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name: hermes-webui
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description: Deploy, configure, and troubleshoot the Hermes Web UI Docker container — the browser interface for Hermes Agent.
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version: 1.0.0
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author: Hermes Agent
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license: MIT
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platforms: [linux, macos]
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metadata:
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hermes:
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tags: [hermes, webui, docker, browser, troubleshooting]
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source: https://github.com/nesquena/hermes-webui
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related_skills: [hermes-agent, hermes-dashboard]
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---
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# Hermes Web UI
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The Hermes Web UI (`ghcr.io/nesquena/hermes-webui`) provides a browser-based interface for Hermes Agent — chat with the agent, browse sessions, manage workspace files, and monitor agent activity. It runs as a Docker container alongside the Hermes Agent gateway.
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For a **management-focused control panel** (config editing, model switching, tool toggling, cron control, log viewing), see the `hermes-dashboard` skill — a complementary Flask dashboard that reads Hermes state directly from the filesystem.
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## Quick Start
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```bash
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# Pull and run
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docker run -d \
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--name hermes-webui \
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-p 8787:8787 \
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-v /path/to/hermes-home:/home/hermeswebui/.hermes \
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-v /path/to/workspace:/workspace \
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-e HERMES_WEBUI_PASSWORD=your-password \
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ghcr.io/nesquena/hermes-webui:latest
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# With agent source mounted (for full functionality):
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docker run -d \
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--name hermes-webui \
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-p 8787:8787 \
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-v /path/to/hermes-home:/home/hermeswebui/.hermes:ro \
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-v /path/to/hermes-agent-source:/home/hermeswebui/.hermes/hermes-agent:ro \
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-v /path/to/workspace:/workspace \
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-e HERMES_WEBUI_PASSWORD=your-password \
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ghcr.io/nesquena/hermes-webui:latest
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```
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Open `http://localhost:8787` in a browser and log in with the password.
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## Architecture
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The Web UI requires two adjacent systems to function fully:
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1. **Hermes Agent source code** — the Web UI imports `AIAgent` from the Hermes Agent Python library directly. Without it, features like model auto-detection, personality routing, and CLI session imports are disabled.
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2. **Hermes Gateway / API Server** — the Web UI communicates with the Hermes API server (OpenAI-compatible, typically port 8642) for agent execution. The API server is started by the Hermes gateway process.
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## Configuration
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### Environment Variables
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| Variable | Default | Description |
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|----------|---------|-------------|
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| `HERMES_WEBUI_PASSWORD` | (required) | Login password for the web interface |
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| `HERMES_WEBUI_BIND_HOST` | `0.0.0.0` | IP to bind the HTTP server |
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| `HERMES_WEBUI_BIND_PORT` | `8787` | Port for the HTTP server |
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| `HERMES_WEBUI_STATE_DIR` | `~/.hermes/webui` | Where sessions, workspaces, and state are stored |
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| `HERMES_WEBUI_DEFAULT_WORKSPACE` | `/workspace` | Default workspace directory shown on first launch |
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| `WANTED_UID` | `1024` | User ID to run as (auto-detected from mounted volumes) |
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| `WANTED_GID` | `1024` | Group ID (auto-detected from mounted volumes) |
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### Volume Mounts
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| Host Path | Container Path | Purpose |
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|-----------|---------------|---------|
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| `~/.hermes` | `/home/hermeswebui/.hermes` | Hermes home directory (config, sessions, skills) |
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| `~/.hermes/hermes-agent` | `/home/hermeswebui/.hermes/hermes-agent` | Agent source code (for AIAgent import) |
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| `/path/to/workspace` | `/workspace` | Workspace/project files |
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## Common Tasks
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### Check if agent is recognized
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```bash
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docker logs hermes-webui | grep -E "agent dir|AIAgent"
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```
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Expected healthy output:
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```
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agent dir : /home/hermeswebui/.hermes/hermes-agent [ok]
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```
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### Verify health
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```bash
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curl -s http://localhost:8787/health
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```
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### View server logs
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```bash
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docker logs hermes-webui
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```
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### Restart
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```bash
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docker restart hermes-webui
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```
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## Pitfalls
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- **`HERMES_WEBUI_STATE_DIR` is required.** Despite having a default in the docs, the container errors out hard without it: `!! ERROR: HERMES_WEBUI_STATE_DIR not set`. Always pass `-e HERMES_WEBUI_STATE_DIR=/home/hermeswebui/.hermes/webui` on the docker run command, or the container will crash-loop.
