storage.md: 66→388 lines (SQLite schema, migration table,
FTS5 search syntax, lineage queries, Python API examples)
- context-compression-and-caching.md: 72→321 lines (dual compression
system, config defaults, 4-phase algorithm, before/after example,
prompt caching mechanics, cache-aware patterns)
- tools-runtime.md: 65→246 lines (registry API, dispatch flow,
availability checking, error wrapping, approval flow)
- prompt-assembly.md: 89→246 lines (concrete assembled prompt example,
SOUL.md injection, context file discovery table)
User-facing pages expanded:
- docker.md: 62→224 lines (volumes, env forwarding, docker-compose,
resource limits, troubleshooting)
- updating.md: 79→167 lines (update behavior, version checking,
rollback instructions, Nix users)
- skins.md: 80→206 lines (all color/spinner/branding keys, built-in
skin descriptions, full custom skin YAML template)
Hub pages improved:
- integrations/index.md: 25→82 lines (web search backends table,
TTS/browser providers, quick config example)
- features/overview.md: added Integrations section with 6 missing links
Specific fixes:
- configuration.md: removed duplicate Gateway Streaming section
- mcp.md: removed internal "PR work" language
- plugins.md: added inline minimal plugin example (self-contained)
13 files changed, ~1700 lines added. Docusaurus build verified clean.
2026-03-30 20:30:11 -07:00
- **[AI Providers ](/docs/user-guide/features/provider-routing )** — OpenRouter, Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and any OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Hermes auto-detects capabilities like vision, streaming, and tool use per provider.
- **[Provider Routing ](/docs/user-guide/features/provider-routing )** — Fine-grained control over which underlying providers handle your OpenRouter requests. Optimize for cost, speed, or quality with sorting, whitelists, blacklists, and explicit priority ordering.
- **[Fallback Providers ](/docs/user-guide/features/fallback-providers )** — Automatic failover to backup LLM providers when your primary model encounters errors. Includes primary model fallback and independent auxiliary task fallback for vision, compression, and web extraction.
## Tool Servers (MCP)
- **[MCP Servers ](/docs/user-guide/features/mcp )** — Connect Hermes to external tool servers via Model Context Protocol. Access tools from GitHub, databases, file systems, browser stacks, internal APIs, and more without writing native Hermes tools. Supports both stdio and SSE transports, per-server tool filtering, and capability-aware resource/prompt registration.
## Web Search Backends
docs: comprehensive documentation audit — fix stale info, expand thin pages, add depth (#5393)
Major changes across 20 documentation pages:
Staleness fixes:
- Fix FAQ: wrong import path (hermes.agent → run_agent)
- Fix FAQ: stale Gemini 2.0 model → Gemini 3 Flash
- Fix integrations/index: missing MiniMax TTS provider
- Fix integrations/index: web_crawl is not a registered tool
- Fix sessions: add all 19 session sources (was only 5)
- Fix cron: add all 18 delivery targets (was only telegram/discord)
- Fix webhooks: add all delivery targets
- Fix overview: add missing MCP, memory providers, credential pools
- Fix all line-number references → use function name searches instead
- Update file size estimates (run_agent ~9200, gateway ~7200, cli ~8500)
Expanded thin pages (< 150 lines → substantial depth):
- honcho.md: 43 → 108 lines — added feature comparison, tools, config, CLI
- overview.md: 49 → 55 lines — added MCP, memory providers, credential pools
- toolsets-reference.md: 57 → 175 lines — added explanations, config examples,
custom toolsets, wildcards, platform differences table
- optional-skills-catalog.md: 74 → 153 lines — added 25+ missing skills across
communication, devops, mlops (18!), productivity, research categories
- integrations/index.md: 82 → 115 lines — added messaging, HA, plugins sections
- cron-internals.md: 90 → 195 lines — added job JSON example, lifecycle states,
tick cycle, delivery targets, script-backed jobs, CLI interface
- gateway-internals.md: 111 → 250 lines — added architecture diagram, message
flow, two-level guard, platform adapters, token locks, process management
- agent-loop.md: 112 → 235 lines — added entry points, API mode resolution,
turn lifecycle detail, message alternation rules, tool execution flow,
callback table, budget tracking, compression details
- architecture.md: 152 → 295 lines — added system overview diagram, data flow
diagrams, design principles table, dependency chain
Other depth additions:
- context-references.md: added platform availability, compression interaction,
common patterns sections
- slash-commands.md: added quick commands config example, alias resolution
- image-generation.md: added platform delivery table
- tools-reference.md: added tool counts, MCP tools note
- index.md: updated platform count (5 → 14+), tool count (40+ → 47)
2026-04-05 19:45:50 -07:00
The `web_search` and `web_extract` tools support four backend providers, configured via `config.yaml` or `hermes tools` :
