# Hermes Pii: Hermes Agent plugin

> Uses local Presidio and spaCy to redact supported PII in outgoing user text.

Canonical: https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins/hermes-pii  
Tier: Community  
Official page (Nous Research): https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/hermes-pii  
Last updated in catalog: 2026-10-07

Uses local Presidio and spaCy to redact supported PII in outgoing user text.

## Good to know before installing

Filters Chat Completions user messages and Responses user input locally; system prompts, tool outputs and tool-call arguments are preserved. Fail-open: detector errors, including a missing model, send original text. Install spaCy en_core_web_sm 3.8.0 separately from its GitHub release wheel in the Hermes Python environment before enabling; Hermes installs only the named PyPI dependencies. No runtime model downloads or remote detection.

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-pii
```

2. Said no? Turn it on later:

```bash
hermes plugins enable hermes-pii
```

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: lukefx (Community)
- Needs: No API keys declared
- Version: 0.1.0.dev2
- In the catalog since: 2026-10-04, updated 2026-10-07

## Links

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

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