feat(tools): tiered tool disclosure — always defer MCP/plugin tools, scale the listing with catalog size - #67034
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… disclosure Deferred MCP/plugin tools become invisible once the tool_search bridge activates — live benchmarking (48 runs, Claude Haiku 4.5) showed models substituting visible core tools (terminal/web_search/browser) for deferred capabilities or declaring them nonexistent instead of searching: 16/24 task success vs 24/24 with eager loading. Skills never had this failure mode because every skill keeps a ~21-token name+description listing line in the system prompt. This ports that exact pattern to the tool bridge: when tool_search activates, a grouped manifest of every deferred tool (name + first sentence of description, clipped to 60 chars, grouped per MCP server / toolset) is embedded in the tool_search bridge description. - tools/tool_search.py: build_catalog_listing() with deterministic ordering (byte-stable across assemblies -> prompt prefix stays cacheable); token-budget fallbacks full -> names-only -> legacy bare count; bridge_tool_schemas(listing=...) embeds it and instructs the model to skip tool_search when the exact name is visible (one fewer round-trip per use) - config: tools.tool_search.listing auto|on|off (default auto), listing_max_tokens (default 4000, clamped 200..20000); legacy bool shapes keep working - tests: 8 new tests (config parsing/clamps, short-desc clipping, deterministic rendering, budget fallbacks, bridge embedding, assembly on/off paths); full file green (47 passed) - docs: tool-search.md config table + rationale - scripts/tool_search_livetest2.py: benchmark harness v2 with real per-call token accounting (normalize_usage spy) and a third 'listing' mode for A/B/C comparison
…eplayed (Opus 4.8) Replays the actual tool schemas captured from Epic's UE 5.8 ModelContextProtocol + AllToolsets plugins (830 tools / 52 toolsets) as live registry tools with mocked editor responses, then benchmarks eager vs bare-bridge vs bridge+listing at two scales (62-tool editor subset, full 830) on Claude Opus 4.8 (1M ctx; eager at 830 does not fit any 200K model — first call requests ~266K tokens). Headline (full 830, mean per task, rescored): eager 8/8 at 810,578 input tokens ($4.05); bare bridge 16/16 at 160,844 ($0.80); listing 16/16 at 257,264 ($1.29). Frontier model erases the accuracy gap in every mode; cost is the differentiator. At 62 tools eager wins on cost — consistent with the auto-threshold design. Also parameterizes livetest harness model + listing_max_tokens via env/args (TS_UE_MODEL, TS_UE_SCALE, TS_UE_MODES, TS_UE_LISTING_MAX).
…4 + windows-footguns)
… error mocks, strict scoring Scenarios target real confusion clusters in Epic's UE 5.8 catalog (StaticMesh vs SkeletalMesh set_material, three tag systems, CurveTable vs DataTable rows, Niagara Component vs System variables, four capture variants, zero-keyword phrasing). Mocks return realistic editor errors on wrong-type calls; scoring is strict (clean solve = correct tool with zero distractor calls; first-call accuracy tracked separately). Key result: first-call selection is unreliable in EVERY mode — eager with all 199K of schemas in context managed 2/10 — but clean solves stay 75-95% because agents probe (get_components, get_material_slots) before committing. The probe loop works through the 3-tool bridge at 1/4 the cost of eager ($1.60-1.69 vs $6.49/task, Opus 4.8). On Haiku the listing beats bare bridge 18/20 vs 15/20 (core-tool substitution again). Zero distractor invocations across all 50 Opus runs.
…e the listing's structural advantage Bridge vs listing only (Opus 4.8, 830 real UE schemas, 3 reps/cell). Excluding one both-modes mock artifact: listing 24/24 vs bridge 20/24, searches/task 0.2 vs 4.0. Bridge failures: core-tool substitution at frontier tier (ran the host test suite via terminal instead of discovering RunTests, 2/3 reps), up to 8 searches to prove a negative, and search-vocabulary misses on paraphrase. Listing asserts absence in zero searches and answers a 5-way capability survey in 1 API call.
…scale the listing with catalog size
Tier 0: no MCP/plugin tools -> everything eager (pass-through).
Tier 1: deferred tools whose catalog listing fits min(threshold_pct%
of context, listing_max_tokens) -> bridge + skills-style
listing, degrading to names-only over budget.
Tier 2: listing over budget even names-only (Cloudflare's flat API
surface: 3,320 tools, names alone ~32K tokens) -> bare bridge,
discovery through tool_search only.
The old activation threshold (defer only when schemas > threshold_pct
of context) let mid-size catalogs ride eager and pay full schema cost;
with servers like Cloudflare (~597K tokens of schema, would not even
fit a 200K window) the binary gate is the wrong shape. Activation is
now driven purely by deferrable-tool presence; threshold_pct is
repurposed as the listing budget's context-relative leg.
- AssemblyResult gains tier + listing_form for observability
- listing_max_tokens default 4000 -> 20000 (cap 60000) so an 830-tool
catalog keeps a names-only listing while Cloudflare-scale drops to
bare bridge
- E2E verified against real captures: Linear 24 tools -> tier 1 full,
Epic UE 5.8 830 tools -> tier 1 names-only, Cloudflare 3,320 tools
-> tier 2 (both 200K and 1M context)
…verse-map at dispatch
Cloudflare's flat API MCP ships 61 property keys that violate Anthropic's
^[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]{1,64}$ pattern (query-filter params like 'issue_class~neq'
and 'meta.<field>[<operator>]'). One bad key anywhere in the tools array
400s the ENTIRE request — measured live: Anthropic, Bedrock, Google Vertex,
and Azure all rejected an eager 3,320-tool Cloudflare request at validation,
before token limits even applied.
- schema_sanitizer: rename non-conforming property keys deterministically
(bad chars -> '_', 64-char truncation, collision dedup with numeric
suffixes), nested schemas included; required[] remapped alongside
- unrename_tool_args(): reverse map applied in coerce_tool_args at dispatch,
so the MCP server receives the original wire names; recurses into object
values and array items
- deterministic on both sides: the rename map is recomputed from the
registry's original schema at dispatch time, no state carried
E2E on the real capture: 61 -> 0 violations across 3,320 tools; round-trip
verified on get_accounts_intel_attacksurfacereport_issues (5 '~neq' keys).
