# Hwiki: Hermes Agent plugin

> Markdown wiki as Hermes long-term memory: plain files you and the agent edit together (Obsidian-compatible, git-versionable), local SQLite FTS5 search with optional qmd hybrid retrieval.

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

Markdown wiki as Hermes long-term memory: plain files you and the agent edit together (Obsidian-compatible, git-versionable), local SQLite FTS5 search with optional qmd hybrid retrieval. Inspired by the Karpathy LLM wiki.

## Good to know before installing

Reads every Markdown file under the wiki folder you set (wiki_path, outside HERMES_HOME; untrusted_dirs, default raw/, excluded) and injects up to ~1,400 characters of matching excerpts into each turn; the agent appends dated notes only under <wiki>/<memory_dir> (default wiki/memory), and additions to Hermes's built-in memory are mirrored there by default (mirror_builtin_memory), so they land in a folder you may commit or sync; keeps an index at HERMES_HOME/hwiki-index.sqlite and config in HERMES_HOME/hwiki.json, and adds the wiki folder to hermes backup. Cron and subagent runs get read-only recall. No network with the default fts5 backend; the optional qmd backend runs the separately installed qmd CLI (npm @tobilu/qmd, Node ≥22), whose vector modes download local models (~0.3–1.6 GB).

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 hwiki
```

2. Said no? Turn it on later:

```bash
hermes plugins enable hwiki
```

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: ottosulin (Community)
- Needs: No API keys declared
- Adds tools: `wiki_memory_search`, `wiki_memory_read`, `wiki_memory_write`, `wiki_memory_status`
- Requires Hermes: `>=0.21.4`
- Version: 1.0.0
- In the catalog since: 2026-10-10

## Links

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

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