docs: deep quality pass — expand 10 thin pages, fix specific issues (#4134)
Developer guide stubs expanded to full documentation:
- trajectory-format.md: 56→233 lines (JSONL format, ShareGPT example,
normalization rules, reasoning markup, replay code)
- session-storage.md: 66→388 lines (SQLite schema, migration table,
FTS5 search syntax, lineage queries, Python API examples)
- context-compression-and-caching.md: 72→321 lines (dual compression
system, config defaults, 4-phase algorithm, before/after example,
prompt caching mechanics, cache-aware patterns)
- tools-runtime.md: 65→246 lines (registry API, dispatch flow,
availability checking, error wrapping, approval flow)
- prompt-assembly.md: 89→246 lines (concrete assembled prompt example,
SOUL.md injection, context file discovery table)
User-facing pages expanded:
- docker.md: 62→224 lines (volumes, env forwarding, docker-compose,
resource limits, troubleshooting)
- updating.md: 79→167 lines (update behavior, version checking,
rollback instructions, Nix users)
- skins.md: 80→206 lines (all color/spinner/branding keys, built-in
skin descriptions, full custom skin YAML template)
Hub pages improved:
- integrations/index.md: 25→82 lines (web search backends table,
TTS/browser providers, quick config example)
- features/overview.md: added Integrations section with 6 missing links
Specific fixes:
- configuration.md: removed duplicate Gateway Streaming section
- mcp.md: removed internal "PR work" language
- plugins.md: added inline minimal plugin example (self-contained)
13 files changed, ~1700 lines added. Docusaurus build verified clean.
2026-03-30 20:30:11 -07:00
| Backend | Env Var | Search | Extract | Crawl |
|---------|---------|--------|---------|-------|
| **Firecrawl ** (default) | `FIRECRAWL_API_KEY` | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| **Parallel ** | `PARALLEL_API_KEY` | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| **Tavily ** | `TAVILY_API_KEY` | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| **Exa ** | `EXA_API_KEY` | ✔ | ✔ | — |
Quick setup example:
```yaml
web:
backend: firecrawl # firecrawl | parallel | tavily | exa
```
If `web.backend` is not set, the backend is auto-detected from whichever API key is available. Self-hosted Firecrawl is also supported via `FIRECRAWL_API_URL` .
## Browser Automation
Hermes includes full browser automation with multiple backend options for navigating websites, filling forms, and extracting information:
- **Browserbase** — Managed cloud browsers with anti-bot tooling, CAPTCHA solving, and residential proxies
- **Browser Use** — Alternative cloud browser provider
- **Local Chrome via CDP** — Connect to your running Chrome instance using `/browser connect`
- **Local Chromium** — Headless local browser via the `agent-browser` CLI
See [Browser Automation ](/docs/user-guide/features/browser ) for setup and usage.
## Voice & TTS Providers
Text-to-speech and speech-to-text across all messaging platforms:
| Provider | Quality | Cost | API Key |
docs: comprehensive documentation audit — fix stale info, expand thin pages, add depth (#5393)
Major changes across 20 documentation pages:
Staleness fixes:
- Fix FAQ: wrong import path (hermes.agent → run_agent)
- Fix FAQ: stale Gemini 2.0 model → Gemini 3 Flash
- Fix integrations/index: missing MiniMax TTS provider
- Fix integrations/index: web_crawl is not a registered tool
- Fix sessions: add all 19 session sources (was only 5)
- Fix cron: add all 18 delivery targets (was only telegram/discord)
- Fix webhooks: add all delivery targets
- Fix overview: add missing MCP, memory providers, credential pools
- Fix all line-number references → use function name searches instead
- Update file size estimates (run_agent ~9200, gateway ~7200, cli ~8500)
Expanded thin pages (< 150 lines → substantial depth):
- honcho.md: 43 → 108 lines — added feature comparison, tools, config, CLI
- overview.md: 49 → 55 lines — added MCP, memory providers, credential pools
- toolsets-reference.md: 57 → 175 lines — added explanations, config examples,
custom toolsets, wildcards, platform differences table
- optional-skills-catalog.md: 74 → 153 lines — added 25+ missing skills across
communication, devops, mlops (18!), productivity, research categories
- integrations/index.md: 82 → 115 lines — added messaging, HA, plugins sections
- cron-internals.md: 90 → 195 lines — added job JSON example, lifecycle states,
tick cycle, delivery targets, script-backed jobs, CLI interface
- gateway-internals.md: 111 → 250 lines — added architecture diagram, message
flow, two-level guard, platform adapters, token locks, process management
- agent-loop.md: 112 → 235 lines — added entry points, API mode resolution,
turn lifecycle detail, message alternation rules, tool execution flow,
callback table, budget tracking, compression details
- architecture.md: 152 → 295 lines — added system overview diagram, data flow
diagrams, design principles table, dependency chain
Other depth additions:
