* 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.
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
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.
Keep Docker sandboxes isolated by default. Add an explicit terminal.docker_mount_cwd_to_workspace opt-in, thread it through terminal/file environment creation, and document the security tradeoff and config.yaml workflow clearly.
* 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>
Checkpoint & rollback upgrades:
1. Enabled by default — checkpoints are now on for all new sessions.
Zero cost when no file-mutating tools fire. Disable with
checkpoints.enabled: false in config.yaml.
2. Diff preview — /rollback diff <N> shows a git diff between the
checkpoint and current working tree before committing to a restore.
3. File-level restore — /rollback <N> <file> restores a single file
from a checkpoint instead of the entire directory.
4. Conversation undo on rollback — when restoring files, the last
chat turn is automatically undone so the agent's context matches
the restored filesystem state.
5. Terminal command checkpoints — destructive terminal commands (rm,
mv, sed -i, truncate, git reset/clean, output redirects) now
trigger automatic checkpoints before execution. Previously only
write_file and patch were covered.
6. Change summary in listing — /rollback now shows file count and
+insertions/-deletions for each checkpoint.
7. Fixed dead code — removed duplicate _run_git call in
list_checkpoints with nonsensical --all if False condition.
8. Updated help text — /rollback with no args now shows available
subcommands (diff, file-level restore).
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).
When typing /model deepseek-chat while on a different provider, the
model name now auto-resolves to the correct provider instead of
silently staying on the wrong one and causing API errors.
Detection priority:
1. Direct provider with credentials (e.g. DEEPSEEK_API_KEY set)
2. OpenRouter catalog match with proper slug remapping
3. Direct provider without creds (clear error beats silent failure)
Also adds DeepSeek as a first-class API-key provider — just set
DEEPSEEK_API_KEY and /model deepseek-chat routes directly.
Bare model names get remapped to proper OpenRouter slugs:
/model gpt-5.4 → openai/gpt-5.4
/model claude-opus-4.6 → anthropic/claude-opus-4.6
Salvages the concept from PR #1177 by @virtaava with credential
awareness and OpenRouter slug mapping added.
Co-authored-by: virtaava <virtaava@users.noreply.github.com>
_update_config_for_provider() was called immediately after provider
selection for zai, kimi-coding, minimax, minimax-cn, and anthropic —
before model selection happened. Since the gateway re-reads config.yaml
per-message, this created a race where the gateway would pick up the
new provider but still use the old (incompatible) model name.
Capture selected_base_url in each provider block, then call
_update_config_for_provider() once, after model selection completes,
right before save_config(). The in-memory _set_model_provider() calls
stay in place so the config object remains consistent during setup.
Closes#1182
- Add 'emoji' field to ToolEntry and 'get_emoji()' to ToolRegistry
- Add emoji= to all 50+ registry.register() calls across tool files
- Add get_tool_emoji() helper in agent/display.py with 3-tier resolution:
skin override → registry default → hardcoded fallback
- Replace hardcoded emoji maps in run_agent.py, delegate_tool.py, and
gateway/run.py with centralized get_tool_emoji() calls
- Add 'tool_emojis' field to SkinConfig so skins can override per-tool
emojis (e.g. ares skin could use swords instead of wrenches)
- Add 11 tests (5 registry emoji, 6 display/skin integration)
- Update AGENTS.md skin docs table
Based on the approach from PR #1061 by ForgingAlex (emoji centralization
in registry). This salvage fixes several issues from the original:
- Does NOT split the cronjob tool (which would crash on missing schemas)
- Does NOT change image_generate toolset/requires_env/is_async
- Does NOT delete existing tests
- Completes the centralization (gateway/run.py was missed)
- Hooks into the skin system for full customizability
SSH persistent shell now defaults to true — non-local backends benefit
most from state persistence across execute() calls. Local backend
remains opt-in via TERMINAL_LOCAL_PERSISTENT env var.
New config.yaml option: terminal.persistent_shell (default: true)
Controls the default for non-local backends. Users can disable with:
hermes config set terminal.persistent_shell false
Precedence: per-backend env var > TERMINAL_PERSISTENT_SHELL > default.
Wired through cli.py, gateway/run.py, and hermes_cli/config.py so the
config.yaml value reaches terminal_tool via env var bridge.
