Honcho Memory
Honcho is an AI native memory backend that adds dialectic reasoning and deep user modeling on top of Hermes's built in memory system. Instead of simple key valu
Honcho is an AI-native memory backend that adds dialectic reasoning and deep user modeling on top of Hermes's built-in memory system. Instead of simple key-value storage, Honcho maintains a running model of who the user is — their preferences, communication style, goals, and patterns — by reasoning about conversations after they happen. …
What this page covers
- What Honcho Adds
- Setup
- Architecture
- Two-Layer Context Injection
- Cold/Warm Prompt Selection
- Three Orthogonal Config Knobs
- Dialectic Depth (Multi-Pass)
- Session-Start Prewarm
- Query-Adaptive Reasoning Level
- Configuration Options
- Self-Hosted Honcho with Authentication
- Full Config Reference
- Gateway Identity Mapping
- Observation (Directional vs. Unified)
- Tools
- CLI Commands
- Migrating from hermes honcho
- Full Documentation
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