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witcheer's Wingtips #81: unauthorized_dm_behavior, what your bot says to someone you have not approved

Republished in his own words, with credit.

witcheerBy witcheer · Nous Research

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#81 · unauthorized_dm_behavior, what your bot says to someone you have not approved

· Security & approvals · Gateway

when someone you have not approved messages your Hermes bot, it answers with a one-time pairing code, so you can let them in from the CLI.

new in Hermes Agent: if the bot is only for you, it can say no instead.

unauthorized_dm_behavior: decline

one short, polite decline, then silence toward that sender for a day.

docs: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/configuration#unauthorized-dm-behavior

SourcesHermes docs: Configuration

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.