My Journal for Hermes: plugin for Hermes Agent

Hermes plugin and skills that turn approved conversations into evidence-backed daily Markdown journal notes

What My Journal for Hermes does

The README calls it a progression journal, not another memory system and not a raw transcript export. You choose the scope first: profiles, platforms, dates, timezone, privacy settings, exclusions and workload limits. Collection is read-only and builds bounded evidence, masks personal information, redacts likely secrets and keeps non-reversible coverage references. Notes are plain Markdown at journal/notes/YYYY/MM/YYYY-MM-DD.md under the Hermes data root, so they open in Obsidian or any editor.

Historical backfill processes approved dates oldest first and resumes from frozen evidence if interrupted. Daily automation uses required pre-collection and post-validation, with a locked execution contract so partial work is not reported as complete. The package has two skills, a plugin with 11 deterministic journal tools, five restricted generation tools and a hermes journal command, and a transactional install.py. A synthetic demo runs without reading any Hermes data. Version 0.2.1 supports Linux, macOS and native Windows Hermes with Ubuntu WSL.

Key features

Daily notes that separate discussed, decided, attempted, completed, verified, blocked and corrected items
Explicit scope, privacy and exclusion settings before generation
Read-only evidence collection with personal data masking and secret redaction
Resumable historical backfill and locked daily automation
Synthetic demo via scripts/demo.py that touches no private data

When to use it

Keeping a searchable daily record of what you and your agent actually got done
Backfilling past Hermes sessions into dated notes in an Obsidian vault
Reviewing blockers and unfinished work at the end of a week

Who it is for: Hermes Agent users who want a private, portable daily log of their work with the agent.

How it fits with Hermes Agent

It is built for Hermes Agent, installing skills and a plugin into a Hermes home and using Hermes cron and non-interactive chat for automation.

How to install My Journal for Hermes

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

python3 install.py --hermes-home /path/to/hermes/home

Requirements: Linux, macOS or native Windows Hermes with Ubuntu WSL; Python 3.11, 3.12 or 3.13; Hermes Agent with skills, standalone plugins, native cron and non-interactive chat

FAQ

What is My Journal for Hermes?

My Journal for Hermes is a plugin and skill package that writes daily Markdown notes from Hermes conversations you approve. It records decisions, changes, verification and open work rather than raw chat.

Does My Journal for Hermes work with Hermes Agent?

Yes, it is made for Hermes Agent and installs into a Hermes home with python3 install.py --hermes-home. On native Windows it uses Ubuntu WSL for the restricted journal helper.

What do I need to run My Journal for Hermes?

You need Python 3.11 to 3.13, a Hermes installation with skills, standalone plugins, native cron and non-interactive chat, and an IANA timezone. On Windows you also need Ubuntu under WSL.