Getting Started
CLI Interface
Full TUI with multiline editing, slash-command autocomplete, conversation history.
- Multiline editing
- Slash-command autocomplete
- Conversation history
- Interrupt-and-redirect
- Streaming tool output
Messaging Platforms
Run the gateway and connect from Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, or Signal.
- Run hermes gateway setup
- Configure your platform
- Start gateway with hermes gateway start
- Send the bot a message
Common Commands
Commands work across both CLI and messaging platforms
| Action | CLI | Messaging |
|---|---|---|
| Start chatting | hermes | gateway + message |
| Fresh conversation | /new | /new |
| Change model | /model [provider:model] | /model [provider:model] |
| Set personality | /personality [name] | /personality [name] |
| Retry/undo | /retry, /undo | /retry, /undo |
| Compress/usage | /compress, /usage | /compress, /usage |