Add three reusable helpers to eliminate pervasive boilerplate:
tools/registry.py — tool_error() and tool_result():
Every tool handler returns JSON strings. The pattern
json.dumps({"error": msg}, ensure_ascii=False) appeared 106 times,
and json.dumps({"success": False, "error": msg}, ...) another 23.
Now: tool_error(msg) or tool_error(msg, success=False).
tool_result() handles arbitrary result dicts:
tool_result(success=True, data=payload) or tool_result(some_dict).
hermes_cli/config.py — read_raw_config():
Lightweight YAML reader that returns the raw config dict without
load_config()'s deep-merge + migration overhead. Available for
callsites that just need a single config value.
Migration (129 callsites across 32 files):
- tools/: browser_camofox (18), file_tools (10), homeassistant (8),
web_tools (7), skill_manager (7), cronjob (11), code_execution (4),
delegate (5), send_message (4), tts (4), memory (7), session_search (3),
mcp (2), clarify (2), skills_tool (3), todo (1), vision (1),
browser (1), process_registry (2), image_gen (1)
- plugins/memory/: honcho (9), supermemory (9), hindsight (8),
holographic (7), openviking (7), mem0 (7), byterover (6), retaindb (2)
- agent/: memory_manager (2), builtin_memory_provider (1)
OpenViking Memory Provider
Context database by Volcengine (ByteDance) with filesystem-style knowledge hierarchy, tiered retrieval, and automatic memory extraction.
Requirements
pip install openviking- OpenViking server running (
openviking-server) - Embedding + VLM model configured in
~/.openviking/ov.conf
Setup
hermes memory setup # select "openviking"
Or manually:
hermes config set memory.provider openviking
echo "OPENVIKING_ENDPOINT=http://localhost:1933" >> ~/.hermes/.env
Config
All config via environment variables in .env:
| Env Var | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
OPENVIKING_ENDPOINT |
http://127.0.0.1:1933 |
Server URL |
OPENVIKING_API_KEY |
(none) | API key (optional) |
Tools
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
viking_search |
Semantic search with fast/deep/auto modes |
viking_read |
Read content at a viking:// URI (abstract/overview/full) |
viking_browse |
Filesystem-style navigation (list/tree/stat) |
viking_remember |
Store a fact for extraction on session commit |
viking_add_resource |
Ingest URLs/docs into the knowledge base |