Hermes Desktop: In-Chat Plugin & Skill Installation

Desktop can now search the Plugin Catalog and Skills Hub from inside an ongoing conversation, surface options, and present an install card for approval. Installation lands in the current profile. No terminal required mid-task.

Credit@HermesWatcher

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Why it matters

Lowers the activation energy for adding capabilities exactly when the user realizes they need them. Shifts plugins/skills from “configure before you start” to “reach for them during the job.”

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ReleasesSep 30

Favorite Models Land in Hermes Desktop

A community PR from @HermesAgentTips is merged: you can favourite a model in Hermes Desktop so the picker stops being a scroll hunt. @imbabybrooklyn posted the screenshot; Tips confirmed the merge.

Credit@imbabybrooklyn, @HermesAgentTips

ReleasesNov 5

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

ReleasesNov 5

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

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