…ion; 5% default budget
Teknium review changes on the tiered policy:
1. threshold_pct default 10 -> 5 (listing budget = min(5% of context,
listing_max_tokens)); unknown-context fallback 20K -> 10K.
2. Tier 2 no longer leaves the model blind: when even names-only doesn't
fit, the bridge description now carries a one-line-per-server summary
('cloudflare (3320 tools)') plus an instruction to search FIRST rather
than substitute a generic tool or claim the capability is missing —
the measured tier-2 failure mode (core-tool substitution) at zero
meaningful token cost (~50 tokens/server).
3. Listing degradation is now PER SERVER, largest first: one oversized
server (Cloudflare) collapses to its summary line while small
co-attached servers (Linear) keep their full per-tool listings
('mixed' form). Previously global: attaching Cloudflare next to
Linear silently cost Linear its listing. Greedy fit is deterministic
(size then label) so the rendered block stays byte-stable per catalog
— prompt-prefix cache safe.
E2E on real captures (defaults, 200K ctx): linear alone -> tier 1 full;
unreal alone -> tier 2 groups (5% budget) / tier 1 names at 1M;
cloudflare alone -> tier 2 groups; linear+cloudflare -> tier 1 MIXED
(linear fully listed, cloudflare summarized). 48/48 tests.
The include/exclude filter matched exact names only — glob-style entries
('*_radar_*') silently matched nothing, so a Cloudflare flat-mode config
meant to trim 3,320 tools to ~1,900 actually registered 3,319. Unmatched
patterns produced no warning.
- matches_name_filter(): exact membership first (O(1) for literal lists),
then fnmatch.fnmatchcase for entries containing * ? [ — same pattern
semantics as approvals.deny. Entries without metacharacters stay
strictly literal ('docs' never matches 'docs_search').
- _should_register() uses it for both include and exclude (symmetric)
- hermes mcp tools picker (mcp_config.py) pre-selection uses the same
matcher so the UI agrees with runtime registration
E2E against the live Cloudflare capture with the real exclude list:
3,320 -> 1,905 surviving (1,415 excluded); radar/DLP gone,
purge_cache/dns_records kept. 220/220 mcp_tool tests (4 new).
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…o tiered disclosure CI slices 2 and 7 caught three tests broken by always-defer: - /tools (CLI show_tools + TUI gateway tools.show) now passes skip_tool_search_assembly=True — it's a discovery/inspection surface, so users verifying an MCP installed must see deferred tools, not a collapsed bridge row. This also fixes test_slash_worker_mcp_discovery (profile MCP tool visible in /tools). - test_plugins.py::test_plugin_tools_in_definitions: 'visible' becomes 'reachable' — direct schema OR listed in the bridge description; scope-exclusion assertions unchanged (not direct AND not listed). - test_discord_tool.py dynamic-schema-rebuild test reads the pre-assembly list (the rebuilt schema is what tool_describe serves). Banner/status tool counts intentionally keep the post-assembly view — they reflect what the model actually sees.
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This PR contains the following updates:
| Package | Update | Change |
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| [ghcr.io/gabrielcosi/hermes-agent](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent) | minor | `v2026.7.30` → `v2026.8.3` |
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### [`v2026.8.3`](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/releases/tag/v2026.8.3): Hermes Agent v0.20.0 (2026.8.3)
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##### Hermes Agent v0.20.0 (v2026.8.3)
**Release Date:** August 3, 2026
**Since v0.19.0:** \~3,650 commits · \~1,400 merged PRs · \~5,200 files changed · \~559,000 insertions · \~405,000 deletions · **\~1,200 issues closed** · 650+ contributors
> **The Herald Release.** Hermes is the herald of the gods, and this release makes him one in earnest: he **speaks** (real-time conversational voice with streaming TTS, barge-in, on-device wake words, and hands-free control across the CLI, desktop, and every audio-capable gateway platform), he **carries word to other agents** (A2A v1.0), he **announces events to your systems** (signed outbound webhooks), and he **cites his sources** (grounded research with verifiable citations and fact-checking). Around that spine: the desktop app became a platform (artifacts with live preview, a plugin SDK, quick-entry from anywhere, multiple windows), the CLI got a wave of power commands (`!` shell mode, `/init`, `/diff`, `/context`, `/focus`), compression got smarter and gentler, and the tools themselves now recover from their own failures instead of making the model guess. This release rolls up everything from the v0.19.1 infrastructure patch tag — that window is fully documented here.
