# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Add OpenRouter as speech-to-text provider

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #112122: feat(stt): add OpenRouter as a native transcription provider

These issues and pull requests concern adding OpenRouter as a supported speech-to-text (and possibly text-to-speech) provider. They include a feature request and at least one implementation attempt.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.39`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #24415: \[Feature\]: Add OpenRouter as an STT provider
- #25722: Feature Request: Add OpenRouter as STT provider

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#24703: Feat/openrouter stt provider**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#24415`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#112122: feat(stt): add OpenRouter as a native transcription provider**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#112126`, `#24415`, `#24703`, `#28848`, `#23869`
  - files: `agent/transcription_registry.py`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/constants.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/helpers.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/helpers.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/voice-field-visible.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/voice-client-direct.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/voice-client-direct.ts`, `cli-config.yaml.example`, `hermes_cli/config.py`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `hermes_cli/tools_config.py`, `hermes_cli/tools_config_providers.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server_config.py`, `tests/agent/test_transcription_registry.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_openrouter_voice_provider_contract.py`, `tests/plugins/transcription/check_parity_vs_main.py`, `tests/tools/test_pre_transcription_hook.py`, `tests/tools/test_transcription_openrouter.py`, `tests/tools/test_transcription_plugin_dispatch.py`, `tools/transcription_audio.py` (+7 more)

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `agent`