Hermes Wingtips #73: gateway.message_timestamps, show the model when you wrote¶
posted 2026-09-15. original: https://x.com/witcheer/status/2099784645529276481
your agent reads your messages through Telegram or Discord, but it does not see when you sent them.
message_timestamps under gateway in config.yaml changes that.
with enabled: true, every message you send carries its send time in front, for the model only. the chat you read does not change and the transcripts on disk stay clean. the agent can tell this morning from last week, notice a long gap, and answer with the right day in mind.
your messages only. the agent's replies and the system prompt are untouched.
or from the terminal: hermes config set gateway.message_timestamps.enabled true
docs: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/messaging#message-timestamps-in-model-context