***
##### ✨ Highlights
- **Talk to Hermes — streaming, conversational voice with barge-in** — Voice mode used to mean: speak, wait for the whole reply to generate, then listen to one long audio file. Now Hermes speaks clause-by-clause as the response streams, you can interrupt it mid-sentence by just talking (it stops, listens, and the model is told you cut in), and busy-aware silence detection means it doesn't talk over you. This works in CLI voice mode, on the desktop, and through gateway adapters. Talking to Hermes finally feels like a conversation, not a voicemail exchange. ([#​69511](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/69511), [#​73862](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73862), [#​74223](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74223), [#​74000](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74000), [#​69602](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/69602) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1), [@​OutThisLife](https://github.com/OutThisLife))
- **Wake words and hands-free control** — Say your own open-vocabulary wake phrase ("hey Hermes", or anything you pick) and Hermes starts listening — detection runs on-device, so no audio leaves your machine while it waits. Multi-profile voice routing means different wake words can reach different profiles, and saying "stop" ends the voice chat on every surface without touching the keyboard. Your terminal is now something you can talk to from across the room. ([#​70509](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/70509), [#​73106](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73106), [#​73933](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73933) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- **Voice on every platform** — Send a voice note to Hermes on WhatsApp, Feishu, DingTalk, LINE, QQ, Photon, or Weixin and it's transcribed and answered; auto-TTS replies are delivered platform-aware (opus where platforms want opus, captions attached correctly). STT is now fully configurable — its own `hermes tools` category, GUI toggles, dashboard dropdowns, unified language resolution so transcripts stop coming back in the wrong language, and OpenAI's gpt-transcribe support. One unified spoken-text preprocessor cleans markdown, code, and URLs out of speech across all TTS providers. ([#​73515](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73515), [#​73508](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73508), [#​73910](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73910), [#​73513](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73513), [#​73067](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73067) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- **Research you can trust — grounded citations with fact-checking** — The new `grounded-citations` skill makes Hermes produce research where every claim is backed by a verifiable source: quotes are matched against the actual page text (not hallucinated), citations link to the exact evidence, and a fact-checking mode turns the same machinery on any document or claim you hand it — it tells you what checks out, what doesn't, and what couldn't be verified. If you use Hermes for research, this is the difference between "sounds right" and "provably sourced." ([#​71698](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/71698), [#​77104](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/77104) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- **Outbound webhooks — Hermes pushes events to your systems** — Until now, integrating with Hermes meant polling or listening on a platform. Now Hermes pushes **signed lifecycle events** (session activity, turn completions, tool events) to any HTTP endpoint you register — with HMAC signatures so your receiver can verify authenticity. Wire Hermes into your CI, your home automation, your dashboards, or any service that speaks HTTP, with no polling loop. ([#​69406](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/69406) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- **The desktop app becomes a platform — artifacts, plugin SDK, quick entry** — Hermes desktop now renders **artifacts**: versioned cards with sandboxed live preview in a right-rail viewer, so generated HTML/apps run safely next to the chat. A real **plugin SDK** landed with Kanban as its founding plugin, `ctx.download` for handing users files, floating pane placement, and multiple GUI windows. A global-hotkey **quick-entry window** captures a thought into any session from anywhere in your OS. The desktop stopped being a chat client and started being a workbench. ([#​72345](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72345), [#​61173](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/61173), [#​74413](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74413), [#​72315](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72315), [#​68259](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/68259), [#​73143](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73143) — [@​OutThisLife](https://github.com/OutThisLife), [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- **Hermes speaks Agent-to-Agent — A2A v1.0** — A new bundled plugin implements the Agent-to-Agent protocol, so Hermes can discover, talk to, and be driven by other A2A-compatible agents. This closes issue [#​514](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/514) — one of the oldest open feature requests in the repo. If you're building multi-agent systems with heterogeneous stacks, Hermes now has a standard wire protocol for joining them. ([#​77109](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/77109) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- **CLI power-user wave** — `!command` runs a shell command instantly without spending a model turn. `/init` scans your project and generates (or updates) an `AGENTS.md`. `/diff` shows staged/all/session changes from any surface, `/context` breaks down exactly what's filling your context window, `/focus` gives you a reduced-output view with hidden-line recovery, and Ctrl+S stashes a half-written prompt into a browsable panel. Plus `hermes import-agent` migrates your Claude Code or Codex CLI setup into Hermes in one command. ([#​72257](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72257), [#​72178](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72178), [#​72240](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72240), [#​72242](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72242), [#​72302](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72302), [#​72262](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72262), [#​72190](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72190) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1), several salvaging long-standing community PRs)
- **Correct the agent mid-turn — redirects** — If Hermes is heading the wrong way, you no longer have to `/stop` and re-explain. Type a correction while it works and the active turn is redirected: work in flight is preserved, the original prompt is kept, and the agent course-corrects with your new guidance. Paired with double-ESC draft discard and a composer undo stack, steering feels like editing, not restarting. ([#​63104](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/63104), [#​72339](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72339), [#​74736](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74736) — [@​OutThisLife](https://github.com/OutThisLife))
- **Tools that fix themselves** — A sweep of self-recovery upgrades means the agent wastes far fewer turns on tool friction: truncated terminal output spills to a file the agent can read back, `patch` detects already-applied edits and diagnoses whitespace mismatches, `write_file` verifies content on disk, searches that match nothing probe for near-misses and recover, and common failure classes come back with actionable hints. The default tool-calling iteration limit also jumped 90 → 500 — long autonomous runs stopped hitting an artificial wall. ([#​77041](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/77041), [#​76998](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/76998), [#​77024](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/77024), [#​77055](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/77055), [#​77011](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/77011), [#​76992](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/76992), [#​72176](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72176) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- **Compression that respects your conversation** — Context compression got a deep overhaul: proactive tool-result pruning for large-window models, per-turn micro-compaction that amortizes the cost instead of one giant pause, a guaranteed N-user-message tail so recent conversation always survives, progress-aware timeouts that stop punishing slow summary models, and ghost-skill defense so a pruned skill can never silently haunt a session. Thresholds are now configurable per-model and in absolute tokens. Long sessions stay coherent and stop stalling. ([#​70254](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/70254), [#​75345](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/75345), [#​70250](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/70250), [#​71508](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/71508), [#​70275](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/70275) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1), [@​kshitijk4poor](https://github.com/kshitijk4poor), salvaging multiple community PRs)
