honcho Skill
Configure and troubleshoot Honcho memory for Hermes. Published by NousResearch in hermes-agent.
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Deployment, Writing, Includes SKILL.md, Reusable instructions
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25 days ago · MIT license
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What is honcho Skill?
Configure and troubleshoot Honcho memory for Hermes. Published by NousResearch in hermes-agent. This profile combines repository metadata with install, compatibility, and usage signals so developers can quickly decide whether it fits their agent workflow before opening the source repository.
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Key capabilities
- Includes SKILL.md support
- Reusable instructions support
- Deployment
- Writing
- Deployment use cases
- Writing use cases
Declared skill metadata
- Declared author: Hermes Agent
- Declared license: MIT
- Source file: optional-skills/autonomous-ai-agents/honcho/SKILL.md
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Compatibility and setup
- Install or run with Copy skill directory
- API key required
Requirements and access
Security and permissions
Review permissions before connecting any MCP server to an agent. Pay special attention to whether it can read local files, write data, call external services, or perform destructive actions.
When to use honcho Skill
- Use it for deployment.
- Use it for writing.
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Source
- Creator: NousResearch
- Repository: NousResearch/hermes-agent
- Skill file: optional-skills/autonomous-ai-agents/honcho/SKILL.md
What it does
Configure and troubleshoot Honcho memory for Hermes.
Skill instructions
Honcho Memory for Hermes Honcho provides AI-native cross-session user modeling. It learns who the user is across conversations and gives every Hermes profile its own peer identity while sharing a unified view of the user. When to Use - Setting up Honcho (cloud or self-hosted) - Troubleshooting memory not working / peers not syncing - Creating multi-profile setups where each agent has its own Honcho peer - Tuning observation, recall, dialectic depth, or write frequency settings - Understanding what the 5 Honcho tools do and when to use them - Configuring context budgets and session summary injection Setup Honcho is a plugin-catalog memory provider maintained by Plastic Labs. Install it once per machine (homes upgraded from a release that bundled Honcho get it automatically): bash hermes plugins install honcho Cloud (app.honcho.dev) bash hermes memory setup honcho select "cloud", paste API key from https://app.honcho.dev Self-hosted bash hermes memory setup honcho select "local", enter b
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Frequently asked questions
What is honcho?
honcho is a open-source AI agent skill with Copy skill directory. Configure and troubleshoot Honcho memory for Hermes.
Who is honcho best for?
honcho is best for reusing agent instructions, scripts, and references, deployment workflows, writing workflows.
How do I install honcho?
Install or run honcho using Copy skill directory. Check honcho for the latest setup command.
Is honcho actively maintained?
honcho may need a closer maintenance check before production use.
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