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HERMES_IGNORE_RULES=1 in ~/.hermes/.env has no effect on Telegram gateway sessions. Memory, user profile, AGENTS.md, .cursorrules, and preloaded skills are still injected into the system prompt.

Root Cause

gateway/run.py creates AIAgent(...) in two main places (lines ~11419 and ~16283) without checking HERMES_IGNORE_RULES. The env var is only respected by:

  • cli.py (line 2809)
  • tui_gateway/server.py (lines 1927-1928)

Fix Action

Workaround

Patch gateway/run.py manually — add to both AIAgent() call sites:

skip_context_files=is_truthy_value(os.environ.get("HERMES_IGNORE_RULES")),
skip_memory=is_truthy_value(os.environ.get("HERMES_IGNORE_RULES")),

is_truthy_value is already imported from utils.

Code Example

skip_context_files=is_truthy_value(os.environ.get("HERMES_IGNORE_RULES")),
skip_memory=is_truthy_value(os.environ.get("HERMES_IGNORE_RULES")),
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Summary

HERMES_IGNORE_RULES=1 in ~/.hermes/.env has no effect on Telegram gateway sessions. Memory, user profile, AGENTS.md, .cursorrules, and preloaded skills are still injected into the system prompt.

Root Cause

gateway/run.py creates AIAgent(...) in two main places (lines ~11419 and ~16283) without checking HERMES_IGNORE_RULES. The env var is only respected by:

  • cli.py (line 2809)
  • tui_gateway/server.py (lines 1927-1928)

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Set HERMES_IGNORE_RULES=1 in ~/.hermes/.env
  2. Restart the gateway (hermes gateway restart)
  3. Send a message via Telegram
  4. Observe that memory, user profile, and context files are still present in the system prompt

Expected Behavior

When HERMES_IGNORE_RULES=1 is set, gateway sessions should pass skip_context_files=True and skip_memory=True to AIAgent(), consistent with CLI and TUI behavior.

Workaround

Patch gateway/run.py manually — add to both AIAgent() call sites:

skip_context_files=is_truthy_value(os.environ.get("HERMES_IGNORE_RULES")),
skip_memory=is_truthy_value(os.environ.get("HERMES_IGNORE_RULES")),

is_truthy_value is already imported from utils.

Related

  • #6731 (Feishu variant — SOUL.md not loaded)
  • #28061 (PR preserving SOUL identity across isolated runs — does not fix gateway/run.py)
  • #26596

Environment

  • Hermes: latest (git main)
  • Platform: Telegram
  • OS: Linux 6.8.0-117-generic

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