Plugin LLM Access
is the supported way for a plugin to make an LLM call. Chat completion, structured extraction, sync, async, with or without images — same surface, same trust ga
is the supported way for a plugin to make an LLM call. Chat completion, structured extraction, sync, async, with or without images — same surface, same trust gate, same host-owned credentials. Plugins reach for this when they need to do something that involves the model but isn't part of the agent's conversation. …
What this page covers
- The smallest possible call
- A more complete chat example
- Structured output
- What this lane gives you
- Quick start
- Chat completion — /tldr
- Structured extraction — /paste-to-tasks
- When to use which
- API surface
- complete()
- completestructured()
- Async
- Result attributes
- Trust gate
- What the gate enforces
- What the gate does NOT need to enforce
- What the host owns
- What the plugin owns
- Where this fits in the plugin surface
- Reference
Section outline mirrored from the official Hermes Agent documentation. Follow any heading to read the complete text on the source site.
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