feat(plugins): add pre_approval_request / post_approval_response hooks - #16776
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Plugins can now observe dangerous-command approval events in real time, on both the CLI-interactive path and the async gateway path. This is the missing hook surface external tools need to build approval notifiers (macOS menu-bar allow/deny, Slack alerts, audit logs, etc.) without forking Hermes or running a parallel gateway adapter. Changes: - hermes_cli/plugins.py: add two entries to VALID_HOOKS - tools/approval.py: fire both hooks from check_all_command_guards -- around prompt_dangerous_approval (CLI surface) and around the notify_cb + blocking event.wait loop (gateway surface) - website/docs/user-guide/features/hooks.md: document both hooks with a macOS-notification example - tests/tools/test_approval_plugin_hooks.py: 5 tests covering CLI once, CLI deny, plugin-crash resilience, gateway approve, gateway timeout Hooks are observer-only: return values are ignored, so plugins cannot veto or pre-answer an approval (use pre_tool_call for that). A crashing plugin cannot break the approval flow -- invoke_hook swallows per- callback errors, and the wrapper logs and swallows dispatch-layer errors too. Surface kwarg distinguishes "cli" from "gateway"; post hook reports choice as one of once/session/always/deny/timeout.
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…s (#16776) Plugins can now observe dangerous-command approval events in real time, on both the CLI-interactive path and the async gateway path. This is the missing hook surface external tools need to build approval notifiers (macOS menu-bar allow/deny, Slack alerts, audit logs, etc.) without forking Hermes or running a parallel gateway adapter. Changes: - hermes_cli/plugins.py: add two entries to VALID_HOOKS - tools/approval.py: fire both hooks from check_all_command_guards -- around prompt_dangerous_approval (CLI surface) and around the notify_cb + blocking event.wait loop (gateway surface) - website/docs/user-guide/features/hooks.md: document both hooks with a macOS-notification example - tests/tools/test_approval_plugin_hooks.py: 5 tests covering CLI once, CLI deny, plugin-crash resilience, gateway approve, gateway timeout Hooks are observer-only: return values are ignored, so plugins cannot veto or pre-answer an approval (use pre_tool_call for that). A crashing plugin cannot break the approval flow -- invoke_hook swallows per- callback errors, and the wrapper logs and swallows dispatch-layer errors too. Surface kwarg distinguishes "cli" from "gateway"; post hook reports choice as one of once/session/always/deny/timeout.
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NousResearch#16776) Plugins can now observe dangerous-command approval events in real time, on both the CLI-interactive path and the async gateway path. This is the missing hook surface external tools need to build approval notifiers (macOS menu-bar allow/deny, Slack alerts, audit logs, etc.) without forking Hermes or running a parallel gateway adapter. Changes: - hermes_cli/plugins.py: add two entries to VALID_HOOKS - tools/approval.py: fire both hooks from check_all_command_guards -- around prompt_dangerous_approval (CLI surface) and around the notify_cb + blocking event.wait loop (gateway surface) - website/docs/user-guide/features/hooks.md: document both hooks with a macOS-notification example - tests/tools/test_approval_plugin_hooks.py: 5 tests covering CLI once, CLI deny, plugin-crash resilience, gateway approve, gateway timeout Hooks are observer-only: return values are ignored, so plugins cannot veto or pre-answer an approval (use pre_tool_call for that). A crashing plugin cannot break the approval flow -- invoke_hook swallows per- callback errors, and the wrapper logs and swallows dispatch-layer errors too. Surface kwarg distinguishes "cli" from "gateway"; post hook reports choice as one of once/session/always/deny/timeout.
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NousResearch#16776) Plugins can now observe dangerous-command approval events in real time, on both the CLI-interactive path and the async gateway path. This is the missing hook surface external tools need to build approval notifiers (macOS menu-bar allow/deny, Slack alerts, audit logs, etc.) without forking Hermes or running a parallel gateway adapter. Changes: - hermes_cli/plugins.py: add two entries to VALID_HOOKS - tools/approval.py: fire both hooks from check_all_command_guards -- around prompt_dangerous_approval (CLI surface) and around the notify_cb + blocking event.wait loop (gateway surface) - website/docs/user-guide/features/hooks.md: document both hooks with a macOS-notification example - tests/tools/test_approval_plugin_hooks.py: 5 tests covering CLI once, CLI deny, plugin-crash resilience, gateway approve, gateway timeout Hooks are observer-only: return values are ignored, so plugins cannot veto or pre-answer an approval (use pre_tool_call for that). A crashing plugin cannot break the approval flow -- invoke_hook swallows per- callback errors, and the wrapper logs and swallows dispatch-layer errors too. Surface kwarg distinguishes "cli" from "gateway"; post hook reports choice as one of once/session/always/deny/timeout.
