Adds 4 new direct API-key providers (zai, kimi-coding, minimax, minimax-cn)
to the inference provider system. All use standard OpenAI-compatible
chat/completions endpoints with Bearer token auth.
Core changes:
- auth.py: Extended ProviderConfig with api_key_env_vars and base_url_env_var
fields. Added providers to PROVIDER_REGISTRY. Added provider aliases
(glm, z-ai, zhipu, kimi, moonshot). Added auto-detection of API-key
providers in resolve_provider(). Added resolve_api_key_provider_credentials()
and get_api_key_provider_status() helpers.
- runtime_provider.py: Added generic API-key provider branch in
resolve_runtime_provider() — any provider with auth_type='api_key'
is automatically handled.
- main.py: Added providers to hermes model menu with generic
_model_flow_api_key_provider() flow. Updated _has_any_provider_configured()
to check all provider env vars. Updated argparse --provider choices.
- setup.py: Added providers to setup wizard with API key prompts and
curated model lists.
- config.py: Added env vars (GLM_API_KEY, KIMI_API_KEY, MINIMAX_API_KEY,
etc.) to OPTIONAL_ENV_VARS.
- status.py: Added API key display and provider status section.
- doctor.py: Added connectivity checks for each provider endpoint.
- cli.py: Updated provider docstrings.
Docs: Updated README.md, .env.example, cli-config.yaml.example,
cli-commands.md, environment-variables.md, configuration.md.
Tests: 50 new tests covering registry, aliases, resolution, auto-detection,
credential resolution, and runtime provider dispatch.
Inspired by PR #33 (numman-ali) which proposed a provider registry approach.
Credit to tars90percent (PR #473) and manuelschipper (PR #420) for related
provider improvements merged earlier in this changeset.
Authored by manuelschipper. Adds GLM-4.7 and GLM-5 context lengths (202752)
to model_metadata.py. The key priority fix (prefer OPENAI_API_KEY for
non-OpenRouter endpoints) was already applied in PR #295; merged the Z.ai
mention into the comment.
API key selection is now base_url-aware: when the resolved base_url
targets OpenRouter, OPENROUTER_API_KEY takes priority (preserving the
#289 fix). When hitting any other endpoint (Z.ai, vLLM, custom, etc.),
OPENAI_API_KEY takes priority so the OpenRouter key doesn't leak.
Applied in both the runtime provider resolver (the real code path) and
the CLI initial default (for consistency).
Fixes#560.
- Restored 21 skills removed in commits 757d012 and 740dd92:
accelerate, audiocraft, code-review, faiss, flash-attention, gguf,
grpo-rl-training, guidance, llava, nemo-curator, obliteratus, peft,
pytorch-fsdp, pytorch-lightning, simpo, slime, stable-diffusion,
tensorrt-llm, torchtitan, trl-fine-tuning, whisper
- Rewrote sync_skills() with proper update semantics:
* New skills (not in manifest): copied to user dir
* Existing skills (in manifest + on disk): updated via hash comparison
* User-deleted skills (in manifest, not on disk): respected, not re-added
* Stale manifest entries (removed from bundled): cleaned from manifest
- Added sync_skills() to CLI startup (cmd_chat) and gateway startup
(start_gateway) — previously only ran during 'hermes update'
- Updated cmd_update output to show new/updated/cleaned counts
- Rewrote tests: 20 tests covering manifest CRUD, dir hashing, fresh
install, user deletion respect, update detection, stale cleanup, and
name collision handling
75 bundled skills total. 2002 tests pass.
Inspired by Claude Code's /insights, adapted for Hermes Agent's multi-platform
architecture. Analyzes session history from state.db to produce comprehensive
usage insights.
Features:
- Overview stats: sessions, messages, tokens, estimated cost, active time
- Model breakdown: per-model sessions, tokens, and cost estimation
- Platform breakdown: CLI vs Telegram vs Discord etc. (unique to Hermes)
- Tool usage ranking: most-used tools with percentages
- Activity patterns: day-of-week chart, peak hours, streaks
- Notable sessions: longest, most messages, most tokens, most tool calls
- Cost estimation: real pricing data for 25+ models (OpenAI, Anthropic,
DeepSeek, Google, Meta) with fuzzy model name matching
- Configurable time window: --days flag (default 30)
- Source filtering: --source flag to filter by platform
Three entry points:
- /insights slash command in CLI (supports --days and --source flags)
- /insights slash command in gateway (compact markdown format)
- hermes insights CLI subcommand (standalone)
Includes 56 tests covering pricing helpers, format helpers, empty DB,
populated DB with multi-platform data, filtering, formatting, and edge cases.
