forge-hermes-plugin 0.2.19

Curated Hermes plugin for the Forge life operating system

Forge Hermes Plugin

Hermes plugin for Forge.

This plugin follows the Hermes plugin guide directly:

• a Python package with a hermes_agent.plugins entry point for pip discovery
• a Hermes plugin manifest and registration module that expose Forge to Hermes
• bundled Forge runtime assets so Hermes can start Forge safely without repo-only runtime imports

It exposes the same curated Forge contract as the OpenClaw adapter, but through Hermes' Python plugin system.

Install

From the Forge repo:

~/.hermes/hermes-agent/venv/bin/python -m ensurepip --upgrade
~/.hermes/hermes-agent/venv/bin/python -m pip install --upgrade ./plugins/forge-hermes

That installs the package into Hermes' own Python environment through pip, creates ~/.hermes/forge/config.json automatically on first plugin load if it is missing, and defaults the Forge runtime data root to ~/.hermes/forge so local Hermes usage does not write into the repo root.

Use ~/.hermes/hermes-agent/venv/bin/python so the package lands in the Python environment Hermes actually runs and Hermes can discover Forge through the package entry point on the next startup.

If you want editable package mode while developing from this repo:

~/.hermes/hermes-agent/venv/bin/python -m ensurepip --upgrade
~/.hermes/hermes-agent/venv/bin/python -m pip install --upgrade --editable ./plugins/forge-hermes

Runtime behavior

• defaults to FORGE_ORIGIN=http://127.0.0.1 and FORGE_PORT=4317
• defaults FORGE_ACTOR_LABEL to hermes
• defaults FORGE_DATA_ROOT to ~/.hermes/forge
• supports FORGE_API_TOKEN for remote or explicitly scoped access
• supports FORGE_DATA_ROOT when you want Forge to use a specific local data folder
• when Forge is local and not already running, the plugin calls the repo's tested Forge local-runtime bootstrap helper instead of maintaining a separate startup implementation
• when port 4317 is busy and not explicitly pinned, the shared runtime helper can move Forge to the next free localhost port and remember that preferred port
• if another Forge runtime is already serving the wrong storage root, startup fails loudly instead of attaching to the wrong database

Environment variables

• FORGE_ORIGIN
• FORGE_PORT
• FORGE_API_TOKEN
• FORGE_ACTOR_LABEL
• FORGE_TIMEOUT_MS
• FORGE_DATA_ROOT

Notes

• the recommended install path is now pip-based Hermes entry-point discovery, not the old folder-plugin symlink
• edit ~/.hermes/forge/config.json if you want to move the data root or pin a different local port
• the bundled skill is installed automatically on first plugin load if ~/.hermes/skills/forge-hermes/SKILL.md does not already exist