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NousResearch#16776) Plugins can now observe dangerous-command approval events in real time, on both the CLI-interactive path and the async gateway path. This is the missing hook surface external tools need to build approval notifiers (macOS menu-bar allow/deny, Slack alerts, audit logs, etc.) without forking Hermes or running a parallel gateway adapter. Changes: - hermes_cli/plugins.py: add two entries to VALID_HOOKS - tools/approval.py: fire both hooks from check_all_command_guards -- around prompt_dangerous_approval (CLI surface) and around the notify_cb + blocking event.wait loop (gateway surface) - website/docs/user-guide/features/hooks.md: document both hooks with a macOS-notification example - tests/tools/test_approval_plugin_hooks.py: 5 tests covering CLI once, CLI deny, plugin-crash resilience, gateway approve, gateway timeout Hooks are observer-only: return values are ignored, so plugins cannot veto or pre-answer an approval (use pre_tool_call for that). A crashing plugin cannot break the approval flow -- invoke_hook swallows per- callback errors, and the wrapper logs and swallows dispatch-layer errors too. Surface kwarg distinguishes "cli" from "gateway"; post hook reports choice as one of once/session/always/deny/timeout.
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NousResearch#16776) Plugins can now observe dangerous-command approval events in real time, on both the CLI-interactive path and the async gateway path. This is the missing hook surface external tools need to build approval notifiers (macOS menu-bar allow/deny, Slack alerts, audit logs, etc.) without forking Hermes or running a parallel gateway adapter. Changes: - hermes_cli/plugins.py: add two entries to VALID_HOOKS - tools/approval.py: fire both hooks from check_all_command_guards -- around prompt_dangerous_approval (CLI surface) and around the notify_cb + blocking event.wait loop (gateway surface) - website/docs/user-guide/features/hooks.md: document both hooks with a macOS-notification example - tests/tools/test_approval_plugin_hooks.py: 5 tests covering CLI once, CLI deny, plugin-crash resilience, gateway approve, gateway timeout Hooks are observer-only: return values are ignored, so plugins cannot veto or pre-answer an approval (use pre_tool_call for that). A crashing plugin cannot break the approval flow -- invoke_hook swallows per- callback errors, and the wrapper logs and swallows dispatch-layer errors too. Surface kwarg distinguishes "cli" from "gateway"; post hook reports choice as one of once/session/always/deny/timeout.
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NousResearch#16776) Plugins can now observe dangerous-command approval events in real time, on both the CLI-interactive path and the async gateway path. This is the missing hook surface external tools need to build approval notifiers (macOS menu-bar allow/deny, Slack alerts, audit logs, etc.) without forking Hermes or running a parallel gateway adapter. Changes: - hermes_cli/plugins.py: add two entries to VALID_HOOKS - tools/approval.py: fire both hooks from check_all_command_guards -- around prompt_dangerous_approval (CLI surface) and around the notify_cb + blocking event.wait loop (gateway surface) - website/docs/user-guide/features/hooks.md: document both hooks with a macOS-notification example - tests/tools/test_approval_plugin_hooks.py: 5 tests covering CLI once, CLI deny, plugin-crash resilience, gateway approve, gateway timeout Hooks are observer-only: return values are ignored, so plugins cannot veto or pre-answer an approval (use pre_tool_call for that). A crashing plugin cannot break the approval flow -- invoke_hook swallows per- callback errors, and the wrapper logs and swallows dispatch-layer errors too. Surface kwarg distinguishes "cli" from "gateway"; post hook reports choice as one of once/session/always/deny/timeout.
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Summary
Plugins can now observe dangerous-command approval events in real time, on both the CLI-interactive path and the async gateway path. This is the missing hook surface external tools (macOS allow/deny notifiers, Slack alerts, audit logs) need to build approval UX without forking Hermes or running a parallel gateway adapter.
Context: a community request — someone wants to ship a macOS menu-bar app that pops an allow/deny notification whenever Hermes needs approval. Today the only programmatic way is to register a full gateway platform adapter or hook into the TUI JSON-RPC bridge. This PR gives them a one-line plugin registration.
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hermes_cli/plugins.py: addpre_approval_request+post_approval_responsetoVALID_HOOKStools/approval.py: fire both hooks fromcheck_all_command_guards— CLI surface (aroundprompt_dangerous_approval) and gateway surface (aroundnotify_cb+ blockingevent.waitloop). Single-chokepoint design —check_all_command_guardsis the only real user-facing approval path on current mainwebsite/docs/user-guide/features/hooks.md: document both hooks with macOS-notification exampletests/tools/test_approval_plugin_hooks.py: 5 tests (CLI once, CLI deny, plugin-crash resilience, gateway approve, gateway timeout)Design
pre_tool_callto block a tool before it reaches approval.invoke_hookalready swallows per-callback errors, and the local wrapper adds a second layer that logs and swallows dispatch-layer errors too. Verified bytest_plugin_hook_crash_does_not_break_approval.hermes_cli.plugins.invoke_hookand no-ops if the plugin system isn't available.surface="cli"for interactive CLI/TUI/ACP prompts,surface="gateway"for Telegram/Discord/Slack/Matrix/WhatsApp/BlueBubbles/etc.post_approval_responsegetschoice="timeout"when the gateway prompt expires without a user response, distinct from"deny".Validation
Example usage (documented in hooks.md)