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Thursday, November 5, 2026

The day in one breath

Hermes Agent’s Plugin Hackathon launch combined with the Skill Lock + pre-LLM blocking features from the latest stable window. The community is already shipping production-grade plugins (verifiable receipts, automatic checkpoints/rollback, encrypted A2A messaging) while the core agent just gained real control over its own skills and the ability to veto turns before any model call. This is the clearest signal yet that Hermes is moving from “interesting persistent agent” to something builders can actually lock down and extend safely at scale. The simultaneous Paperclip × boxd isolation pattern and OpenClaw’s Hy4 support show the surrounding ecosystem moving in the same direction: durable, controllable, multi-agent systems.

Releases

Hermes Skill Lock + Pre-LLM Blocking Hooks (v0.22.6/7 window)

HermesWatcher highlighted key changes from the Nov 1–3 merge window (rolled into v0.22.6/7): Skill Lock lets you lock individual skills from Desktop or CLI so Hermes cannot rewrite them via skill_manage, write_file, patch, or terminal. Plugins and shell hooks can now block a request before it ever reaches the model (no tokens spent). Approval prompts surface hidden Unicode/control characters. `/model reset` restores default model without losing conversation. Cron jobs receive actual run time + timezone.

Credit@HermesWatcher

Releases

Clear “What Actually Matters” Summary of the Hearth Release

High-signal community summary that cuts through the changelog. Highlights Desktop on any browser/phone, single gateway for all clients, multi-machine Desktop, /rewind, terminal images, paid-tool pricing + limits, Group Chat routing, one-shot plugin updates, catalog growth, and token/cache efficiency. Ends with the practical “hermes update and it’s yours.”

Credit@HermesWatcher

Tools & Plugins

Hermes Agent Plugin Hackathon Live — Early Entries

Official Hermes Plugin Hackathon kicked off (7 days, $20k+ prizes). Early high-quality entries already shipping: Network X-ray (compare DNS/TCP/TLS/HTTP across machines), zambo receipts (verifiable AER-1 session receipts with offline outbox), clack (encrypted agent-to-agent messaging with signed receipts), Hermes Chronos (shadow-git checkpoints + autonomous rollback + timeline scrub). Catalog already at ~977 plugins; unified Hermes Marketplace launched.

Credit@brennanzambo, @MossAIStudio

Releases

Hermes Agent v0.23.0: The Hearth Release

Official release of Hermes Agent v0.23.0. Full Desktop workspace now runs in any browser tab (including phone). One gateway owns every conversation across CLI, TUI, Desktop, bots, and cron. Adds /Rewind, automatic Group Chat routing, price tags + spend limits on paid tools (even in YOLO mode), self-updating plugins, and major performance/memory improvements for long-lived gateways. Plugin catalog grew from ~600 to 1,050+. ~1,950 PRs from 666 contributors.

Credit@NousResearch

Releases

OpenClaw 2026.11.1 Stable — Security & Reliability Focus

Latest stable release emphasizes safer Mac settings (failed config saves no longer overwrite secrets; Tailscale exposure changes preserve Gateway auth), more reliable channel replies (Telegram/Discord/webhooks), better conversation survival across interruptions, and improved update recovery after crashed/canceled updaters. Additional network/tool safety fixes.

Credit

Multi-agent & Memory

zeromem — Local Zero-Token Memory for Hermes

Rust-based memory system submitted to the Hermes Plugin Hackathon. Stores and searches with zero tokens, no external API, runs entirely locally. Explicitly aimed at stopping “wasting money on agent memory.”

Credit@ptaranat

Multi-agent & Memory

Cleve Shared Memory Across Agents (Hermes, OpenClaw, Claude, ChatGPT)

Cleve launched on official Claude and ChatGPT marketplaces. One-click shared memory and docs across Claude, ChatGPT, and MCP-compatible agents including OpenClaw, Hermes, GrokBot, Instinct, Muse. Team workspaces save markdown docs that agents can reference. Internal use: “save to cleve” turns chat insights into durable docs.

Credit@ashvinpraveen

Tools & Plugins

Hermes Agent Plugin Hackathon — $20,000 Prizes

7-day hackathon with $20k in cash prizes (1st place $10k + neon + merch + credits). Any plugin is eligible (model, memory, tools, messaging, Desktop, etc.). Accepted plugins go live in the Hermes Marketplace. Entry requires PR to the catalog + demo video on X tagging @NousResearch. Deadline: 5 PM EST Nov 11.

Credit@HackListHQ

Releases

OpenClaw Adds Official Support for Tencent Hy4

OpenClaw now supports Tencent Hunyuan Hy4 (full release, not just preview). Vision + 1M-token context + improved coding and long-horizon agent capabilities. Available via TokenHub, TokenPlan, and OpenRouter. Default remains hy4-preview; users must manually select the full model.

Credit@openclaw

Tools & Plugins

Paperclip × boxd — Isolated Persistent Machines per Agent Run

boxd is now a Paperclip provider. Every agent run gets its own isolated boxd machine (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Node 24, git, Docker preinstalled). With lease reuse on, the machine suspends when the run ends and resumes in ~0.13 seconds with disk, memory, and processes intact. Persistence by default.

Credit@michielmv, @boxd_sh

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