Demora

Distributable dementia-care companion agent for Hermes Agent and OpenClaw.

It provides companionship, medication reminders, safety triage, and caregiver intervention payloads such as Weixin/WeChat alerts. The package is independent: it contains no personal credentials, no hardcoded caregiver account, and defaults to dry-run.

What It Includes

• Shared Node CLI: demora-agent
• Hermes plugin: plugin.yaml, __init__.py, hermes_plugin_tools.py
• OpenClaw plugin: openclaw.plugin.json, index.js, openclaw_compat.js
• Hermes skill: skills/demora/SKILL.md
• OpenClaw skill: clawhub/skills/demora/SKILL.md
• Patient profile example: config/example.patient-profile.json
• Agent workspace templates for OpenClaw
• Hermes profile setup notes

Safety Position

This agent supports daily care. It does not diagnose, prescribe, or change medication. It never recommends changing dose. 用药提醒只负责提醒和记录确认，不替代医生或照护者判断。It escalates risk to a caregiver when the patient shows disorientation, wandering risk, possible medical distress, or medication confusion.

Communication principles follow public dementia-care guidance: keep language simple, stay calm, avoid arguing, ask one question at a time, and preserve dignity. Useful references:

• National Institute on Aging: https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/alzheimers-caregiving
• Alzheimer's Association communication guidance: https://www.alz.org/help-support/caregiving/daily-care/communications
• Alzheimer's Association medication safety: https://www.alz.org/help-support/caregiving/safety/medication-safety

Quick Test

npm test
npm run test:python
node ./bin/demora-agent.mjs status --profile ./config/example.patient-profile.json
node ./bin/demora-agent.mjs reminders due --profile ./config/example.patient-profile.json --now '2026-05-02T08:00:00+08:00'

NPM Install

npm install -g @harrylabs/demora-agent
demora-agent status --profile ./patient-profile.json

Patient Profile

Copy the example and edit it for the deployment:

cp config/example.patient-profile.json ./patient-profile.json

Set:

• patient preferred name
• calming topics
• caregiver channel and target
• medication names, doses, and times

Keep real medical details private. Do not publish filled profiles.

Hermes Install

From a checkout:

hermes plugins install /absolute/path/to/demora-agent --enable

Then load the skill in Hermes:

/skill demora

Use:

/demora 王阿姨说她不知道在哪里，想出门找妈妈

Medication cron can call:

Use demora. Check medication reminders from /path/to/patient-profile.json. Deliver only if the host gateway route is configured; otherwise dry-run.

OpenClaw Install

Install the plugin into OpenClaw using the local/plugin mechanism used by your OpenClaw deployment. The plugin manifest is:

openclaw.plugin.json

Set plugin config:

{
  "profilePath": "/absolute/path/to/patient-profile.json",
  "deliveryMode": "dry-run",
  "defaultCaregiverChannel": "openclaw-weixin"
}

Copy the workspace template if you want a dedicated agent:

cp -R templates/openclaw-agent-workspace ~/.openclaw/workspace-demora

Then configure an OpenClaw agent that uses that workspace and the demora skill.

Weixin / WeChat Intervention

The package does not directly own Weixin credentials. It returns caregiver alert payloads:

{
  "severity": "urgent",
  "channel": "weixin",
  "target": "wxid_or_group_id",
  "message": "..."
}

The host ecosystem sends the message:

• Hermes: gateway delivery after the installer configures Weixin.
• OpenClaw: message tool / channel delivery after the installer configures OpenClaw Weixin.

Until that route is configured, keep deliveryMode as dry-run.

Voice Interaction

语音互动应当使用宿主生态的语音/TTS 能力，并保持短句、慢速、一次一个动作。

Use the host voice/TTS layer:

• Hermes: /voice on or TTS configuration.
• OpenClaw: Voice Wake / Talk Mode / node TTS.

Patient-facing text is intentionally short and spoken-language friendly:

• one or two sentences
• one next step
• no dense Markdown
• no long menus

Example:

王阿姨，先不要出门。你现在是安全的。请坐在亮一点的地方，我马上联系家人。

Tools

demora_status

Validates a profile and confirms dry-run delivery defaults.

demora_reminders_due

Returns medication reminders due near a time. Output includes patient copy and caregiver alert payload.

demora_triage

Classifies patient text for disorientation, wandering risk, medical distress, or medication confusion.

demora_reply

Creates short dementia-friendly companion text.

Verification

./scripts/verify.sh