Two changes to align Discord behavior with Slack:
1. Auto-thread on @mention (default: true)
- When someone @mentions the bot in a server channel, a thread is
automatically created from their message and the response goes there.
- Each thread gets its own isolated session (like Slack).
- Configurable via discord.auto_thread in config.yaml (default: true)
or DISCORD_AUTO_THREAD env var (env takes precedence).
- DMs and existing threads are unaffected.
2. Skip @mention in bot-participated threads
- Once the bot has responded in a thread (auto-created or manually
entered), subsequent messages in that thread no longer require
@mention. Users can just type normally.
- Tracked via in-memory set (_bot_participated_threads). After a
gateway restart, users need to @mention once to re-establish.
- Threads the bot hasn't participated in still require @mention.
Config change:
discord:
auto_thread: true # new, added to DEFAULT_CONFIG
Tests: 7 new tests covering auto-thread default, disable, bot thread
participation tracking, and mention skip logic. All 903 gateway tests pass.
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_
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5h ago cron cron_job-1_20260314_
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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.
_save_platform_tools() overwrote the entire platform_toolsets list with
only the toolsets known to CONFIGURABLE_TOOLSETS. This silently dropped
any MCP server toolsets that users had added manually to config.yaml.
Fix: collect any existing toolset keys that are not in CONFIGURABLE_TOOLSETS
and append them back after the wizard's selections are written. This ensures
MCP toolsets survive a hermes tools save.
Fixes#1247
- add stt.enabled to the default user config
- make transcription_tools respect the disabled flag globally
- surface disabled state cleanly in voice mode diagnostics
- add regression coverage for disabled STT provider selection
- mark private-channel scopes/events as optional
- note reinstall requirement after scope/event changes
- correct Slack allowlist messaging to match gateway behavior
- 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
Add base_url/api_key overrides for auxiliary tasks and delegation so users can
route those flows straight to a custom OpenAI-compatible endpoint without
having to rely on provider=main or named custom providers.
Also clear gateway session env vars in test isolation so the full suite stays
deterministic when run from a messaging-backed agent session.
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.
Fixes#1005
Without linger, user-level systemd services stop when the SSH session
ends — even though systemctl --user status shows active (running).
Changes to systemd_install():
- Try loginctl enable-linger automatically (succeeds when the process
has the required privileges)
- If loginctl fails (no privileges), print a clear, copy-pasteable
warning with the exact command the user must run
New helper: _ensure_linger_enabled()
- Fast path: checks /var/lib/systemd/linger/<user> (no subprocess)
- Auto-enable: loginctl enable-linger <user>
- Fallback: actionable warning with sudo command + restart instructions
Tests: 4 new tests in TestEnsureLingerEnabled, 205 passed total
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.
Salvaged from PR #1007 by stablegenius49.
- let INSTALL_POLICY decide dangerous verdict handling for builtin skills
- allow --force to override blocked dangerous decisions for trusted and community sources
- accept --yes / -y as aliases for --force in /skills install
- update regression tests to match the intended policy precedence
Follow up on salvaged PR #1012.
Prevents raw custom-provider names from intercepting built-in provider ids,
and keeps the regression coverage focused on current-main behavior.
Add regression coverage for the new provider-aware vision setup flow and make the default OpenAI choice write AUXILIARY_VISION_MODEL so auxiliary vision requests don't fall back to the main model slug.
The old flow blindly asked for an OpenRouter API key after ANY non-OR
provider selection, even for Nous Portal and Codex which already
support vision natively. This was confusing and annoying.
New behavior:
- OpenRouter: skip — vision uses Gemini via their OR key
- Nous Portal OAuth: skip — vision uses Gemini via Nous
- OpenAI Codex: skip — gpt-5.3-codex supports vision
- Custom endpoint (api.openai.com): show OpenAI vision model picker
(gpt-4o, gpt-4o-mini, gpt-4.1, etc.), saves AUXILIARY_VISION_MODEL
- Custom (other) / z.ai / kimi / minimax / nous-api:
- First checks if existing OR/Nous creds already cover vision
- If not, offers friendly choice: OpenRouter / OpenAI / Skip
- No more 'enter OpenRouter key' thrown in your face
Also fixes the setup summary to check actual vision availability
across all providers instead of hardcoding 'requires OPENROUTER_API_KEY'.
MoA still correctly requires OpenRouter (calls multiple frontier models).
