Reference
Configuration summary
The full inventory of toolsets, MCP servers, stack, and skills.
This is a summary of the Mercator configuration: what is enabled, what it connects to, and what runs locally.
Hermes profile
| Setting | Value |
|---|---|
| Profile | mercator |
| Config | ~/.hermes/profiles/mercator/config.yaml |
| Terminal backend | local shell |
| Context compression | enabled |
| Memory, session search | enabled |
The model is chosen per profile; Hermes is model-agnostic and runs on the provider you configure.
Enabled toolsets
web browser terminal file code_execution vision
image_gen tts skills todo memory session_search
clarify delegation cronjob computer_useMCP servers
| Server | Role |
|---|---|
esri | ArcGIS Online / REST search, layer inspection, queries, geocoding |
census | Census API access and demographic enrichment |
open-data | Public data portal search and fetch |
composio | Connected apps (GitHub, Sheets, Drive, and more) |
notebooklm, exa | Source-backed and deep research |
orgo, hetzner | Sandboxed execution and infrastructure |
Local GIS stack
~/.hermes/.env credentials (ARCGIS_TOKEN, POSTGIS_URL)
gis_lab (PostgreSQL 18.4) PostGIS 3.6.3
schemas: source, staging, analysis, app_public, audit
QGIS 4.0.3 desktop and processing
GDAL / OGR, Tippecanoe, DuckDB format, tiles, analytics
gis-lab/.venv GeoPandas, Shapely, Rasterio, pyproj, Fiona, OSMnx
gis-lab/.venv-esri ArcGIS API for PythonSkills
21 GIS skills in ~/.hermes/skills/gis/, pulled from
github.com/daraobeirnecode/hermes-gis-skills. See
Skills for the list.
Environment variables
| Variable | Used by |
|---|---|
ARCGIS_TOKEN | esri tool, ArcGIS API for Python |
POSTGIS_URL | postgis tool |
Open data portals and Census are public, so those tools need no credentials.