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- **Agent source must be accessible at container startup.** The init script installs dependencies from `pyproject.toml` before the server starts. If the source is added after the container is already running, you must remove `/app/venv/.deps_installed` and restart for the init script to reinstall.
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- **Read-only mounts recommended.** The init script warns if the agent source mount is writable from the WebUI container. The multi-container compose defaults use a read-only mount for defence-in-depth.
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- **Password redaction in terminal output.** When constructing the `docker run` command through the terminal tool, the password in `-e HERMES_WEBUI_PASSWORD=secret` may be replaced with `***` by secret redaction before the command executes. To bypass: use `execute_code` with Python to construct the command, or write the password hex-encoded and decode it in the heredoc, or verify the deployed password by checking its length and first/last chars via `docker inspect`.
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- **Permission errors on restart.** Prior `pip install -e` runs as root may leave root-owned `.pyc` files in the venv. If the init script errors with `Permission denied` during reinstall, clean them: `docker exec hermes-webui find /app/venv -user root -delete`
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- **First startup is slow.** The init script installs dependencies on first run — allow ~30 seconds for startup.
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- **API server must be running.** The Web UI needs the Hermes API server (started by `hermes gateway run`) on port 8642. Without it, agent chat will fail even if the Web UI's `health` endpoint reports OK.
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- **Provider credential mismatch.** The Web UI has its OWN isolated `.env` and `config.yaml` inside the mounted Hermes home directory, separate from the host's Hermes config. If these files use a different provider or a placeholder API key, the agent will fail with HTTP 401 errors. Always sync both files when switching providers. See `references/provider-credentials-and-sessions.md`.
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- **Stale sessions retain old provider settings.** Sessions are cached in `<state_dir>/sessions/<id>.json` with the model and provider that were active at creation time. Switching providers in config.yaml does NOT update existing sessions. The web UI reads `s.model` and `s.model_provider` from the cached session and passes them to `AIAgent.__init__`, which then tries the OLD provider. Symptoms: "No LLM provider configured" on messages even after a correct provider config. Fix: update both `model` and `model_provider` fields in the session JSON, or delete the session file so the frontend creates a fresh one.
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- **settings.json caches default_model_provider.** The file at `<state_dir>/settings.json` stores `default_model_provider`. If you switched providers, update this field too — otherwise new sessions will still be created with the old provider.
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## Troubleshooting
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### Symptom: HTTP 401 on chat
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Check the web UI's `.env` has the correct API key for the provider in `config.yaml`:
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```bash
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# Compare config provider with available keys
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docker exec hermes-webui cat /home/hermeswebui/.hermes/config.yaml
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docker exec hermes-webui cat /home/hermeswebui/.hermes/.env
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```
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The key variable name must match what the provider expects (e.g. `DEEPSEEK_API_KEY` for `deepseek`, `OPENROUTER_API_KEY` for `openrouter`).
