Show complete session IDs in 'hermes sessions list' instead of
truncating to 20 characters. Widens title column from 20→30 chars
and adjusts header widths accordingly.
Fixes#2068. Based on PR #2085 by @Nebula037 with a correction
to preserve the no-titles layout (the original PR accidentally
replaced the Preview/Src header with a duplicate Title/Preview header).
Builds on PR #1879's Copilot integration with critical auth improvements
modeled after opencode's implementation:
- Add hermes_cli/copilot_auth.py with:
- OAuth device code flow (copilot_device_code_login) using the same
client_id (Ov23li8tweQw6odWQebz) as opencode and Copilot CLI
- Token type validation: reject classic PATs (ghp_*) with a clear
error message explaining supported token types
- Proper env var priority: COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN > GH_TOKEN > GITHUB_TOKEN
(matching Copilot CLI documentation)
- copilot_request_headers() with Openai-Intent, x-initiator, and
Copilot-Vision-Request headers (matching opencode)
- Update auth.py:
- PROVIDER_REGISTRY copilot entry uses correct env var order
- _resolve_api_key_provider_secret delegates to copilot_auth for
the copilot provider with proper token validation
- Update models.py:
- copilot_default_headers() now includes Openai-Intent and x-initiator
- Update main.py:
- _model_flow_copilot offers OAuth device code login when no token
is found, with manual token entry as fallback
- Shows supported vs unsupported token types
- 22 new tests covering token validation, env var priority, header
generation, and integration with existing auth infrastructure
Add first-class GitHub Copilot and Copilot ACP provider support across
model selection, runtime provider resolution, CLI sessions, delegated
subagents, cron jobs, and the Telegram gateway.
This also normalizes Copilot model catalogs and API modes, introduces a
Copilot ACP OpenAI-compatible shim, and fixes service-mode auth by
resolving Homebrew-installed gh binaries under launchd.
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
* feat(gateway): add DingTalk platform adapter
Add DingTalk as a messaging platform using the dingtalk-stream SDK
for real-time message reception via Stream Mode (no webhook needed).
Replies are sent via session webhook using markdown format.
Features:
- Stream Mode connection (long-lived WebSocket, no public URL needed)
- Text and rich text message support
- DM and group chat support
- Message deduplication with 5-minute window
- Auto-reconnection with exponential backoff
- Session webhook caching for reply routing
Configuration:
export DINGTALK_CLIENT_ID=your-app-key
export DINGTALK_CLIENT_SECRET=your-app-secret
# or in config.yaml:
platforms:
dingtalk:
enabled: true
extra:
client_id: your-app-key
client_secret: your-app-secret
Files:
- gateway/platforms/dingtalk.py (340 lines) — adapter implementation
- gateway/config.py — add DINGTALK to Platform enum
- gateway/run.py — add DingTalk to _create_adapter
- hermes_cli/config.py — add env vars to _EXTRA_ENV_KEYS
- hermes_cli/tools_config.py — add dingtalk to PLATFORMS
- tests/gateway/test_dingtalk.py — 21 tests
* docs: add Alibaba Cloud and DingTalk to setup wizard and docs
Wire Alibaba Cloud (DashScope) into hermes setup and hermes model
provider selection flows. Add DingTalk env vars to documentation.
Changes:
- setup.py: Add Alibaba Cloud as provider choice (index 11) with
DASHSCOPE_API_KEY prompt and model studio link
- main.py: Add alibaba to provider_labels, providers list, and
model flow dispatch
- environment-variables.md: Add DASHSCOPE_API_KEY, DINGTALK_CLIENT_ID,
DINGTALK_CLIENT_SECRET, and alibaba to HERMES_INFERENCE_PROVIDER
Add Kilo Gateway (kilo.ai) as an API-key provider with OpenAI-compatible
endpoint at https://api.kilo.ai/api/gateway. Supports 500+ models from
Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI, Mistral, MiniMax via a single API key.
- Register kilocode in PROVIDER_REGISTRY with aliases (kilo, kilo-code,
kilo-gateway) and KILOCODE_API_KEY / KILOCODE_BASE_URL env vars
- Add to model catalog, CLI provider menu, setup wizard, doctor checks
- Add google/gemini-3-flash-preview as default aux model
- 12 new tests covering registration, aliases, credential resolution,
runtime config
- Documentation updates (env vars, config, fallback providers)
- Fix setup test index shift from provider insertion
Inspired by PR #1473 by @amanning3390.
