# Mock Review: Hermes Agent plugin

> Review boards for UI mockups.

Canonical: https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins/mock-review  
Tier: Community  
Official page (Nous Research): https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/mock-review  
Last updated in catalog: 2026-10-25

Review boards for UI mockups. The agent builds a board from a decisions.json file and your prototype pages; you open it on desktop or phone, mark each decision approve, change or skip, pin comments on the mocks and press Send, and your agent wakes up with the feedback as a markdown digest. Four mock_review tools, the `hermes mockreview` CLI and slash command, and a bundled usage skill. Boards are served from your computer (loopback by default, or your tailnet) or published on here.now.

## Good to know before installing

When autostart is on (off until `hermes mockreview setup`), a board web server (127.0.0.1:8790 by default) and one worker thread run inside the gateway process; setting host to 0.0.0.0 exposes every review to your network with no login. Outbound calls: a signed POST to the local Hermes webhook (localhost:8644) on Send, and, only for reviews hosted on here.now, https://here.now/api/v1 with your HERENOW_API_KEY. Secrets are read through Hermes's secret scope only. Runs `bash publish.sh` from the official here-now skill (key in the child environment), `tailscale status --json` and `tailscale serve status --json` (read only; on macOS the Tailscale app's own binary if the symlink crashes) for tailnet hosting, and from `setup` the hermes subcommands `--version`, `gateway status`, `config get/set/unset`, `webhook subscribe`, `webhook remove` (only for a stale self-delivering route, after you confirm) and `plugins validate`. Reviews are stored under $HERMES_HOME/workspace/mock-reviews. No telemetry, no update check, no Python dependencies.

From the plugin's catalog listing.

## How to install

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

```bash
hermes plugins install mock-review
```

2. Said no? Turn it on later:

```bash
hermes plugins enable mock-review
```

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: Coding & developer tools
- Maintained by: arspesk (Community)
- Needs: `HERENOW_API_KEY`, `MOCKREVIEW_WEBHOOK_SECRET` (API keys)
- Adds tools: `mock_review_create`, `mock_review_add_round`, `mock_review_feedback`, `mock_review_list`
- Requires Hermes: `>=0.22.0`
- Version: 1.0.1
- In the catalog since: 2026-10-24, updated 2026-10-25

## Links

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

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