- context-references.md: added platform availability, compression interaction,
common patterns sections
- slash-commands.md: added quick commands config example, alias resolution
- image-generation.md: added platform delivery table
- tools-reference.md: added tool counts, MCP tools note
- index.md: updated platform count (5 → 14+), tool count (40+ → 47)
2026-04-05 19:45:50 -07:00
||----------|---------|------|---------|
|| **Edge TTS ** (default) | Good | Free | None needed |
|| **ElevenLabs ** | Excellent | Paid | `ELEVENLABS_API_KEY` |
|| **OpenAI TTS ** | Good | Paid | `VOICE_TOOLS_OPENAI_KEY` |
|| **MiniMax ** | Good | Paid | `MINIMAX_API_KEY` |
|| **NeuTTS ** | Good | Free | None needed |
docs: deep quality pass — expand 10 thin pages, fix specific issues (#4134)
Developer guide stubs expanded to full documentation:
- trajectory-format.md: 56→233 lines (JSONL format, ShareGPT example,
normalization rules, reasoning markup, replay code)
- session-storage.md: 66→388 lines (SQLite schema, migration table,
FTS5 search syntax, lineage queries, Python API examples)
- context-compression-and-caching.md: 72→321 lines (dual compression
system, config defaults, 4-phase algorithm, before/after example,
prompt caching mechanics, cache-aware patterns)
- tools-runtime.md: 65→246 lines (registry API, dispatch flow,
availability checking, error wrapping, approval flow)
- prompt-assembly.md: 89→246 lines (concrete assembled prompt example,
SOUL.md injection, context file discovery table)
User-facing pages expanded:
- docker.md: 62→224 lines (volumes, env forwarding, docker-compose,
resource limits, troubleshooting)
- updating.md: 79→167 lines (update behavior, version checking,
rollback instructions, Nix users)
- skins.md: 80→206 lines (all color/spinner/branding keys, built-in
skin descriptions, full custom skin YAML template)
Hub pages improved:
- integrations/index.md: 25→82 lines (web search backends table,
TTS/browser providers, quick config example)
- features/overview.md: added Integrations section with 6 missing links
Specific fixes:
- configuration.md: removed duplicate Gateway Streaming section
- mcp.md: removed internal "PR work" language
- plugins.md: added inline minimal plugin example (self-contained)
13 files changed, ~1700 lines added. Docusaurus build verified clean.
2026-03-30 20:30:11 -07:00
docs: comprehensive documentation audit — fix stale info, expand thin pages, add depth (#5393)
Major changes across 20 documentation pages:
Staleness fixes:
- Fix FAQ: wrong import path (hermes.agent → run_agent)
- Fix FAQ: stale Gemini 2.0 model → Gemini 3 Flash
- Fix integrations/index: missing MiniMax TTS provider
- Fix integrations/index: web_crawl is not a registered tool
- Fix sessions: add all 19 session sources (was only 5)
- Fix cron: add all 18 delivery targets (was only telegram/discord)
- Fix webhooks: add all delivery targets
- Fix overview: add missing MCP, memory providers, credential pools
- Fix all line-number references → use function name searches instead
- Update file size estimates (run_agent ~9200, gateway ~7200, cli ~8500)
Expanded thin pages (< 150 lines → substantial depth):
- honcho.md: 43 → 108 lines — added feature comparison, tools, config, CLI
- overview.md: 49 → 55 lines — added MCP, memory providers, credential pools
- toolsets-reference.md: 57 → 175 lines — added explanations, config examples,
custom toolsets, wildcards, platform differences table
- optional-skills-catalog.md: 74 → 153 lines — added 25+ missing skills across
communication, devops, mlops (18!), productivity, research categories
- integrations/index.md: 82 → 115 lines — added messaging, HA, plugins sections
- cron-internals.md: 90 → 195 lines — added job JSON example, lifecycle states,
tick cycle, delivery targets, script-backed jobs, CLI interface
- gateway-internals.md: 111 → 250 lines — added architecture diagram, message
flow, two-level guard, platform adapters, token locks, process management
- agent-loop.md: 112 → 235 lines — added entry points, API mode resolution,
turn lifecycle detail, message alternation rules, tool execution flow,
callback table, budget tracking, compression details
- architecture.md: 152 → 295 lines — added system overview diagram, data flow
diagrams, design principles table, dependency chain
Other depth additions:
- context-references.md: added platform availability, compression interaction,
common patterns sections
- slash-commands.md: added quick commands config example, alias resolution
- image-generation.md: added platform delivery table
- tools-reference.md: added tool counts, MCP tools note
- index.md: updated platform count (5 → 14+), tool count (40+ → 47)
2026-04-05 19:45:50 -07:00
Speech-to-text supports three providers: local Whisper (free, runs on-device), Groq (fast cloud), and OpenAI Whisper API. Voice message transcription works across Telegram, Discord, WhatsApp, and other messaging platforms. See [Voice & TTS ](/docs/user-guide/features/tts ) and [Voice Mode ](/docs/user-guide/features/voice-mode ) for details.
