# Hermes Agent v0.14.0: SuperGrok OAuth, OpenAI-compatible local proxy, PyPI install

> Hermes ships on PyPI, adds xAI Grok through SuperGrok OAuth with grok-4.3 raised to a 1M-token context window, and exposes `hermes proxy` — an OpenAI-compatible localhost endpoint backed by whichever OAuth subscription you are signed into, so Codex CLI, Aider, Cline and Continue can run on it without an API key. Heavy backends now lazy-install on first use, cutting install size, and cold start drops ~19 seconds.

| | |
|---|---|
| **Tool** | Hermes Agent |
| **Version** | v2026.5.16 |
| **Kind** | release |
| **Published** | 2026-05-16 |
| **Observed** | 2026-08-11 |
| **Significance** | 4/5 |
| **Breaking** | no |
| **Categories** | feature, capability, model-support, context-window, api-change |

## What changed


- xAI Grok as a SuperGrok OAuth provider (no API key, no separate billing); grok-4.3 context window raised to 1M tokens; entitlement-error handling and SSH-tunnel OAuth docs
- `hermes proxy` serves an OpenAI-compatible `http://localhost:port` endpoint backed by an OAuth provider (Claude Pro, ChatGPT Pro, SuperGrok) for any OpenAI-API client
- `x_search` — first-class X (Twitter) search tool, auth via X OAuth or API key
- Microsoft Teams end to end: Graph auth + client, webhook listener, pipeline plugin runtime, outbound delivery
- Debloating: Slack/Matrix/Feishu/DingTalk adapters, hindsight client, codex app-server, Pixverse/Camofox/image-gen SDKs and voice/TTS providers now install on first use; `[all]` extras drop everything covered by lazy-deps; installer falls back through tiers when a wheel rejects on your platform; supply-chain advisory checker scans installs
- `pip install hermes-agent` from PyPI, wheel bundles the Ink TUI and shell launcher
- Cold start down ~19s; browser CDP calls 180x faster
- LINE and SimpleX Chat added — 22 messaging platforms
- Cross-session 1-hour Claude prompt caching via Anthropic, OpenRouter or Nous Portal
- `/handoff` transfers sessions live; native button UI for `clarify` on Telegram and Discord; Discord channel history backfill
- LSP semantic diagnostics on every write; unified pluggable `video_generate`; `computer_use` cua-driver backend working with non-Anthropic providers
- Clickable terminal URLs, Zed ACP Registry via `uvx`, native Windows beta, 9 new optional skills, OpenRouter Pareto Code router, huggingface/skills as a trusted default tap
- 808 commits, 633 merged PRs, 545 issues closed (12 P0, 50 P1)
- Note: source text truncated mid-sentence in the prompt-caching item


## Sources

- [github_release](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/releases/tag/v2026.5.16) — retrieved 2026-08-11

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