---
name: "tech-hermes-custom-provider"
title: "Hermes custom_providers"
description: "Register custom OpenAI-compatible providers by name, base_url, model"
type: "tech"
category: "agents"
tags: ["tech", "llm-agents", "hermes"]
related: ["[[tech-ai-agent-stack]]", "[[tech-cloudflare-ai-gateway-transparent]]"]
---
Hermes-style agents: declare `custom_providers` then select `provider: custom` (or named id). Keep keys in env vars, not notes.

Related: [[tech-ai-agent-stack]], [[tech-cloudflare-ai-gateway-transparent]].