SaladCloud provider for Hermes Agent

Use SaladCloud AI Gateway's qwen3.6-35b-a3b model in Hermes Agent.

The plugin uses SaladCloud's OpenAI-compatible API at https://ai.salad.cloud/v1. It intentionally exposes only qwen3.6-35b-a3b.

Requirements

• A current Hermes Agent build with user model-provider plugin support
• Closed-beta access to SaladCloud AI Gateway
• A Salad API key from the SaladCloud portal

Install

Update Hermes first. Older builds use a fixed --provider allow-list and reject standalone providers before plugin discovery runs.

hermes update

Clone this repository into Hermes' user model-provider directory:

mkdir -p ~/.hermes/plugins/model-providers
git clone https://github.com/SaladTechnologies/hermes-saladcloud-provider.git \
  ~/.hermes/plugins/model-providers/saladcloud

If HERMES_HOME points elsewhere, install the repository under $HERMES_HOME/plugins/model-providers/saladcloud instead.

Configure

Set the API key using the environment variable from SaladCloud's documentation:

export SALAD_API_KEY="your-salad-api-key"

Then select the provider and model:

hermes chat --provider saladcloud -m qwen3.6-35b-a3b

SALAD_CLOUD_API_KEY remains available as a compatibility alias. SALAD_BASE_URL can override the default endpoint.

Verify

hermes doctor

If hermes chat reports that saladcloud is an invalid --provider choice, the installed Hermes build predates user model-provider support. Run hermes update, then retry the command.

For current access, model, and billing details, see the official getting-started guide, model reference, and pricing reference.