Update the unknown-subcommand config help output to use placeholder syntax too,
and extend the placeholder regression tests to cover show_config() and that
fallback help path.
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.
Seed ~/.hermes/SOUL.md when missing, load SOUL only from HERMES_HOME, and inject raw SOUL content without wrapper text. If the file exists but is empty, nothing is added to the system prompt.
- store gateway PID metadata and validate the live process before trusting gateway.pid
- auto-refresh outdated systemd user units before start/restart so installs pick up --replace fixes
- sweep stray manual gateway processes after service stops
- add regression tests for PID validation and service drift recovery
Harden the skills.sh hub adapter by parsing skill detail pages when
search slugs do not map cleanly onto GitHub skill folder names.
This adds detail-page resolution for alias-style skills, improves
inspect metadata from the page itself, and covers the behavior with
regression tests plus live smoke validation for json-render-react.
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.
* fix(gateway): surface missing linger in status and doctor
Warn when a systemd user gateway service has linger disabled so users can
spot the common 'gateway sleeps after logout' deployment issue from both
hermes doctor and hermes gateway status.
* fix(gateway): check linger status after install
After installing the systemd user service, report whether linger is
already enabled instead of always printing the generic hint. This makes
post-install guidance match the user's actual deployment state.
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.
- Add multi-provider STT support (OpenAI > Groq fallback) in transcription_tools
- Auto-correct model selection when provider doesn't support the configured model
- Change voice record key from Ctrl+Space to Ctrl+R (macOS compatibility)
- Fix duplicate transcript echo in voice pipeline
- Add GROQ_API_KEY to .env.example
Salvaged from PR #932 by Wayne onto current main.
Apply skin-aware prompt symbols and live prompt_toolkit color refresh,
replace lingering hardcoded accent output with active-skin colors, keep
ANSI-safe response rendering, preserve secret-capture and approval-prompt
state handling, and add integration coverage for prompt state and style
refresh behavior.
hermes setup hung indefinitely on headless SSH sessions, Docker
containers, and CI/CD environments because the interactive provider
selection menu could not receive input.
Two-layer fix:
1. sys.stdin.isatty() check — auto-detects non-interactive environments
2. --non-interactive flag support — already in CLI parser, now honored
In both cases the wizard exits immediately with helpful guidance
pointing users to 'hermes config set' commands.
Closes#905
Integrate tirith as a pre-execution security scanner that detects
homograph URLs, pipe-to-interpreter patterns, terminal injection,
zero-width Unicode, and environment variable manipulation — threats
the existing 50-pattern dangerous command detector doesn't cover.
Architecture: gather-then-decide — both tirith and the dangerous
command detector run before any approval prompt, preventing gateway
force=True replay from bypassing one check when only the other was
shown to the user.
New files:
- tools/tirith_security.py: subprocess wrapper with auto-installer,
mandatory cosign provenance verification, non-blocking background
download, disk-persistent failure markers with retryable-cause
tracking (cosign_missing auto-clears when cosign appears on PATH)
- tests/tools/test_tirith_security.py: 62 tests covering exit code
mapping, fail_open, cosign verification, background install,
HERMES_HOME isolation, and failure recovery
- tests/tools/test_command_guards.py: 21 integration tests for the
combined guard orchestration
Modified files:
- tools/approval.py: add check_all_command_guards() orchestrator,
add allow_permanent parameter to prompt_dangerous_approval()
- tools/terminal_tool.py: replace _check_dangerous_command with
consolidated check_all_command_guards
- cli.py: update _approval_callback for allow_permanent kwarg,
call ensure_installed() at startup
- gateway/run.py: iterate pattern_keys list on replay approval,
call ensure_installed() at startup
- hermes_cli/config.py: add security config defaults, split
commented sections for independent fallback
- cli-config.yaml.example: document tirith security config
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).
- Introduced _approval_lock to ensure that approval prompts are handled sequentially, preventing state clobbering from parallel delegation subtasks.
- Updated approval_callback and HermesCLI methods to utilize the lock for managing approval state and deadlines.
- Added tests for the config bridging logic to ensure correct environment variable mapping from config.yaml.
Create a new session DB row when starting fresh from the CLI, reset the
agent DB flush cursor and todo state, and update session timing/session ID
bookkeeping so follow-up logging stays correct.
Also update slash-command descriptions and add regression tests for /new,
/reset, and /clear.
Supersedes PR #899.
Closes#641.
