Hermes Telemetry Dashboard: security tool for Hermes Agent

Dashboard tab that shows what telemetry Hermes Agent would send to Nous before any sending is enabled

What Hermes Telemetry Dashboard does

The plugin renders the telemetry Hermes collects locally inside the Hermes web dashboard. Its overview shows metric families, event totals, queued packages and a send-state badge. Metric drilldowns give per-period dimension breakdowns with buckets shown as readable ranges. A timeline lists setup milestones and feature flags in order, an install snapshot shows version, OS, architecture, provider and bucket, and a package preview displays the full payload of the next queued package so you can inspect it before any send.

It is strictly read-only. The plugin never writes to the telemetry database and never touches the send flag in config, so sending stays off and nothing in the plugin turns it on. The README frames the tab as a transparency layer for the consent decision. You install it by cloning into the Hermes plugins directory, adding its name to plugins.enabled in config.yaml, restarting the dashboard and opening the Telemetry tab. The loader imports dashboard/plugin_api.py, which exposes an APIRouter. The license is MIT.

Key features

Overview of metric families, event totals and queued packages
Per-period metric drilldowns with readable buckets
Timeline of setup milestones and feature flags
Install snapshot with version, OS, architecture and provider
Full preview of the next queued telemetry package

When to use it

Inspecting exactly what Hermes would share before deciding whether to enable telemetry sending
Auditing which install details and feature flags are recorded locally
Showing a team what data leaves a machine if sending is turned on

Who it is for: Hermes Agent users who care about privacy and want to see the telemetry payload before consenting to send it.

How it fits with Hermes Agent

Built for Hermes Agent as a dashboard plugin that reads the telemetry data Hermes stores locally.

How to install Hermes Telemetry Dashboard

These commands are copied from the project's README. Check the repository for the latest steps before you run them.

git clone https://github.com/cybertecla/hermes-telemetry-dashboard.git \
 ~/.hermes/plugins/hermes-telemetry-dashboard

Requirements: Hermes Agent with the web dashboard (hermes dashboard)

FAQ

What is Hermes Telemetry Dashboard?

Hermes Telemetry Dashboard is a plugin tab for hermes dashboard that visualizes the telemetry Hermes collects locally, including the exact payload of the next queued package.

Does Hermes Telemetry Dashboard turn telemetry on?

No. The plugin only reads. It never writes to the telemetry database or changes the send flag in config, so sending stays off.

How do I install Hermes Telemetry Dashboard?

Clone the repository into ~/.hermes/plugins/hermes-telemetry-dashboard, add hermes-telemetry-dashboard to plugins.enabled in config.yaml, restart the dashboard and hard-refresh the browser. Then open the Telemetry tab.