# Iowap: Hermes Agent plugin

> Fleet control for Hermes Desktop: live statusbar chip (N/M IOWAP nodes online), a draggable fleet pane, a full fleet page (status, load, queue depth, capabilities per node, activity) and a tasks page that submits to…

Canonical: https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins/iowap  
Tier: Community  
Official page (Nous Research): https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/iowap  
Last updated in catalog: 2026-10-17

Fleet control for Hermes Desktop: live statusbar chip (N/M IOWAP nodes online), a draggable fleet pane, a full fleet page (status, load, queue depth, capabilities per node, activity) and a tasks page that submits to any task-type capability on the fleet and tracks submitted tasks live (per-stage status dots, result previews, artifacts). Data stays local via the local node-cli against your own IOWAP relay; agent sessions join through an optional iowap-task bridge into a shared track store.

## Good to know before installing

The dashboard backend runs the local node-cli (the IOWAP node client from github.com/iowap-org/iowap-node) to read your relay's node list, capabilities and task results, and to submit tasks you start from the Tasks page to nodes on your IOWAP fleet. Relay health also goes through the local node-cli (`server health`) — the plugin itself makes no raw HTTP calls to the relay; node identity comes from the node's own ~/.relay state files. Tracked task ids are stored in your Hermes home under plugin-data/iowap/.

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 iowap
```

2. Said no? Turn it on later:

```bash
hermes plugins enable iowap
```

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, Hermes Desktop add-ons
- Maintained by: Kesuek (Community)
- Needs: No API keys declared
- Version: 0.3.2
- In the catalog since: 2026-10-10, updated 2026-10-17

## Links

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

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