docs: deep quality pass — expand 10 thin pages, fix specific issues (#4134)
Developer guide stubs expanded to full documentation:
- trajectory-format.md: 56→233 lines (JSONL format, ShareGPT example,
normalization rules, reasoning markup, replay code)
- session-storage.md: 66→388 lines (SQLite schema, migration table,
FTS5 search syntax, lineage queries, Python API examples)
- context-compression-and-caching.md: 72→321 lines (dual compression
system, config defaults, 4-phase algorithm, before/after example,
prompt caching mechanics, cache-aware patterns)
- tools-runtime.md: 65→246 lines (registry API, dispatch flow,
availability checking, error wrapping, approval flow)
- prompt-assembly.md: 89→246 lines (concrete assembled prompt example,
SOUL.md injection, context file discovery table)
User-facing pages expanded:
- docker.md: 62→224 lines (volumes, env forwarding, docker-compose,
resource limits, troubleshooting)
- updating.md: 79→167 lines (update behavior, version checking,
rollback instructions, Nix users)
- skins.md: 80→206 lines (all color/spinner/branding keys, built-in
skin descriptions, full custom skin YAML template)
Hub pages improved:
- integrations/index.md: 25→82 lines (web search backends table,
TTS/browser providers, quick config example)
- features/overview.md: added Integrations section with 6 missing links
Specific fixes:
- configuration.md: removed duplicate Gateway Streaming section
- mcp.md: removed internal "PR work" language
- plugins.md: added inline minimal plugin example (self-contained)
13 files changed, ~1700 lines added. Docusaurus build verified clean.
2026-03-30 20:30:11 -07:00
## IDE & Editor Integration
docs: restructure site navigation — promote features and platforms to top-level (#4116)
Major reorganization of the documentation site for better discoverability
and navigation. 94 pages across 8 top-level sections (was 5).
Structural changes:
- Promote Features from 3-level-deep subcategory to top-level section
with new Overview hub page categorizing all 26 feature pages
- Promote Messaging Platforms from User Guide subcategory to top-level
section, add platform comparison matrix (13 platforms x 7 features)
- Create new Integrations section with hub page, grouping MCP, ACP,
API Server, Honcho, Provider Routing, Fallback Providers
- Extract AI provider content (626 lines) from configuration.md into
dedicated integrations/providers.md — configuration.md drops from
1803 to 1178 lines
- Subcategorize Developer Guide into Architecture, Extending, Internals
- Rename "User Guide" to "Using Hermes" for top-level items
Orphan fixes (7 pages now reachable via sidebar):
- build-a-hermes-plugin.md added to Guides
- sms.md added to Messaging Platforms
- context-references.md added to Features > Core
- plugins.md added to Features > Core
- git-worktrees.md added to Using Hermes
- checkpoints-and-rollback.md added to Using Hermes
- checkpoints.md (30-line stub) deleted, superseded by
checkpoints-and-rollback.md (203 lines)
New files:
- integrations/index.md — Integrations hub page
- integrations/providers.md — AI provider setup (extracted)
- user-guide/features/overview.md — Features hub page
Broken link fixes:
- quickstart.md, faq.md: update context-length-detection anchors
- configuration.md: update checkpoints link
- overview.md: fix checkpoint link path
Docusaurus build verified clean (zero broken links/anchors).
2026-03-30 18:39:51 -07:00
- **[IDE Integration (ACP) ](/docs/user-guide/features/acp )** — Use Hermes Agent inside ACP-compatible editors such as VS Code, Zed, and JetBrains. Hermes runs as an ACP server, rendering chat messages, tool activity, file diffs, and terminal commands inside your editor.
