use-nous-research-serviceslisted
Install: claude install-skill gaelic-ghost/socket
# Use Nous Research Services
Identify the Nous product before changing authentication or routing.
## Product Map
| Product | Job |
| --- | --- |
| Nous Portal | OAuth-authenticated subscription and inference provider for Hermes and Nous services |
| Nous Tool Gateway | Per-tool hosted backends selected inside Hermes |
| Nous Chat | Web chat using the Portal account and model catalog |
| Subscription proxy | Local OpenAI-compatible proxy that lets other apps use Hermes-managed subscription credentials |
| Hermes Cloud | Portal-hosted Hermes deployment surface; inspect the live Portal and current official docs before claiming plans, regions, sizes, persistence, or lifecycle behavior |
Do not call the messaging gateway or TUI gateway “Nous Gateway.”
## Configure Portal Deliberately
- For a fresh Hermes setup, use `hermes setup --portal` when the user wants both Portal inference and the managed tool onboarding path.
- Current official onboarding describes one Portal OAuth for a 300+ model
catalog plus the four standard Tool Gateway routes: web search, image
generation, text-to-speech, and browser automation. Treat exact counts and
entitlements as live claims and re-check them before quoting.
- For an existing install, use `hermes model` to add Nous without erasing other providers.
- Use `/model` only to switch among already configured choices inside a session.
- Use `hermes portal info` and `hermes portal tools` to inspect auth and routing.
- Treat the refresh token i