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witcheer's Wingtips #84: mcp.discovery_concurrency, how many MCP servers connect at once

Republished in his own words, with credit.

witcheerBy witcheer · Nous Research

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#84 · mcp.discovery_concurrency, how many MCP servers connect at once

· Tools, MCP & plugins · CLI / Desktop / Gateway

new in Hermes Agent: a cap on how many MCP servers connect at the same time.

the servers in your config connect when your Hermes Agent starts, and each local one runs as its own process.

raise it to bring a long list of servers up sooner, or lower it on a small machine.

docs: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/mcp#discovery-time

SourcesHermes docs: Mcp

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.