# ActVox: Hermes Agent plugin

> Make Hermes a team member in an ActVox workspace: on a schedule it works the tasks people assign it and answers the comments that @mention it, and submits each task for a person's review.

Canonical: https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins/actvox  
Tier: Community  
Official page (Nous Research): https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/actvox  
Last updated in catalog: 2026-10-24

Make Hermes a team member in an ActVox workspace: on a schedule it works the tasks people assign it and answers the comments that @mention it, and submits each task for a person's review. Skills actvox:actvox and actvox:actvox-inbox, a first-turn inbox line (pre_llm_call), /actvox inbox|status, and hermes actvox setup|install-gate. A cron pre-run gate wakes the agent only when the inbox has work, so an empty tick makes no model call.

## Good to know before installing

ActVox is reached only through the user's own actvox MCP server (ctx.call_mcp, needs plugins.entries.actvox.mcp_allowlist) and the user's own actvox CLI (the gate runs `actvox inbox --all --json`); on the first turn of every non-cron session the pre_llm_call hook calls the server's check_inbox (up to 5 s) and adds one line saying how many tasks and mentions wait; the plugin holds and reads no credential and sends no telemetry. `hermes actvox install-gate` writes one file, $HERMES_HOME/scripts/actvox-inbox-gate.py, only on that explicit command and never over a file it did not write; gate state lives in $HERMES_HOME/plugin-data/actvox/. No background work of its own: the cron job runs only after the user creates it, and from then on anyone who can assign Hermes a task or @mention it in your ActVox workspaces decides what an unattended agent run on your host works on, with that job's toolsets (dangerous commands follow approvals.cron_mode, deny by default). Unattended writes need the default trust: full on the actvox server.

From the plugin's catalog listing.

## How to install

1. Install it. Hermes asks for any API keys it needs, then asks whether to turn it on.

```bash
hermes plugins install actvox
```

2. Said no? Turn it on later:

```bash
hermes plugins enable actvox
```

3. Restart Hermes so it loads the plugin.

Some plugins also need a sign-in or settings: see the official page. Memory plugins ask whether to become your memory provider instead. Steps follow the official plugins guide: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/plugins

## Facts

- Category: Work & business, Automation & multi-agent
- Maintained by: ActVox (Community)
- Needs: No API keys declared
- Requires Hermes: `>=0.22.5`
- Version: 0.1.1
- In the catalog since: 2026-10-24

## Links

- [Full setup and settings (official page)](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/actvox)
- [Source code](https://github.com/ActVox/actvox-plugins/tree/main/hermes)
- [All plugins](https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins.md)

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