docs: deep quality pass — expand 10 thin pages, fix specific issues (#4134)
Developer guide stubs expanded to full documentation:
- trajectory-format.md: 56→233 lines (JSONL format, ShareGPT example,
normalization rules, reasoning markup, replay code)
- session-storage.md: 66→388 lines (SQLite schema, migration table,
FTS5 search syntax, lineage queries, Python API examples)
- context-compression-and-caching.md: 72→321 lines (dual compression
system, config defaults, 4-phase algorithm, before/after example,
prompt caching mechanics, cache-aware patterns)
- tools-runtime.md: 65→246 lines (registry API, dispatch flow,
availability checking, error wrapping, approval flow)
- prompt-assembly.md: 89→246 lines (concrete assembled prompt example,
SOUL.md injection, context file discovery table)
User-facing pages expanded:
- docker.md: 62→224 lines (volumes, env forwarding, docker-compose,
resource limits, troubleshooting)
- updating.md: 79→167 lines (update behavior, version checking,
rollback instructions, Nix users)
- skins.md: 80→206 lines (all color/spinner/branding keys, built-in
skin descriptions, full custom skin YAML template)
Hub pages improved:
- integrations/index.md: 25→82 lines (web search backends table,
TTS/browser providers, quick config example)
- features/overview.md: added Integrations section with 6 missing links
Specific fixes:
- configuration.md: removed duplicate Gateway Streaming section
- mcp.md: removed internal "PR work" language
- plugins.md: added inline minimal plugin example (self-contained)
13 files changed, ~1700 lines added. Docusaurus build verified clean.
2026-03-30 20:30:11 -07:00
## Programmatic Access
docs: restructure site navigation — promote features and platforms to top-level (#4116)
Major reorganization of the documentation site for better discoverability
and navigation. 94 pages across 8 top-level sections (was 5).
Structural changes:
- Promote Features from 3-level-deep subcategory to top-level section
with new Overview hub page categorizing all 26 feature pages
- Promote Messaging Platforms from User Guide subcategory to top-level
section, add platform comparison matrix (13 platforms x 7 features)
- Create new Integrations section with hub page, grouping MCP, ACP,
API Server, Honcho, Provider Routing, Fallback Providers
- Extract AI provider content (626 lines) from configuration.md into
dedicated integrations/providers.md — configuration.md drops from
1803 to 1178 lines
- Subcategorize Developer Guide into Architecture, Extending, Internals
- Rename "User Guide" to "Using Hermes" for top-level items
Orphan fixes (7 pages now reachable via sidebar):
- build-a-hermes-plugin.md added to Guides
- sms.md added to Messaging Platforms
- context-references.md added to Features > Core
- plugins.md added to Features > Core
- git-worktrees.md added to Using Hermes
- checkpoints-and-rollback.md added to Using Hermes
- checkpoints.md (30-line stub) deleted, superseded by
checkpoints-and-rollback.md (203 lines)
New files:
- integrations/index.md — Integrations hub page
- integrations/providers.md — AI provider setup (extracted)
- user-guide/features/overview.md — Features hub page
Broken link fixes:
- quickstart.md, faq.md: update context-length-detection anchors
- configuration.md: update checkpoints link
- overview.md: fix checkpoint link path
Docusaurus build verified clean (zero broken links/anchors).
2026-03-30 18:39:51 -07:00
- **[API Server ](/docs/user-guide/features/api-server )** — Expose Hermes as an OpenAI-compatible HTTP endpoint. Any frontend that speaks the OpenAI format — Open WebUI, LobeChat, LibreChat, NextChat, ChatBox — can connect and use Hermes as a backend with its full toolset.
docs: deep quality pass — expand 10 thin pages, fix specific issues (#4134)
Developer guide stubs expanded to full documentation:
- trajectory-format.md: 56→233 lines (JSONL format, ShareGPT example,
normalization rules, reasoning markup, replay code)
- session-storage.md: 66→388 lines (SQLite schema, migration table,
FTS5 search syntax, lineage queries, Python API examples)
- context-compression-and-caching.md: 72→321 lines (dual compression
system, config defaults, 4-phase algorithm, before/after example,
prompt caching mechanics, cache-aware patterns)
- tools-runtime.md: 65→246 lines (registry API, dispatch flow,
availability checking, error wrapping, approval flow)
- prompt-assembly.md: 89→246 lines (concrete assembled prompt example,
SOUL.md injection, context file discovery table)
User-facing pages expanded:
- docker.md: 62→224 lines (volumes, env forwarding, docker-compose,
resource limits, troubleshooting)
- updating.md: 79→167 lines (update behavior, version checking,
rollback instructions, Nix users)
- skins.md: 80→206 lines (all color/spinner/branding keys, built-in
skin descriptions, full custom skin YAML template)
Hub pages improved:
- integrations/index.md: 25→82 lines (web search backends table,
TTS/browser providers, quick config example)
- features/overview.md: added Integrations section with 6 missing links
Specific fixes:
- configuration.md: removed duplicate Gateway Streaming section
- mcp.md: removed internal "PR work" language
- plugins.md: added inline minimal plugin example (self-contained)
13 files changed, ~1700 lines added. Docusaurus build verified clean.
