Nous Portal API key setup
Nous Research API portal. Home of Hermes and Dischat models.
Get your key
- Open the Nous Portal site: portal.nousresearch.com
- Create an account and generate an API key.
- Paste it into the Dracon key manager — stored encrypted (AES-256-GCM), used browser-direct, works in every Dracon tool.
Free tier
No recurring free tier advertised as of the last check . Usage is billed per the provider's listed pricing — you pay them directly, no Dracon markup.
Rate limits: Ultra: 1,600 RPM
Connection details
- Env var
NOUS_API_KEY- Model lineup
- Hermes 3 70B, Hermes 4 405B, Nous-Cheatcode 72B
Gotchas
Browser-direct chat is not available for this provider: Endpoint unverified — v2. The vault still stores its key for tools that run elsewhere (for example a LiteLLM chain from the router builder).