Lucinate: app and UI for Hermes Agent

Terminal chat client for OpenClaw gateways, Hermes Agent profiles and OpenAI-compatible endpoints

What Lucinate does

Lucinate is a terminal-native chat client for talking to agents. On first launch it opens a Connections picker, and three connection types are supported: an OpenClaw gateway over WebSocket with Ed25519 device pairing, any OpenAI-compatible /v1/chat/completions endpoint such as Ollama, vLLM or LM Studio, and a Hermes Agent profile through its /v1/responses API server. For Hermes, one connection maps to one profile, and chat state stays server-side.

Features include streaming responses, markdown rendering, queued messages, shell commands that run either locally or on the gateway, local agent skills loaded from ~/.agents/skills/ and invoked as slash commands, and multi-step prompt sequences called routines. The README marks several features as OpenClaw-only, including tool call cards, live token and cost stats, the /think control and the cron browser. Agents can be created and deleted from the TUI, but Hermes profiles are created on the server with hermes profile create.

Key features

Saved connections to OpenClaw, Hermes Agent and OpenAI-compatible backends, switched with /connections
Streaming responses with markdown rendering
Message queueing so you can keep typing while the agent replies
Local agent skills from ~/.agents/skills/ invoked as slash commands
Routines: multi-step prompt sequences replayed with /routine
Per-agent header colour set with /header

When to use it

Chatting with a Hermes profile from a terminal over its API server
Switching between a Hermes profile, an OpenClaw gateway and a local Ollama model in one client
Replaying a fixed sequence of prompts as a routine

Who it is for: Terminal users who run Hermes Agent, OpenClaw or local models and want a plain, fast chat interface.

How it fits with Hermes Agent

Supports Hermes Agent as one of three backends, using a profile's /v1/responses API server. Some features in the README apply to OpenClaw only.

How to install Lucinate

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

brew trust --formula lucinate-ai/tap/lucinate
brew install lucinate-ai/tap/lucinate
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lucinate-ai/lucinate/main/install/lucinate.sh | sh
go install github.com/lucinate-ai/lucinate@latest

Requirements: Go 1.25+ only if you install with go install or build from source; Hermes URLs are HTTP(S) base URLs ending in /v1

FAQ

What is Lucinate?

Lucinate is a terminal-native AI chat client written in Go. It connects to OpenClaw gateways, Hermes Agent profiles and OpenAI-compatible endpoints and focuses on plain chat.

Does Lucinate work with Hermes Agent?

Yes. Add a Hermes connection that points to a Hermes profile's /v1/responses API server. One Lucinate connection maps to one Hermes profile, and chat state lives on the server.

How do I install Lucinate?

Use Homebrew with brew install lucinate-ai/tap/lucinate, the install script for macOS and Linux, a PowerShell script on Windows, or go install github.com/lucinate-ai/lucinate@latest.