# Tam: Hermes Agent plugin

> Local-first long-term memory backed by total-agent-memory (TAM) over MCP — saves each completed turn (with a noise filter.

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

Local-first long-term memory backed by total-agent-memory (TAM) over MCP — saves each completed turn (with a noise filter; TAM's quality gate applies), recalls relevant memories before each turn within a token budget, and adds tam_recall / tam_save tools; optional TAM team server for shared company memory.

## Good to know before installing

Local mode starts the separately installed tam binary as a child process per session with an allowlisted environment that carries no credentials: Hermes provider keys (including HF_TOKEN and OLLAMA_API_KEY), TAM_API_TOKEN and any *_TOKEN / *_API_KEY / *_SECRET / *_PASSWORD variable are withheld, and of HF_* / OLLAMA_* only non-secret settings pass (OLLAMA_URL, OLLAMA_EMBED_MODEL, HF_HOME, HF_HUB_OFFLINE); it stores user/assistant turn text plus built-in memory additions (not tool output) in TAM's store, by default outside HERMES_HOME and shared with other agents using TAM; remote mode sends the same text to the user-configured URL with an optional TAM_API_TOKEN bearer token; hermes memory setup tam writes tam.json, TAM_API_TOKEN to .env and memory.provider in config.yaml.

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 tam
```

2. Said no? Turn it on later:

```bash
hermes plugins enable tam
```

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: Memory & notes
- Maintained by: vbcherepanov (Community)
- Needs: No API keys declared
- Adds tools: `tam_recall`, `tam_save`
- Works on: linux, macos
- Requires Hermes: `>=0.21.4`
- Version: 0.1.1
- In the catalog since: 2026-10-02, updated 2026-10-04

## Links

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

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