🚀 Connect Hermes Agent to Discord: Step-by-Step Gateway Setup

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🚀 Connect Hermes Agent to Discord: Step-by-Step Gateway Setup

In the recently released v0.17.0 "Reach Release" of Hermes Agent (the open-source autonomous agent framework by Nous Research), setting up platform connections (like Discord, Telegram, and Slack) has migrated to a local browser-based Web Admin Panel, deprecating the older terminal wizards.

Here is the quick checklist to connect your agent to Discord:

1. Discord Developer Portal Config

Create a new application at the Discord Developer Portal.
Under the Bot tab, generate and copy your Bot Token.
Scroll down and enable all three Privileged Gateway Intents (Presence Intent, Server Members Intent, and Message Content Intent). Warning: Message Content Intent is critical; if disabled, the bot cannot read your messages to respond.

2. Invite the Bot

Under Installation, configure default scopes to include bot and applications.commands.
Check required bot permissions: Send Messages, Read Message History, Send Messages in Threads, View Channel, Add Reactions.
Use the generated install link to invite the bot to your Discord server.

3. Configure via Hermes Web UI

In your terminal, start the local panel:

  hermes dashboard

Open http://127.0.0.1:9119 in your browser.
Go to the Gateways tab, click Discord, paste your Bot Token, and hit Save. (You can also set a specific Channel ID filter to prevent the bot from reading all channels).