feat(sessions): add --source flag for third-party session isolation#3208
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…\nWhen third-party tools spawn Hermes as a subprocess, their sessions\npollute the user session history and search results.\n\nThis adds:\n\n- `hermes chat --source <tag>` CLI flag (also via HERMES_SESSION_SOURCE env var)\n- `exclude_sources` parameter on list_sessions_rich() and search_messages()\n- Sessions with source=tool are hidden from sessions list/browse/search by default\n\nThird-party adapters should pass --source tool to keep agent sessions separate.
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When third-party tools (Paperclip orchestrator, etc.) spawn hermes chat as a subprocess, their sessions pollute user session history and search. - hermes chat --source <tag> (also HERMES_SESSION_SOURCE env var) - exclude_sources parameter on list_sessions_rich() and search_messages() - Sessions with source=tool hidden from sessions list/browse/search - Third-party adapters pass --source tool to isolate agent sessions Cherry-picked from PR #3208 by HenkDz.
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…3255) When third-party tools (Paperclip orchestrator, etc.) spawn hermes chat as a subprocess, their sessions pollute user session history and search. - hermes chat --source <tag> (also HERMES_SESSION_SOURCE env var) - exclude_sources parameter on list_sessions_rich() and search_messages() - Sessions with source=tool hidden from sessions list/browse/search - Third-party adapters pass --source tool to isolate agent sessions Cherry-picked from PR #3208 by HenkDz. Co-authored-by: Henkey <noonou7@gmail.com>
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Merged via PR #3255. Your commit was cherry-picked onto current main with authorship preserved. Two small bugs were fixed on top (source/exclude_sources SQL conflict and getattr guard for non-list subcommands) and 9 tests added. Thanks for the contribution! |
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…ousResearch#3255) When third-party tools (Paperclip orchestrator, etc.) spawn hermes chat as a subprocess, their sessions pollute user session history and search. - hermes chat --source <tag> (also HERMES_SESSION_SOURCE env var) - exclude_sources parameter on list_sessions_rich() and search_messages() - Sessions with source=tool hidden from sessions list/browse/search - Third-party adapters pass --source tool to isolate agent sessions Cherry-picked from PR NousResearch#3208 by HenkDz. Co-authored-by: Henkey <noonou7@gmail.com>
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Problem
When third-party tools (like Paperclip orchestrator) spawn
hermes chatas a subprocess, their agent sessions pollute the user's CLI session history,hermes sessions list,hermes sessions browse, andsession_searchresults.Solution
Add a
--source <tag>flag tohermes chatthat tags sessions with a custom source identifier. Sessions tagged withsource=toolare filtered out from user-facing session lists and search by default.Changes
hermes chat --source <tag>: New CLI flag (also settable viaHERMES_SESSION_SOURCEenv var, same pattern as--yolo)hermes_state.py: Addedexclude_sourcesparameter tolist_sessions_rich()andsearch_messages()session_search_tool.py: Added_HIDDEN_SESSION_SOURCESconstant; recent sessions and FTS5 search excludesource=toolby defaulthermes_cli/main.py:sessions listandsessions browseexcludetoolsessions by defaultcli.py+run_agent.py: ReadHERMES_SESSION_SOURCEenv var, falling back to"cli"Usage for third-party adapters
Backwards compatible
source=toolsessions which don't exist yethermes sessions list --source toolContext
Companion PR: hermes-paperclip-adapter will pass
--source toolwhen spawning Hermes.