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Hermes Agent Adds Write Gate For Memory And Skill Update Control

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Introducing Write Gate in Hermes Agent.

Now you have the capability to be able to approve/deny memory updates, skill updates, and skill creation with the same familiar mechanisms as approving dangerous commands.

If you are using a small model that doesn't always recognize what it learned, a secure environment that needs gating before things that can affect operations occurs, or just want to be more involved in the self improvement process of your Hermes Agent, now you have full control!

This will be included in the next major release version, but you can run `hermes update` now to access early!

3:06 PM · Jun 10, 2026 · 67K Views
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Teknium 🪽@Teknium

The default: on means that the write is allowed by default (you need to disable it to require approval)

Docs: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/memory#controlling-memory-writes-write_approval

Teknium 🪽@Teknium

Introducing Write Gate in Hermes Agent.

Now you have the capability to be able to approve/deny memory updates, skill updates, and skill creation with the same familiar mechanisms as approving dangerous commands.

If you are using a small model that doesn't always recognize what it learned, a secure environment that needs gating before things that can affect operations occurs, or just want to be more involved in the self improvement process of your Hermes Agent, now you have full control!

This will be included in the next major release version, but you can run `hermes update` now to access early!

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Al 🇺🇸✡️@0kwhyn0t

@Teknium FINE! I'll run it now jeez 😂

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NateWasHere@Nateate8s

@Teknium I run Hermes update multiple times a day. It's like Christmas everyday with Hermes.

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Mike Gannotti@MichaelGannotti

@Teknium @NousResearch Very nice addy

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Tendies Of Wisdom@TendiesOfWisdom

@Teknium Can it be added to Profiles - so you can deny write for the particular model in that profile configuration...

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SALT 🎸@SALTY_ALTY555

@Teknium @NousResearch OooOooo this is nice.

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Daniel Pike@agglelabs

@Teknium Um, yes, I love this!!!

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Stephen Brouhard@ssbrouhard

@Teknium Infographics you have been shipping are 🔥

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Ⓓⓐⓣⓐ@DataDeLaurier

@Teknium @NousResearch much much needed

i was getting some memories mixed up that failed to update and it was causing...issues

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ScottFive@5cottFive

@Teknium Are you using Hermes with any local models, and if so which one(s)? thx!

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Ahmad Awais@MrAhmadAwais

@Teknium hmmm wonder where have I seen this image brand design 💁‍♂️

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Quarta-feira@Quarta_Feira_

@Teknium @NousResearch Is there a smart approval feature?

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That AI Guy@LewisWeldtech

@Teknium Read my papers fucking....

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Ferbin@Ferbin08

@Teknium write gates matter when agents can change things (memory, skills, code). but agents that just output text probably don't need the slowdown.

when do you see this being used in production?

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Dacine Amelia@AmeliaDacine

@Teknium Awesome. Really useful.

Also there is something causing recurring issues: the hardcoded paths.

E.g, git (hardcoded instead of looking in PATH) '.hermes' instead of path ... Etc

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Eustace Bagge@Eustace__Bagge

@Teknium It's Christmas. Thank you!

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