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witcheer's Wingtips #73: gateway.message_timestamps, show the model when you wrote

Republished in his own words, with credit.

witcheerBy witcheer · Nous Research

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#73 · gateway.message_timestamps, show the model when you wrote

· Messaging · Gateway

your agent reads your messages through Telegram or Discord, but it does not see when you sent them.

message_timestamps under gateway in config.yaml changes that.

with enabled: true, every message you send carries its send time in front, for the model only. the chat you read does not change and the transcripts on disk stay clean. the agent can tell this morning from last week, notice a long gap, and answer with the right day in mind.

your messages only. the agent's replies and the system prompt are untouched.

gateway:
  message_timestamps:
    enabled: true

or from the terminal: hermes config set gateway.message_timestamps.enabled true

docs: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/messaging#message-timestamps-in-model-context

SourcesHermes docs: Messaging

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.