# TaskWatch: Hermes Agent plugin

> Background-task watchboard for the Hermes Desktop status bar and a side pane: every process the focused chat dispatched through terminal(background=true) (claude, opencode, codex, a build, anything) with live…

Canonical: https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins/taskwatch  
Tier: Community  
Official page (Nous Research): https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/taskwatch  
Last updated in catalog: 2026-10-30

Background-task watchboard for the Hermes Desktop status bar and a side pane: every process the focused chat dispatched through terminal(background=true) (claude, opencode, codex, a build, anything) with live output tail, runtime, a silence heartbeat, a two-click stop, and OS notifications when a task goes quiet past a configurable threshold or exits (success/failure by exit code). Agent-agnostic by construction — it renders the gateway's own process.list projection for the focused session. Desktop-only (desktop/plugin.js inside the plugin SDK surface); no agent tools, hooks, middleware, env vars or network. Everything is local.

## 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 taskwatch
```

2. Said no? Turn it on later:

```bash
hermes plugins enable taskwatch
```

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, Chat apps & voice
- Maintained by: Joclto (Community)
- Needs: No API keys declared
- Version: 0.1.1
- In the catalog since: 2026-10-30

## Links

- [Full setup and settings (official page)](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/taskwatch)
- [Source code](https://github.com/Joclto/hermes-taskwatch)
- [All plugins](https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins.md)

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