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witcheer's Wingtips #31: see what every message costs before you send it

Republished in his own words, with credit.

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#31 · see what every message costs before you send it

· Models, providers & cost · CLI

Hermes Wingtips #31: see what every message costs before you send it

hermes prompt-size

it prints the fixed budget of a fresh session: the full system prompt, the skills index, your MEMORY.md and USER.md snapshots, the prompt tiers, and the JSON schemas for every enabled tool.

if you want to manage it:

  • hermes tools turns off toolsets you never use
  • hermes skills uninstalls what you don't need
  • AGENTS.md in your working directory count towards the total too
SourcesHermes docs: Cli Commands

All tips are written by witcheer and collected here with credit. Card images stay on his X posts.

witcheer says each tip ran on a real Hermes box before it shipped. Hermes changes fast, so check your version and the linked doc.