Get a phone call when Hermes needs an answer.
When Hermes asks you something through Pushary, the question goes to your phone first. If you have not answered after 2 minutes, Pushary calls you. You can set Call after to 1, 2, or 3 minutes. Answer on the call and Hermes gets your answer, while it is still waiting for it. Beta: numbers in Germany, calls in English.
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Beta limits
- Calls reach numbers in Germany.
- Calls work for 11 agents (listed below) today.
- Codex rings after 1 minute while "Call sooner when an agent waits less" is on, the default.
- Gemini CLI rings after 1 minute while "Call sooner when an agent waits less" is on, the default.
- Calls are in English.
Ask, wait, escalate, record
That is the whole loop. The call is step three, and it only happens when the push did not reach you.
1. Ask
Hermes sends its request to your phone. The push says what it wants to do and in which project, so you know which agent needs you.
2. Wait
Hermes waits for your answer. Silence is never a yes. An unanswered question stays unanswered.
3. Escalate
If you have not answered after 2 minutes, Pushary calls you. You can set Call after to 1, 2, or 3 minutes. Only inside your calling hours, at most 5 calls in 24 hours, and never once the request is answered.
4. Record
Your answer goes back to Hermes and into your activity record, marked "by phone call". Each call is listed in Settings under Call history.
Questions and approvals from Hermes
The Pushary plugin that setup installs sends Hermes's clarify questions to pushary_ask, so they go to your phone instead of waiting in a chat you are not reading.
With the key setup saves, a question stays open until you answer it or Hermes withdraws it. Pushary never answers a question for you.
If you have not answered after 2 minutes, Pushary calls you. You can set Call after to 1, 2, or 3 minutes.
Dangerous-command approvals reach your phone too, as "Allow Hermes to run ...?" with Allow once, Allow for this session, Always allow and Deny. Hermes waits for those only as long as its approvals timeout, 300 seconds by default, and then denies.
A call cannot answer an approval with those four choices, so answer it in the Pushary app. Only an approval that offers just Allow once and Deny can ring your phone.
Hermes's own gateway can reach you in Telegram, Slack, WhatsApp, SMS and other chat apps, and you can approve there. It does not call you.
What the call says
These lines come from the script Pushary's calls use, with Hermes's name filled in. Calls are in English during the beta.
- Pushary
Hi Sam, it's Pushary. Hermes has a question for you in nightly-report. It's asking: The nightly report found 3 failed payments. Retry them now or wait for the morning run? Retry now or Wait for morning?
- You
Wait for morning
- Pushary
Just to be sure, your answer is: Wait for morning. Is that right?
- You
Yes.
Got it, I've passed that on to Hermes.
A call ends on its own after about 85 seconds.
When it calls, and when it does not
Pushary calls only when all of this is true
- Hermes is waiting on a request you have not answered on your phone.
- Call after has passed: 2 minutes, or the 1, 2, or 3 minutes you pick.
- It is inside your calling hours: 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM in your time zone, every day, unless you pick Weekdays only. A request that comes in outside them gets its call when your calling hours start, if it is still waiting then. Hermes waits at most about 290 seconds, so that only happens when your hours start within that time.
- You have had fewer calls in the last 24 hours than your limit: 5 by default, up to 10.
- Your workspace has call minutes left.
It does not call when
- The request is already answered.
- The request stops waiting before your calling hours start. The push still arrives, but your phone does not ring.
- Hermes would stop waiting before the call could end.
- Calls are off, or your number is not confirmed with a test call yet.
- The request asks several questions at once.
- You reached your call limit for the last 24 hours, or your workspace ran out of minutes. Push notifications keep working.
Before a yes counts, Pushary reads the step back and asks again. A step that cannot be undone is called out first.
Some requests can only be approved in the Pushary app. On those, the call can still say no or tell the agent what to do instead.
Miss the call too and nothing is answered for you. The request waits in the Pushary app while the agent still waits for it.
Set up phone calls for Hermes
Connect Hermes once, then turn on calls in Settings. It takes a few minutes.
1. Connect Hermes
Run this on the machine where Hermes runs. It installs the Pushary plugin into ~/.hermes/plugins/pushary, selects Pushary as the approval transport and pairs your phone.
bashnpx pushary@latest setup --agents hermes2. Restart the gateway
Restart the Hermes gateway so it loads the plugin.
bashhermes gateway restart3. Open Phone calls in Settings
Sign in at pushary.com, open Settings and pick the Phone calls tab.
4. Your number
Enter your number and your first name, then tap Save number. During the beta, Pushary calls numbers in Germany.
5. Test call
Pushary calls you once. Answer the call and confirm your number when asked.
6. Turn on
Tick the box that lets Pushary call you with an AI voice, then tap Turn on calls.
7. When Pushary may call
Set Call after, Calling hours, Weekdays only and Calls a day, at most, then tap Save rules.
Call minutes on each plan
Phone calls come with Agent, Agent Pro, and Team. The 3-day free trial includes 5 call minutes. The full monthly minutes start with your paid plan.
| Plan | Price | Call minutes |
|---|---|---|
| Agent | $9.99 a month | 10 min a month |
| Agent Pro | $19.99 a month | 20 min a month |
| Team | $59 a month for 5 people | 60 min a month |
- Minutes are shared by everyone in the workspace. You can buy more in Settings as a one-time purchase.
