# Cloud File Manager: Hermes Agent plugin

> Cloud Files for Hermes Desktop — browse, search and sort by date, create folders and bulk-upload files and whole folders to the machine your agent runs on, preview its images, PDFs and code files, download a file, read…

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

Cloud Files for Hermes Desktop — browse, search and sort by date, create folders and bulk-upload files and whole folders to the machine your agent runs on, preview its images, PDFs and code files, download a file, read and edit its Markdown and text files (view first; nothing is written until you press Save in the review, which shows the line diff for files up to 20,000 lines), drag files into the chat, import files from the agent's own Google Drive, and hand the agent file locations from the chat + menu without re-uploading. Built for remote gateways (token or sign-in); works locally too. Ships one plugin skill, hermes-cloud-file-manager:cloud-file-manager-report-problem, which drafts a bug report and files it with the GitHub CLI only after the user approves the exact text.

## Good to know before installing

Adds a file API to the gateway (dashboard plugin routes under the gateway's existing auth) over the agent's working folders: the configured roots, else terminal.cwd, TERMINAL_CWD or MESSAGING_CWD, else the gateway user's home with its dot-entries hidden. It lists, sorts and searches those folders, reads the files you open or preview (Markdown and .txt files up to 1 MiB in the editor; the first 1 MiB of other code and text files; images and PDFs up to 10 MiB), creates folders, and writes uploads, Drive imports and editor saves (staged as hidden .cfm-* temp files in the destination folder; a name clash keeps both files). It overwrites only an existing .md/.markdown/.txt file you open and explicitly Save in its editor (refused if the file changed since you opened it). It has no delete action: it removes only its own .cfm-* staging files and folders (aborted ones, and stale ones over a day old) and, when an upload or import fails to publish, the empty file it had reserved for it. It never follows links out of those folders, and its file API never exposes the agent's Hermes home apart from a working folder set inside it (roots, terminal.cwd, or a workspace/ folder it creates when the wo

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 hermes-cloud-file-manager
```

2. Said no? Turn it on later:

```bash
hermes plugins enable hermes-cloud-file-manager
```

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: Memory & notes, Work & business, Hermes Desktop add-ons
- Maintained by: 100yenadmin (Community)
- Needs: No API keys declared
- Requires Hermes: `>=0.21.5`
- Version: 0.5.0
- In the catalog since: 2026-10-04, updated 2026-10-18

## Links

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

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