Hermes Wingtips #33: checkpoints

posted 2026-07-28. original: https://x.com/witcheer/status/2082169101913604120

Hermes Wingtips #33: checkpoints

checkpoints snapshot your project before Hermes Agent writes, patches or runs a destructive command, and /rollback puts things back.

(1) hermes chat --checkpoints

you can turns them on for one session, or keep them on with checkpoints: enabled: true in config.yaml.

(2) /rollback

lists every snapshot; /rollback diff <N> previews the change and /rollback <N> <file> restores a single file. everything lives under ~/.hermes/checkpoints/.

turning this on is great before a big refactor, before letting an agent loose on an unfamiliar repo, or before trying yolo mode!

as an example, here is a live recovery on my own box: