AideNote for Hermes

Install and operate the verified AideNote local connection suite for Hermes, then query real AideNote recording notes, transcripts, summaries, extracted todo...

Use the bundled scripts to retrieve real AideNote data. Do not infer account data from conversation history.

Mandatory behavior

1. Run an AideNote command before answering any question about recordings, meetings, transcripts, summaries, todos, action items, or knowledge bases.
2. Never answer that the user has no todos or recordings unless the corresponding command completed successfully and returned an empty result.
3. Never invent IDs, titles, dates, transcript text, summaries, or task status.
4. Never ask the user to paste an API key into chat. If setup is missing during an authorized install, start the built-in pairing flow and show only its 8-character code.
5. Do not print environment variables, authorization headers, access tokens, or AideNote configuration files.
6. Summarize command JSON for the user instead of dumping raw payloads, unless raw JSON is explicitly requested.
7. Run bridge.py install --confirm only after the user explicitly asks to install, configure, repair, or connect AideNote on this computer. A data question alone is not installation consent.

The API command is:

bash

python3 ${HERMES_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/aidenote.py COMMAND [OPTIONS]

If python3 is unavailable on Windows, use python with the same arguments.

One-time pairing

When the user explicitly asks to install or connect AideNote, run:

bash

python3 ${HERMES_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/bridge.py install --confirm

If credentials are missing, the command immediately returns pairing_required and an 8-character pairingCode. Tell the user to open AideNote, add or edit the Hermes assistant, enter that code, and tap Confirm connection. A detached local worker then receives the account-bound credential, installs the verified connection suite, and removes the relay pairing session. The user does not need to paste an API Key or run another command.

Use bridge.py status to check progress. Its pairing.status changes from pending to installing, then installed or failed. Never print or inspect the private pairing state file.

scripts/configure.py remains a manual recovery option only when App pairing is unavailable. It must be run directly in a local terminal; never ask the user to send the key in chat.

Choose the command

User intent	Command
Check connection or account	health or user-info
List/search recent recordings	recordings
List recordings shared with me	shared-recordings
Read transcript or AI summary	recording-detail
Ask about todos, tasks, action items, or follow-ups	todos
List knowledge bases	knowledge-bases
List files in a knowledge base	knowledge-files
List recordings in a knowledge base	knowledge-recordings
Check mobile bridge state	bridge.py status
Install/configure the local connection suite	bridge.py install --confirm
Check whether the local connection suite is installed	bridge.py status

Common workflows

Recent recordings

bash

python3 ${HERMES_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/aidenote.py recordings --page 1 --page-size 10

Add --keyword "text" when the user gives a search term. Present titles, dates, durations, and processing status. Preserve the returned recording ID for follow-up detail requests.

Transcript or summary

If the user did not provide a recording ID, list recent recordings first and select the matching record. Then run:

bash

python3 ${HERMES_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/aidenote.py recording-detail --file-id "RECORDING_ID"

Answer only from the returned detail. Distinguish transcript content from the AI summary and extracted action items.

Recordings shared with me

For requests such as "分享给我的录音" or "别人共享了哪些音频", run:

bash

python3 ${HERMES_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/aidenote.py shared-recordings --page 1 --page-size 10

Do not use the personal recordings command for shared-with-me requests.

Todos and action items

For requests such as "今天有哪些待办", "最近有什么任务", or "会议里有哪些行动项", run:

bash

python3 ${HERMES_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/aidenote.py todos --recording-page-size 20 --page-size 50

Completed items are excluded by default. Add --include-done only when the user asks for completed/history items. Group results by source recording when that improves readability.

Knowledge bases

bash

python3 ${HERMES_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/aidenote.py knowledge-bases

Use the returned knowledge-base ID for:

bash

python3 ${HERMES_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/aidenote.py knowledge-files --knowledge-base-id ID

Add --folder-id ID or --keyword "text" only when needed.

For recordings stored anywhere inside a knowledge base, including nested folders, run:

bash

python3 ${HERMES_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/aidenote.py knowledge-recordings --knowledge-base-id ID

Use this command instead of manually filtering knowledge-files output.

Mobile bridge

The local connection suite enables the AideNote mobile app to reach this computer's Hermes API through the AideNote relay. It installs the AideNote tunnel, the AideNote MCP server, the WorkBuddy bridge, login/startup services, and Hermes API settings. Existing Hermes and OpenClaw tokens are preserved.

Check status without changing the system:

bash

python3 ${HERMES_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/bridge.py status

When the user explicitly says "安装 AideNote 连接", "配置手机连接", "修复 AideNote bridge", or equivalent, run:

bash

python3 ${HERMES_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/bridge.py install --confirm

The command downloads the official installer over HTTPS, verifies its pinned SHA-256 digest, and passes only the required local credential and a restricted environment. The official installer verifies every downloaded binary, configures Hermes API port 8642, synchronizes the Hermes API token into the tunnel config, and enables login/startup services. Do not substitute another download URL, bypass checksum verification, or construct a shell pipeline.

After installation, inspect the returned status. Success requires all of the following:

• installed is true.
• upToDate is true.
• hermesTokenConfigured is true.
• hermesStartupConfigured is true.
• ports.hermes.reachable is true.

If the suite is installed but ports.hermes.reachable is false, repair the supervised Hermes Gateway before reporting a relay failure:

bash

hermes gateway status
hermes gateway start

If the service definition is missing or stale, and the user already authorized repair, run:

bash

hermes gateway install --force --start-now --start-on-login

Then rerun bridge.py status and require port 8642 to be reachable. Do not expose API_SERVER_KEY. If Hermes reports No inference provider configured, the bridge is healthy but the model provider is not; direct the user to complete hermes model locally.

If the install command returns pairing_required, present the pairing code and App steps. If installation is not explicitly authorized, show the status and ask whether the user wants the verified connection suite installed.

Error handling

• pairing_required: show the 8-character code and direct the user to AideNote > Add Assistant > Hermes.
• pairing_network_error: report that the pairing service could not be reached and keep the existing installation unchanged.
• pairing_not_found: the code expired; rerun the authorized install command to create a new code.
• missing_credentials: start the pairing flow through bridge.py install --confirm; use configure.py only as manual recovery.
• insecure_credentials: tell the user to restrict the credential file to owner-only access and rerun configuration.
• authentication_failed: ask the user to regenerate or reconfigure the AideNote API Key locally.
• network_error: report that AideNote could not be reached; do not claim the account has no data.
• api_error: report the safe error message and operation; never expose credentials.
• confirmation_required: ask the user for explicit installation consent; do not add --confirm preemptively.
• checksum_mismatch: stop and report that installer verification failed; never bypass the check.
• installer_failed or verification_failed: report the safe error, run bridge.py status, and point the user to the official guide if manual recovery is needed.
• upToDate is false: run the authorized install again to upgrade the local connection suite before diagnosing relay or token failures.
• Hermes port 8642 unavailable: run hermes gateway status, start or reinstall the supervised Gateway after authorization, then rerun bridge.py status.
• No inference provider configured: tell the user to run hermes model locally; do not treat this as a tunnel or account failure.
• Unsupported platform: automatic bridge installation currently supports macOS and Windows.

For endpoint and output details needed during maintenance, read references/api-contract.md.