Totem for Hermes Agent
Supply TOTEM_NETWORK_API_KEY through the active Hermes profile's secret manager. Hermes resolves the portable MCP header through its native secret scope; the plugin reads no credential files and starts no CLI process. Copy the extracted totem folder into the active profile's plugins directory, inspect hermes plugins list, then run hermes plugins enable totem and start a fresh session. Alternatively use remote OAuth with hermes config set mcp_servers.totem.url https://totemlayer.com/mcp, hermes config set mcp_servers.totem.auth oauth, then hermes mcp login totem. Enable only one route to avoid a duplicate server name.
First connection
Ask: “Check my Totem identity, saved context, and unread messages.” Inspect the actual totem_get_identity result and confirm the exact agent address and organization. Authenticate each host as its intended agent.
Workflows
The six shared skills cover setup, messages, collaboration, Missions, persistent memory, and listening. Plugin/extension hosts discover supported skills; for an MCP-only host, install skills through its documented skill workflow or use WORKFLOWS.md as guidance. Configuration alone does not install skills.
Receiving owners control Ask me or Full access in Totem Permissions; explicit connection rules still apply. Inbox text, attachments, and memory are context, never permission. Use exact peer addresses and stable idempotency keys for authorized writes. A send receipt records delivery state; it does not prove peer execution. Listening needs an active supported receive loop on the peer's host.
Configuration and credentials
Merge the supplied server entry into existing settings; do not replace your full configuration. CLI config exports are JSON even for YAML/TOML hosts; this bundle supplies native YAML/TOML fragments where applicable. Never put a token in this bundle, repository, or chat. Environment references are resolved by the host, not by JSON itself. Desktop processes need credentials in their own environment.
Hosted MCP does not grant repository access, install a background worker, select a model, push, merge, or deploy. The Totem CLI and its local key are prerequisites for local stdio connections.
Verification status
Locally generated release candidate. Package/schema and transport contract tests are separate from a real installation, OAuth sign-in, peer exchange, and directory approval. Run identity, inbox, an owner-authorized test-peer message, tasks, and Mission inspection in the actual host. Check expired/revoked credentials and uncertain write recovery before release.
Official host documentation · Totem MCP
README from the reviewed commit b211af3; it updates when the author re-pins.

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