Hermes Agent Configuration Guide

Connect Hermes Agent to DMC: Install the CLI, store your key in ~/.hermes/.env, point config.yaml to DMC, and verify the connection with an actual chat.

Use DMC as the model provider for Hermes Agent through Hermes's support for custom OpenAI-compatible endpoints.

Prerequisites

Git

DMC account with API key enabled

Terminal on macOS, Linux, or WSL2

Installation

Get Your DMC Key

Install Hermes Agent

The following command runs the official installer:

If the current shell doesn't recognize the hermes command, reload your shell configuration:

Configuration

Store Your DMC Key

Open ~/.hermes/.env and add the following line:

Hermes uses OPENAI_API_KEY as a fallback for authentication to custom OpenAI-compatible endpoints.

Set DMC Endpoint

Open ~/.hermes/config.yaml and confirm the model block looks like this:

Replace your-model-id with an available text model ID from the DMC Models page.

Verification

Check Configuration

The following commands confirm Hermes can read the configuration and API key:

If hermes config check reports missing options after an update, run hermes config migrate, then check again.

Run an Actual Chat Test

The following command sends an actual request through DMC:

A successful configuration will return CONNECTED with no authentication or endpoint errors.

Optional Settings

Clean Reinstall (Optional)

Use hermes model Instead (Optional)

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Optional Settings#

Prerequisites

Installation

Configuration

Verification

Optional Settings