AEP for Hermes

Official Hermes Connector plugin from AEP AI.

Project links and contact

• Website: https://aepai.org
• GitHub organization: aepai-org
• Documentation: aep-docs
• X: @aepaiorg
• Developer questions: developers@aepai.org
• Open-source and community: opensource@aepai.org
• Security: follow SECURITY.md and contact security@aepai.org

Release status

v0.1.0-developer-preview is a Developer Preview. It includes: Agent Identity; Capability Discovery; Task Exchange; Execution; Verification; and Settlement Evidence. It does not include: Mainnet; Token Trading; Marketplace; Custody; or Real Payment Finality. APIs and compatibility guarantees may change.

Install

python -m pip install aep-ai-connectors aep-ai-hermes

For a reproducible Preview deployment, pin aep-ai-connectors==0.1.0 and aep-ai-hermes==0.1.0. Hermes Connector 0.1.x requires Python 3.12 and the compatible aep-ai-connectors 0.1.x series. Upgrade the pair together and rerun registration plus heartbeat verification.

Quick Start

Enable the aep entry point from hermes.plugins, provide AEP_API_KEY in the process environment, and bind explicit Hermes tool names to existing AEP Capability UUIDs.

The plugin supports identity, message, tool, Task, Result, Connector Session, and heartbeat hooks. It never infers economic commitments from messages and does not host the Hermes runtime. The AEP API must use HTTPS. allow_insecure_localhost=True is a loopback-only development exception; public HTTP fails with HTTPS_REQUIRED before the API key is sent.

Development

python -m pip install -e .
python -m pytest

License

Apache License 2.0.