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empiriolabs

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Models · by EmpirioLabs-AI · added

EmpirioLabs AI as a Hermes model provider (provider id `empiriolabs`): chat models with tool calling from the live EmpirioLabs AI catalog, each with its context window, image input and reasoning support declared to Hermes, a low-cost auxiliary model picked from the same catalog, and `reasoning_effort` sent only when you choose a level and the model accepts it. Submitted by EmpirioLabs AI.

Open in Hermes Desktop
hermes plugins install empiriolabs
Repository ↗Reviewed source @ 20f049d ↗Documentation ↗

What it adds

Environment variables it needs 1

EMPIRIOLABS_API_KEY

README

From the reviewed commit 20f049d ↗; it updates when the author re-pins.

EmpirioLabs AI model provider for Hermes Agent

EmpirioLabs AI is a specialized AI inference and integration provider. It hosts open-source models on GPU infrastructure it manages, runs optimized endpoints for proprietary models, helps teams ship their own models, and offers on-demand GPU Cloud instances and hosted AI agents. Its model catalog spans text, image, audio, video, transcription, embedding, reranking, research, and 3D models.

This plugin adds EmpirioLabs AI to Hermes Agent as a model provider named empiriolabs. For image generation, video generation and text-to-speech, install the companion plugin empiriolabs-media.

Requirements

Install

From the Hermes plugin catalog:

hermes plugins install empiriolabs

From GitHub (add --ref <full commit SHA> to pin a reviewed commit):

hermes plugins install EmpirioLabs-AI/hermes-empiriolabs/provider

The installer asks for EMPIRIOLABS_API_KEY and saves it to your Hermes .env file. You can also add it there yourself.

Use

Run hermes model, choose EmpirioLabs AI and pick a model from the live catalog. In a session, /model switches models the same way.

Run a one-shot prompt:

hermes -z "Summarize the README in this folder" --provider empiriolabs -m glm-5-3

Or set it in config.yaml:

model:
  provider: empiriolabs
  default: glm-5-3

What the plugin provides

  • Model list. Chat models that support tool calling, read from GET https://api.empiriolabs.ai/v1/models. Hermes sends tools with every request, so models without tool calling are left out. When the catalog cannot be reached, Hermes offers two fallback ids (glm-5-3, qwen3-7-flash).
  • Model details. Context window, image input and reasoning support for each model, from the same catalog.
  • Auxiliary model. Hermes uses a low-cost model for side tasks such as context compression and titles: qwen3-7-flash, the lowest-priced featured chat model with tool calling and at least a 200K context when this version was released. Where Hermes asks the provider for a current pick, the plugin applies the same rule to the live catalog.
  • Reasoning effort. When you choose a level with /reasoning, the plugin sends reasoning_effort to models that accept it, using the closest level the model offers without going higher. Nothing is sent when no level is set.
  • Endpoint override. Set EMPIRIOLABS_BASE_URL to use a different API base URL (default https://api.empiriolabs.ai/v1).

Data handling

  • Hermes sends your prompts, messages, tool definitions and tool results to api.empiriolabs.ai (or EMPIRIOLABS_BASE_URL) with your EMPIRIOLABS_API_KEY. Usage is billed to the EmpirioLabs AI account that owns the key.
  • The plugin itself only reads the model catalog (GET /v1/models) and keeps it in memory for an hour. It writes no files, starts no background processes, runs no shell commands and sends no telemetry. It never reads or stores your key; Hermes does.
  • EmpirioLabs AI privacy policy: https://empiriolabs.ai/privacy-policy

Links

License

MIT

Disclosure

More by EmpirioLabs-AI

All 2 plugins by EmpirioLabs-AI →
empiriolabs-media❖ Community

EmpirioLabs AI backends for Hermes' image_generate, video_generate and text_to_speech tools (backend `empiriolabs` for image_gen.provider, video_gen.provider and tts.provider): image generation and editing, text-to-video and image-to-video, and text-to-speech, with models and voices from the live EmpirioLabs AI catalog. Submitted by EmpirioLabs AI.

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