# Burnclock: Hermes Agent plugin

> Status-bar chip showing the provider balance and runway tracked by the MIT burnclock CLI, read from its local badge cache.

Canonical: https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins/burnclock  
Tier: Community  
Official page (Nous Research): https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/burnclock  
Last updated in catalog: 2026-10-20

Status-bar chip showing the provider balance and runway tracked by the MIT burnclock CLI, read from its local badge cache. Requires the CLI (pip install burnclock); the plugin makes no network calls and reads no credentials.

## Good to know before installing

Runs a read-only shell command (cat of burnclock's local cache file) in your active local session every 60 seconds; balances come from the separately installed burnclock CLI (PyPI `burnclock`), which you configure with your provider keys and run yourself.

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 burnclock
```

2. Said no? Turn it on later:

```bash
hermes plugins enable burnclock
```

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: Security & privacy, Hermes Desktop add-ons
- Maintained by: jersilb (Community)
- Needs: No API keys declared
- Works on: macos
- Requires Hermes: `>=0.22.0`
- Version: 0.1.0
- In the catalog since: 2026-10-20

## Links

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

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