# Hermes Windows Ops: Hermes Agent plugin

> Windows and WSL triage skills for Hermes: processes that survive a quit (orphaned stdio MCP trees, lingering python/uv/node children), WSL-to-Windows interop where an argument reaches cmd.exe as shell syntax, config…

Canonical: https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins/hermes-windows-ops  
Tier: Community  
Official page (Nous Research): https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/hermes-windows-ops  
Last updated in catalog: 2026-10-25

Windows and WSL triage skills for Hermes: processes that survive a quit (orphaned stdio MCP trees, lingering python/uv/node children), WSL-to-Windows interop where an argument reaches cmd.exe as shell syntax, config and encoding traps (UTF-8 BOM, legacy console code pages), and long-path or reserved-name errors. One skill plus a copy-paste command reference; the process, argv and job-object failure modes are pinned to reports #131561, #132069 and #61059 and re-verified against current main.

## Good to know before installing

Instructions only: no tools, hooks, middleware, network calls or credentials, and the destructive diagnostics are marked and gated on asking the user first.

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-windows-ops
```

2. Said no? Turn it on later:

```bash
hermes plugins enable hermes-windows-ops
```

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: Coding & developer tools
- Maintained by: Yicheng-Mark (Community)
- Needs: No API keys declared
- Works on: windows, linux
- Requires Hermes: `>=0.21.6`
- Version: 0.1.0
- In the catalog since: 2026-10-16, updated 2026-10-25

## Links

- [Full setup and settings (official page)](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/hermes-windows-ops)
- [Source code](https://github.com/Yicheng-Mark/hermes-windows-plugins/tree/main/windows-ops)
- [All plugins](https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins.md)

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