Hermes Switch UI: A Modern Web Frontend Interface for Hermes Agent

Hermes Switch UI is a web frontend project developed by the Interstellar Code team, specifically designed for Hermes Agent. It integrates features such as chat, terminal, memory management, skill invocation, MCP protocol support, and workflow orchestration, providing a unified and flexible interactive experience. Its design philosophy is "Opinionated but Flexible", and it is hosted as an open-source project on GitHub, supporting customization and community contributions.

With the enhancement of large language model capabilities, AI Agents have evolved from simple chatbots to intelligent systems capable of performing complex tasks, invoking tools, and managing memory. Traditional chat interfaces can no longer meet the demands. The new generation of AI Agent interfaces needs to integrate multiple functional modules and provide a unified and flexible interactive experience, leading to the emergence of Hermes Switch UI.

1. Chat Interface

Supports multi-turn conversation history management, streaming response display, code block highlighting and copying, message editing and re-generation, and attachment upload processing.

2. Terminal Integration

Directly execute Shell commands, view real-time output streams, manage file systems, and run Python/JavaScript scripts to improve developer efficiency.

3. Memory Management

Visual interface for viewing, searching, and filtering memory entries; manually add and edit memories; configure priority and expiration policies.

4. Skill System

Browse installed skills, view documentation examples, enable/disable skills, and configure parameters.

5. MCP Protocol Support

Natively supports Anthropic's MCP protocol, enabling server connection, tool browsing, tool invocation, and configuration authentication management.

6. Workflow Orchestration

Drag-and-drop node orchestration, conditional branching and loops, variable transfer and state management, and debug log viewing.

Adopts modern web technology stacks (React/Vue, etc.), component-based development ensures maintainability; uses state management solutions like Redux/Zustand to ensure consistency between UI and Agent states; implements real-time communication and low-latency interaction via WebSocket; supports theme customization and enterprise white-label solutions.

Switch UI is "opinionated", providing well-thought-out default experiences to reduce cognitive load and ensure interaction consistency; at the same time, its core architecture is open, supporting necessary customization via plugins or configurations to balance usability and flexibility.

Individual Developers

Integrated development environment for tasks like code querying, command execution, document retrieval, and automated scripting.

Team Collaboration

Deployed as a shared Agent service where team members share memory and skill configurations while isolating conversation contexts.

Enterprise Integration

Serves as an internal AI platform interface, connecting enterprise data sources and tools via MCP to build customized intelligent assistants.

The code is hosted on GitHub. Developers can view the source code, submit Issues, contribute code, and fork customized versions. The README provides local development and deployment guidelines, including dependency installation, configuration instructions, and build steps.

Hermes Switch UI represents the evolution direction of AI Agent interfaces from single chat to multi-functional workbenches, integrating multiple features to provide users with a unified interaction entry. Its design ideas and implementation plans are of reference value to teams exploring AI Agent application development, demonstrating how to support complex Agent capabilities in a concise interface.