- **Smart approvals grow up** — `hermes approvals suggest` mines your approval history into allowlist proposals, operators can customize the smart-approval policy, a consecutive-denial circuit breaker stops a misbehaving loop cold, and desktop pairing approvals are profile-correct with a proper surface to answer them from. Plus a new approval gate for docker/podman daemon-redirect commands. Less clicking "approve", without giving an inch of control. ([#​72259](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72259), [#​72186](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72186), [#​72203](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72203), [#​74446](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74446), [#​71092](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/71092) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1), [@​OutThisLife](https://github.com/OutThisLife))
- **Faster everywhere, again** — Prompt caching now covers tool schemas on native Anthropic without history loss. `hermes -w` cold start dropped \~14s → \~1.8s, `hermes update` no-ops got 2–6s faster, heavy SDKs lazy-load off the import path, config reads stopped deep-copying (54× faster on the telemetry gate), and the desktop shipped a second 60fps wave — streaming cost independent of transcript length, drag at 60fps with five streaming tabs, idle CPU near zero in the background. ([#​76032](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/76032), [#​71637](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/71637), [#​74218](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74218), [#​74204](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74204), [#​71835](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/71835), [#​72346](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72346), [#​75218](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/75218) — [@​kshitijk4poor](https://github.com/kshitijk4poor), [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1), [@​OutThisLife](https://github.com/OutThisLife))
- **New places to run and be reached** — Buzz lands as a bundled gateway platform (Block's Nostr-based messenger, with native WebSocket transport and NIP-42 auth), the Vercel AI Gateway provider and Vercel Sandbox terminal backend return modernized, desktop gains an SSH remote-backend connection mode, and the Relay shipped four phases of parity — media, interactive prompts, thread lifecycle, typing indicators — plus HSP personal + org skill sync. ([#​73610](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73610), [#​73761](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73761), [#​74518](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74518), [#​68130](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/68130), [#​71300](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/71300)–[#​71624](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/71624), [#​66730](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/66730) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1), [@​yoniebans](https://github.com/yoniebans), [@​benbarclay](https://github.com/benbarclay))
***
##### 🎙️ Voice & Speech
##### Conversational voice
- Streaming, conversational TTS with barge-in across all surfaces; clause-by-clause synthesis for CLI voice mode + gateway adapters ([#​69511](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/69511), [#​73862](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73862) — [@​OutThisLife](https://github.com/OutThisLife), [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- Voice chat UX polish — busy-aware silence, stop hint, thinking sounds, barge-in fix; full-duplex turn listener (interrupt by voice during generation AND playback) ([#​74000](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74000), [#​74223](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74223) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- On-device wake words with open-vocabulary phrases + multi-profile voice routing; say "stop" to end voice chat hands-free on every surface ([#​70509](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/70509), [#​73106](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73106), [#​73933](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73933) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- The model is told when the user interrupts its spoken reply; desktop speaks the whole turn and idle-flushes held narration ([#​69602](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/69602), [#​69936](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/69936) — [@​OutThisLife](https://github.com/OutThisLife), [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- 15-item CLI/TUI voice-mode UX and environment fix wave ([#​73520](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73520) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
##### TTS / STT infrastructure
- Unified spoken-text preprocessing + speed/instructions/provider tool params; unified STT language resolution (fixes the wrong-language transcription class); global `stt.language` defaults to `en` ([#​73513](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73513), [#​73067](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73067), [#​73100](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73100) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- Fully configurable STT — `hermes tools` category, GUI toggle/matrix, dashboard dropdowns, setup status; OpenAI gpt-transcribe support ([#​73910](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73910), [#​73853](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73853) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- Platform-aware auto-TTS voice delivery (opus platforms, streamed/global gap, captions); inbound voice classification/routing for Feishu, DingTalk, LINE, QQ, Photon, WhatsApp, Weixin ([#​73508](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73508), [#​73515](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73515) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- Command TTS/STT provider hardening — idle timeouts, env scrubbing, no-shell, path guards ([#​73514](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73514) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- Sync per-sentence TTS synthesis pipelined with playback — the next sentence renders while the current one speaks ([#​77355](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/77355) — [@​kshitijk4poor](https://github.com/kshitijk4poor))
- Discord voice PCM streams to ffmpeg stdin instead of a temp file ([#​76970](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/76970) — [@​kshitijk4poor](https://github.com/kshitijk4poor))
##### 🏗️ Core Agent & Architecture
##### Compression & context
- Proactive tool-result pruning for large-window models; per-turn micro-compaction; N-user tail guarantee (`compression.min_tail_user_messages`); bounded summarizer input with head+tail retention ([#​70254](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/70254), [#​75345](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/75345), [#​70250](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/70250), [#​70249](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/70249) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1), [@​kshitijk4poor](https://github.com/kshitijk4poor))
- Ghost-skill defense — `[SKILL_PRUNED]` markers, protected prune, deterministic survival; progress-aware timeouts; lock-contended compression soft-defers instead of exhausting ([#​70275](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/70275), [#​71508](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/71508), [#​70285](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/70285) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- Per-model threshold overrides; absolute token threshold (`compression.threshold_tokens`); opt-in idle-triggered compaction; opt-in progress notices; structured local logging for compression attempts ([#​69339](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/69339), [#​69335](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/69335), [#​69360](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/69360), [#​70457](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/70457), [#​69338](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/69338) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- Context-engine ABC grows `select_context()` + `on_turn_complete()` verbs (salvage of [@​chaos-xxl](https://github.com/chaos-xxl)'s RFC work); engines can suppress or customize compaction status ([#​70458](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/70458), [#​69859](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/69859) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- Strict redaction applied at every compaction text boundary ([#​69294](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/69294) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
##### Prompt caching & hot-path performance
- Tool schemas cached on native Anthropic without history loss + consolidated cache-plan internals ([#​76032](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/76032), [#​76067](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/76067) — [@​kshitijk4poor](https://github.com/kshitijk4poor))