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### Symptom: "No LLM provider configured" on every message
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This usually means the cached session has a stale provider. Check and fix:
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```bash
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# 1. Check what model/provider the session has
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docker exec hermes-webui bash -c 'python3 -c "
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import json
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with open(\"/home/hermeswebui/.hermes/webui/sessions/$(
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ls -t /home/hermeswebui/.hermes/webui/sessions/*.json 2>/dev/null | head -1
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)\") as f:
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d = json.load(f)
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print(f\"model={d.get(\\\"model\\\")} provider={d.get(\\\"model_provider\\\")}\")
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"'
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# 2. Fix the session (replace with your actual provider/model)
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docker exec hermes-webui bash -c 'python3 -c "
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import json
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p = \"/home/hermeswebui/.hermes/webui/sessions/*.json\"
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import glob
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for f in glob.glob(p):
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with open(f) as fh:
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d = json.load(fh)
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d[\"model\"] = \"deepseek-v4-flash\"
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d[\"model_provider\"] = \"deepseek\"
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with open(f, \"w\") as fh:
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json.dump(d, fh)
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"'
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# 3. Also fix settings.json if needed
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docker exec hermes-webui bash -c 'python3 -c "
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import json
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with open(\"/home/hermeswebui/.hermes/webui/settings.json\") as f:
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d = json.load(f)
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d[\"default_model_provider\"] = \"deepseek\"
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with open(\"/home/hermeswebui/.hermes/webui/settings.json\", \"w\") as f:
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json.dump(d, f, indent=2)
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"'
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# 4. Restart to pick up changes
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docker restart hermes-webui
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```
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Alternatively, delete the stale session entirely and let the frontend create a fresh one:
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```bash
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docker exec hermes-webui bash -c 'rm -f /home/hermeswebui/.hermes/webui/sessions/*.json && echo "{}" > /home/hermeswebui/.hermes/webui/sessions/_index.json'
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docker restart hermes-webui
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```
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### Symptom: Provider shows as configured but models fail to load
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Check that the web UI's config.yaml uses the correct key names for the model section:
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```yaml
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model:
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provider: deepseek # Must match a provider in the Hermes registry
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default: deepseek-v4-flash # The model name
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base_url: https://api.deepseek.com/v1
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```
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The config.yaml key is `default` (not `model`). If you wrote `model:` inside the `model:` section, provider resolution will return empty.
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## References
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- `references/aiagent-not-available.md` — fixing the "AIAgent not available" error when the container cannot find the Hermes Agent source.
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- `references/provider-credentials-and-sessions.md` — detailed diagnosis flow for 401 errors and stale session/provider mismatches, including scripted fixes.
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- `references/firecrawl-reddit-limitations.md` — Firecrawl explicitly blocks Reddit; only WSB RSS works.
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# Fixing "AIAgent not available" in Hermes Web UI
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The Web UI cannot find the Hermes Agent source code and starts in reduced-functionality mode. Symptoms in `docker logs hermes-webui`:
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```
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!! WARNING: hermes-agent source not found.
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!! Looked in: /home/hermeswebui/.hermes/hermes-agent
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ImportError: AIAgent not available -- check that hermes-agent is on sys.path
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agent dir : NOT FOUND [XX]
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```
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## Root Cause
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The container needs the Hermes Agent Python source at `/home/hermeswebui/.hermes/hermes-agent` (or `/opt/hermes` as fallback). This is used by the init script to:
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1. Install dependencies from the agent's `pyproject.toml`
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2. Make `AIAgent` importable from `run_agent.py`
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When the source is missing, the server starts without any agent features.