- These are web prices. The phone app's store shows its own price and trial terms.
Every way to get a phone call from Hermes
Each row is what the product's own page or README said when we checked it. Most of these ring when the agent decides to. Pushary rings only after you miss the push.
| Option | How it reaches you | When it rings | Answer on the call | Published price | Where it stops |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pushary | A real phone call to your number, after a push | Only after you miss the push for 2 minutes (you pick 1, 2, or 3), in your calling hours, at most 5 in 24 hours | Yes. It reads the step back before a yes counts | $19.99 a month on Agent Pro, with 20 call minutes | Numbers in Germany. Calls in English |
| Twring | A call in its app (iPhone through TestFlight, Android as an APK) | When the agent is done or needs your OK | Yes, by voice or a tap | Free while it launches | Not in the App Store or Google Play yet. Quiet hours, no daily limit mentioned |
| agentring | A VoIP call in its Android app | When the agent picks a call over a message. A missed call turns into a message | Yes | Free for 10 call minutes a month. Pro is $12 a month for 100 minutes. Self-hosting is free | Android only. iPhone is on a waitlist |
| Paigy | A CallKit call in its iPhone app | When the agent judges it urgent, under a mode you set. LockedIn rings for every notification. A dismissed call retries after 10 minutes, 30 minutes and 2 hours | Yes, by voice | Free | iPhone only. It rings its app, not a phone number |
| CallMeMCP | A call in its iPhone or Android app, over the internet | When the agent decides to call | Yes. Your spoken reply goes back as text | A subscription in the app. No price on its site | At most 10 calls an hour and 40 a day to one number |
| ntfy phone calls (paid plans) | A real phone call that reads your message aloud | Whenever your script sends a message with the X-Call header | No. You can only listen, so the agent keeps waiting | Paid plans include 3, 20 or 50 calls a day | One way, English voice only |
| Pushover emergency priority | A push that repeats until you acknowledge it | Never calls. It repeats every 30 seconds or more until acknowledged, for up to 3 hours or 50 retries | No. Acknowledging is not approving | $4.99 once per platform | Push only |
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- Today Pushary calls numbers in Germany. App-based callers ring their own app, so they work in any country, and a Twilio or Telnyx setup reaches any number your account covers.
- Pushary calls for 11 agents (listed below) today. Most call tools are MCP servers, so they work with any MCP client.
- Paigy and Twring are free right now, agentring Pro is $12 for 100 minutes, and ntfy's paid plans cost less per call. What Pushary charges for is no setup, the push first and the call only on a miss, the limits, and the record.
- Calls are in English only.
Which agents can call you
Push approvals and questions already reach your phone from every agent below. Phone calls are in beta for the agents marked yes.
| Agent | On your phone today | Phone call |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code | Approvals, enforced by its hooks | Yes, in beta |
| Codex | Approvals, enforced by its hooks | Yes, in beta |
| Gemini CLI | Approvals, enforced by its hooks | Yes, in beta |
| fx | Questions, when the agent asks | Yes, in beta |
| Hermes | Approvals, through its Pushary plugin | Yes, in beta |
| Claude Chat | Questions, when the agent asks | Yes, in beta |
| ChatGPT | Questions, when the agent asks | Yes, in beta |
| Claude Cowork | Questions, when the agent asks | Yes, in beta |
| Cline | Questions, when the agent asks | Yes, in beta |
| Lovable | Questions, when the agent asks | Yes, in beta |
| Grok Bot | Questions, when the agent asks | Yes, in beta |
| Qwen Code | Approvals, enforced by its hooks | Not yet |
| CodeBuddy | Approvals, enforced by its hooks | Not yet |
| Qoder | Approvals, enforced by its hooks | Not yet |
| Droid | Approvals, enforced by its hooks | Not yet |
| Devin CLI | Approvals, enforced by its hooks | Not yet |
| Antigravity CLI | Approvals, enforced by its hooks | Not yet |
| Grok Build | Approvals, enforced by its hooks | Not yet |
| Windsurf | Questions, when the agent asks | Not yet |
| Cursor | Approvals, enforced by its hooks | Not yet |
| VS Code | Approvals, enforced by its hooks | Not yet |
| OpenCode | Approvals, enforced by its hooks | Not yet |
Questions about Hermes phone calls
Can Hermes call me when it needs an answer?
Not by itself. With Pushary, a question Hermes asks goes to your phone, and if you miss it Pushary calls you. Answer on the call and Hermes gets your answer, while it is still waiting for it. Numbers in Germany, calls in English.
What happens when a Hermes approval times out?
Hermes denies the command once its approvals timeout passes, 300 seconds unless you changed it, and an expired prompt cannot be reopened.
Is a Hermes phone call the same as talking to Hermes by voice?
No. Pushary does not give Hermes a voice line. It calls you about one question that is waiting on you, records your answer and hangs up.
Why do some Hermes questions stay inside Hermes?
The Pushary plugin from the Hermes catalog, or a copy you installed by hand, leaves clarify in Hermes's own prompt. The plugin setup installs sends those questions to Pushary.