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witcheer's Wingtips #83: approvals.denial_breaker_threshold, the smart-approval denial breaker

Republished in his own words, with credit.

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#83 · approvals.denial_breaker_threshold, the smart-approval denial breaker

· Security & approvals · CLI / Desktop / Gateway

when the smart-approval reviewer denies a command, Hermes Agent can try a variation of it.

this key counts those denials in a row, per session. at 3, the deny message tells the agent to stop, report what was blocked, and ask you to run it yourself or /approve it.

lower it to stop sooner, or set 0 to turn it off.

docs: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/configuration#denial-circuit-breaker

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.