Co-authored-by: amanning3390 <amanning3390@users.noreply.github.com>
* fix: prevent infinite 400 failure loop on context overflow (#1630)
When a gateway session exceeds the model's context window, Anthropic may
return a generic 400 invalid_request_error with just 'Error' as the
message. This bypassed the phrase-based context-length detection,
causing the agent to treat it as a non-retryable client error. Worse,
the failed user message was still persisted to the transcript, making
the session even larger on each attempt — creating an infinite loop.
Three-layer fix:
1. run_agent.py — Fallback heuristic: when a 400 error has a very short
generic message AND the session is large (>40% of context or >80
messages), treat it as a probable context overflow and trigger
compression instead of aborting.
2. run_agent.py + gateway/run.py — Don't persist failed messages:
when the agent returns failed=True before generating any response,
skip writing the user's message to the transcript/DB. This prevents
the session from growing on each failure.
3. gateway/run.py — Smarter error messages: detect context-overflow
failures and suggest /compact or /reset specifically, instead of a
generic 'try again' that will fail identically.
* fix(skills): detect prompt injection patterns and block cache file reads
Adds two security layers to prevent prompt injection via skills hub
cache files (#1558):
1. read_file: blocks direct reads of ~/.hermes/skills/.hub/ directory
(index-cache, catalog files). The 3.5MB clawhub_catalog_v1.json
was the original injection vector — untrusted skill descriptions
in the catalog contained adversarial text that the model executed.
2. skill_view: warns when skills are loaded from outside the trusted
~/.hermes/skills/ directory, and detects common injection patterns
in skill content ("ignore previous instructions", "<system>", etc.).
Cherry-picked from PR #1562 by ygd58.
* fix(tools): chunk long messages in send_message_tool before dispatch (#1552)
Long messages sent via send_message tool or cron delivery silently
failed when exceeding platform limits. Gateway adapters handle this
via truncate_message(), but the standalone senders in send_message_tool
bypassed that entirely.
- Apply truncate_message() chunking in _send_to_platform() before
dispatching to individual platform senders
- Remove naive message[i:i+2000] character split in _send_discord()
in favor of centralized smart splitting
- Attach media files to last chunk only for Telegram
- Add regression tests for chunking and media placement
Cherry-picked from PR #1557 by llbn.
* fix(approval): show full command in dangerous command approval (#1553)
Previously the command was truncated to 80 chars in CLI (with a
[v]iew full option), 500 chars in Discord embeds, and missing entirely
in Telegram/Slack approval messages. Now the full command is always
displayed everywhere:
- CLI: removed 80-char truncation and [v]iew full menu option
- Gateway (TG/Slack): approval_required message includes full command
in a code block
- Discord: embed shows full command up to 4096-char limit
- Windows: skip SIGALRM-based test timeout (Unix-only)
- Updated tests: replaced view-flow tests with direct approval tests
Cherry-picked from PR #1566 by crazywriter1.
* fix(cli): flush stdout during agent loop to prevent macOS display freeze (#1624)
The interrupt polling loop in chat() waited on the queue without
invalidating the prompt_toolkit renderer. On macOS, the StdoutProxy
buffer only flushed on input events, causing the CLI to appear frozen
during tool execution until the user typed a key.
Fix: call _invalidate() on each queue timeout (every ~100ms, throttled
to 150ms) to force the renderer to flush buffered agent output.
* fix(claw): warn when API keys are skipped during OpenClaw migration (#1580)
When --migrate-secrets is not passed (the default), API keys like
OPENROUTER_API_KEY are silently skipped with no warning. Users don't
realize their keys weren't migrated until the agent fails to connect.
Add a post-migration warning with actionable instructions: either
re-run with --migrate-secrets or add the key manually via
hermes config set.
Cherry-picked from PR #1593 by ygd58.
* fix(security): block sandbox backend creds from subprocess env (#1264)
Add Modal and Daytona sandbox credentials to the subprocess env
blocklist so they're not leaked to agent terminal sessions via
printenv/env.
Cherry-picked from PR #1571 by ygd58.
* fix(gateway): cap interrupt recursion depth to prevent resource exhaustion (#816)
When a user sends multiple messages while the agent keeps failing,
_run_agent() calls itself recursively with no depth limit. This can
exhaust stack/memory if the agent is in a failure loop.
