Agent implements Context Language Models paper itself: Hermes turns context into a managed whiteboard
Apart_Tumbleweed_303 · reddit · 2026-10-06
To fix context drift in long transcripts, the author fed the Context Language Models (CLM) paper to a Hermes agent, which derived the implementation and designed the architecture itself.
- A custom LcmEngine plugin (subclassing ContextCompressor) moves working state into durable files at /.hermes/state/<task>.md
- Tool surface: lcminspect, lcmupdate, and lcmappend for targeted mutations
- State explicitly tracks the objective, confirmed facts, decisions, and pending actions
- Hardcoded protection on Objective and Constraints prevents the agent from deleting its own boundaries
The result turns context from a passive log into a managed whiteboard; the author asks for criticism of this active state-management approach.
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