# YouTube Dock: Hermes Agent plugin

> Open your signed-in YouTube Home recommendations and Shorts in the existing Hermes Desktop Browser beside your conversation, without pasting video URLs or launching an external browser.

Canonical: https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins/youtube-dock  
Tier: Community  
Official page (Nous Research): https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/youtube-dock  
Last updated in catalog: 2026-10-24

Open your signed-in YouTube Home recommendations and Shorts in the existing Hermes Desktop Browser beside your conversation, without pasting video URLs or launching an external browser. Desktop-only SDK launcher; no agent tools, hooks, middleware or API keys.

## Good to know before installing

Explicit user clicks load YouTube and its normal service/CDN requests in the native Browser; this plugin does not read credentials, cookies, recommendations or watch history. No telemetry, shell commands, backend service or self-updater. Uses the native preview toggle (Hide for an already-open destination), not a dedicated PIP player.

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 youtube-dock
```

2. Said no? Turn it on later:

```bash
hermes plugins enable youtube-dock
```

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: Images, video, music & 3D, Everyday life & fun, Hermes Desktop add-ons
- Maintained by: metamindedu (Community)
- Needs: No API keys declared
- Requires Hermes: `>=0.22.2`
- Version: 1.1.0
- In the catalog since: 2026-10-23, updated 2026-10-24

## Links

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

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