- DeepSeek prompt caching on OpenCode gateways; per-API-call token accounting off the turn thread; OpenAI wire client reused across sequential LLM calls; send-path tool-call canonicalization memoized ([#​75886](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/75886), [#​73359](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73359), [#​73375](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73375), [#​76880](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/76880) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1), [@​kshitijk4poor](https://github.com/kshitijk4poor))
- Readonly config loader at 29 call sites (28× cheaper reads); per-turn config deepcopies killed (telemetry gate 54×); one raw config.yaml parse per process; inter-tool delay removed ([#​74322](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74322), [#​74211](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74211), [#​74228](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74228), [#​64172](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/64172) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1), [@​Soju06](https://github.com/Soju06))
- Lazy heavy-SDK imports (−8-10% import cost on top of the mcp/tool-discovery diet); streaming hot loop drops per-chunk repr() (\~3× cheaper accounting); cursor/memo optimizations for per-iteration history walks ([#​74204](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74204), [#​74194](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74194), [#​74221](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74221), [#​74231](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74231) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- Cold-start \~14s GIL stall during backend init mitigated; turn flush batched into one SQLite transaction; provider-capability-gated prompt cache keys (implied for api.openai.com) ([#​77814](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/77814), [#​77619](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/77619), [#​77609](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/77609) — [@​kshitijk4poor](https://github.com/kshitijk4poor))
- AIAgent hot-path salvage — prompt-cache copy, reasoning-timeout precompute, lazy compressor init ([#​57229](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/57229) — [@​kshitijk4poor](https://github.com/kshitijk4poor))
##### Approvals & the agent loop
- `hermes approvals suggest` mines approval history into allowlist proposals; operator-customizable `approvals.smart_policy`; consecutive-denial circuit breaker; cross-surface approvals mode command ([#​72259](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72259), [#​72186](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72186), [#​72203](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72203), [#​63517](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/63517) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- Docker/podman daemon-redirect commands require approval; session-wide runaway-loop caps for web\_search + delegate\_task (Claude Code-inspired) ([#​71092](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/71092), [#​66600](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/66600) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- Mid-turn redirects — user corrections steer the active turn, preserving in-flight work and the original prompt ([#​63104](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/63104), [#​72339](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72339) — [@​OutThisLife](https://github.com/OutThisLife))
- Delegation: structured timeout/stall metadata + live per-child status in `/agents`; subagents can use `execute_code`; redacted child tool history exposed in `subagent_stop`; public subagent lifecycle API for plugins ([#​72300](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72300), [#​69325](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/69325), [#​72403](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72403), [#​72501](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72501) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- Single-owner refactors for backend identity + failure-scoped skips, empty-content wire repair, call\_id/reasoning sanitization, model-switch parsing ([#​72505](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72505), [#​73071](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73071), [#​74319](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74319), [#​74229](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74229) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- Labeled reasoning excerpt surfaced at the empty-response terminal; tool\_search probe-validates blind tool\_call args ([#​65144](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/65144), [#​59267](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/59267) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
##### Tool self-recovery wave
- Terminal: recoverable truncation (full output spilled + pre-truncation size), cwd echoed when a command changes directory, output-pattern failure hints ([#​77041](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/77041), [#​77004](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/77004), [#​76992](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/76992) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- Patch: already-applied edits return success no-op, whitespace-visualized no-match diagnosis, ambiguous-match locations listed ([#​76998](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/76998), [#​77024](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/77024), [#​77001](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/77001) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- Search: zero-match probes + multi-path recovery, auto-multiline for newline patterns; read\_file default limit 500 → 2000 lines; negative-result cache for read/search misses; write\_file verifies on-disk content ([#​77011](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/77011), [#​77102](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/77102), [#​76996](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/76996), [#​76945](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/76945), [#​77055](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/77055) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1), [@​kshitijk4poor](https://github.com/kshitijk4poor))
- execute\_code recovery hints; skill\_view dedup stub for unchanged re-reads; terminal/execute\_code schema prose trimmed \~40%; tiered tool disclosure scales with catalog size; default iteration limit 90 → 500 ([#​77106](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/77106), [#​77095](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/77095), [#​77023](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/77023), [#​67034](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/67034), [#​72176](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72176) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
##### Providers & models
- Vercel AI Gateway provider + Vercel Sandbox terminal backend return, modernized (SDK 0.7.2, telemetry off) ([#​74518](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74518) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- Gemini 3.1 Pro + 3.6 Flash in catalogs; Gemini salvage cluster (3.6-flash aux default, Vertex catalog, direct cost tracking); claude-opus-5 in OpenRouter + Nous Portal; deepseek-v4-flash-0731 ([#​73479](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73479), [#​73516](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73516), [#​70946](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/70946), [#​75501](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/75501) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- Bedrock Converse API prompt caching (cachePoint) ([#​70231](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/70231) — [@​JoaoMarcos44](https://github.com/JoaoMarcos44))
- OpenAI data-residency endpoints get declared transport + correct catalog; provider-aware API-server request routing; backend-acknowledged session model lock; Nous sticky routing via top-level session\_id ([#​74958](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74958), [#​70853](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/70853), [#​70950](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/70950), [#​69253](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/69253) — [@​victor-kyriazakos](https://github.com/victor-kyriazakos), [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- Model picker: curated defaults + collapsible providers + select-all; stale caches served instantly with background refresh; custom-endpoint probe capped at 1.5s; honcho OAuth device-code login ([#​73172](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73172), [#​76430](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/76430), [#​76922](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/76922), [#​61608](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/61608) — [@​OutThisLife](https://github.com/OutThisLife), [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1), [@​kshitijk4poor](https://github.com/kshitijk4poor), [@​akattelu](https://github.com/akattelu))