Add _MAX_INTERRUPT_DEPTH = 3. When exceeded, the pending message is
logged and the current result is returned instead of recursing deeper.
The log handler duplication bug described in #816 was already fixed
separately (AIAgent.__init__ deduplicates handlers).
* fix(gateway): /model shows active fallback model instead of config default (#1615)
When the agent falls back to a different model (e.g. due to rate
limiting), /model still showed the config default. Now tracks the
effective model/provider after each agent run and displays it.
Cleared when the primary model succeeds again or the user explicitly
switches via /model.
Cherry-picked from PR #1616 by MaxKerkula. Added hasattr guard for
test compatibility.
* feat(gateway): inject reply-to message context for out-of-session replies (#1594)
When a user replies to a Telegram message, check if the quoted text
exists in the current session transcript. If missing (from cron jobs,
background tasks, or old sessions), prepend [Replying to: "..."] to
the message so the agent has context about what's being referenced.
- Add reply_to_text field to MessageEvent (base.py)
- Populate from Telegram's reply_to_message (text or caption)
- Inject context in _handle_message when not found in history
Based on PR #1596 by anpicasso (cherry-picked reply-to feature only,
excluded unrelated /server command and background delegation changes).
* fix: recognize Claude Code OAuth credentials in startup gate (#1455)
The _has_any_provider_configured() startup check didn't look for
Claude Code OAuth credentials (~/.claude/.credentials.json). Users
with only Claude Code auth got the setup wizard instead of starting.
Cherry-picked from PR #1455 by kshitijk4poor.
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Co-authored-by: lbn <llbn@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: crazywriter1 <53251494+crazywriter1@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Max K <MaxKerkula@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Angello Picasso <angello.picasso@devsu.com>
Co-authored-by: kshitij <kshitijk4poor@users.noreply.github.com>
Add in-session tool management via /tools disable/enable/list, plus
hermes tools list/disable/enable CLI subcommands. Supports both
built-in toolsets (web, memory) and MCP tools (github:create_issue).
To preserve prompt caching, /tools disable/enable in a chat session
saves the change to config and resets the session cleanly — the user
is asked to confirm before the reset happens.
Also improves prefix matching: /qui now dispatches to /quit instead
of showing ambiguous when longer skill commands like /quint-pipeline
are installed.
Based on PR #1520 by @YanSte.
Co-authored-by: Yannick Stephan <YanSte@users.noreply.github.com>
Add support for OpenCode Zen (pay-as-you-go, 35+ curated models) and
OpenCode Go ($10/month subscription, open models) as first-class providers.
Both are OpenAI-compatible endpoints resolved via the generic api_key
provider flow — no custom adapter needed.
Files changed:
- hermes_cli/auth.py — ProviderConfig entries + aliases
- hermes_cli/config.py — OPENCODE_ZEN/GO API key env vars
- hermes_cli/models.py — model catalogs, labels, aliases, provider order
- hermes_cli/main.py — provider labels, menu entries, model flow dispatch
- hermes_cli/setup.py — setup wizard branches (idx 10, 11)
- agent/model_metadata.py — context lengths for all OpenCode models
- agent/auxiliary_client.py — default aux models
- .env.example — documentation
Co-authored-by: DevAgarwal2 <DevAgarwal2@users.noreply.github.com>
Fixes hanging when using /skills install or /skills uninstall from the
TUI — bare input() calls hang inside prompt_toolkit's event loop.
Changes:
- Add skip_confirm parameter to do_install() and do_uninstall()
- Separate --yes/-y (confirmation bypass) from --force (scan override)
in both argparse and slash command handlers
- Update usage hint for /skills uninstall to show [--yes]
The original PR (#1595) accidentally deleted the install_from_quarantine()
call, which would have broken all installs. That bug is not present here.
Based on PR #1595 by 333Alden333.
Co-authored-by: 333Alden333 <333Alden333@users.noreply.github.com>
* feat: add Vercel AI Gateway as a first-class provider
Adds AI Gateway (ai-gateway.vercel.sh) as a new inference provider
with AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY authentication, live model discovery, and
reasoning support via extra_body.reasoning.
Based on PR #1492 by jerilynzheng.