Previously pressing Escape in any setup wizard menu called sys.exit(1),
killing the entire wizard with no way to recover. Now:
- prompt_choice: Escape keeps the current default and moves on (prints
'Skipped (keeping current)'). Shows '↑/↓ Navigate Enter Select
Esc Skip Ctrl+C Exit' hint.
- prompt_checklist: Escape returns pre-selected items instead of empty
list. Shows 'SPACE Toggle ENTER Confirm ESC Skip Ctrl+C Exit'.
- prompt_yes_no: now catches KeyboardInterrupt/EOFError properly.
- Fallback number prompts also show control hints.
Ctrl+C still exits the wizard cleanly.
Authored by PercyDikec. Fixes#447. The status display used
codex_status.get('auth_file') but get_codex_auth_status() in auth.py
returns the path under 'auth_store' (line 1220). This one-char key
mismatch silently dropped the auth file path from 'hermes status'.
save_env_value() writes API keys to ~/.hermes/.env but never sets file
permissions, leaving the file world-readable (0644). auth.py already
restricts auth.json to 0600 — apply the same treatment to .env.
Skipped on Windows where chmod is not effective.
Authored by rovle. Adds Daytona as the sixth terminal execution backend
with cloud sandboxes, persistent workspaces, and full CLI/gateway integration.
Includes 24 unit tests and 8 integration tests.
Address code review findings:
Security (Medium):
- Path traversal guard in OptionalSkillSource.fetch() — resolve() and
validate that the path stays within optional-skills/ before reading
Bug fixes (Medium):
- Add 'builtin' to trust_style dicts in do_inspect() and
_resolve_short_name() — official skills now show bright_cyan 'official'
label consistently across all display functions (5/5 dicts fixed)
Edge cases (Low):
- Clamp page_size to [1, 100] in do_browse() to prevent ZeroDivisionError
- Update SkillMeta.source docstring to include 'official'
- Add browse command to optional-skills/DESCRIPTION.md
Add a browse command that shows all available skills across all registries,
paginated and sorted with official skills first.
Usage:
hermes skills browse # all sources, page 1
hermes skills browse --source official # only official optional skills
hermes skills browse --page 2 # page 2
hermes skills browse --size 30 # 30 per page
/skills browse # slash command in chat
Features:
- Official optional skills always appear first (★ marker, cyan styling)
- Per-source limits prevent overloading (100 official/github, 50 others)
- Deduplication by name preferring higher trust
- Sorted: official > trusted > community, then alphabetical
- Page navigation hints at bottom
- Source counts summary
- Works in both CLI and /skills chat interface
- Added 'official' as source filter option for search command too
Add 'optional-skills/' directory for official skills that ship with the repo
but are not copied to ~/.hermes/skills/ during setup. They are:
- NOT shown to the model in the system prompt
- NOT copied during hermes setup/update
- Discoverable via 'hermes skills search' labeled as 'official'
- Installable via 'hermes skills install' with builtin trust (no third-party warning)
- Auto-categorized on install based on directory structure
Implementation:
- OptionalSkillSource adapter in tools/skills_hub.py (search/fetch/inspect)
- Added to create_source_router() as first source (highest priority)
- Trust level 'builtin' for official skills in skills_guard.py
- Friendly install message for official skills (no third-party warning)
- 'official' label in cyan in search results and skill list
First optional skill: Blackbox CLI (autonomous-ai-agents/blackbox)
- Multi-model coding agent with built-in judge/Chairman pattern
- Delegates to Claude, Codex, Gemini, and Blackbox models
- Open-source CLI (GPL-3.0, TypeScript, forked from Gemini CLI)
- Requires paid Blackbox AI API key
Refs: #475
The original implementation only supported xclip (X11), which silently
fails on WSL2 (can't access Windows clipboard for images), Wayland
desktops (xclip is X11-only), and VSCode terminal on WSL2.
Clipboard backend changes (hermes_cli/clipboard.py):
- WSL2: detect via /proc/version, use powershell.exe with .NET
System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard to extract images as base64 PNG
- Wayland: use wl-paste with MIME type detection, auto-convert BMP
to PNG for WSLg environments (via Pillow or ImageMagick)
- Dispatch order: WSL → Wayland → X11 (xclip), with fallthrough
- New has_clipboard_image() for lightweight clipboard checks
- Cache WSL detection result per-process
CLI changes (cli.py):
- /paste command: explicit clipboard image check for terminals where
BracketedPaste doesn't fire (image-only clipboard in VSCode/WinTerm)
- Ctrl+V keybinding: fallback for Linux terminals where Ctrl+V sends
raw byte instead of triggering bracketed paste
Tests: 80 tests (up from 37) covering WSL, Wayland, X11 dispatch,
BMP conversion, has_clipboard_image, and /paste command.
