# Inbox: Hermes Agent plugin

> hermes inbox: one read-only view of everything in flight for the active profile: failed or paused cron jobs, stalled or dropped delegations, orphaned background processes, blocked kanban tasks, running work…

Canonical: https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins/inbox  
Tier: Community  
Official page (Nous Research): https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/inbox  
Last updated in catalog: 2026-10-21

hermes inbox: one read-only view of everything in flight for the active profile: failed or paused cron jobs, stalled or dropped delegations, orphaned background processes, blocked kanban tasks, running work, undelivered delegation results, upcoming cron runs and open chat sessions, with --json for scripts. A Hermes Labs plugin: built by Nous Research, not supported.

## Good to know before installing

Reads processes.json, cron/jobs.json, runtime/active_sessions.json and state.db (SQLite read-only) in the profile's home, plus the shared kanban board's kanban.db (read-only); it never writes, repairs or prunes them, adds no model tools or hooks, and sends nothing anywhere.

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 inbox
```

2. Said no? Turn it on later:

```bash
hermes plugins enable inbox
```

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: Automation & multi-agent
- Maintained by: NousResearch (Community)
- Needs: No API keys declared
- In the catalog since: 2026-10-21

## Links

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

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