I just installed Hermes and connected to Claud 5.5 Haiku
Useful Day-One Desktop Shortcuts:
Ctrl + T — Open a new chat tab.
Ctrl + Shift + N — Open a detached workspace window.
Ctrl + ~ — Toggle the integrated terminal pane.
Ctrl + B — Toggle sidebar visibility.
Ctrl + K — Open the Command Palette (access memory graphs, skills, and configuration).
Verification:
If you ever want to verify the background backend status or connectivity, open the integrated terminal inside Desktop (or a PowerShell window) and run:
PowerShell
hermes doctor