| name | wiki |
| description | Long-term memory wiki. Use this whenever you learn, decide, or are corrected on something durable that is too big or too detailed for MEMORY.md. Read from and write to ~/.hermes/wiki as your warm, git-tracked, never-forget memory.
|
| version | 1.0.0 |
Memory Wiki
MEMORY.md and USER.md are your tiny hot cache (~1,300 tokens total, always in
context). The wiki at ~/.hermes/wiki/ is your warm, unlimited, git-tracked
long-term memory. It is browsed and edited by the operator in Hermy HQ, so keep it clean.
When to write to the wiki (not MEMORY.md)
- After any complex task (5+ tool calls): append a line to
log/YYYY-MM.md and, if you
learned something reusable, create/update a lessons/ entry.
- When the operator makes a decision → a
decisions/ entry with the rationale + date.
- When you learn a durable fact about a project, person, or the business that is
bigger than a one-liner → a
projects/, people/, or facts/ entry.
- When corrected ("no, do it this way") → update the relevant entry; don't delete the
old value — mark it
status: superseded and add the new fact. Preserve history.
- Keep MEMORY.md for only ~10-20 always-true, high-frequency facts, plus a pointer:
Full long-term memory at ~/.hermes/wiki — grep/read it before answering project questions.
Entry format (one markdown file per entry, YAML frontmatter + body)
---
id: proj-viralpen
type: project # fact | preference | decision | event | project | contact | lesson | metric | note
title: ViralPen.ai SaaS
status: active # active | superseded | archived
confidence: high # high | medium | low
provenance: user-stated # user-stated | observed | web | session:<id>
tags: [saas, billing]
links: [decision-pricing-99]
updated: 2026-07-23
---
Multi-tenant article studio at ~/viralpen. $99/mo. Twitter OAuth.
## Open loops
- [ ] Migrate billing to usage-based (see decision-pricing-99)
Files live under type folders: projects/, people/, decisions/, lessons/,
facts/, log/. Keep INDEX.md updated (one line per entry: id · title · type · updated).
Retrieval (before answering)
INDEX.md is injected hot — scan it for the right entry id.search_files ~/.hermes/wiki "<term>" or read the specific file with read_file.- If still unsure,
session_search the conversation history (free, unlimited).
Only pull the 1-2 entries you actually need — don't load the whole wiki.
Hygiene
- After writing,
git -C ~/.hermes/wiki add -A && git commit -m "wiki: <what changed>".
- Never destroy history — supersede, don't overwrite.
- The nightly
wiki-consolidate cron merges duplicates, demotes stale entries, and
rebuilds INDEX.md — keep entries small and single-purpose so it can.
