If the Hermes Agent's /background task starts a long process, the gateway may push the running output back into the chat by default. The official documentation gives special controls: display.background_process_notifications, optional all, result, error, off.
How to choose a recommendation
- all: Suitable for those who really want to keep an eye on the long-running build or server startup process in real time.
- result: Look only at the final result, best suited for most everyday scenarios.
- error: Alerts only when it fails, suitable for stable scheduled tasks.
- off: Completely turn off process notifications, keeping only the final business result.
If you don't want to change the config, you can also use the environment variable HERMES_BACKGROUND_NOTIFICATIONS=result to quickly suppress the noise.
In a word: the background task notification is too noisy, not to use /background, but to adjust background_process_notifications.
Official open source address: https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent; Official document entry: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/.