2026-03-30 20:30:11 -07:00
## Memory & Personalization
docs: comprehensive documentation audit — fix stale info, expand thin pages, add depth (#5393)
Major changes across 20 documentation pages:
Staleness fixes:
- Fix FAQ: wrong import path (hermes.agent → run_agent)
- Fix FAQ: stale Gemini 2.0 model → Gemini 3 Flash
- Fix integrations/index: missing MiniMax TTS provider
- Fix integrations/index: web_crawl is not a registered tool
- Fix sessions: add all 19 session sources (was only 5)
- Fix cron: add all 18 delivery targets (was only telegram/discord)
- Fix webhooks: add all delivery targets
- Fix overview: add missing MCP, memory providers, credential pools
- Fix all line-number references → use function name searches instead
- Update file size estimates (run_agent ~9200, gateway ~7200, cli ~8500)
Expanded thin pages (< 150 lines → substantial depth):
- honcho.md: 43 → 108 lines — added feature comparison, tools, config, CLI
- overview.md: 49 → 55 lines — added MCP, memory providers, credential pools
- toolsets-reference.md: 57 → 175 lines — added explanations, config examples,
custom toolsets, wildcards, platform differences table
- optional-skills-catalog.md: 74 → 153 lines — added 25+ missing skills across
communication, devops, mlops (18!), productivity, research categories
- integrations/index.md: 82 → 115 lines — added messaging, HA, plugins sections
- cron-internals.md: 90 → 195 lines — added job JSON example, lifecycle states,
tick cycle, delivery targets, script-backed jobs, CLI interface
- gateway-internals.md: 111 → 250 lines — added architecture diagram, message
flow, two-level guard, platform adapters, token locks, process management
- agent-loop.md: 112 → 235 lines — added entry points, API mode resolution,
turn lifecycle detail, message alternation rules, tool execution flow,
callback table, budget tracking, compression details
- architecture.md: 152 → 295 lines — added system overview diagram, data flow
diagrams, design principles table, dependency chain
Other depth additions:
- context-references.md: added platform availability, compression interaction,
common patterns sections
- slash-commands.md: added quick commands config example, alias resolution
- image-generation.md: added platform delivery table
- tools-reference.md: added tool counts, MCP tools note
- index.md: updated platform count (5 → 14+), tool count (40+ → 47)
2026-04-05 19:45:50 -07:00
- **[Built-in Memory ](/docs/user-guide/features/memory )** — Persistent, curated memory via `MEMORY.md` and `USER.md` files. The agent maintains bounded stores of personal notes and user profile data that survive across sessions.
- **[Memory Providers ](/docs/user-guide/features/memory-providers )** — Plug in external memory backends for deeper personalization. Seven providers are supported: Honcho (dialectic reasoning), OpenViking (tiered retrieval), Mem0 (cloud extraction), Hindsight (knowledge graphs), Holographic (local SQLite), RetainDB (hybrid search), and ByteRover (CLI-based).
## Messaging Platforms
Hermes runs as a gateway bot on 14+ messaging platforms, all configured through the same `gateway` subsystem:
- **[Telegram ](/docs/user-guide/messaging/telegram )**, * * [Discord ](/docs/user-guide/messaging/discord )**, * * [Slack ](/docs/user-guide/messaging/slack )**, * * [WhatsApp ](/docs/user-guide/messaging/whatsapp )**, * * [Signal ](/docs/user-guide/messaging/signal )**, * * [Matrix ](/docs/user-guide/messaging/matrix )**, * * [Mattermost ](/docs/user-guide/messaging/mattermost )**, * * [Email ](/docs/user-guide/messaging/email )**, * * [SMS ](/docs/user-guide/messaging/sms )**, * * [DingTalk ](/docs/user-guide/messaging/dingtalk )**, * * [Feishu/Lark ](/docs/user-guide/messaging/feishu )**, * * [WeCom ](/docs/user-guide/messaging/wecom )**, * * [Home Assistant ](/docs/user-guide/messaging/homeassistant )**, * * [Webhooks ](/docs/user-guide/messaging/webhooks )**
See the [Messaging Gateway overview ](/docs/user-guide/messaging ) for the platform comparison table and setup guide.
## Home Automation
- **[Home Assistant ](/docs/user-guide/messaging/homeassistant )** — Control smart home devices via four dedicated tools (`ha_list_entities` , `ha_get_state` , `ha_list_services` , `ha_call_service` ). The Home Assistant toolset activates automatically when `HASS_TOKEN` is configured.
## Plugins
- **[Plugin System ](/docs/user-guide/features/plugins )** — Extend Hermes with custom tools, lifecycle hooks, and CLI commands without modifying core code. Plugins are discovered from `~/.hermes/plugins/` , project-local `.hermes/plugins/` , and pip-installed entry points.
