# Recency Anchor: Hermes Agent plugin

> Your system prompt is message zero and the user's question is message N.

Canonical: https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins/recency-anchor  
Tier: Community  
Official page (Nous Research): https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/recency-anchor  
Last updated in catalog: 2026-09-15

Your system prompt is message zero and the user's question is message N. On models that weight recency hard, that is not a fair fight, and the instruction you care about most quietly loses to whatever was just asked. This plugin restates it at the end of every user turn instead. Append-only, API cop

## 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 recency-anchor
```

2. Said no? Turn it on later:

```bash
hermes plugins enable recency-anchor
```

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: etkecc (Community)
- Needs: No API keys declared
- In the catalog since: 2026-09-15

## Links

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

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