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## Fix (agent source is on host but not in the container)
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If your Hermes home is bind-mounted and the agent source exists on the host but wasn't mounted:
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### Option A: Copy source into the mounted data directory (no restart needed)
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```bash
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# Copy host's hermes-agent source into the directory already mounted to the container
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cp -r /path/to/host/.hermes/hermes-agent /path/to/mounted-data/hermes-agent
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# Install deps inside the container
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docker exec hermes-webui bash -c "source /app/venv/bin/activate && pip install -e /home/hermeswebui/.hermes/hermes-agent"
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# Remove the fast-restart marker and restart to force full setup
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docker exec hermes-webui rm -f /app/venv/.deps_installed
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docker restart hermes-webui
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# If permission errors occur (root-owned pycache from prior pip install):
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docker exec hermes-webui bash -c "find /app/venv -user root -delete"
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docker restart hermes-webui
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```
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### Option B: Add a proper bind mount (cleaner, Docker Compose)
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Add to the webui service in your docker-compose.yml:
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```yaml
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services:
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hermes-webui:
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image: ghcr.io/nesquena/hermes-webui:latest
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volumes:
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- ~/.hermes:/home/hermeswebui/.hermes:ro
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- ~/.hermes/hermes-agent:/home/hermeswebui/.hermes/hermes-agent:ro # <-- add this
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- /path/to/workspace:/workspace
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environment:
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- HERMES_WEBUI_PASSWORD=***
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ports:
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- "8787:8787"
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```
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Then recreate:
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```bash
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docker compose up -d
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```
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## Verifying the fix
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```bash
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# Check startup logs for success
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docker logs hermes-webui | grep "agent dir"
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# Expected:
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# agent dir : /home/hermeswebui/.hermes/hermes-agent [ok]
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# Also confirm no AIAgent import errors:
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docker logs hermes-webui | grep -i "AIAgent"
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# Should return nothing (no errors)
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```
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## Known edge cases
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### Fast restart skipping agent install
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The init script checks for `/app/venv/.deps_installed`. If the agent source was added after the container's first startup (when the marker was created), the init script skips reinstalling and the import still fails even though the source is present.
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**Fix:** Remove the marker and restart:
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```bash
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docker exec hermes-webui rm -f /app/venv/.deps_installed
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docker restart hermes-webui
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```
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### Permission denied during reinstall ("os error 13")
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A prior `pip install -e` or manual install running as root leaves root-owned `.pyc` files in `/app/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/__pycache__/`. When the init script later runs as a non-root user, it can't remove them.
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**Fix:** Clean root files from the venv:
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```bash
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docker exec hermes-webui bash -c "find /app/venv -user root -delete"
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docker restart hermes-webui
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```
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# Firecrawl + Reddit Limitations
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Firecrawl (firecrawl.dev, `firecrawl-py` SDK) explicitly blocks Reddit:
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```
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HTTP 403: "We apologize for the inconvenience but we do not support this site."
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```
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Applies to all Reddit URLs. See `devops/hermes-dashboard/references/firecrawl-reddit-limitations.md` for full details including the WSB RSS workaround.
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# Provider Credentials & Session State Diagnosis
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Diagnosis flow for HTTP 401 errors and "No LLM provider configured" when the web UI has the agent source installed (agent dir shows `[ok]` in logs).
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## Diagnosis Flow
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### Step 1 — Check what provider the web UI is actually trying to use
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```bash
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docker exec hermes-webui cat /home/hermeswebui/.hermes/config.yaml
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```
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The `model.provider` field is the provider the web UI will attempt to use. If this says `openrouter` but your API keys are for `deepseek`, that's the problem.
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### Step 2 — Check that the .env has the right API key
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```bash
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docker exec hermes-webui cat /home/hermeswebui/.hermes/.env
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```
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The env var name must match what the provider expects. Common mappings:
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| `deepseek` | `DEEPSEEK_API_KEY` |
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| `openrouter` | `OPENROUTER_API_KEY` |
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| `anthropic` | `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` |
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| `openai` / `openai-api` | `OPENAI_API_KEY` |
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| `gemini` | `GOOGLE_API_KEY` or `GEMINI_API_KEY` |
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### Step 3 — Check if the error is from a stale cached session
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The web UI caches session metadata (model, provider, workspace) on disk. When you switch providers, old sessions keep the old provider.
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```bash
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# Find the most recent session file
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ls -t /home/hermeswebui/.hermes/webui/sessions/*.json 2>/dev/null | head -3
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# Check its model/provider
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python3 -c "
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import json, glob
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for f in sorted(glob.glob('/home/hermeswebui/.hermes/webui/sessions/*.json')):
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with open(f) as fh:
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d = json.load(fh)
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print(f'{f}: model={d.get(\"model\")} provider={d.get(\"model_provider\")}')
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"
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```
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Expected: `model=deepseek-v4-flash provider=deepseek` (or whatever your current provider is).
