# Duty Board: Hermes Agent plugin

> Read-only dashboard tab and model-free /duty and hermes duty summaries for waiting conversations, unanswered messages, running turns, undelivered background results and failing cron jobs.

Canonical: https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins/duty-board  
Tier: Community  
Official page (Nous Research): https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/duty-board  
Last updated in catalog: 2026-10-18

Read-only dashboard tab and model-free /duty and hermes duty summaries for waiting conversations, unanswered messages, running turns, undelivered background results and failing cron jobs. Supports all 17 dashboard languages, including right-to-left Arabic.

## Good to know before installing

Opens HERMES_HOME/state.db with SQLite mode=ro (sessions, messages, turn leases, async delegations, goals) and reads cron/jobs.json and gateway_state.json; writes only HERMES_HOME/duty-board/dismissed.json for dashboard dismissals. Chat requires in-process Hermes 0.21.7+ and a configured owner; shared-chat summaries default to counts only. No network calls, no model calls, no credentials, no background processes.

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 duty-board
```

2. Said no? Turn it on later:

```bash
hermes plugins enable duty-board
```

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, Hermes Desktop add-ons
- Maintained by: xiaoyaner0201 (Community)
- Needs: No API keys declared
- Requires Hermes: `>=0.21.1`
- Version: 0.4.0
- In the catalog since: 2026-10-17, updated 2026-10-18

## Links

- [Full setup and settings (official page)](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/duty-board)
- [Source code](https://github.com/xiaoyaner0201/hermes-duty-board#readme)
- [All plugins](https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins.md)

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