T3 Agent is a rich, thread-native conversation surface for Hermes. This glossary names the product concepts shared by its clients, gateway, and Hermes integration.
T3 Agent: The product surface through which a person converses with Hermes and receives its proactive work. Avoid: T3 Code provider, Hermes replacement
Hermes runtime: The independently managed agent system that owns reasoning, tools, memory, models, sessions, scheduled work, and background work. Avoid: T3 Agent backend, embedded agent
T3 Agent gateway: The boundary that presents T3 Agent as a Hermes messaging surface while preserving Hermes behavior. Avoid: Hermes CLI wrapper, ACP agent
Gateway parity: Behavioral parity with using Hermes through a mature messaging gateway, including commands and interactive agent requests without copying that gateway's visual design. Avoid: Discord clone, basic chat support
T3 Agent thread: A visible T3 Agent conversation backed by one Hermes session. Avoid: Project thread, workspace, channel
Hermes session: The durable Hermes-owned conversation context that the agent continues across turns. Avoid: T3 transcript, project
Hermes session title: The Hermes-owned name of a session. A Hermes-backed T3 Agent thread displays this title as a local projection rather than owning an independent name. Avoid: T3 thread name, synchronized title
Cross-gateway conversation: A Hermes session that originated from the CLI or another messaging surface rather than T3 Agent. Avoid: Synced thread
Session browser: A grouped view of T3 Agent threads and cross-gateway Hermes sessions available to resume or import. Avoid: Thread list, T3-only history
Session import: A new T3 Agent thread and child Hermes session copied from a cross-gateway conversation while leaving the source session unchanged. Avoid: Attach, move, sync
Thread lineage: The provenance relationship connecting an imported or forked T3 Agent thread to its source conversation. Avoid: Referral, synchronization
Agent run: One bounded unit of Hermes work that reaches a terminal outcome and produces a completion point in a thread. Avoid: Chat, session
Fork: A new T3 Agent thread and child Hermes session whose history ends at a selected completed agent run. Avoid: Git branch, copied transcript
Resume: Returning to an existing T3 Agent thread, or importing a selected cross-gateway conversation into a new thread. Avoid: Replace thread context, attach
Hermes command: A slash command whose meaning and execution are owned by Hermes, even when T3 Agent provides discovery or argument guidance. Avoid: T3 action
Lifecycle command: A Hermes command such as new, fork, sessions, or resume whose T3 Agent presentation must preserve thread-to-session identity. Avoid: Passthrough command
Command hint: Non-message guidance that shows the next expected command argument without becoming part of the submitted text. Avoid: Autofill, command form
Active Hermes model: The effective model backing a T3 Agent thread. Avoid: T3 provider selection
Reasoning effort: The effective Hermes thinking level inherited or selected for a thread. Avoid: T3 reasoning mode
Session-setting change: A point in a thread's history where its active Hermes model or reasoning effort changes. Avoid: System message, global configuration
Approval: A blocking Hermes request for permission to perform a consequential action. Avoid: Confirmation, clarification
Clarification: A blocking Hermes request for information needed to continue an agent run. Avoid: Approval, follow-up message
Voice note: A recorded user message delivered to Hermes as speech for automatic transcription, optionally with typed accompaniment. Avoid: Audio file, voice channel
Voice recording: An in-progress microphone capture that may be stopped into a voice draft or stopped and delivered immediately as a voice note. Avoid: Voice draft, live voice message
Recording bar: The persistent control surface for a voice recording when the user navigates away from its originating thread. Avoid: Composer recorder, voice player
Voice draft: A completed but unsent voice recording available for replay, discard, or delivery. Avoid: Paused recording, attachment
Interrupted voice draft: A recoverable voice draft created when capture ends unexpectedly after recording usable audio. Avoid: Failed voice note, corrupted recording
Voice transcript: The Hermes-produced text associated with a specific voice note. Avoid: Assistant reply, caption
Typed accompaniment: Optional user-authored text delivered with a voice note to frame, qualify, or instruct Hermes about the recording. Avoid: Transcript, caption
Context footprint: The latest real Hermes-reported prompt-token occupancy for a thread relative to its absolute effective model context length. T3 Agent hides the context-window meter until that first trustworthy reading exists; Hermes's automatic-compaction threshold is explanatory metadata rather than the ring's denominator. It is distinct from cumulative tokens processed across the session, especially after compaction. Avoid: Session token total, billing usage
Recording stop control: The explicit control that ends microphone capture and creates a voice draft, presented with the same red-square visual language as T3 Code's active-turn stop control. Avoid: Pause, cancel recording
Cron execution session: The fresh, isolated Hermes session created for one scheduled run. Avoid: Cron thread
Cron delivery thread: The T3 Agent thread where scheduled output appears and may be continued. Avoid: Cron session
Operator-owned T3 Connect: The operator's deployment of the T3 Connect control plane and notification stack. Avoid: Local relay, Tailscale