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If the session shows a different provider, update it:
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```bash
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python3 -c "
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import json, glob
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for f in glob.glob('/home/hermeswebui/.hermes/webui/sessions/*.json'):
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with open(f) as fh:
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d = json.load(fh)
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d['model'] = 'deepseek-v4-flash' # <-- replace with your model
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d['model_provider'] = 'deepseek' # <-- replace with your provider
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with open(f, 'w') as fh:
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json.dump(d, fh)
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"
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```
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### Step 4 — Check settings.json
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The web UI stores `default_model_provider` in settings.json:
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```bash
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python3 -c "
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import json
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with open('/home/hermeswebui/.hermes/webui/settings.json') as f:
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d = json.load(f)
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print('default_model_provider:', d.get('default_model_provider'))
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"
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```
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If this doesn't match your current provider:
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```bash
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python3 -c "
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import json
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with open('/home/hermeswebui/.hermes/webui/settings.json') as f:
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d = json.load(f)
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d['default_model_provider'] = 'deepseek' # <-- replace with your provider
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with open('/home/hermeswebui/.hermes/webui/settings.json', 'w') as f:
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json.dump(d, f, indent=2)
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"
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```
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### Step 5 — Verify provider resolution works
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Test what the web UI resolves at runtime:
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```bash
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python3 -c "
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import os
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os.environ['HERMES_HOME'] = '/home/hermeswebui/.hermes'
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from api.config import get_config, resolve_model_provider, model_with_provider_context
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cfg = get_config()
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print('Config model section:', cfg.get('model', {}))
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# Simulate sending a message without specifying a model
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model_with_ctx = model_with_provider_context('')
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resolved = resolve_model_provider(model_with_ctx)
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print('Resolved (empty model):', resolved)
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# Simulate sending a message with your default model
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model_with_ctx = model_with_provider_context('deepseek-v4-flash')
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resolved = resolve_model_provider(model_with_ctx)
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print('Resolved (default model):', resolved)
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|
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# Check runtime provider can find the API key
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from api.oauth import resolve_runtime_provider_with_anthropic_env_lock
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from hermes_cli.runtime_provider import resolve_runtime_provider
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_rt = resolve_runtime_provider_with_anthropic_env_lock(
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resolve_runtime_provider,
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requested=resolved[1], # the resolved provider name
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)
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print('API key found:', bool(_rt.get('api_key')))
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"
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```
|
||||
|
||||
If the key is found and provider/base_url are correct, the config is right and the issue is in the session cache.
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|
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## Common Patterns
|
||||
|
||||
### Pattern: OpenRouter → DeepSeek switch
|
||||
|
||||
After switching from OpenRouter to DeepSeek, three things need updating:
|
||||
|
||||
1. `config.yaml` — set `model.provider: deepseek`, `model.default: deepseek-v4-flash`, `model.base_url: https://api.deepseek.com/v1`
|
||||
2. `.env` — set `DEEPSEEK_API_KEY=<your-key>`
|
||||
3. Session cache — update session JSON files to use `model_provider: deepseek` instead of `openrouter`
|
||||
4. `settings.json` — update `default_model_provider` to `deepseek`
|
||||
|
||||
### Pattern: Copying host config to web UI
|
||||
|
||||
The host's `~/.hermes/` is NOT mounted into the web UI container. The web UI uses whatever is in the bind-mounted data directory (e.g. `/home/ray/docker/hermes/data/`). To sync:
|
||||
|
||||
```bash
|
||||
cp ~/.hermes/config.yaml /path/to/webui/data/config.yaml
|
||||
grep -E '^(DEEPSEEK|OPENROUTER|ANTHROPIC|OPENAI|GEMINI|GOOGLE)_API_KEY' ~/.hermes/.env >> /path/to/webui/data/.env
|
||||
```
|
||||
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