Hermes Patches

What Hermes Patches does

Hermes Patches modifies a Hermes Agent install through non-intrusive, AST-level code injection rather than a fork. A systemd ExecStartPre check runs before the gateway starts, so the patches are re-applied after Hermes source updates or hermes update. The README also says it validates config.yaml and restarts the hermes-gateway service automatically after installation.

Most changes target the Telegram gateway and long-running use. The reply footer shows prompt tokens, cache hits, output tokens, elapsed time and context usage. Markdown pipe tables render natively for CJK text, the Telegram command menu is translated into Chinese, and messages over 4096 characters are split at paragraph boundaries. On the reliability side it adds a SQLite busy timeout, foreign-key repair, a guard against deleting the live state.db, and a fallback when a working directory has been removed. The README is bilingual, in Chinese and English.

Key features

• Footer showing prompt total, cache hits, output tokens, elapsed time and context usage
• Native Telegram pipe-table rendering for CJK text
• Chinese localization of the Telegram command menu
• SQLite busy_timeout=5000 with automatic foreign-key repair
• Guard that blocks rm, truncate and similar commands from deleting the live state.db
• Optional quiet streaming with display.streaming: false to avoid Telegram 429 limits

When to use it

• Running Hermes on Telegram with Chinese-language chats and tables
• Keeping an always-on gateway from losing sessions to a locked or deleted database
• Checking prompt cache hit rates and token use on each reply

Who it is for: Hermes Agent operators, especially Telegram and Chinese-language users, who want production-oriented fixes without forking Hermes.

How it fits with Hermes Agent

Built for Hermes Agent: it patches the installed Hermes source and gateway, and a systemd hook re-applies the patches after updates.

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