Re-running `hermes dashboard register` now updates the existing dashboard
record in nous-account-service instead of creating a duplicate.
The stable key is the client_id this install already persisted in
HERMES_DASHBOARD_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID on a prior run:
- No stored client_id -> first registration -> create a fresh client with an
auto-generated name (unchanged behavior).
- Stored client_id present -> re-send it as `client_id` so the portal updates
that row in place. Without an explicit --name, the name is omitted so the
portal-stored name isn't churned to a new random value on every re-run.
- Prints "Updated dashboard" vs "Registered dashboard" based on whether the
portal echoed back the same client_id. A stale/deleted id safely falls
through to a fresh create server-side.
Requires the matching nous-account-service change (POST
/api/oauth/self-hosted-client accepting an optional client_id + optional name).
Tests: 7 new TestIdempotentRerun cases (key sent, name preserved/overridden,
Updated message, persisted id, stale-id fall-through, blank-id first-run);
existing create-path tests unchanged (23 pass).
The register command resolved the portal base URL purely from the stored
login, ignoring any override. That meant `HERMES_DASHBOARD_PORTAL_URL` (and
the absence of any flag) gave no way to point registration at a staging or
preview portal — the request always hit the login's portal, returning 404
against a branch that wasn't deployed there.
- _resolve_portal_base_url now takes an optional override (precedence:
override > stored login portal > prod default).
- New --portal-url flag; falls back to HERMES_DASHBOARD_PORTAL_URL env.
- Documents that the access token must be valid at the overridden portal
(it's minted by whoever you logged into).
- 3 new tests for override precedence.
Verified live against the PR #324 Vercel preview: CLI -> preview endpoint ->
real agent:{id} client_id written to .env.
Adds a CLI command that registers this install as a self-hosted dashboard
with the user's Nous Portal account, automating the manual browser flow on
/local-dashboards.
- New hermes_cli/dashboard_register.py: resolves a fresh Nous access token
from auth.json (fast-fails with a `hermes setup` hint when not logged in),
POSTs to {portal}/api/oauth/self-hosted-client, and writes
HERMES_DASHBOARD_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID into ~/.hermes/.env idempotently.
- Docker-style adjective_noun auto-naming; --name and --redirect-uri overrides.
- Persists HERMES_DASHBOARD_PORTAL_URL only when non-default and unset (so a
Vercel preview / staging portal sticks, prod default stays implicit).
- Refuses in managed/hosted installs (the orchestrator stamps the client_id).
- Post-register hint explains the OAuth gate only engages on a non-loopback bind.
- Nested 'register' subparser leaves bare `hermes dashboard` unchanged.
- 9 unit tests (name gen, fast-fails, POST shape, env writes, redirect URI,
portal-URL persistence, 401/403 mapping); dashboard lifecycle tests still green.
Depends on NousResearch/nous-account-service#324 (the portal endpoint).
Ben Barclay