Liquid Inference Provider
Liquid Inference, an auction exchange for LLM inference, as a Hermes model provider (provider id `liquid`): the exchange sends each request to the eligible offer with the lowest estimated charge, and each request carries a cap on its charge (1 USD by default; set `model.default_headers.x-liquid-cap-usd` to change it). Submitted by Architect, the operator of Liquid Inference.
Good to know before installing
Registers one model provider at import and nothing else (no tools, hooks, commands or threads). Chat requests (full prompts and tool results), auxiliary tasks (model `liquid.auto`) and the model list go through Hermes's own client to https://router.inference.ai.exchange/v1 (or LIQUID_BASE_URL) with LIQUID_API_KEY. The exchange forwards each request to whichever third-party provider wins its auction. Each request is billed up to its `x-liquid-cap-usd` cap (1 USD by default, set with `model.default_headers.x-liquid-cap-usd`) and carries `X-Title: Hermes Agent`. A top-level `reasoning_effort` is sent only when you select a level.
From the plugin's catalog listing.
How to install
- Install it. Hermes asks for any API keys it needs (this one needs
LIQUID_API_KEY), then asks whether to turn it on.hermes plugins install liquid-inference-provider - Said no? Turn it on later:
hermes plugins enable liquid-inference-provider - Restart Hermes so it loads the plugin.
Some plugins also need a sign-in or settings: see Full setup & settings. Memory plugins ask whether to become your memory provider instead. Steps follow the official plugins guide (opens in a new tab).
- Category
- AI models & providers
- Maintained by
- architect-xyz (Community)
- Needs
LIQUID_API_KEYAPI key- Needs Hermes
- 0.21.6 or newer
- Version
- 0.2.0
- In the catalog
- 2026-10-10
Full setup & settings ↗Source code ↗
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