From 69d3d3c15aaae9382144fee4e55f55b24f62fa9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: teknium1 <teknium1@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:00:06 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Hide Hermes model until next release with agentic
 capabilities

---
 hermes_cli/auth.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/hermes_cli/auth.py b/hermes_cli/auth.py
index dcdd6fcb6..a56919238 100644
--- a/hermes_cli/auth.py
+++ b/hermes_cli/auth.py
@@ -596,7 +596,11 @@ def fetch_nous_models(
             continue
         model_id = item.get("id")
         if isinstance(model_id, str) and model_id.strip():
-            model_ids.append(model_id.strip())
+            mid = model_id.strip()
+            # Skip Hermes models — they're not reliable for agentic tool-calling
+            if "hermes" in mid.lower():
+                continue
+            model_ids.append(mid)
 
     return list(dict.fromkeys(model_ids))