# GitHub Mentions: Hermes Agent plugin

> Run approved GitHub mentions as Hermes tasks and reply in the original thread.

Canonical: https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins/hermes-github-mentions  
Tier: Community  
Official page (Nous Research): https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/hermes-github-mentions  
Last updated in catalog: 2026-10-29

Run approved GitHub mentions as Hermes tasks and reply in the original thread. Polls GitHub's API in a gateway worker and sends signed local webhooks granting terminal, file, web, skills and todo tools. Optional Discord copies and read-only Hermes session progress tracking.

## Good to know before installing

Polls the GitHub notifications API every 60 s or more as the bot account, and when a GitHub user on your allowed_authors list @mentions the bot in any repository the bot can see, starts an unattended Hermes agent turn with terminal, file, web, skills and todo tools on this computer through a signed local webhook route; the mention text and the repository content the agent reads are untrusted input, and the agent acts with the bot's classic `repo` token (the same GITHUB_TOKEN Hermes' GitHub tools use). Hermes' unattended approval mode (deny by default) still governs flagged commands. `hermes github-mentions routes --apply` edits this profile's config.yaml (adds webhook routes, enables the webhook platform on 127.0.0.1). Optional progress notices read Hermes' state.db read-only; optional Discord notices post through Hermes' own Discord adapter.

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-github-mentions
```

2. Said no? Turn it on later:

```bash
hermes plugins enable hermes-github-mentions
```

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: Chat apps & voice, Web, research & browsing
- Maintained by: luantak (Community)
- Needs: No API keys declared
- Requires Hermes: `>=0.22.5`
- Version: 0.4.3
- In the catalog since: 2026-10-29

## Links

- [Full setup and settings (official page)](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/hermes-github-mentions)
- [Source code](https://github.com/luantak/hermes-github-mentions/blob/d8a88220a547180663fcec76a069c8fbbf63bff9/README.md)
- [All plugins](https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins.md)

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