Description

The hermes setup wizard shows "not configured" for Web search (Firecrawl), Image generation (FAL), and Browser automation (Browser Use) even after selecting "Enable for all tools" and having use_gateway: true correctly set in config.yaml.

The wizard appears to check only for individual API keys in .env (FIRECRAWL_API_KEY, FAL_KEY, BROWSERBASE_API_KEY) and does not account for Nous subscription gateway mode.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Be a Nous subscriber
2. Run hermes setup
3. At the Tool Gateway prompt, select "Enable for all tools"
4. Exit setup
5. Run hermes setup again
6. Observe: all gateway-managed tools still show "not configured"

Expected Behavior

Tools using Nous subscription gateway should show a status like:

• ✅ Nous Gateway (subscription)
• or similar, indicating the tool is active via the subscription

Actual Behavior

All tools show:

• ○ Web search & extract (Firecrawl) — not configured
• ○ Image generation (FAL) — not configured
• ○ Browser automation (Browser Use) — not configured

Investigation

The config.yaml already contains the correct gateway settings:

web:
  backend: firecrawl
  use_gateway: true
image_gen:
  use_gateway: true
browser:
  cloud_provider: browser-use
  use_gateway: true

The tools work correctly in practice — web_search, image_generate, and browser_* tools all function via the Nous gateway. The issue is purely the setup wizard UI not reflecting the actual configuration state.

Root Cause

The setup wizard's tool status check (likely in setup_tools() in hermes_cli/setup.py) checks for individual API keys in .env but does not check config.yaml for use_gateway: true flags. It should recognize that gateway mode is a valid configured state.

Related

• [Bug]: hermes doctor reports image_gen as “system dependency not met” instead of missing FAL_KEY / Nous auth #9516 — Similar issue with hermes doctor reporting misleading status for image_gen (same root cause: commit 95dc9aa removed requires_env metadata without adding gateway-aware status)

Environment

• OS: macOS
• Hermes Version: latest (as of 2026-04-21)
• Provider: Nous subscription
• Tools affected: web_search (Firecrawl), image_gen (FAL), browser (Browser Use)