- ACP: named custom providers in the model selector; authenticated cross-provider model choices; non-blocking startup via background MCP discovery ([#​70082](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/70082), [#​70404](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/70404), [#​75985](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/75985) — [@​israellot](https://github.com/israellot), [@​amanning3390](https://github.com/amanning3390), [@​kshitijk4poor](https://github.com/kshitijk4poor))
##### Secrets & config
- Command-helper secret source (composes with all vaults); one-command token rotation + actionable startup errors; opt-in encrypted break-glass cache for Bitwarden; vault-injected keys scoped per profile home; orchestrator preserve\_existing + profile aliasing ([#​69266](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/69266), [#​68605](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/68605), [#​69251](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/69251), [#​69250](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/69250), [#​69058](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/69058) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- `${env:VAR}` SecretRef parity between config.yaml and MCP config; secret-source env vars reach stdio MCP servers ([#​69267](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/69267), [#​69053](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/69053) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- Canonical config loaders for behavioral reads; table-driven config migration registry; DEFAULT\_CONFIG extracted to config\_defaults.py; auto-migration support floor at v12 ([#​74237](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74237), [#​74200](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74200), [#​74182](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74182), [#​74433](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74433) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
##### 🌐 Gateway, Relay & Fleet
- Session activity heartbeats, stall watchdog, and bounded compression waits — re-landed hardened after an in-window revert cycle (originally [#​72424](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/72424) by [@​fangliquanflq](https://github.com/fangliquanflq)) ([#​76354](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/76354) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- SessionState consolidation (19 session-keyed dicts → one turn/conversation/persistent-scoped object); TurnContext/TurnRunner seam extraction; declarative busy\_policy on CommandDef ([#​74289](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74289), [#​74353](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74353), [#​74197](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74197) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- Relay parity waves: Phase 1 (supported\_ops discovery, identity fields, /handoff aliasing), Phase 2 media, Phase 3 interactive prompts, Phase 4 thread lifecycle; egress typing indicators ([#​71300](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/71300), [#​71363](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/71363), [#​71404](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/71404), [#​71624](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/71624), [#​69721](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/69721) — [@​benbarclay](https://github.com/benbarclay))
- HSP skill sync: personal client (M1) + org-skills client (M2) + org-skill namespace with token-gated discovery ([#​66730](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/66730), [#​70024](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/70024), [#​70459](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/70459) — [@​benbarclay](https://github.com/benbarclay))
- Buzz (Block/Nostr) platform adapter with native WebSocket inbound transport + NIP-42 auth ([#​73610](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73610), [#​73761](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73761) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- Photon: native polls, effects, clarify-as-poll, rich links (4-PR salvage) ([#​73614](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73614) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- Slack: native Block Kit clarify buttons; opt-in reaction triggers; outbound payload sanitization; thread-context lifecycle fixes ([#​69318](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/69318), [#​70195](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/70195), [#​69317](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/69317), [#​69320](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/69320) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- Discord auto-thread sessions keyed on prospective\_thread\_id; reply references built from ids (no fetch\_message); WhatsApp configurable inbound read receipts ([#​76513](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/76513), [#​76875](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/76875), [#​73322](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73322) — [@​benbarclay](https://github.com/benbarclay), [@​kshitijk4poor](https://github.com/kshitijk4poor))
- Kanban wakes resume the creator's DM/thread session; kanban/delegate wake-ups reach api\_server sessions; per-task model + thinking-depth from the board ([#​72191](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72191), [#​70171](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/70171), [#​69876](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/69876), [#​76417](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/76417) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1), [@​OutThisLife](https://github.com/OutThisLife))
- Relay: Discord tool-progress routed into the auto-thread instead of the parent channel ([#​77830](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/77830) — [@​benbarclay](https://github.com/benbarclay))
- Outbound webhooks — push signed lifecycle events to external endpoints; simplex channel enumeration in `hermes send --list` ([#​69406](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/69406), [#​77110](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/77110) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
##### 🖥️ Hermes Desktop App
##### The platform wave
- **Artifacts** — versioned cards, sandboxed live preview, right-rail viewer ([#​72345](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72345) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- **Plugin SDK** — Kanban as the founding desktop plugin; `ctx.download` hands the user a file; widget-app SDK (apps as state+reducer+render) with three reference apps; widget-grid layout engine + background-aware theme engine ([#​61173](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/61173), [#​74413](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74413), [#​68306](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/68306), [#​20379](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/20379) — [@​OutThisLife](https://github.com/OutThisLife))
- Quick-entry window (global hotkey → any session); multiple GUI windows; floating pane placement; pane toggles anywhere + hidden header; ⌘O open-folder-as-project ([#​72315](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72315), [#​68259](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/68259), [#​73143](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73143), [#​75848](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/75848), [#​74623](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74623) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1), [@​OutThisLife](https://github.com/OutThisLife))
- SSH remote-backend connection mode; event-driven live sync replaces always-on polls; remote profile routing/sessions/pool lifecycle repaired ([#​68130](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/68130), [#​73673](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73673), [#​72835](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72835) — [@​yoniebans](https://github.com/yoniebans), [@​OutThisLife](https://github.com/OutThisLife))
- Let the agent drive the shell (preview pane + pane focus) AND inspect the desktop app it's developing; find-in-page (Ctrl+F); GUI terminal copy/paste + font picker ([#​69519](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/69519), [#​73121](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73121), [#​72235](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72235), [#​73705](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73705), [#​76395](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/76395) — [@​OutThisLife](https://github.com/OutThisLife), [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
##### Composer & UX
- Attach files/folders/links via picker; composer chips for @​ paths and pasted links; composer undo stack; double-ESC discards draft; double-Enter sends the queued turn; type-to-focus ([#​74668](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74668), [#​73110](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73110), [#​72201](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72201), [#​72288](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72288), [#​74736](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74736), [#​73101](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73101), [#​68918](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/68918) — [@​OutThisLife](https://github.com/OutThisLife))
