Memory Provider Plugins
Building a Memory Provider Plugin Memory provider plugins give Hermes Agent persistent, cross session knowledge beyond the built in MEMORY.md and USER.md. This
Memory provider plugins give Hermes Agent persistent, cross-session knowledge beyond the built-in MEMORY.md and USER.md. This guide covers how to build one. Each memory provider lives in : Your plugin implements the abstract base class from : returns a list of field descriptors used by : Fields with and go to . Non-secret fields are passed to . …
What this page covers
- Directory Structure
- The MemoryProvider ABC
- Required Methods
- Core Lifecycle
- Config
- Optional Hooks
- Config Schema
- Save Config
- Plugin Entry Point
- plugin.yaml
- Threading Contract
- Profile Isolation
- Testing
- Adding CLI Commands
- How it works
- Example
- Reference implementation
- Directory structure with CLI
- Single Provider Rule
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