# Bot Forge: Hermes Agent plugin

> Say "make me a <role>" and your agent spawns a complete Bot Mode Bot — name, face, SOUL.md, memory, tools, skills, routines, gateway — tested, with rollback.

Canonical: https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins/bot-forge  
Tier: Community  
Official page (Nous Research): https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/bot-forge  
Last updated in catalog: 2026-10-02

Say "make me a <role>" and your agent spawns a complete Bot Mode Bot — name, face, SOUL.md, memory, tools, skills, routines, gateway — tested, with rollback. Then hire a whole crew in one call, ask what is waiting on you, and edit, teach, share and health-check Bots by chatting.

## Good to know before installing

Spawns the hermes CLI to create and run Bot profiles under HERMES_HOME/profiles/, and installs its own small companion hook plugin (bot-forge-marks, two hooks, no tools) into each Bot profile it manages, enabling it in that profile's config.yaml; never the root profile. Disclosure — when a Bot journals a blocked/failed entry, the plugin emails its title and summary to your own address via the SMTP account in Hermes' EMAIL_* settings (TLS verified; off with notify_blocked or notify_email false); adopt_bots (off by default) installs the companion hook into every profile on load.

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 bot-forge
```

2. Said no? Turn it on later:

```bash
hermes plugins enable bot-forge
```

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: Automation & multi-agent
- Maintained by: BkashJEE (Community)
- Needs: No API keys declared
- Adds tools: `create_agent`, `create_team`, `teach_agent`, `update_agent`, `copy_agent`, `list_agents`, `check_agents`, `check_install`, `agent_journal`, `ask_agent`, `share_agent`, `import_agent`, `hide_agent`, `delete_agent`
- Requires Hermes: `>=0.21`
- Version: 0.15.3
- In the catalog since: 2026-09-20, updated 2026-10-02

## Links

- [Full setup and settings (official page)](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/bot-forge)
- [Source code](https://github.com/BkashJEE/hermes-bot-forge#readme)
- [All plugins](https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins.md)

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