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Configuration, Toolsets & Voice

Edit with hermes config edit or hermes config set section.key value. Full reference: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/configuration

Config Sections (most-used keys)

Section Key options
model default, provider, base_url, api_key, context_length, aliases
agent max_turns (90), tool_use_enforcement, service_tier, verify_on_stop
terminal backend (local/docker/ssh/modal/daytona/singularity), cwd, timeout (180)
compression enabled, threshold (0.50), target_ratio (0.20)
display skin, interface (cli/tui), language, show_reasoning, show_cost, pet
approvals mode (smart/manual/off), timeout, cron_mode
stt enabled, provider (local/groq/openai/mistral/elevenlabs/deepinfra)
tts provider (edge/elevenlabs/openai/minimax/mistral/neutts/gemini/piper/kittentts/deepinfra/xai)
memory memory_enabled, user_profile_enabled, provider, write_approval
security redact_secrets, tirith_enabled, website_blocklist
delegation model, provider, max_concurrent_children, max_iterations (50), max_spawn_depth
checkpoints enabled, max_snapshots (50)
curator enabled, consolidate (false, opt-in aux-model consolidation), interval_hours, stale_after_days

hermes config check reports sections missing from an older config.

Toolsets

Enable/disable via hermes tools (interactive) or hermes tools enable/disable NAME. Full enumeration: TOOLSETS dict in toolsets.py (_HERMES_CORE_TOOLS is the default bundle most platforms inherit).

Toolset What it provides
web / search Web search + extraction / search-only subset
browser Browser automation (Browserbase, Camofox, or local Chromium)
terminal Shell commands and process management
file File read/write/search/patch
code_execution Sandboxed Python execution
coding Code-editing helpers (LSP-backed)
computer_use Desktop GUI control (cua-driver)
vision Image analysis
image_gen Image generation and image-to-image editing
video / video_gen Video analysis / video generation
x_search X (Twitter) search (X OAuth or API key)
tts Text-to-speech
skills Skill browsing and management
memory Persistent cross-session memory
session_search Search past conversations
context_engine Pluggable context-engine hooks
project Named multi-folder workspace tools
delegation Subagent task delegation
cronjob Scheduled task management
clarify Ask user clarifying questions
todo In-session task planning
kanban Multi-agent work-queue tools (gated to workers)
debugging Extra introspection tools (off by default)
safe Minimal low-risk toolset for locked-down sessions
spotify, homeassistant, discord, discord_admin, feishu_doc, feishu_drive, yuanbao Service integrations (gated on their credentials)

Tool changes take effect on /reset (new session) — never mid-conversation, to preserve prompt caching.

Voice

STT (Voice → Text)

Voice messages from messaging platforms are auto-transcribed.

stt:
  enabled: true
  provider: local   # local (faster-whisper, free) | groq | openai | mistral | elevenlabs | deepinfra
  local:
    model: base     # tiny, base, small, medium, large-v3

Auto-detect priority: local faster-whisper (pip install faster-whisper) → Groq (GROQ_API_KEY, free tier) → OpenAI (VOICE_TOOLS_OPENAI_KEY) → Mistral Voxtral (MISTRAL_API_KEY).

TTS (Text → Voice)

Provider Env var Free?
Edge TTS (default) None Yes
ElevenLabs ELEVENLABS_API_KEY Free tier
OpenAI VOICE_TOOLS_OPENAI_KEY Paid
MiniMax MINIMAX_API_KEY Paid
Mistral MISTRAL_API_KEY Paid
Gemini GOOGLE_API_KEY Free tier
NeuTTS / Piper / KittenTTS (local) None Free

Voice commands: /voice on (voice-to-voice), /voice tts (always voice), /voice off.