# Secret Handoff: Hermes Agent plugin

> Ephemeral credential paste: request_secret asks through clarify and injects the reply over CDP, never storing it.

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

Ephemeral credential paste: request_secret asks through clarify and injects the reply over CDP, never storing it.

## Good to know before installing

The reply is typed into the focused field of the page whose origin matches the requested service, over the endpoint from BROWSER_CDP_URL or SECRET_HANDOFF_CDP_URL; the answer is visible in the CLI scrollback or the chat history of the surface that asked, and the value is never written to disk, the tool result, or the session transcript.

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 secret-handoff
```

2. Said no? Turn it on later:

```bash
hermes plugins enable secret-handoff
```

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: Security & privacy
- Maintained by: aean0x (Community)
- Needs: No API keys declared
- Adds tools: `request_secret`
- Version: 0.3.6
- In the catalog since: 2026-10-02, updated 2026-10-13

## Links

- [Full setup and settings (official page)](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/secret-handoff)
- [Source code](https://github.com/aean0x/hermes-secret-handoff#readme)
- [All plugins](https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins.md)

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