Show users the specific commands for each config area (hermes model,
hermes tools, hermes config set, hermes gateway setup) and then
present 'hermes setup' as the option to configure everything at once.
Browse past sessions (shows title, preview, last active)
hermes sessions rename <id> <title>
Set or change a session's title
hermes sessions export <id>
Export a session
hermes sessions delete <id>
Delete a specific session
hermes sessions prune
Remove old sessions
hermes sessions stats
Show session statistics
Insights
Command
Description
hermes insights
Show usage analytics for the last 30 days
hermes insights --days 7
Analyze a custom time window
hermes insights --source telegram
Filter by platform
Slash Commands (Inside Chat)
Type / in the interactive CLI to see an autocomplete dropdown.
Navigation & Control
Command
Description
/help
Show available commands
/quit
Exit the CLI (aliases: /exit, /q)
/clear
Clear screen and reset conversation
/new
Start a new conversation
/reset
Reset conversation only (keep screen)
Tools & Configuration
Command
Description
/tools
List all available tools
/toolsets
List available toolsets
/model [provider:model]
Show or change the current model (supports provider:model syntax to switch providers)
/provider
Show available providers with auth status
/config
Show current configuration
/prompt [text]
View/set custom system prompt
/personality [name]
Set a predefined personality
/reasoning [arg]
Manage reasoning effort and display. Args: effort level (none, low, medium, high, xhigh) or display toggle (show, hide). No args shows current state.
Conversation
Command
Description
/history
Show conversation history
/retry
Retry the last message
/undo
Remove the last user/assistant exchange
/save
Save the current conversation
/compress
Manually compress conversation context
/title [name]
Set or show the current session's title
/usage
Show token usage for this session
/insights [--days N]
Show usage insights and analytics (last 30 days)
/compress
Manually triggers context compression on the current conversation. This summarizes middle turns of the conversation while preserving the first 3 and last 4 turns, significantly reducing token count. Useful when:
The conversation is getting long and you want to reduce costs
You're approaching the model's context limit
You want to continue the conversation without starting fresh
Requirements: at least 4 messages in the conversation. The configured model (or compression.summary_model from config) is used to generate the summary. After compression, the session continues seamlessly with the compressed history.
Reports the result as: Compressed: X → Y messages, ~N → ~M tokens.
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Compression also happens automatically when approaching context limits (configurable via compression.threshold in config.yaml). Use /compress when you want to trigger it early.
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Clear input/images, interrupt agent, or exit (contextual)
Ctrl+D
Exit
Tab
Autocomplete slash commands
:::tip
Commands are case-insensitive — /HELP works the same as /help.
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:::info Image paste keybindings
Alt+V works in most terminals but not in VSCode's integrated terminal (VSCode intercepts Alt+key combos). Ctrl+V only triggers an image check when the clipboard also contains text (terminals don't send paste events for image-only clipboard). The /paste command is the universal fallback. See the full compatibility table.
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