# Evalroute: Hermes Agent plugin

> Route a task to the right (model, reasoning effort) arm before you start.

Canonical: https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins/evalroute  
Tier: Community  
Official page (Nous Research): https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/evalroute  
Last updated in catalog: 2026-10-06

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.

```bash
hermes plugins install evalroute
```

2. Said no? Turn it on later:

```bash
hermes plugins enable evalroute
```

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: Security & privacy
- Maintained by: keppy (Community)
- Needs: No API keys declared
- Adds tools: `evalroute_route`
- Requires Hermes: `>=0.21`
- Version: 0.6.4
- In the catalog since: 2026-10-02, updated 2026-10-06

## Links

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

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