# Hermes Insight: Hermes Agent plugin

> Selection-definition lookup for Hermes Desktop.

Canonical: https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins/hermes-insight  
Tier: Community  
Official page (Nous Research): https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/hermes-insight  
Last updated in catalog: 2026-10-13

Selection-definition lookup for Hermes Desktop. Select any text, get an AI definition with sources in a popup. Renders the definition inline, runnable code aside. Backend is a stateless hermes insight CLI; panel, providers, and one-click model picking are configurable.

## Good to know before installing

Definitions are generated with your configured provider keys (the selected term, your format template and optional web-search results are sent to that provider) via a short-lived `hermes insight` CLI run; no background process remains. When web search is on it also queries your configured searxng instance and fetches result thumbnails from their image hosts, inlining them into the panel; nothing is fetched without a searxng URL.

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-insight
```

2. Said no? Turn it on later:

```bash
hermes plugins enable hermes-insight
```

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: Everyday life & fun, Hermes Desktop add-ons
- Maintained by: BrokeSkill (Community)
- Needs: No API keys declared
- Works on: linux, macos, windows
- Version: 1.0.3
- In the catalog since: 2026-09-26, updated 2026-10-13

## Links

- [Full setup and settings (official page)](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/hermes-insight)
- [Source code](https://github.com/BrokeSkill/Hermes-Insight)
- [All plugins](https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins.md)

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