* feat: add AI Gateway to setup wizard, doctor, and fallback providers
* test: add AI Gateway to api_key_providers test suite
* feat: add AI Gateway to hermes model CLI and model metadata
Wire AI Gateway into the interactive model selection menu and add
context lengths for AI Gateway model IDs in model_metadata.py.
* feat: use claude-haiku-4.5 as AI Gateway auxiliary model
* revert: use gemini-3-flash as AI Gateway auxiliary model
* fix: move AI Gateway below established providers in selection order
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Co-authored-by: jerilynzheng <zheng.jerilyn@gmail.com>
* fix: Anthropic OAuth compatibility — Claude Code identity fingerprinting
Anthropic routes OAuth/subscription requests based on Claude Code's
identity markers. Without them, requests get intermittent 500 errors
(~25% failure rate observed). This matches what pi-ai (clawdbot) and
OpenCode both implement for OAuth compatibility.
Changes (OAuth tokens only — API key users unaffected):
1. Headers: user-agent 'claude-cli/2.1.2 (external, cli)' + x-app 'cli'
2. System prompt: prepend 'You are Claude Code, Anthropic's official CLI'
3. System prompt sanitization: replace Hermes/Nous references
4. Tool names: prefix with 'mcp_' (Claude Code convention for non-native tools)
5. Tool name stripping: remove 'mcp_' prefix from response tool calls
Before: 9/12 OK, 1 hard fail, 4 needed retries (~25% error rate)
After: 16/16 OK, 0 failures, 0 retries (0% error rate)
* fix: auto-detect DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS for systemctl --user on headless servers
On SSH sessions to headless servers, DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS and
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR may not be set even when the user's systemd instance
is running via linger. This causes 'systemctl --user' to fail with
'Failed to connect to bus: No medium found', breaking gateway
restart/start/stop as a service and falling back to foreground mode.
Add _ensure_user_systemd_env() that detects the standard D-Bus socket
at /run/user/<UID>/bus and sets the env vars before any systemctl --user
call. Called from _systemctl_cmd() so all existing call sites benefit
automatically with zero changes.
Fixes: gateway restart falling back to foreground on headless servers
* fix: show linger guidance when gateway restart fails during update and gateway restart
When systemctl --user restart fails during 'hermes update' or
'hermes gateway restart', check linger status and tell the user
exactly what to run (sudo -S -p '' loginctl enable-linger) instead of
silently falling back to foreground mode.
Also applies _ensure_user_systemd_env() to the raw systemctl calls
in cmd_update so they work properly on SSH sessions where D-Bus
env vars are missing.
* feat: add optional smart model routing
Add a conservative cheap-vs-strong routing option that can send very short/simple turns to a cheaper model across providers while keeping the primary model for complex work. Wire it through CLI, gateway, and cron, and document the config.yaml workflow.
* fix(gateway): remove recursive ExecStop from systemd units, extend TimeoutStopSec to 60s
* fix(gateway): avoid recursive ExecStop in user systemd unit
* fix: extend ExecStop removal and TimeoutStopSec=60 to system unit
The cherry-picked PR #1448 fix only covered the user systemd unit.
The system unit had the same TimeoutStopSec=15 and could benefit
from the same 60s timeout for clean shutdown. Also adds a regression
test for the system unit.
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Co-authored-by: Ninja <ninja@local>
* feat(skills): add blender-mcp optional skill for 3D modeling
Control a running Blender instance from Hermes via socket connection
to the blender-mcp addon (port 9876). Supports creating 3D objects,
materials, animations, and running arbitrary bpy code.
Placed in optional-skills/ since it requires Blender 4.3+ desktop
with a third-party addon manually started each session.
* feat(acp): support slash commands in ACP adapter (#1532)
Adds /help, /model, /tools, /context, /reset, /compact, /version
to the ACP adapter (VS Code, Zed, JetBrains). Commands are handled
directly in the server without instantiating the TUI — each command
queries agent/session state and returns plain text.
Unrecognized /commands fall through to the LLM as normal messages.
/model uses detect_provider_for_model() for auto-detection when
switching models, matching the CLI and gateway behavior.
Fixes#1402
* fix(logging): improve error logging in session search tool (#1533)
* fix(gateway): restart on retryable startup failures (#1517)
* feat(email): add skip_attachments option via config.yaml
* feat(email): add skip_attachments option via config.yaml
Adds a config.yaml-driven option to skip email attachments in the
gateway email adapter. Useful for malware protection and bandwidth
savings.
