# Index Search: Hermes Agent plugin

> Search one index you run and watch one saved query, with index_search, index_health and index_watch.

Canonical: https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins/index-search  
Tier: Community  
Official page (Nous Research): https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/index-search  
Last updated in catalog: 2026-10-13

Search one index you run and watch one saved query, with index_search, index_health and index_watch.

## Good to know before installing

Sends MEILI_API_KEY as a Bearer token to your MEILI_HOST. Over plain http that key travels unencrypted, and a master or admin key is sent as given, so use a search-only key. The tools are on for every surface, including gateways: anyone you allow on your Hermes gateway can search with your key and approve a watch. Turn a surface off with hermes tools. index_watch schedule creates one cron job that runs a model turn every 15 minutes (two or more model requests when it calls the tool) with no daily cap, and it watches only the first 20 hits. The job stays after uninstall until you run hermes cron remove, with -p and the profile name when the profile is not default. Scheduling and unscheduling ask for Hermes approval every time and are refused under cron, yolo, approvals off, unattended sessions and plugins.isolation: host, where the watch only posts a notice that it cannot run, on every run. Answering "always" adds an unused line to config.yaml. The watch relies on private parts of Hermes, so an update can stop it.

From the plugin's catalog listing.

## How to install

1. Install it. Hermes asks for any API keys it needs (this one needs `MEILI_HOST`, `MEILI_API_KEY`), then asks whether to turn it on.

```bash
hermes plugins install index-search
```

2. Said no? Turn it on later:

```bash
hermes plugins enable index-search
```

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: Web, research & browsing
- Maintained by: TakeshiTGAL (Community)
- Needs: `MEILI_HOST`, `MEILI_API_KEY` (API keys)
- Adds tools: `index_search`, `index_health`, `index_watch`
- Requires Hermes: `>=0.21.4`
- Version: 0.1.0
- In the catalog since: 2026-10-13

## Links

- [Full setup and settings (official page)](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/index-search)
- [Source code](https://github.com/TakeshiTGAL/hermes-plugin-index-search#readme)
- [All plugins](https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins.md)

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