# Reasoning Switch: Hermes Agent plugin

> Rotate the focused session reasoning effort from the status bar.

Canonical: https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins/reasoning-switch  
Tier: Community  
Official page (Nous Research): https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/reasoning-switch  
Last updated in catalog: 2026-10-04

Rotate the focused session reasoning effort from the status bar. A dialog sets the levels, colors, and per-level prompt limits.

## Good to know before installing

Changes the focused session's reasoning effort through the gateway config.set API (core may fall back to writing the global config.yaml when the session id is stale) and auto-demotes the level after the configured number of prompts.

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 reasoning-switch
```

2. Said no? Turn it on later:

```bash
hermes plugins enable reasoning-switch
```

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: Hermes Desktop add-ons
- Maintained by: apoapostolov (Community)
- Needs: No API keys declared
- Version: 1.1.1
- In the catalog since: 2026-09-19, updated 2026-10-04

## Links

- [Full setup and settings (official page)](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/reasoning-switch)
- [Source code](https://github.com/apoapostolov/hermes-agent-awesome-plugins/tree/main/public/reasoning-switch)
- [All plugins](https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins.md)

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