witcheer's Wingtips for Hermes Agent

Wingtips

1. #99 · copy the agent's last answer

   Oct 12, 2026 · Everyday controls · CLI

   want an answer from your Hermes Agent in an email or a doc?

   /copy

   it puts the agent's last answer on your clipboard, ready to paste. type it in the terminal chat, right after the answer you want.

   handy when your agent drafts something you're about to send!

   docs: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/reference/slash-commands

   SourcesHermes docs: Slash Commands

2. #97 · let your agent ask before it starts

   Oct 11, 2026 · Everyday controls · CLI / Desktop / Gateway

   want your Hermes Agent to check the details with you?

   "ask me a few questions first"

   add that to your message. in the terminal, it can put its questions together in one panel, with choices to pick or room for your own answer.

   docs: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/reference/tools-reference#clarify-toolset

   SourcesHermes docs: Tools Reference

3. #96 · take back your last message

   Oct 9, 2026 · Everyday controls · CLI / Desktop / Gateway

   sent something and want to ask it another way?

   /undo

   it removes your last message and the agent's reply from the chat. the agent carries on from the message before it, so you can ask again the way you meant.

   handy when you change your mind halfway through a chat!

   Hermes asks before it removes anything: approve this once, approve from now on, or cancel. /undo changes the chat, not your files; for files the agent changed, that's /rollback with checkpoints on (Wingtips #33).

   docs: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/reference/slash-commands

   SourcesHermes docs: Slash Commands

4. #77 · display.bell_on_complete + bell_on_prompt, a bell when Hermes finishes or needs you

   Sep 19, 2026 · Everyday controls · CLI

   you give Hermes Agent a long task in the CLI and switch to something else. while you are away it either finishes, or it stops to ask you something, an approval, a clarifying question, a sudo password, and waits.

   either way you find out when you come back and look.

   these two keys tell you instead.

   bell_on_complete rings the terminal bell when a turn finishes. bell_on_prompt rings it the moment a blocking prompt opens. both work over SSH, so a Hermes running on a server rings in the terminal on your desk. in Ghostty, iTerm2, Kitty and WezTerm the same keys also raise a desktop notification.

   hermes config set display.bell_on_complete true hermes config set display.bell_on_prompt true

   both are off by default and read at startup, so restart the CLI after setting them.

   docs: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/configuration

   SourcesHermes docs: Configuration

5. #76 · display.vim_mode, vi keys in the Hermes CLI input box

   Sep 18, 2026 · Everyday controls · CLI

   the Hermes Agent CLI has an input box where you type your message to the agent. out of the box it uses the standard terminal editing keys.

   if you type in vim all day, that box can use vi keys instead: Esc puts you in NORMAL mode, i takes you back to INSERT, and the status bar shows the mode you are in at its right edge.

   set display.vim_mode: true in your config.yaml and restart the CLI.

   docs: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/configuration

   SourcesHermes docs: Configuration

6. #60 · /bg vs /btw

   Sep 1, 2026 · Everyday controls · CLI / Gateway

   Hermes Wingtips #60: /bg vs /btw

   (1) /bg hands a prompt to a separate session:

   your Hermes Agent works on it in the background while your conversation stays free, and the result comes back when it is done.

   (2) /btw is for a side question about the conversation you are already in:

   it answers from a snapshot, so the task that is currently running never stops.

   they also both work on messaging platforms, not only in the terminal.

   SourcesHermes docs: Slash Commands

7. #22 · steer a task without stopping it

   Jul 16, 2026 · Everyday controls · CLI / Desktop / Gateway

   Hermes Wingtips #22: steer a task without stopping it

   a lot of people think you have to stop the agent and start over to change direction mid-task. you don't. there is /steer.

   while it works, send a mid-run note:

   /steer focus on the auth module first

   it arrives after the current tool call finishes, so nothing gets interrupted and it is not a new turn, just fresh direction the agent picks up as it goes.

   two siblings worth knowing:

   (1) /queue (alias /q) holds a prompt for the next turn without touching the current one

   (2) /busy lets you set what plain Enter does while it works: queue, steer, or interrupt.

   SourcesHermes docs: Slash Commands