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◆ Messaging Platforms
  Connect to messaging platforms to chat with Hermes from anywhere.
  Toggle with Space, confirm with Enter.


◆ Telegram
  Create a bot via @BotFather on Telegram
Telegram bot token:
✗ Invalid token format. Expected: <numeric_id>:<alphanumeric_hash> (e.g., 123456789:ABCdefGHI-jklMNOpqrSTUvwxYZ)
Telegram bot token:
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What's Going Wrong?

I have not tried 2 times to install Hermes on a home lab Dell r630 (proxmox vm running Ubuntu) it works up to Telegram and I cannot paste a token or type a token in the terminal.. I have the bot token but no way to get in the setup. I have tried entering using the files and that has not worked. please turn of keyboard capture or ask and allow pasting of the bot token

Steps Taken

  1. I ran the install twice
  2. LLM source/model done
  3. telegram bot token cannot be pasted or typed

Installation Method

Install script (curl | bash)

Operating System

Ubuntu 24.04

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◆ Messaging Platforms
  Connect to messaging platforms to chat with Hermes from anywhere.
  Toggle with Space, confirm with Enter.


◆ Telegram
  Create a bot via @BotFather on Telegram
Telegram bot token:
✗ Invalid token format. Expected: <numeric_id>:<alphanumeric_hash> (e.g., 123456789:ABCdefGHI-jklMNOpqrSTUvwxYZ)
Telegram bot token:

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