Configure in config.yaml:
platforms:
email:
skip_attachments: true
Based on PR #1521 by @an420eth, changed from env var to config.yaml
(via PlatformConfig.extra) to match the project's config-first pattern.
* docs: document skip_attachments option for email adapter
* fix(telegram): retry on transient TLS failures during connect and send
Add exponential-backoff retry (3 attempts) around initialize() to
handle transient TLS resets during gateway startup. Also catches
TimedOut and OSError in addition to NetworkError.
Add exponential-backoff retry (3 attempts) around send_message() for
NetworkError during message delivery, wrapping the existing Markdown
fallback logic.
Both imports are guarded with try/except ImportError for test
environments where telegram is mocked.
Based on PR #1527 by cmd8. Closes#1526.
* feat: permissive block_anchor thresholds and unicode normalization (#1539)
Salvaged from PR #1528 by an420eth. Closes#517.
Improves _strategy_block_anchor in fuzzy_match.py:
- Add unicode normalization (smart quotes, em/en-dashes, ellipsis,
non-breaking spaces → ASCII) so LLM-produced unicode artifacts
don't break anchor line matching
- Lower thresholds: 0.10 for unique matches (was 0.70), 0.30 for
multiple candidates — if first/last lines match exactly, the
block is almost certainly correct
- Use original (non-normalized) content for offset calculation to
preserve correct character positions
Tested: 3 new scenarios fixed (em-dash anchors, non-breaking space
anchors, very-low-similarity unique matches), zero regressions on
all 9 existing fuzzy match tests.
Co-authored-by: an420eth <an420eth@users.noreply.github.com>
* feat(cli): add file path autocomplete in the input prompt (#1545)
When typing a path-like token (./ ../ ~/ / or containing /),
the CLI now shows filesystem completions in the dropdown menu.
Directories show a trailing slash and 'dir' label; files show
their size. Completions are case-insensitive and capped at 30
entries.
Triggered by tokens like:
edit ./src/ma → shows ./src/main.py, ./src/manifest.json, ...
check ~/doc → shows ~/docs/, ~/documents/, ...
read /etc/hos → shows /etc/hosts, /etc/hostname, ...
open tools/reg → shows tools/registry.py
Slash command autocomplete (/help, /model, etc.) is unaffected —
it still triggers when the input starts with /.
Inspired by OpenCode PR #145 (file path completion menu).
Implementation:
- hermes_cli/commands.py: _extract_path_word() detects path-like
tokens, _path_completions() yields filesystem Completions with
size labels, get_completions() routes to paths vs slash commands
- tests/hermes_cli/test_path_completion.py: 26 tests covering
path extraction, prefix filtering, directory markers, home
expansion, case-insensitivity, integration with slash commands
* feat(privacy): redact PII from LLM context when privacy.redact_pii is enabled
Add privacy.redact_pii config option (boolean, default false). When
enabled, the gateway redacts personally identifiable information from
the system prompt before sending it to the LLM provider:
- Phone numbers (user IDs on WhatsApp/Signal) → hashed to user_<sha256>
- User IDs → hashed to user_<sha256>
- Chat IDs → numeric portion hashed, platform prefix preserved
- Home channel IDs → hashed
- Names/usernames → NOT affected (user-chosen, publicly visible)
Hashes are deterministic (same user → same hash) so the model can
still distinguish users in group chats. Routing and delivery use
the original values internally — redaction only affects LLM context.
Inspired by OpenClaw PR #47959.
* fix(privacy): skip PII redaction on Discord/Slack (mentions need real IDs)
Discord uses <@user_id> for mentions and Slack uses <@U12345> — the LLM
needs the real ID to tag users. Redaction now only applies to WhatsApp,
Signal, and Telegram where IDs are pure routing metadata.
Add 4 platform-specific tests covering Discord, WhatsApp, Signal, Slack.
* feat: smart approvals + /stop command (inspired by OpenAI Codex)
* feat: smart approvals — LLM-based risk assessment for dangerous commands
Adds a 'smart' approval mode that uses the auxiliary LLM to assess
whether a flagged command is genuinely dangerous or a false positive,
auto-approving low-risk commands without prompting the user.
Inspired by OpenAI Codex's Smart Approvals guardian subagent
(openai/codex#13860).
