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Hermes Messages

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Calendar

SMTWTFS

25:00

Focus

Focus Short Long Rounds Auto-start next

Notes

Pin to the selected day Attach to this conversation Attach to this event Due (optional)

Linked notes

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New Message

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New event

All-day

Starts

Ends

Reminder

Hermes Agent

Terminal

The terminal is locked separately from the rest of the app.

People

Wallpaper

Media

Health

Awaiting reply

Nudge me after

Around this message

Note graph

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Conversation summary

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Appearance

Theme Text size Compact sidebar Sound effects
A distinct tone per platform on send/receive, plus staged-task and outcome tones for the agent.

Accent colour

Contact photos

Pulls the photos already on your Mac's contact cards. Photos you set yourself are never overwritten.

Default chat wallpaper

Used by every conversation that doesn't have its own.

Wallpaper dim

Darkens photo wallpapers so message text stays readable.

AI

Model

Web search (AI assistant threads)

Privacy

Blur content when the app is in the background
Hides messages from the app switcher and over-the-shoulder glances. Auto-lock when idle

Locking signs this device out, so getting back in needs your password or passkey. Settings here apply to this device only.

Passkeys

iCloud Calendar

Google Calendar

Create a Web application OAuth client in Google Cloud Console, enable the Calendar API, and add the redirect URI above under “Authorized redirect URIs”. A Desktop-app client will not work — it cannot register an https redirect.

Notifications

Notifications while the app is open Push to this device (works when closed)

Group rapid messages into one alert
A burst inside 45 seconds arrives as a single summarised notification instead of several. Stay quiet during a focus block
Nothing buzzes while a Pomodoro focus session is running; you get one recap when it ends. Stay quiet during calendar events
Same, for timed events on your calendar. All-day events are ignored — they mark a day, not a meeting.

Terminal

Hermes CLI
A real terminal on the Mac. Asks for its own password, separate from this app.

Reliability

Service checks, the outbox, search index freshness, backups and MCP reliability, all in one screen.

Auto-detect BlueBubbles server

Private API (tapbacks, typing indicators)

Overrides auto-detect immediately. Auto-detect (above) will still keep scanning and may move off this address later if the Mac's IP changes again.

Morning digest

Daily summary push (7am)
Overnight messages + today's calendar, in a 📰 thread

Event reminders

Push before events start
Timed (non all-day) events only Lead time

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