# II. Console — Persistent Chat

The Console is where you actually talk to your Hermes Agent. It looks like a normal chat UI, but with three differences:

1. **Threads persist.** Every message is rowed in `messages` and survives reloads, devices, and sessions.
2. **Memory is injected.** Strong Memory Atlas nodes are folded into the system prompt before each call.
3. **Anything can be promoted.** Right-click (or tap) any message to send it to the Memory Atlas with one click.

## Anatomy

```
┌──────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Conversations│  ◉ Hermes · Local       model: hermes3   │
│ ─────────────│ ─────────────────────────────────────────│
│ • Roadmap Q3 │  system: You are Hermes. Remember…       │
│ • Onboarding │  user:   What's the plan for Tuesday?    │
│ • Code review│  assistant: Based on your Atlas…         │
│              │                                          │
│ + New thread │  [ type a message ]            [ send ]  │
└──────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────┘
```

## How a turn is sent

The Console calls a TanStack server function so the API key never has to leave the browser unencrypted:

```ts
const chat = useServerFn(chatCompletion);

const res = await chat({
  data: {
    connectionId: activeConn,
    conversationId: activeConv,
    apiKey: getKey(activeConn),   // read from local vault on the fly
    userMessage: input,
  },
});
```

On the server, `chatCompletion`:

1. Loads the connection (RLS-scoped to the caller).
2. Pulls the last N messages from `messages` for context.
3. Injects any **promoted** memory nodes as additional system content.
4. POSTs to `${base_url}/chat/completions` with the user's key.
5. Persists the assistant reply and returns it.

## Memory promotion

Each message has a tiny "✶ promote" affordance. Clicking it inserts a row in `memory_nodes`:

```ts
await supabase.from("memory_nodes").insert({
  label: selectedText || message.content.slice(0, 140),
  category: "fact",
  strength: 0.5,
  source: `conversation:${conversation.id}`,
});
```

Promoted nodes show up immediately in the [Memory Atlas](/entermirari-docs/the-six-rites/memory-atlas.md).

## Conversation list

The sidebar shows every conversation, newest first, with the connection name attached. Renaming, archiving, and deleting are all instant and RLS-bound to the logged-in user.


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