Session Relay
Hands a long-running conversation over to a fresh session before the context window fills up: a ⚡ chip in the status bar shows live context usage, and at the threshold (45% by default) the agent writes a hand-off note while the plugin opens a new chat, seeded with that note as its first message and named after the current one (+1). On Telegram and other messaging platforms the gateway half provides a session_relay_handoff tool; after /new it attaches that chat's note to the first message of the new session, so the fresh session opens with the hand-off.
Good to know before installing
Each relay runs one extra agent turn and therefore uses model tokens.
From the plugin's catalog listing.
How to install
- Install it. Hermes asks for any API keys it needs, then asks whether to turn it on.
hermes plugins install session-relay - Said no? Turn it on later:
hermes plugins enable session-relay - Restart Hermes so it loads the plugin.
Some plugins also need a sign-in or settings: see Full setup & settings. Memory plugins ask whether to become your memory provider instead. Steps follow the official plugins guide (opens in a new tab).
- Category
- Hermes Desktop add-ons · Memory & notes
- Maintained by
- ikuro4kin-dev (Community)
- Needs
- No API keys declared
- Adds tools
session_relay_handoff- Needs Hermes
- 0.22.0 or newer
- Version
- 0.3.1
- In the catalog
- 2026-10-29
Full setup & settings ↗Source code ↗
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