Mattermost
Mattermost Setup Hermes Agent integrates with Mattermost as a bot, letting you chat with your AI assistant through direct messages or team channels. Mattermost
Hermes Agent integrates with Mattermost as a bot, letting you chat with your AI assistant through direct messages or team channels. Mattermost is a self-hosted, open-source Slack alternative — you run it on your own infrastructure, keeping full control of your data. …
What this page covers
- How Hermes Behaves
- Session Model in Mattermost
- Step 1: Enable Bot Accounts
- Step 2: Create a Bot Account
- Step 3: Add the Bot to Channels
- Step 4: Find Your Mattermost User ID
- Step 5: Configure Hermes Agent
- Option A: Interactive Setup (Recommended)
- Option B: Manual Configuration
- Start the Gateway
- Home Channel
- Using the Slash Command
- Manual Configuration
- Reply Mode
- Mention Behavior
- Channel allowlist (allowedchannels)
- Troubleshooting
- Bot is not responding to messages
- 403 Forbidden errors
- WebSocket disconnects / reconnection loops
- "Failed to authenticate" on startup
- Bot is offline
- "User not allowed" / Bot ignores you
- Per-Channel Prompts
- Security
- Notes
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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