Configure Arcee AI as Your Hermes Provider
Configure Hermes Agent to use Arcee AI's Trinity models — specialized models for enterprise tasks.
Arcee AI provides Trinity models optimized for enterprise use cases. Trinity models are fine-tuned for specific domains and tasks.
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Before you start:
- ☑Hermes Agent installed
- ☑Arcee AI account and API key
Steps
- 1
Get your API key
Sign up at chat.arcee.ai and get your API key
- 2
Add to .env
Add ARCEEAI_API_KEY=your_key to ~/.hermes/.env
- 3
Set the provider
In config.yaml, set model: provider: arcee
- 4
Choose a model
Set model: default: trinity-mini or trinity-large
Pro Tips
- 💡Trinity-mini is fast and lightweight, Trinity-large is more capable
- 💡Good for enterprise deployments with specific compliance needs
- 💡Override base URL if connecting to self-hosted Arcee instance
Troubleshooting
❌ Authentication failed
✅ Verify API key at chat.arcee.ai. Ensure the key has appropriate permissions.