How-To Series · Episode 17 / 59 · Module 3: Make It Yours

Hermes · Memory Providers

Eight external memory backends. One at a time. Additive to MEMORY.md.

After this videoYou can now pick a memory provider that fits your privacy and budget.

Built-in memory (MEMORY.md + USER.md) is always on. External providers are additive — pick one and you get semantic search, knowledge graphs, or cross-session reasoning on top. hermes memory setup is the interactive picker that handles the install + config. Pick by storage first (local · self-hosted · cloud) and by strength second (dialectic, graph, trust, hands-off, fenced). Profile isolation is automatic.

About these resources. Every command and provider claim in this video comes from the Memory Providers user-guide doc. The built-in Memory doc is referenced as the system providers add to.

Sources · What this video distills

2 docs pages · every command below traces to one of them
Primary · all 8 providers, the comparison table, profile isolation, the setup flow
Memory Providers
Read ↗
The built-in MEMORY.md / USER.md system that providers layer on top of
Memory
Read ↗

Commands shown · Copy and paste

each shows the source doc it came from
Interactive picker · the easiest pathfrom Memory Providers ↗
hermes memory setup
Confirm what's activefrom Memory Providers ↗
hermes memory status
Disable the external provider (built-in stays)from Memory Providers ↗
hermes memory off
Manual path (no wizard)from Memory Providers ↗
hermes config set memory.provider honcho

Going deeper · Related Hermes docs

further reading · not sources of facts shown above
Honcho · Multi-agent / Profiles
Honcho's per-profile peer model, observation toggles, and dialectic deep-dive.
Plugins
How the provider plugins are wired in, enabled, and listed.
Developer · Memory Provider Plugin
Build your own provider.

Next in the series · Episodes that build on this

E14
It Remembers You (Memory)
E18
Curator
E10
Profiles · Running Multiple Agents