Config (config.yaml):
approvals:
mode: manual # manual (default), smart, off
Modes:
- manual — current behavior, always prompt the user
- smart — aux LLM evaluates risk: APPROVE (auto-allow), DENY (block),
or ESCALATE (fall through to manual prompt)
- off — skip all approval prompts (equivalent to --yolo)
When smart mode auto-approves, the pattern gets session-level approval
so subsequent uses of the same pattern don't trigger another LLM call.
When it denies, the command is blocked without user prompt. When
uncertain, it escalates to the normal manual approval flow.
The LLM prompt is carefully scoped: it sees only the command text and
the flagged reason, assesses actual risk vs false positive, and returns
a single-word verdict.
* feat: make smart approval model configurable via config.yaml
Adds auxiliary.approval section to config.yaml with the same
provider/model/base_url/api_key pattern as other aux tasks (vision,
web_extract, compression, etc.).
Config:
auxiliary:
approval:
provider: auto
model: '' # fast/cheap model recommended
base_url: ''
api_key: ''
Bridged to env vars in both CLI and gateway paths so the aux client
picks them up automatically.
* feat: add /stop command to kill all background processes
Adds a /stop slash command that kills all running background processes
at once. Currently users have to process(list) then process(kill) for
each one individually.
Inspired by OpenAI Codex's separation of interrupt (Ctrl+C stops current
turn) from /stop (cleans up background processes). See openai/codex#14602.
Ctrl+C continues to only interrupt the active agent turn — background
dev servers, watchers, etc. are preserved. /stop is the explicit way
to clean them all up.
* feat: first-class plugin architecture + hide status bar cost by default (#1544)
The persistent status bar now shows context %, token counts, and
duration but NOT $ cost by default. Cost display is opt-in via:
display:
show_cost: true
in config.yaml, or: hermes config set display.show_cost true
The /usage command still shows full cost breakdown since the user
explicitly asked for it — this only affects the always-visible bar.
Status bar without cost:
⚕ claude-sonnet-4 │ 12K/200K │ 6% │ 15m
Status bar with show_cost: true:
⚕ claude-sonnet-4 │ 12K/200K │ 6% │ $0.06 │ 15m
* feat: improve memory prioritization + aggressive skill updates (inspired by OpenAI Codex)
* feat: improve memory prioritization — user preferences over procedural knowledge
Inspired by OpenAI Codex's memory prompt improvements (openai/codex#14493)
which focus memory writes on user preferences and recurring patterns
rather than procedural task details.
Key insight: 'Optimize for reducing future user steering — the most
valuable memory prevents the user from having to repeat themselves.'
Changes:
- MEMORY_GUIDANCE (prompt_builder.py): added prioritization hierarchy
and the core principle about reducing user steering
- MEMORY_SCHEMA (memory_tool.py): reordered WHEN TO SAVE list to put
corrections first, added explicit PRIORITY guidance
- Memory nudge (run_agent.py): now asks specifically about preferences,
corrections, and workflow patterns instead of generic 'anything'
- Memory flush (run_agent.py): now instructs to prioritize user
preferences and corrections over task-specific details
* feat: more aggressive skill creation and update prompting
Press harder on skill updates — the agent should proactively patch
skills when it encounters issues during use, not wait to be asked.
Changes:
- SKILLS_GUIDANCE: 'consider saving' → 'save'; added explicit instruction
to patch skills immediately when found outdated/wrong
- Skills header: added instruction to update loaded skills before finishing
if they had missing steps or wrong commands
- Skill nudge: more assertive ('save the approach' not 'consider saving'),
now also prompts for updating existing skills used in the task
- Skill nudge interval: lowered default from 15 to 10 iterations
- skill_manage schema: added 'patch it immediately' to update triggers
* feat: first-class plugin architecture (#1555)
Plugin system for extending Hermes with custom tools, hooks, and
integrations — no source code changes required.