- 2-keypress model switching (⌘⇧M); YOLO in ⌘K with live toggle state; keyboard-first pickers; keyboard navigation for clarify choices; server-owned pins that follow you between apps ([#​74545](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74545), [#​74674](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74674), [#​74602](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74602), [#​69799](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/69799), [#​74234](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74234) — [@​OutThisLife](https://github.com/OutThisLife))
- Grouped, live-ticking tool-activity line; improved tool call detail views; [@​session](https://github.com/session) links resolve to clickable titles; brand icons on known-domain links; iMessage-style emoji reactions (opt-in, two-way); double-click to heart ([#​72893](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72893), [#​69868](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/69868), [#​71162](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/71162), [#​73047](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73047), [#​74533](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74533), [#​74644](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74644) — [@​OutThisLife](https://github.com/OutThisLife), [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- Sidebar date dividers + pinned section + opt-in stale-session auto-archive; sessions stop lying about running state; credit-usage toasts; configurable attachment size limit; Cron Blueprints + Webhooks pages; searchable timezone picker ([#​70822](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/70822), [#​72303](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72303), [#​69828](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/69828), [#​73221](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73221), [#​70066](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/70066), [#​69687](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/69687), [#​73505](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73505) — [@​OutThisLife](https://github.com/OutThisLife), [@​austinpickett](https://github.com/austinpickett), [@​Adolanium](https://github.com/Adolanium), [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- RFC 8252 native desktop sign-in (system browser + PKCE, no webview cookies); "Connect to existing Hermes" in first-run onboarding; profile-correct pairing approvals with a desktop surface ([#​67920](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/67920), [#​70907](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/70907), [#​74446](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74446) — [@​benbarclay](https://github.com/benbarclay), [@​OutThisLife](https://github.com/OutThisLife))
- Keep-computer-awake toggle + notch wake indicator; /battery status-bar toggle; UI zoom 90% default preset; status bar hideable ([#​68140](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/68140), [#​76396](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/76396), [#​68860](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/68860), [#​73161](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73161), [#​72960](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72960) — [@​OutThisLife](https://github.com/OutThisLife), [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
##### Desktop performance (60fps wave 2)
- Streaming cost independent of transcript length; 60fps on real sessions (reflow-gated pins, adaptive flush); drag at 60fps with five streaming tabs; multitab streaming made fast ([#​71835](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/71835), [#​72504](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72504), [#​72346](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72346), [#​71780](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/71780) — [@​OutThisLife](https://github.com/OutThisLife))
- Hidden-pane timers paused (agents view, cron sidebar, floating pet), scroll/status loops stopped in busy sessions ([#​77651](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/77651) — [@​kshitijk4poor](https://github.com/kshitijk4poor)); idle CPU near zero in the background; sidebar/overlay render churn killed; statusbar + transcript stop re-rendering per token/sash-drag/session-switch; ⌘K opens instantly; renderer cold start keeps shiki/mermaid off the boot path ([#​75218](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/75218), [#​73698](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73698), [#​72163](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72163), [#​72245](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72245), [#​72524](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72524), [#​74665](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74665), [#​73024](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73024) — [@​OutThisLife](https://github.com/OutThisLife))
- State diagnostics (render + store churn counters) + a lint rule banning atom-mirrored refs so the stale-read bug class cannot return; Playwright E2E suite with visual regression diffs ([#​71925](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/71925), [#​71560](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/71560), [#​65805](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/65805) — [@​OutThisLife](https://github.com/OutThisLife), [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1), [@​ethernet8023](https://github.com/ethernet8023))
##### 🖥️ CLI, TUI & Dashboard
- `!` shell mode; `/init` AGENTS.md generation; `/diff` (staged/all/session, cross-surface); `/context` breakdown; `/focus` reduced-output view; Ctrl+S prompt stash; persistent `/goal` indicator; multi-select clarify (checkboxes) across CLI/gateway/TUI ([#​72257](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72257), [#​72178](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72178), [#​72240](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72240), [#​72242](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72242), [#​72302](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72302), [#​72262](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72262), [#​72244](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72244), [#​72188](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72188) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1), salvaging [@​SHL0MS](https://github.com/SHL0MS), [@​iRonin](https://github.com/iRonin), [@​gigi206](https://github.com/gigi206) + more)
- `hermes import-agent` — one-command migration from Claude Code / Codex CLI setups ([#​72190](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72190) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- Per-turn summary line + live token flow in the spinner; cross-surface theme SDK (one skin themes CLI, TUI, and desktop, live) ([#​72246](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72246), [#​68857](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/68857) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1), [@​OutThisLife](https://github.com/OutThisLife))
- TUI: reach the model picker without wrecking your draft + mid-turn switching; slash menu leads with your most-used skills; attachments live in the composer; Arabic (ar) locale with RTL across desktop/dashboard/agent ([#​74756](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74756), [#​75931](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/75931), [#​75210](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/75210), [#​70870](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/70870) — [@​OutThisLife](https://github.com/OutThisLife))
- `hermes -w` startup \~14s → \~1.8s; global `--version` fast path; banner update-check 6× faster; dashboard lazy-loads routes + GROUP BY session stats; session filtering tabs (Chats/Automation/All) ([#​71637](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/71637), [#​62096](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/62096), [#​74188](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74188), [#​72294](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72294), [#​73362](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73362), [#​73865](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73865) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1), [@​kshitijk4poor](https://github.com/kshitijk4poor))
- Runtime: Node 26 required across installers/heal/upgrade, managed Node/uv resolve before bare PATH, outdated managed trees heal to target major; brew + pip/PyPI wheel channels retired (shell installer / Docker / Nix are the supported channels) ([#​76459](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/76459), [#​68217](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/68217) — [@​ethernet8023](https://github.com/ethernet8023))
