# Hindsight: Hermes Agent plugin

> Hindsight long-term memory provider — knowledge graph, entity resolution and multi-strategy retrieval (recall/reflect/retain tools plus automatic per-turn capture).

Canonical: https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins/hindsight  
Tier: Community  
Official page (Nous Research): https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/hindsight  
Last updated in catalog: 2026-10-16

Hindsight long-term memory provider — knowledge graph, entity resolution and multi-strategy retrieval (recall/reflect/retain tools plus automatic per-turn capture). Maintained by Vectorize; cloud, local external and local embedded modes are available. `hermes memory setup` fetches its bank-template catalog from raw.githubusercontent.com (vectorize-io/hindsight main).

## Good to know before installing

In cloud mode (and local external) every turn's conversation, and every entry the agent adds or replaces in Hermes's built-in MEMORY/USER stores, is sent to api.hindsight.vectorize.io or the URL you configure, into every bank it writes to; local embedded mode starts a background Hindsight daemon (fetched with uvx, version-pinned, on first run when hindsight-api is not installed) and keeps its LLM settings in ~/.hindsight/profiles/<profile>.env; setup writes the keys you enter to the profile .env; repositories under folders you list in trusted_project_dirs may choose their bank with .hindsight/config.toml; `hermes memory setup` fetches its bank-template catalog from raw.githubusercontent.com (vectorize-io/hindsight main).

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 hindsight
```

2. Said no? Turn it on later:

```bash
hermes plugins enable hindsight
```

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: Memory & notes
- Maintained by: vectorize-io (Community)
- Needs: No API keys declared
- Requires Hermes: `>=0.21.4`
- Version: 1.2.3
- In the catalog since: 2026-09-23, updated 2026-10-16

## Links

- [Full setup and settings (official page)](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/hindsight)
- [Source code](https://hindsight.vectorize.io/sdks/integrations/hermes)
- [All plugins](https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins.md)

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