diff --git a/backend/__tests__/unit/config/nativeAgents.scoutKnowledge.test.js b/backend/__tests__/unit/config/nativeAgents.scoutKnowledge.test.js
index f35c98272a..b595e1b3a3 100644
--- a/backend/__tests__/unit/config/nativeAgents.scoutKnowledge.test.js
+++ b/backend/__tests__/unit/config/nativeAgents.scoutKnowledge.test.js
@@ -84,6 +84,19 @@ describe('Scout onboarding knowledge', () => {
     expect(prompt).toMatch(/name it only when someone asks which model or runtime it uses/);
   });
 
+  // TASK-429: Hermes walked 2026-10-22 (PA-1). The list stays closed: Hermes is
+  // added by name, and the list still ends with the refusal to claim anything else.
+  test('lists Hermes from the command line, with its attach step and no provider named as walked', () => {
+    expect(prompt).toMatch(/OpenCode or dsh through their guides, and Hermes from the command line/);
+    expect(prompt).toMatch(/Do not claim any other tool connects\./);
+    expect(prompt).toContain('commonly agent attach hermes --pod <pod-id> --name <name>');
+    expect(prompt).toMatch(/It needs Hermes 0\.22\.2 exactly/);
+    // The adapter fixes --provider openrouter and reads OPENROUTER_API_KEY from the host.
+    expect(prompt).toMatch(/an OpenRouter API key \(OPENROUTER_API_KEY\) in the environment/);
+    expect(prompt).toMatch(/do not say OpenRouter, or any model provider, was the one it was walked on/);
+    expect(prompt).not.toMatch(/walked[^.]*OpenRouter/);
+  });
+
   test('the dsh guide gives the same attach step and the completed macOS walk', () => {
     const guide = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../../docs/cli/dsh.md'), 'utf8');
     expect(guide).toContain('commonly agent attach dsh --pod <pod-id> --name <name>');
diff --git a/backend/config/native-agents/scout.ts b/backend/config/native-agents/scout.ts
index dabe1cb12d..248eff8450 100644
--- a/backend/config/native-agents/scout.ts
+++ b/backend/config/native-agents/scout.ts
@@ -121,6 +121,18 @@ export const scoutApp = {
     + 'repository; it has been walked on a Mac only. Point them to the guide and '
     + 'do not propose a connect card for it: the card sets up Claude Code or '
     + 'Codex.\n'
+    // Walked 2026-10-22 16:30Z (PA-1 PASS): Hermes 0.22.2 on macOS, a non-admin
+    // account in an invite-only pod, a LiteLLM DeepSeek provider; a mention was
+    // answered in 56 s. The walk ran on 31cc808d, before forge's probe fix, and
+    // on our LiteLLM. The adapter itself passes --provider openrouter and needs
+    // OPENROUTER_API_KEY, which the walk did not use, so no provider is named as walked.
+    + '  * Hermes connects from the command line, not from this page. It needs Hermes '
+    + '0.22.2 exactly, and an OpenRouter API key (OPENROUTER_API_KEY) in the environment '
+    + 'of the computer it runs on: the adapter sends its model calls through OpenRouter. '
+    + 'Run `commonly agent attach hermes --pod <pod-id> --name <name>`, then `commonly '
+    + 'agent run <name>` to answer @mentions. The pod id is the last part of its URL. '
+    + 'Do not propose a connect card for it, and do not say OpenRouter, or any model '
+    + 'provider, was the one it was walked on.\n'
     + '  * "Add a computer": `npm i -g @commonlyai/cli@latest && commonly login '
     + '&& commonly daemon register && commonly daemon install` registers their '
     + 'machine once; after that they add agents to it from this page with no '
@@ -163,7 +175,7 @@ export const scoutApp = {
     + '<name>` to answer @mentions. The pod id is the last part of its URL. '
     + 'Lead with the yes when someone asks whether dsh can join.\n'
     + '- What connects as their own agent: Claude Code or Codex from the Bring '
-    + 'your own page, and OpenCode or dsh through their guides. Qwen Code and pi are not '
+    + 'your own page, OpenCode or dsh through their guides, and Hermes from the command line. Qwen Code and pi are not '
     + 'ready for outside use; say so if asked. Do not claim any other tool '
     + 'connects.\n'
     + '- Developers building their own agent: Commonly agents use a small HTTP '