Core system (hermes_cli/plugins.py):
- Plugin discovery from ~/.hermes/plugins/, .hermes/plugins/, and
pip entry_points (hermes_agent.plugins group)
- PluginContext with register_tool() and register_hook()
- 6 lifecycle hooks: pre/post tool_call, pre/post llm_call,
on_session_start/end
- Namespace package handling for relative imports in plugins
- Graceful error isolation — broken plugins never crash the agent
Integration (model_tools.py):
- Plugin discovery runs after built-in + MCP tools
- Plugin tools bypass toolset filter via get_plugin_tool_names()
- Pre/post tool call hooks fire in handle_function_call()
CLI:
- /plugins command shows loaded plugins, tool counts, status
- Added to COMMANDS dict for autocomplete
Docs:
- Getting started guide (build-a-hermes-plugin.md) — full tutorial
building a calculator plugin step by step
- Reference page (features/plugins.md) — quick overview + tables
- Covers: file structure, schemas, handlers, hooks, data files,
bundled skills, env var gating, pip distribution, common mistakes
Tests: 16 tests covering discovery, loading, hooks, tool visibility.
* fix: hermes update causes dual gateways on macOS (launchd)
Three bugs worked together to create the dual-gateway problem:
1. cmd_update only checked systemd for gateway restart, completely
ignoring launchd on macOS. After killing the PID it would print
'Restart it with: hermes gateway run' even when launchd was about
to auto-respawn the process.
2. launchd's KeepAlive.SuccessfulExit=false respawns the gateway
after SIGTERM (non-zero exit), so the user's manual restart
created a second instance.
3. The launchd plist lacked --replace (systemd had it), so the
respawned gateway didn't kill stale instances on startup.
Fixes:
- Add --replace to launchd ProgramArguments (matches systemd)
- Add launchd detection to cmd_update's auto-restart logic
- Print 'auto-restart via launchd' instead of manual restart hint
* fix: add launchd plist auto-refresh + explicit restart in cmd_update
Two integration issues with the initial fix:
1. Existing macOS users with old plist (no --replace) would never
get the fix until manual uninstall/reinstall. Added
refresh_launchd_plist_if_needed() — mirrors the existing
refresh_systemd_unit_if_needed(). Called from launchd_start(),
launchd_restart(), and cmd_update.
2. cmd_update relied on KeepAlive respawn after SIGTERM rather than
explicit launchctl stop/start. This caused races: launchd would
respawn the old process before the PID file was cleaned up.
Now does explicit stop+start (matching how systemd gets an
explicit systemctl restart), with plist refresh first so the
new --replace flag is picked up.
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Multiple Hermes installations on the same machine now get unique
systemd service names:
- Default ~/.hermes → hermes-gateway (backward compatible)
- Custom HERMES_HOME → hermes-gateway-<8-char-hash>
Changes:
- Add get_service_name() in hermes_cli/gateway.py that derives a
deterministic service name from HERMES_HOME via SHA256
- Replace all hardcoded 'hermes-gateway' systemd references with
get_service_name() across gateway.py, main.py, status.py, uninstall.py
- Add HERMES_HOME env var to both user and system systemd unit templates
so the gateway process uses the correct installation
- Update tests to use get_service_name() in assertions
cmd_update only ran 'systemctl --user restart hermes-gateway', which
left manually-started gateway processes alive, causing duplicates.
Now uses get_running_pid() from gateway/status.py (scoped to
HERMES_HOME) to find and SIGTERM this installation's gateway before
restarting. Safe with multiple Hermes installations since each
HERMES_HOME has its own PID file.
If no systemd service exists, informs the user to restart manually.
Based on PR #1131 by teknium1. Dropped the cli.py Rich from_ansi
changes (already on main).
Hermes startup entrypoints now load ~/.hermes/.env and project fallback env files with user config taking precedence over stale shell-exported values. This makes model/provider/base URL changes in .env actually take effect after restarting Hermes. Adds a shared env loader plus regression coverage, and reproduces the original bug case where OPENAI_BASE_URL and HERMES_INFERENCE_PROVIDER remained stuck on old shell values before import.
Resolve session IDs by exact match or unique prefix for sessions delete/export/rename so IDs copied from Preview Last Active Src ID
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5h ago cron cron_job-1_20260314_ work even when the table view truncates them. Add SessionDB prefix-resolution coverage and a CLI regression test for deleting by listed prefix.
- Add background thread mechanism (prefetch_update_check/get_update_result)
so git fetch runs in parallel with skill sync and agent init
- Fix repo path fallback in check_for_updates() for dev installs
- Remove duplicate build_welcome_banner (~180 lines) and
_format_context_length from cli.py — the banner.py version is
now the single source of truth
- Port skin banner_hero/banner_logo support and terminal width check
from cli.py's version into banner.py
- Add update status output to hermes version command
- Add unit tests for update check, prefetch, and version string
Moonshot (legacy key) users were shown kimi-for-coding and
kimi-k2-thinking-turbo which only work on the Coding Plan endpoint
(api.kimi.com/coding/v1). Add a separate "moonshot" model list that
excludes plan-specific models.