Copy an image to clipboard (screenshot, browser, etc.) and paste into
the Hermes CLI. The image is saved to ~/.hermes/images/, shown as a
badge above the input ([📎 Image #1]), and sent to the model as a
base64-encoded OpenAI vision multimodal content block.
Implementation:
- hermes_cli/clipboard.py: clean module with platform-specific extraction
- macOS: pngpaste (if installed) → osascript fallback (always available)
- Linux: xclip (apt install xclip)
- cli.py: BracketedPaste key handler checks clipboard on every paste,
image bar widget shows attached images, chat() converts to multimodal
content format, Ctrl+C clears attachments
Inspired by @m0at's fork (https://github.com/m0at/hermes-agent) which
implemented image paste support for local vision models. Reimplemented
cleanly as a separate module with tests.
Replaces the unsafe 128K fallback for unknown models with a descending
probe strategy (2M → 1M → 512K → 200K → 128K → 64K → 32K). When a
context-length error occurs, the agent steps down tiers and retries.
The discovered limit is cached per model+provider combo in
~/.hermes/context_length_cache.yaml so subsequent sessions skip probing.
Also parses API error messages to extract the actual context limit
(e.g. 'maximum context length is 32768 tokens') for instant resolution.
The CLI banner now displays the context window size next to the model
name (e.g. 'claude-opus-4 · 200K context · Nous Research').
Changes:
- agent/model_metadata.py: CONTEXT_PROBE_TIERS, persistent cache
(save/load/get), parse_context_limit_from_error(), get_next_probe_tier()
- agent/context_compressor.py: accepts base_url, passes to metadata
- run_agent.py: step-down logic in context error handler, caches on success
- cli.py + hermes_cli/banner.py: context length in welcome banner
- tests: 22 new tests for probing, parsing, and caching
Addresses #132. PR #319's approach (8K default) rejected — too conservative.
Adds optional FIRECRAWL_API_URL environment variable to support
self-hosted Firecrawl deployments alongside the cloud service.
- Add FIRECRAWL_API_URL to optional env vars in hermes_cli/config.py
- Update _get_firecrawl_client() in tools/web_tools.py to accept custom API URL
- Add tests for client initialization with/without URL
- Document new env var in installation and config guides
On Windows, open() defaults to the system locale encoding (cp1252,
cp1254, etc.) rather than UTF-8. This breaks any file containing
non-ASCII characters, and also causes crashes when writing JSON with
ensure_ascii=False.
This adds encoding="utf-8" to open() calls in:
- gateway/run.py (config.yaml reads/writes throughout)
- gateway/config.py (gateway.json and config.yaml)
- hermes_cli/config.py (config.yaml load/save)
- hermes_cli/main.py (session export with ensure_ascii=False)
- hermes_cli/status.py (jobs.json and sessions.json)
fcntl is not available on Windows. This adds msvcrt.locking as a
fallback for cross-process advisory locking on Windows.
msvcrt.locking is not reentrant within the same thread, unlike fcntl.flock.
This matters because resolve_codex_runtime_credentials holds the lock and
then calls _save_codex_tokens, which tries to acquire it again. Without
reentrancy tracking, this deadlocks on Windows after a 15-second timeout.
Uses threading.local() to track lock depth per thread, allowing nested
acquisitions to pass through without re-acquiring the underlying lock.
Also handles msvcrt-specific requirements: file must be opened in r+ mode
(not a+), must have at least 1 byte of content, and the file pointer must
be at position 0 before locking.
Add Daytona as a backend choice in the interactive setup wizard with
SDK installation and API key prompts. Show Daytona image in status
output and validate API key + SDK in doctor checks. Add OPTION 6
example in cli-config.yaml.example.
Signed-off-by: rovle <lovre.pesut@gmail.com>
Authored by jdblackstar. Catches runtime exceptions from TerminalMenu
init (e.g. CalledProcessError from tput with unknown TERM like
xterm-ghostty over SSH) and falls through to the text-based menu.
When base_url points to a non-OpenRouter endpoint (e.g. Z.ai),
OPENROUTER_API_KEY incorrectly takes priority over OPENAI_API_KEY,
sending the wrong credentials. This causes 401 errors on the main
inference path and forces users to comment out OPENROUTER_API_KEY,
which then breaks auxiliary clients (compression, vision).
Fix: check whether base_url contains "openrouter" and swap the key
priority accordingly. Also adds GLM-4.7 and GLM-5 context lengths
to DEFAULT_CONTEXT_LENGTHS.
Fixes a bug where the refresh token was not persisted when the API key
mint failed (e.g., 402 insufficient credits, timeout). The rotated
refresh token was lost, causing subsequent auth attempts to fail with
a stale token.
