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Allow selecting a Hermes profile in the VS Code extension #14

@stefanpieter

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@stefanpieter

Hermes already supports multiple isolated profiles, and the VS Code extension currently appears to launch Hermes without a way to choose which profile is used.

It would be very useful to add a per-agent profile selector in the extension, or at least a way to pass --profile <name> when defining an agent.

Why this matters

  • I may want a dedicated lightweight profile for VS Code/editor work
  • I may want a different profile for experiments, higher reasoning, or separate credentials
  • Right now the extension seems to rely on Hermes's sticky default profile only

Suggested behavior

  • Keep the current default behavior when no profile is set
  • Add an explicit profile setting for an ACP agent, or expose a UI selector
  • Launch Hermes with the chosen profile, for example:
    • hermes --profile vscode-fast acp

Example use case

  • Default profile: normal CLI/chat use
  • VS Code profile: lower reasoning / faster model / narrower tools

Thanks for considering it.

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