User Report (Discord — adavya)

After configuring Honcho via hermes config set HONCHO_API_KEY <key>, the integration does not appear to be doing much:

• No automatic conversation ingestion — Honcho is not ingesting text conversations from Hermes sessions.
• No clear passive behavior — After setup, there is no observable difference in agent behavior (no memory retrieval, no context enrichment from Honcho).
• Workaround attempted — When asked, Hermes generated ingestion scripts for Gmail, but this is a manual workaround rather than built-in integration behavior.

Expected Behavior

After setting the API key, Honcho should either:

1. Actively ingest conversation history and use it for long-term memory/context enrichment, or
2. Clearly document what the integration does and does not do after setup.

Questions to Resolve

• What is Honcho supposed to do once the API key is configured? Is it currently wired into the conversation loop?
• Are conversation turns being sent to Honcho automatically, or does that require additional setup?
• If the integration is incomplete/experimental, it should be documented as such so users know what to expect.

Source

Discord report from user adavya (Feb 28, 2026)