hermes-chatto-plugin/after-install.md

Chatto Plugin Installed ✅

Next steps. Edit your ~/.hermes/.env OR ~/.hermes/config.yaml

Environment Variables will take precedence over config.yaml entries.

1. Required connection details

   CHATTO_LOGIN=your-username
   CHATTO_PASSWORD=your-password
   

   To connect to your server, set CHATTO_BASE_URL. Default, when not set, is ChattoHQ (https://chat.chatto.run)

   CHATTO_BASE_URL=https://chat.example.com
   

2. Home Channel

Set your Home Channel using the Channel ID** (optional, defaults to first room):

   CHATTO_HOME_CHANNEL=ROOM_ID_HERE

1. Restart the Hermes Gateway

   hermes gateway restart
   

   1. Test send a message in a Chatto room mentioning your bot's username.

   2. Add the bot to more rooms (optional)

   Invite the bot account natively in Chatto, or DM it: ```

/join ROOM_ID_HERE ```