# De Law: Hermes Agent plugin

> German federal law, EU law and German federal court decisions for Hermes Agent: read one section or article (§ 203 StGB, Art.

Canonical: https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins/de-law  
Tier: Community  
Official page (Nous Research): https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/de-law  
Last updated in catalog: 2026-10-25

German federal law, EU law and German federal court decisions for Hermes Agent: read one section or article (§ 203 StGB, Art. 6 DSGVO, Art. 50 AI Act) in the source wording with version status (Stand), gazette reference and a ready source line, search the index of federal laws, list a law's sections, and find and read published decisions of BVerfG, BGH, BVerwG, BFH, BAG, BSG and BPatG. Legal texts, not legal advice.

## Good to know before installing

Sends HTTPS GET requests only to www.gesetze-im-internet.de (law folder names, the daily index, weekly abbreviation lists), www.rechtsprechung-im-internet.de (the daily index, document ids of decisions you read) and publications.europa.eu (CELEX numbers, text language, one SPARQL query per act listing its consolidated versions); section numbers and search words are not sent, because whole laws are downloaded and searched locally. Public sources, no key. Writes public legal texts and indexes (JSON with ETag, Last-Modified and fetch time; no questions, no session data) under HERMES_HOME/plugin-data/de-law/cache, capped by the cache_max_mb setting (default 200 MB). Reads only its own plugin settings. At most one request per second per host, 25 s timeout, 40 MB response cap. rechtsprechung-im-internet.de sends a tdm-reservation header; the plugin fetches its index and single decisions on request only, and case_law: false turns that source off. No hooks, no cron jobs, no background processes. Tools stay on every platform, including gateways (a guest can call them; hermes tools disables one). While the plugin is enabled, its skill adds one line to the skills index of every session.

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 de-law
```

2. Said no? Turn it on later:

```bash
hermes plugins enable de-law
```

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: Languages & regions, Web, research & browsing
- Maintained by: MadeByBrain (Community)
- Needs: No API keys declared
- Adds tools: `de_law_get`, `de_law_search`, `de_law_toc`, `de_case_search`, `de_case_get`
- Requires Hermes: `>=0.22.2`
- Version: 1.0.0
- In the catalog since: 2026-10-25

## Links

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

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