hermes-cashew v0.9.0 is out — zero-config install, LLM extraction on by default.
Three changes that make the first-run experience not terrible:
After hermes plugins install cashew, hermes memory status now shows green immediately — no manual cashew.json creation needed. The plugin auto-generates one with 32 sane defaults on first agent startup.
LLM-powered extraction (typed nodes, think cycles, sleep synthesis) is active out of the box. The plugin auto-populates auxiliary.memory in config.yaml from your main model settings — no manual editing required.
New on_pre_compress hook does forest-level insight extraction: detects topic shifts, framing changes, and implicit decisions that span across conversation turns.
https://github.com/magnus919/hermes-cashew/releases/tag/v0.9.0



