CLI Interface
Hermes Agent's CLI is a full terminal user interface (TUI) — not a web UI. It features multiline editing, slash command autocomplete, conversation history, inte
Hermes Agent's CLI is a full terminal user interface (TUI) — not a web UI. It features multiline editing, slash-command autocomplete, conversation history, interrupt-and-redirect, and streaming tool output. Built for people who live in the terminal. …
What this page covers
- Running the CLI
- Interface Layout
- Status Bar
- Session Resume Display
- Keybindings
- Slash Commands
- Quick Commands
- Preloading Skills at Launch
- Skill Slash Commands
- Personalities
- Multi-line Input
- Shift+Enter compatibility
- Interrupting the Agent
- Busy Input Mode
- Suspending to Background
- Tool Progress Display
- Tool Preview Length
- Session Management
- Resuming Sessions
- Session Storage
- Context Compression
- Background Sessions
- How It Works
- Results
- Use Cases
- Quiet Mode
Section outline mirrored from the official Hermes Agent documentation. Follow any heading to read the complete text on the source site.
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