#providers
5 tutorials
Hermes Agent Fallback Providers: Set Up a Backup Provider Chain in 2026
Configure a Hermes Agent fallback chain in 2026 with a backup provider, covering fallback_providers YAML, trigger rules, and the prompt-cache costs to expect.
Hermes Gateway Internals: Routing, Fallback, and Failover
How the Hermes Agent gateway works — see how platform adapters route messages, authorize users, and fail over between AI providers so your session never dies.
Provider Setup 2026: Connecting 100+ LLMs to Hermes Agent
Connect Hermes Agent to providers: Nous Portal OAuth, API-key providers, credential pools, fallback chains, local models and OpenRouter routing.
Token Usage & Cost Optimization
Strategies to manage and reduce API costs — provider failover, credential pools, context compression, model selection, and cost tracking for Hermes Agent.
Web Search Backends for Hermes Agent: Firecrawl, SearXNG, Tavily & More
Configure Hermes Agent web search and extract: Firecrawl (default), SearXNG, Tavily, Brave, DDGS and more, with the auto-detection order and keyless fallback.