Pairing

Domain: Security

Motivation

Authorizing specific users to communicate with Hermes via DM on messaging platforms. Unpaired users are ignored.

Concrete Example

hermes pairing list. Approve: hermes pairing approve @user. Now @user can send messages to Hermes. Revoke: hermes pairing revoke @user. Access removed.

Analogy

Adding a friend to your phone contacts - only people in your contacts can call you. Strangers are blocked. Pairing adds users to the Hermes contact list.