Configure Xiaomi MiMo as Your Hermes Provider
Configure Hermes Agent to use Xiaomi's MiMo models — excellent for auxiliary tasks and reasoning.
Xiaomi MiMo models are excellent for auxiliary tasks in Hermes. MiMo is often recommended as an alternative auxiliary model when other providers have issues.
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Before you start:
- ☑Hermes Agent installed
- ☑Xiaomi MiMo account and API key
Steps
- 1
Get your API key
Sign up at platform.xiaomimimo.com and get your API key
- 2
Add to .env
Add XIAOMI_API_KEY=your_key to ~/.hermes/.env
- 3
Set the provider
In config.yaml, set model: provider: xiaomi
- 4
Choose a model
Set model: default: mimo-v2-pro or mimo-v2-flash
Pro Tips
- 💡MiMo makes an excellent auxiliary model — stable and fast
- 💡Use mimo-v2-flash for speed, mimo-v2-pro for quality
- 💡Often recommended when Copilot-ACP has issues with Qwen aux model
Troubleshooting
❌ Empty responses
✅ MiMo has empty response recovery built into Hermes. If persistent, check API key validity.
❌ Connection issues
✅ Override base URL if needed: XIAOMI_BASE_URL=https://api.xiaomimimo.com/v1