# Hermes Handoff: Hermes Agent plugin

> Profile-bound semantic session handoffs for CLI and Desktop with independent destination and optional summary-writer models.

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

Profile-bound semantic session handoffs for CLI and Desktop with independent destination and optional summary-writer models. Derived from yuzushi-dev/session-handoff.

## Good to know before installing

Reads bounded persisted session evidence from the originating profile's state.db and project/Git metadata; runs local Git and foreground Hermes subprocesses without a shell; stores private handoff/journal sidecars under that profile; optional writer and new chat turns use configured model providers and may incur inference costs. No telemetry or plugin-owned credential store. Four internal tool-policy imports remain version-coupled; no runtime overrides or self-updater.

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-handoff
```

2. Said no? Turn it on later:

```bash
hermes plugins enable hermes-handoff
```

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: Automation & multi-agent, AI models & providers
- Maintained by: yuzushi-dev (Community)
- Needs: No API keys declared
- Requires Hermes: `>=0.22.5`
- Version: 0.3.0
- In the catalog since: 2026-10-29

## Links

- [Full setup and settings (official page)](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/hermes-handoff)
- [Source code](https://github.com/yuzushi-dev/hermes-handoff/blob/2bab6cf77a436544f58f5b528cd0d838e6d60309/README.md)
- [All plugins](https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins.md)

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