Hermes Model Management — Using Models the Picker Doesn't Show

The single most common "I can't find my model" confusion in Hermes comes from a mismatch between two systems:

1. The picker (/model, hermes model, the GUI/dashboard model selector) shows a curated subset of each provider's catalog — not the full catalog.
2. The runtime (validate_requested_model + switch_model) accepts any real, tool-capable model ID that exists on the provider's live /v1/models endpoint — regardless of whether it appears in the picker.

So a model "missing" from the picker is almost never actually unusable. You just have to select it by typing the exact ID rather than clicking it, or set it in config directly.

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