# Hermes Quest: Hermes Agent plugin

> Read-only pixel-art RPG view of real Hermes Kanban and worker activity, with a live web dashboard tab and an optional native Desktop page.

Canonical: https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins/hermes-quest  
Tier: Community  
Official page (Nous Research): https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/hermes-quest  
Last updated in catalog: 2026-10-12

Read-only pixel-art RPG view of real Hermes Kanban and worker activity, with a live web dashboard tab and an optional native Desktop page. The Desktop page currently supports explicit local connections only; registry and SSH remote connections fail closed until a public SDK connection-lifecycle hook is available. Standalone demo data is synthetic.

## Good to know before installing

Reads local Hermes data outside its own directory (kanban.db, every profile's state.db, profile.yaml, config.yaml model/effort, logs/agent.log, bot-status.json) on each dashboard poll: every /replay or /events request (about every 10 s while the tab is open) runs the bundled Python extractor as a subprocess (argument list, no shell, 30 s timeout); a background thread samples bot-status.json every 30 s (HERMES_QUEST_SAMPLER=off disables it) and writes bot-status history, checkpoint state, a lock and a random 0600 HMAC key under <hermes_home>/hermes-quest/ (not yet plugin-data); profile names and task titles are hidden unless enabled and only shown to host-authenticated dashboard sessions; the Desktop page works only on an explicit local connection; no network calls beyond the local Hermes backend.

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-quest
```

2. Said no? Turn it on later:

```bash
hermes plugins enable hermes-quest
```

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: ap08960695 (Community)
- Needs: No API keys declared
- Version: 0.1.4
- In the catalog since: 2026-10-12

## Links

- [Full setup and settings (official page)](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/hermes-quest)
- [Source code](https://github.com/ap08960695/hermes-quest)
- [All plugins](https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins.md)

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