##### 🧩 Skills, Plugins & MCP
- **A2A v1.0** — Agent-to-Agent protocol plugin (closes [#​514](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/514)) ([#​77109](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/77109) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- Curator: surface unmanaged skills + `curator adopt`; skill-description truncation surfaced to authors; grounded-citations skill (+ fact-checking mode); simplify-code v1.1; tldraw-offline scripting skill ([#​71648](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/71648), [#​70519](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/70519), [#​71698](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/71698), [#​77104](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/77104), [#​70440](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/70440), [#​66896](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/66896) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- Office skills bundled: docx, xlsx, pdf + refreshed powerpoint; skills-tree debloat continues (yuanbao, segment-anything, jupyter, heartmula, audiocraft → optional-skills; claude-marketplace source removed; hub restructure absorbing themes/desktop-plugins/tui-widgets) ([#​68595](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/68595), [#​70452](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/70452)–[#​70456](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/70456), [#​73903](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73903) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- MCP: Comfy Cloud catalog entry with curated 20-tool default; hidden-whitespace warnings in MCP config; pinecone-research optional skill ([#​66112](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/66112), [#​75736](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/75736), [#​70512](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/70512) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- MCP lazy server startup from a fingerprint-keyed on-disk tool-schema cache — configured servers no longer all boot at session start (design from [#​56832](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/56832)) ([#​77511](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/77511) — [@​kshitijk4poor](https://github.com/kshitijk4poor))
- NeMo Relay observability integration — re-landed after an in-window revert, on stable NeMo Relay 0.6 ([#​67607](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/67607) — [@​afourniernv](https://github.com/afourniernv))
- Gateway health & diagnostics OTLP export ([#​64536](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/64536) — [@​victor-kyriazakos](https://github.com/victor-kyriazakos))
##### 🔒 Security & Reliability
- Iron-proxy credential-injection egress firewall re-landed ([#​70848](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/70848) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- DNS-pinned SSRF-safe fetches + Slack CDN allowlist; strict redaction at compaction boundaries; ReDoS eliminated in config-key redaction patterns; prose words embedding a secret keyword no longer masked ([#​70193](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/70193), [#​69294](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/69294), [#​76083](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/76083), [#​67776](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/67776) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- Tier-3 credential reads scoped (FAL/XAI/VERCEL/DAYTONA/GITHUB presence checks etc.); CVE dependency pins refreshed (cryptography, starlette, python-multipart); hindsight env file 0600; /model moved off the gateway event loop ([#​75888](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/75888), [#​72362](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72362) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- Windows hardening wave: text-mode subprocess decode bug class closed repo-wide, console flashes hidden across daemons/env probes/LSP/installer paths, residual encoding gaps (MCP stdio, gateway update I/O, STT/TTS, desktop spawn) ([#​70875](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/70875), [#​70205](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/70205), [#​70264](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/70264), [#​71014](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/71014) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1), salvaging several community PRs)
- State/session integrity: four session-state fixes (safe close tracking, flush-cursor class fix, row-retry, usage-PK healer); compact v23 FTS layout + `hermes sessions optimize` + CJK-bigram FTS; read-path split with per-thread read-only connections ([#​75883](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/75883), [#​65798](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/65798), [#​69423](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/69423), [#​73344](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73344) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1), [@​kshitijk4poor](https://github.com/kshitijk4poor))
- OpenViking memory-provider hardening — fail closed on blocked endpoints, server verification before credentials are sent, config.yaml-first settings ([#​77747](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/77747) — [@​kshitijk4poor](https://github.com/kshitijk4poor))
- Credential pool: reset-aware primary restore (stay on fallback until the rate-limit window resets) + deferred-refresh locking fixes; FTS UPDATE triggers narrowed with fail-closed CJK migration ([#​77631](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/77631), [#​77628](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/77628) — [@​kshitijk4poor](https://github.com/kshitijk4poor))
- Config-driven memory allocator trim with telemetry; holographic memory vectors stored float32; loop-invariant HRR encodes hoisted ([#​76905](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/76905), [#​76917](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/76917), [#​76881](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/76881) — [@​kshitijk4poor](https://github.com/kshitijk4poor))
##### 🐛 Notable Bug Fixes
- Voice: full-duplex interruption during generation AND playback; whole-turn desktop speech; auto-TTS delivery gaps ([#​74223](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/74223), [#​69936](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/69936), [#​73508](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/73508) — [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- Desktop: Stop parks the queue instead of firing the next queued prompt; branch-in-new-chat restart loss; false remote-gateway reauthentication; cross-session composer leaks ([#​68725](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/68725), [#​71960](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/71960), [#​68250](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/68250), [#​70986](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/70986) — [@​SHL0MS](https://github.com/SHL0MS), [@​alelpoan](https://github.com/alelpoan), [@​helix4u](https://github.com/helix4u), [@​OutThisLife](https://github.com/OutThisLife))
- Gateway: session lists scoped before limiting; relay-backed home delivery after restart; timeline display events persisted ([#​65509](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/65509), [#​70102](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/70102), [#​69771](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/69771) — [@​GodsBoy](https://github.com/GodsBoy), [@​victor-kyriazakos](https://github.com/victor-kyriazakos), [@​ethernet8023](https://github.com/ethernet8023))
- Agent: context-length fallback logging + batch trajectory durability; Codex OAuth context windows revalidated against the live catalog ([#​76027](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/76027), [#​68554](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/68554) — [@​kshitijk4poor](https://github.com/kshitijk4poor), [@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1))
- ...plus roughly 770 more `fix:` PRs across every subsystem this window.
##### 👥 Contributors
**647 contributors** shipped this release (commit authors, co-authors, and salvaged-PR credits).
##### Core
[@​teknium1](https://github.com/teknium1), [@​OutThisLife](https://github.com/OutThisLife) (desktop, voice, perf), [@​kshitijk4poor](https://github.com/kshitijk4poor) (perf, caching, salvage), [@​ethernet8023](https://github.com/ethernet8023) (runtime, E2E, desktop), [@​benbarclay](https://github.com/benbarclay) (relay, HSP, auth)
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Summary
Tiered tool disclosure: any MCP/plugin tool now defers behind the
tool_searchbridge — what scales with catalog size is the listing, not the deferral decision. Validated by 148 live Claude Opus 4.8 runs across a real easy/medium/hard catalog ladder (Linear 24 / Unreal 830 / Cloudflare flat 3,320 tools): the policy-selected mode wins or ties on cost at every rung while matching eager's task success.The tiers (listing budget =
min(threshold_pct% of context, listing_max_tokens), defaults 5% / 20K):Changes
tools/tool_search.py: catalog listing (byte-stable, cache-safe) with full → names → per-server-mixed → server-summary degradation;should_activate()fires on any deferrable tool;listing_token_budget();AssemblyResult.tier/listing_formobservabilitytools/schema_sanitizer.py: renames property keys violating provider patterns (Cloudflare ships 61 keys likeissue_class~neq— one anywhere 400s the whole request on Anthropic/Bedrock/Vertex/Azure); deterministic reverse map restores wire names at dispatchtools/mcp_tool.py+hermes_cli/mcp_config.py:tools.include/excludeaccept fnmatch globs (*_radar_*) — previously glob entries silently matched nothing; picker UI and runtime now share one matcherhermes_cli/config.py, docs, 60+ tests across the three areasValidation
148 live Opus 4.8 runs, real provider-reported usage, hermes-toolbench (raw data:
NousResearch/hermes-toolbenchbranchbench/tiered-disclosure-cloudflare); full report:~/.hermes/docs/tiered-tool-disclosure-benchmark-2026-07-20.pdfscripts/run_tests.sh— tool_search 48/48, schema_sanitizer 54/54, mcp_tool 220/220, delegate 158/158Infographic