- **[Build a Plugin ](/docs/guides/build-a-hermes-plugin )** — Step-by-step guide for creating Hermes plugins with tools, hooks, and CLI commands.
docs: restructure site navigation — promote features and platforms to top-level (#4116)
Major reorganization of the documentation site for better discoverability
and navigation. 94 pages across 8 top-level sections (was 5).
Structural changes:
- Promote Features from 3-level-deep subcategory to top-level section
with new Overview hub page categorizing all 26 feature pages
- Promote Messaging Platforms from User Guide subcategory to top-level
section, add platform comparison matrix (13 platforms x 7 features)
- Create new Integrations section with hub page, grouping MCP, ACP,
API Server, Honcho, Provider Routing, Fallback Providers
- Extract AI provider content (626 lines) from configuration.md into
dedicated integrations/providers.md — configuration.md drops from
1803 to 1178 lines
- Subcategorize Developer Guide into Architecture, Extending, Internals
- Rename "User Guide" to "Using Hermes" for top-level items
Orphan fixes (7 pages now reachable via sidebar):
- build-a-hermes-plugin.md added to Guides
- sms.md added to Messaging Platforms
- context-references.md added to Features > Core
- plugins.md added to Features > Core
- git-worktrees.md added to Using Hermes
- checkpoints-and-rollback.md added to Using Hermes
- checkpoints.md (30-line stub) deleted, superseded by
checkpoints-and-rollback.md (203 lines)
New files:
- integrations/index.md — Integrations hub page
- integrations/providers.md — AI provider setup (extracted)
- user-guide/features/overview.md — Features hub page
Broken link fixes:
- quickstart.md, faq.md: update context-length-detection anchors
- configuration.md: update checkpoints link
- overview.md: fix checkpoint link path
Docusaurus build verified clean (zero broken links/anchors).
2026-03-30 18:39:51 -07:00
docs: deep quality pass — expand 10 thin pages, fix specific issues (#4134)
Developer guide stubs expanded to full documentation:
- trajectory-format.md: 56→233 lines (JSONL format, ShareGPT example,
normalization rules, reasoning markup, replay code)
- session-storage.md: 66→388 lines (SQLite schema, migration table,
FTS5 search syntax, lineage queries, Python API examples)
- context-compression-and-caching.md: 72→321 lines (dual compression
system, config defaults, 4-phase algorithm, before/after example,
prompt caching mechanics, cache-aware patterns)
- tools-runtime.md: 65→246 lines (registry API, dispatch flow,
availability checking, error wrapping, approval flow)
- prompt-assembly.md: 89→246 lines (concrete assembled prompt example,
SOUL.md injection, context file discovery table)
User-facing pages expanded:
- docker.md: 62→224 lines (volumes, env forwarding, docker-compose,
resource limits, troubleshooting)
- updating.md: 79→167 lines (update behavior, version checking,
rollback instructions, Nix users)
- skins.md: 80→206 lines (all color/spinner/branding keys, built-in
skin descriptions, full custom skin YAML template)
Hub pages improved:
- integrations/index.md: 25→82 lines (web search backends table,
TTS/browser providers, quick config example)
- features/overview.md: added Integrations section with 6 missing links
Specific fixes:
- configuration.md: removed duplicate Gateway Streaming section
- mcp.md: removed internal "PR work" language
- plugins.md: added inline minimal plugin example (self-contained)
13 files changed, ~1700 lines added. Docusaurus build verified clean.
2026-03-30 20:30:11 -07:00
## Training & Evaluation
docs: restructure site navigation — promote features and platforms to top-level (#4116)
Major reorganization of the documentation site for better discoverability
and navigation. 94 pages across 8 top-level sections (was 5).
Structural changes:
- Promote Features from 3-level-deep subcategory to top-level section
with new Overview hub page categorizing all 26 feature pages
- Promote Messaging Platforms from User Guide subcategory to top-level
section, add platform comparison matrix (13 platforms x 7 features)
- Create new Integrations section with hub page, grouping MCP, ACP,
API Server, Honcho, Provider Routing, Fallback Providers
- Extract AI provider content (626 lines) from configuration.md into
dedicated integrations/providers.md — configuration.md drops from
1803 to 1178 lines
- Subcategorize Developer Guide into Architecture, Extending, Internals
- Rename "User Guide" to "Using Hermes" for top-level items
Orphan fixes (7 pages now reachable via sidebar):
- build-a-hermes-plugin.md added to Guides
- sms.md added to Messaging Platforms
- context-references.md added to Features > Core
- plugins.md added to Features > Core
- git-worktrees.md added to Using Hermes
- checkpoints-and-rollback.md added to Using Hermes
- checkpoints.md (30-line stub) deleted, superseded by
checkpoints-and-rollback.md (203 lines)
New files:
- integrations/index.md — Integrations hub page
- integrations/providers.md — AI provider setup (extracted)
- user-guide/features/overview.md — Features hub page
Broken link fixes:
- quickstart.md, faq.md: update context-length-detection anchors
- configuration.md: update checkpoints link
- overview.md: fix checkpoint link path
Docusaurus build verified clean (zero broken links/anchors).
