# Long Conversations: Hermes Agent plugin

> Persistent long-term conversations across session boundaries via structured handoff briefs and token monitoring.

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

Persistent long-term conversations across session boundaries via structured handoff briefs and token monitoring.

## Good to know before installing

Stores handoff briefs (topic, work in progress, decisions, open questions, next step; in aggressive mode auto-built from the first 200 characters of recent user messages) as plain JSON under HERMES_HOME/long-conversations/ and injects the pending brief into the first turn of the next session for the same chat or user (CLI briefs stay in one local scope and are not shown to messaging users); the model can change the plugin's settings with long_conv_config_set; an opt-in HERMES_LONG_CONV_BETA_LOG writes a local event log; no network calls.

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 long-conversations
```

2. Said no? Turn it on later:

```bash
hermes plugins enable long-conversations
```

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: Cost, speed & monitoring
- Maintained by: cspears32 (Community)
- Needs: No API keys declared
- Adds tools: `long_conv_handoff`, `long_conv_load`, `long_conv_list`, `long_conv_config_get`, `long_conv_config_set`
- Requires Hermes: `>=0.21.6`
- 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/long-conversations)
- [Source code](https://github.com/cspears32/hermes-long-conversations#readme)
- [All plugins](https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins.md)

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