Changes:
- Persist auth state immediately after each successful token refresh,
before attempting the mint
- Use latest in-memory refresh token on mint-retry paths (was using
the stale original)
- Atomic durable writes for auth.json (temp file + fsync + replace)
- Opt-in OAuth trace logging (HERMES_OAUTH_TRACE=1, fingerprint-only)
- 3 regression tests covering refresh+402, refresh+timeout, and
invalid-token retry behavior
Author: Robin Fernandes <rewbs>
Implemented checks to ensure that necessary binaries (Docker, Singularity, SSH) are installed for the selected backend in the setup wizard. If a required binary is missing, the user is prompted to proceed with a fallback to the local backend. This enhances user experience by preventing potential runtime errors due to missing dependencies.
Introduced interactive prompts for configuring container resource settings (CPU, memory, disk, persistence) during the setup wizard. Updated the default configuration to include these settings and improved user guidance on their implications for Docker, Singularity, and Modal backends. This enhancement aims to streamline the setup process and provide users with clearer options for resource management.
Enhanced the gateway setup process by including step-by-step setup instructions for Telegram, Discord, and Slack. Updated help prompts for environment variables to reference these new instructions, improving user guidance during the configuration of messaging platforms. This change aims to streamline the onboarding experience for users setting up their bots.
Enhanced the gateway setup process by introducing an allowlist feature for user IDs, improving security by denying access by default. Updated prompts to guide users in configuring allowed users for Telegram, Discord, and Slack platforms, and refined messaging for handling unauthorized users. This change aims to enhance user experience and security during the setup process.
Updated the setup wizard to improve clarity around gateway service installation and management. Added prompts for users to install and start the gateway as a system service on Linux and macOS, while refining messaging for home channel configuration. This enhances the overall user experience during the setup process.
Updated the gateway setup function to provide clearer messaging regarding the installation status of the gateway service. Added prompts for installing the service as a background process on supported platforms (Linux and macOS) and clarified next steps for users. Improved user experience by offering options to start the service immediately or run it in the foreground.
Modified the _platform_status function in gateway.py to return uncolored plain-text status strings for platforms, ensuring compatibility with simple_term_menu items. Additionally, removed emoji characters from the status display in the gateway setup menu for improved readability.
Updated the interactive setup in hermes CLI to remove emoji characters from menu choices. This change addresses visual issues caused by emoji miscalculations during terminal redraws, ensuring a cleaner and more readable interface for users.
Enhanced the hermes CLI gateway with a new 'setup' command to configure messaging platforms (Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp). This includes prompts for necessary environment variables and improved user experience for platform configuration. Updated documentation to reflect the new command.
Modified the setup wizard to ensure it only skips execution when no terminal is available, improving compatibility with piped installations. Additionally, updated environment variable checks to use bool() for accurate provider configuration detection, addressing potential issues with empty values in .env files.
Improvements to the HA integration merged from PR #184:
- Add ha_list_services tool: discovers available services (actions) per
domain with descriptions and parameter fields. Tells the model what
it can do with each device type (e.g. light.turn_on accepts brightness,
color_name, transition). Closes the gap where the model had to guess
available actions.
- Add HA to hermes tools config: users can enable/disable the homeassistant
toolset and configure HASS_TOKEN + HASS_URL through 'hermes tools' setup
flow instead of manually editing .env.
- Fix should-fix items from code review:
- Remove sys.path.insert hack from gateway adapter
- Replace all print() calls with proper logger (info/warning/error)
- Move env var reads from import-time to handler-time via _get_config()
- Add dedicated REST session reuse in gateway send()
- Update ha_call_service description to reference ha_list_services for
action discovery.
- Update tests for new ha_list_services tool in toolset resolution.
On Windows systems where git can't write files (antivirus, NTFS filter
drivers), 'hermes update' now falls back to downloading a ZIP archive
from GitHub and extracting it over the existing installation.
The fallback triggers in two cases:
1. No .git directory (ZIP-installed via install.ps1 fallback)
2. Git pull fails with CalledProcessError on Windows
The ZIP update preserves venv/, node_modules/, .git/, and .env,
reinstalls Python deps via uv, and syncs bundled skills.
Also adds -c windows.appendAtomically=false to all git commands in
the update path for systems where git works but atomic writes fail.
- Set 'git config windows.appendAtomically false' in hermes update
command (win32 only) and in install.ps1 after cloning. Fixes the
'fatal: unable to write loose object file: Invalid argument' error
on Windows filesystems.
- Fix venv pip fallback path: Scripts/pip on Windows vs bin/pip on Unix
- Gate .env encoding fix behind _IS_WINDOWS (no change to Linux/macOS)
