Hermes PR adds a warning before auto-compression
The Reddit poster says they opened a PR for a small Hermes Agent feature. The feature warns when the context window is getting full before auto-compression happens. The default warning level is 70%, and the warning can reset after compression or a session reset.
Key points
- The issue is losing track of a filling context window during long sessions.
- The proposed default warning level is 70%.
- Auto-compression can still happen later.
- The warning appears once per compression cycle and resets after compression or session reset.
- The poster says the feature does not change saved chat history.
Quick term guide
- Hermes Agent
- It appears to be a tool or community for building and managing AI agents.
- context window
- The amount of text an AI tool can remember and use in one chat.
- auto-compression
- A process that shortens older context so the session can keep going.
- compression
- A process that shortens older chat details so the AI can keep working in a long session.
- session reset
- Starting the current working session over.
- long sessions
- Extended AI work sessions where many messages or steps happen over time.
- hermes-agent
- A likely name for Nous Research’s agent-style AI tool or service.
- compressed
- Reduced so it takes less data or processing work.