When the Hermes Agent gateway has a problem, the first thing you look at should not be the chat window, but the log of the gateway service. The official documentation has written down the entrances to different systems: Linux user services for journalctl --user -u hermes-gateway -f, Linux system services for journalctl -u hermes-gateway -f, and macOS for ~/.hermes/logs/gateway.log.
How to choose the right log entry
- If you use a regular user service installed on
hermes gateway install, you use--user. - If you are using
sudo hermes gateway install --system, look at the system-level journal. - macOS is not systemd, directly tail local log files.
When don't just look at the general log
For adapter issues like Twilio webhooks, Signal daemon, and BlueBubbles, the chat interface will only appear as "no reply", and the real error will be reported in the gateway log. Read the service log clearly before deciding if it is a provider, permission, port, or dependency issue.
In a word: when the gateway is misplaced, the log is the first scene, don't just guess based on the chat appearance.
Official open source address: https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent; Official document entry: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/.
