# Obscurify.ai: Hermes Agent plugin

> Obscurify.ai as a Hermes model provider (`--provider obscurify`, or Obscurify.ai in `hermes model`): a privacy-focused, OpenAI-compatible API to 200+ models with zero-data-retention routes and account-number…

Canonical: https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins/obscurify-provider  
Tier: Community  
Official page (Nous Research): https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/obscurify-provider  
Last updated in catalog: 2026-10-29

Obscurify.ai as a Hermes model provider (`--provider obscurify`, or Obscurify.ai in `hermes model`): a privacy-focused, OpenAI-compatible API to 200+ models with zero-data-retention routes and account-number sign-up (no email). The model list leaves out decision models and models under Hermes' 64K context minimum, context windows come from the catalog, and reasoning effort is sent as `reasoning_effort`.

## Good to know before installing

Registers one model provider at import and nothing else (no tools, hooks, commands or threads); chat requests go to https://obscurify.ai/v1 through Hermes' own client with OBSCURIFY_API_KEY, which Hermes reads; the plugin itself only fetches the public model catalog (GET https://obscurify.ai/v1/models, no credentials) at most once an hour per process, reads and writes no files and starts no processes. Usage is billed from the user's prepaid Obscurify.ai balance; the plugin makes no payments.

From the plugin's catalog listing.

## How to install

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

```bash
hermes plugins install obscurify-provider
```

2. Said no? Turn it on later:

```bash
hermes plugins enable obscurify-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, Security & privacy
- Maintained by: Obscurify-ai (Community)
- Needs: `OBSCURIFY_API_KEY` (API key)
- Requires Hermes: `>=0.22.5`
- Version: 1.0.0
- In the catalog since: 2026-10-29

## Links

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

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