Evalroute

Route a task to the right (model, reasoning effort) arm before you start. Classifies the task into a lane, prints a provenance-carrying route card, and installs per-model reasoning-effort defaults. Strong rules run locally; weak-signal classification calls the host LLM and consumes tokens. The separate harness and shim can make paid provider calls when explicitly run; no plugin-owned credentials.

Good to know before installing

Weak-signal task classification sends the task text to your active Hermes model via the host LLM facade (token cost). The model-callable tool, /route, /rate and observed /model and /reasoning commands append task text and command args to a local ledger at <HERMES_HOME>/evalroute/labels.jsonl. "hermes evalroute install-routes" rewrites agent.reasoning_overrides in config.yaml when you run it. The bundled harness and Hermes shim are never run by the plugin. When run by hand they make paid provider calls, execute model-generated code on the host via shell checkers, and run hermes -z with approvals bypassed. Disclosure — "hermes evalroute sync" (run by hand) downloads the route table from the Hugging Face dataset keppy/evalroute-flywheel into HERMES_HOME and route cards then show that dataset's text; "hermes evalroute dispatch" (run by hand) spawns a single-query hermes chat on the routed model (Nous provider by default) — or, with --runner claude-code, a `claude -p` (Claude Code) process under the user's own Claude account, whose per-run cost is recorded in the local sidecar — with the brief as its query, inheriting the current environment except HERMES_YOLO_MODE (the worker never inh

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.
    hermes plugins install evalroute
  2. Said no? Turn it on later:
    hermes plugins enable evalroute
  3. 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
Maintained by
keppy (Community)
Needs
No API keys declared
Adds tools
evalroute_route
Needs Hermes
0.21 or newer
Version
0.6.4
In the catalog
2026-10-02, updated 2026-10-06

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