How settings are stored

From Official Docs · September 25, 2026

Hermes separates secrets from normal config: Secrets and tokens → ~/.hermes/.env Non-secret settings → ~/.hermes/config.yaml The easiest way to set values correctly is through the CLI: The right value goes to the right file automatically.

From the official Hermes Agent documentation.

hermes config set model anthropic/claude-opus-4.6
hermes config set terminal.backend docker
hermes config set OPENROUTER_API_KEY sk-or-...

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