# Kimchi Acp Provider: Hermes Agent plugin

> The Kimchi coding harness (kimchi.dev) as a Hermes model provider over ACP stdio — spawns kimchi --mode acp keeping the harness's permission prompts on (YOLO opt-in via KIMCHI_ACP_ARGS="--mode acp --yolo"), the harness…

Canonical: https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins/kimchi-acp-provider  
Tier: Community  
Official page (Nous Research): https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/kimchi-acp-provider  
Last updated in catalog: 2026-10-07

The Kimchi coding harness (kimchi.dev) as a Hermes model provider over ACP stdio — spawns kimchi --mode acp keeping the harness's permission prompts on (YOLO opt-in via KIMCHI_ACP_ARGS="--mode acp --yolo"), the harness owns its own auth, and completed tool calls surface as inline bullets in the reply.

## Good to know before installing

Every turn spawns the local Kimchi CLI (`kimchi --mode acp`, overridable with KIMCHI_ACP_COMMAND / KIMCHI_ACP_ARGS) in Hermes's working directory and hands it the conversation. The harness calls kimchi.dev with its own stored login and runs its own shell, file and web tools. Its permission prompts stay on, and Hermes cancels them, so gated tools don't run, unless you opt in with KIMCHI_ACP_ARGS="--mode acp --yolo", which runs them with no approval prompt (not for shared gateway or cron use). To show setup status, it parses ~/.config/kimchi/config.json (or KIMCHI_CONFIG_PATH) only to check that a key is present; the key is never stored or sent by Hermes.

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 kimchi-acp-provider
```

2. Said no? Turn it on later:

```bash
hermes plugins enable kimchi-acp-provider
```

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: AI models & providers
- Maintained by: getkimchi (Community)
- Needs: No API keys declared
- Requires Hermes: `>=0.21.5`
- Version: 1.0.0
- In the catalog since: 2026-10-07

## Links

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

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