2026-03-30 18:39:51 -07:00
docs: comprehensive documentation audit — fix stale info, expand thin pages, add depth (#5393)
Major changes across 20 documentation pages:
Staleness fixes:
- Fix FAQ: wrong import path (hermes.agent → run_agent)
- Fix FAQ: stale Gemini 2.0 model → Gemini 3 Flash
- Fix integrations/index: missing MiniMax TTS provider
- Fix integrations/index: web_crawl is not a registered tool
- Fix sessions: add all 19 session sources (was only 5)
- Fix cron: add all 18 delivery targets (was only telegram/discord)
- Fix webhooks: add all delivery targets
- Fix overview: add missing MCP, memory providers, credential pools
- Fix all line-number references → use function name searches instead
- Update file size estimates (run_agent ~9200, gateway ~7200, cli ~8500)
Expanded thin pages (< 150 lines → substantial depth):
- honcho.md: 43 → 108 lines — added feature comparison, tools, config, CLI
- overview.md: 49 → 55 lines — added MCP, memory providers, credential pools
- toolsets-reference.md: 57 → 175 lines — added explanations, config examples,
custom toolsets, wildcards, platform differences table
- optional-skills-catalog.md: 74 → 153 lines — added 25+ missing skills across
communication, devops, mlops (18!), productivity, research categories
- integrations/index.md: 82 → 115 lines — added messaging, HA, plugins sections
- cron-internals.md: 90 → 195 lines — added job JSON example, lifecycle states,
tick cycle, delivery targets, script-backed jobs, CLI interface
- gateway-internals.md: 111 → 250 lines — added architecture diagram, message
flow, two-level guard, platform adapters, token locks, process management
- agent-loop.md: 112 → 235 lines — added entry points, API mode resolution,
turn lifecycle detail, message alternation rules, tool execution flow,
callback table, budget tracking, compression details
- architecture.md: 152 → 295 lines — added system overview diagram, data flow
diagrams, design principles table, dependency chain
Other depth additions:
- context-references.md: added platform availability, compression interaction,
common patterns sections
- slash-commands.md: added quick commands config example, alias resolution
- image-generation.md: added platform delivery table
- tools-reference.md: added tool counts, MCP tools note
- index.md: updated platform count (5 → 14+), tool count (40+ → 47)
2026-04-05 19:45:50 -07:00
- **[RL Training ](/docs/user-guide/features/rl-training )** — Generate trajectory data from agent sessions for reinforcement learning and model fine-tuning. Supports Atropos environments with customizable reward functions.
docs: deep quality pass — expand 10 thin pages, fix specific issues (#4134)
Developer guide stubs expanded to full documentation:
- trajectory-format.md: 56→233 lines (JSONL format, ShareGPT example,
normalization rules, reasoning markup, replay code)
- session-storage.md: 66→388 lines (SQLite schema, migration table,
FTS5 search syntax, lineage queries, Python API examples)
- context-compression-and-caching.md: 72→321 lines (dual compression
system, config defaults, 4-phase algorithm, before/after example,
prompt caching mechanics, cache-aware patterns)
- tools-runtime.md: 65→246 lines (registry API, dispatch flow,
availability checking, error wrapping, approval flow)
- prompt-assembly.md: 89→246 lines (concrete assembled prompt example,
SOUL.md injection, context file discovery table)
User-facing pages expanded:
- docker.md: 62→224 lines (volumes, env forwarding, docker-compose,
resource limits, troubleshooting)
- updating.md: 79→167 lines (update behavior, version checking,
rollback instructions, Nix users)
- skins.md: 80→206 lines (all color/spinner/branding keys, built-in
skin descriptions, full custom skin YAML template)
Hub pages improved:
- integrations/index.md: 25→82 lines (web search backends table,
TTS/browser providers, quick config example)
- features/overview.md: added Integrations section with 6 missing links
Specific fixes:
- configuration.md: removed duplicate Gateway Streaming section
- mcp.md: removed internal "PR work" language
- plugins.md: added inline minimal plugin example (self-contained)
13 files changed, ~1700 lines added. Docusaurus build verified clean.
2026-03-30 20:30:11 -07:00
- **[Batch Processing ](/docs/user-guide/features/batch-processing )** — Run the agent across hundreds of prompts in parallel, generating structured ShareGPT-format trajectory data for training data generation or evaluation.
