# Edit Ledger: Hermes Agent plugin

> Local ledger of the turns in which the agent changed files with write_file or patch: /edit-log shows how many turns changed files, how many files in all, the median per turn, the most changed file type and how long ago…

Canonical: https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins/edit-ledger  
Tier: Community  
Official page (Nous Research): https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/edit-ledger  
Last updated in catalog: 2026-10-17

Local ledger of the turns in which the agent changed files with write_file or patch: /edit-log shows how many turns changed files, how many files in all, the median per turn, the most changed file type and how long ago the last one was, per model, platform or day, a table of file types (extensions), or the newest turns, for the last 24 hours, any number of hours or days, the latest session or everything recorded; /edit-log recent lists the newest turns (ten, or up to 100 with /edit-log recent 50). A turn another plugin keeps going is counted once.

## Good to know before installing

Subscribes to pre_verify as an observer only: always returns nothing, so it never keeps the agent going or changes a turn; writes turn metadata (model, platform, file count, files per extension, a 12-digit hash of the session id; never a path, file name or answer text) to plugin-data/edit-ledger/edits.jsonl, trimmed to 5,000 rows past 2 MB; never opens the changed files; no network

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 edit-ledger
```

2. Said no? Turn it on later:

```bash
hermes plugins enable edit-ledger
```

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: Cost, speed & monitoring
- Maintained by: olric3015 (Community)
- Needs: No API keys declared
- Requires Hermes: `>=0.21.5`
- Version: 1.0.0
- In the catalog since: 2026-10-17

## Links

- [Full setup and settings (official page)](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/edit-ledger)
- [Source code](https://github.com/olric3015/hermes-plugins/tree/main/edit-ledger)
- [All plugins](https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins.md)

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