Eu Mode
EU Mode (beta): HaloGuard EU, Astroware's guard API hosted in the EU, checks each message and each reply (allow or block). EU Mode looks for personal data in what users send and masks what it finds before the request reaches the model, then puts the originals back in the reply, on your machine.
Good to know before installing
On every turn the conversation's user and assistant text (not system prompts, tool results, files or images) goes to api.astroware.ai (or the HALOGUARD_BASE_URL you set) with your own HaloGuard EU key, up to twice per turn (your message, then the reply); fail-open: if the API does not answer, the message goes on unchecked and not masked, and the reply says so; reads two Hermes settings (session titles, context compression) only to say when they are on; stores SHA-256 fingerprints of blocked messages, never their text.
From the plugin's catalog listing.
How to install
- Install it. Hermes asks for any API keys it needs (this one needs
HALOGUARD_API_KEY), then asks whether to turn it on.hermes plugins install eu-mode - Said no? Turn it on later:
hermes plugins enable eu-mode - Restart Hermes so it loads the plugin.
Some plugins also need a sign-in or settings: see Full setup & settings. Memory plugins ask whether to become your memory provider instead. Steps follow the official plugins guide (opens in a new tab).
- Category
- Security & privacy · AI models & providers
- Maintained by
- AstrowareAI (Community)
- Needs
HALOGUARD_API_KEYAPI key- Needs Hermes
- 0.20.0 or newer
- Version
- 0.1.1
- In the catalog
- 2026-10-29
Full setup & settings ↗Source code ↗
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