`hermes update` crashed with CalledProcessError when run on a local-only
branch (e.g. fix/stoicneko) because `git rev-list HEAD..origin/{branch}`
fails when origin/{branch} doesn't exist. Now verifies the remote branch
exists first and falls back to origin/main.
Keep the argparse CLI aligned with the slash command so --yes and -y
behave the same as --force for hermes skills install.
Add a parser-level regression test.
Round out the skills hub integration with:
- richer skills.sh metadata and security surfacing during inspect/install
- generic check/update flows for hub-installed skills
- support for well-known Agent Skills endpoints via /.well-known/skills/index.json
Also persist upstream bundle metadata in the lock file and add
regression coverage plus live-compatible path handling for both
skills.sh aliases and well-known endpoints.
Add a skills.sh-backed source adapter for the Hermes Skills Hub.
The new adapter uses skills.sh search results for discovery, falls back to
featured homepage links for browse-style queries, and resolves installs /
inspects through the underlying GitHub repo using common Agent Skills
layout conventions. Also expose skills-sh in CLI source filters and add
regression coverage for search, alias resolution, and source routing.
Add a restore prompt for interactive updates, keep the stash when the user declines, and print a post-restore warning that local changes were reapplied on top of updated code.
Restore the ACP editor-integration implementation that was present on the
original PR branch but did not actually land in main.
Includes:
- acp_adapter/ server, session manager, event bridge, auth, permissions,
and tool helpers
- hermes acp subcommand and hermes-acp entry point
- hermes-acp curated toolset
- ACP registry manifest, setup guide, and ACP test suite
- jupyter-live-kernel data science skill from the original branch
Also updates the revived ACP code for current main by:
- resolving runtime providers through the modern shared provider router
- binding ACP sessions to per-session cwd task overrides
- tracking duplicate same-name tool calls with FIFO IDs
- restoring terminal approval callbacks after prompts
- normalizing supporting docs/skill metadata
Validated with tests/acp and the full pytest suite (-n0).
Fixes Anthropic OAuth/subscription authentication end-to-end:
Auth failures (401 errors):
- Add missing 'claude-code-20250219' beta header for OAuth tokens. Both
clawdbot and OpenCode include this alongside 'oauth-2025-04-20' — without
it, Anthropic's API rejects OAuth tokens with 401 authentication errors.
- Fix _fetch_anthropic_models() to use canonical beta headers from
_COMMON_BETAS + _OAUTH_ONLY_BETAS instead of hardcoding.
Token refresh:
- Add _refresh_oauth_token() — when Claude Code credentials from
~/.claude/.credentials.json are expired but have a refresh token,
automatically POST to console.anthropic.com/v1/oauth/token to get
a new access token. Uses the same client_id as Claude Code / OpenCode.
- Add _write_claude_code_credentials() — writes refreshed tokens back
to ~/.claude/.credentials.json, preserving other fields.
- resolve_anthropic_token() now auto-refreshes expired tokens before
returning None.
Config contamination:
- Anthropic's _model_flow_anthropic() no longer saves base_url to config.
Since resolve_runtime_provider() always hardcodes Anthropic's URL, the
stale base_url was contaminating other providers when users switched
without re-running 'hermes model' (e.g., Codex hitting api.anthropic.com).
- _update_config_for_provider() now pops base_url when passed empty string.
- Same fix in setup.py.
Flow/UX (hermes model command):
- CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN env var now checked in credential detection
- Reauthentication option when existing credentials found
- run_oauth_setup_token() runs 'claude setup-token' as interactive
subprocess, then auto-detects saved credentials
- Clean has_creds/needs_auth flow in both main.py and setup.py
Tests (14 new):
- Beta header assertions for claude-code-20250219
- Token refresh: successful refresh with credential writeback, failed
refresh returns None, no refresh token returns None
- Credential writeback: new file creation, preserving existing fields
- Auto-refresh integration in resolve_anthropic_token()
- CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN fallback, credential file auto-discovery
- run_oauth_setup_token() (5 scenarios)
