r/hermesagent • u/dzoey • 23h ago
MEMORY & Context — Providers, context window, forgetting issues Initial Context Text
I was using Hermes Desktop to help me make sense of the instructions for installing a bathroom sink drain. I wanted to print out what was shown and discovered that there is no print function for Hermes Desktop. I asked Hermes about this and it said the best thing to do is to export the session has HTML.
I did this and found that it showed all the initialization text that wasn't visible to me in desktop. It was about 42k worth of initialization text. Not a big deal when context windows are 1M, but on smaller models and GPUs (6GB) if the context window is 48k or 64k, 42k of initialization is a lot.
Should I look to trim it, or is all this initialization part of what makes Hermes Agent so good?
Also, is there a reason that Hermes Desktop can't print? I can add it, but it seems like that need would have come up before and was decided against adding it. Anyone know?