diff --git a/dankclaw/hermes/config.yaml.example b/dankclaw/hermes/config.yaml.example
index f29234c..e7c2119 100644
--- a/dankclaw/hermes/config.yaml.example
+++ b/dankclaw/hermes/config.yaml.example
@@ -23,18 +23,18 @@ providers:
     api: http://192.168.0.235:7770/v1
     discover_models: false
     models:
-      frank-small:
+      frank-medium:
         context_length: 163840
 
 # Auxiliary routing from the live configuration. Named providers route via
 # their `api:` URL; `custom` entries route by their explicit `base_url`.
 auxiliary:
   vision: {provider: dankclaw-large, model: frank-large}
-  web_extract: {provider: dankserver-small, model: frank-small}
-  compression: {provider: dankserver-small, model: frank-small}
-  skills_hub: {provider: dankserver-small, model: frank-small}
-  approval: {provider: dankserver-small, model: frank-small}
-  mcp: {provider: dankserver-small, model: frank-small}
+  web_extract: {provider: dankserver-small, model: frank-medium}
+  compression: {provider: dankserver-small, model: frank-medium}
+  skills_hub: {provider: dankserver-small, model: frank-medium}
+  approval: {provider: dankserver-small, model: frank-medium}
+  mcp: {provider: dankserver-small, model: frank-medium}
   # Title generation goes out over the Responses transport on purpose: Hermes
   # hardcodes response_format=json_schema on this one call, no local back-end
   # implements constrained decoding (it is a 400), and this transport is the
@@ -43,17 +43,17 @@ auxiliary:
   # entirely, leaving an empty title.
   title_generation:
     provider: dankserver-small
-    model: frank-small
+    model: frank-medium
     api_mode: codex_responses
     extra_body:
       reasoning:
         effort: none
-  memory_query_rewrite: {provider: custom, model: frank-small, base_url: http://192.168.0.235:7770/v1}
-  tts_audio_tags: {provider: custom, model: frank-small, base_url: http://192.168.0.235:7770/v1}
+  memory_query_rewrite: {provider: custom, model: frank-medium, base_url: http://192.168.0.235:7770/v1}
+  tts_audio_tags: {provider: custom, model: frank-medium, base_url: http://192.168.0.235:7770/v1}
   triage_specifier: {provider: dankclaw-large, model: frank-large}
   kanban_decomposer: {provider: dankclaw-large, model: frank-large}
-  profile_describer: {provider: dankserver-small, model: frank-small}
-  curator: {provider: dankserver-small, model: frank-small}
+  profile_describer: {provider: dankserver-small, model: frank-medium}
+  curator: {provider: dankserver-small, model: frank-medium}
 
 dashboard:
   # basic_auth intentionally omitted; its password_hash remains live-only.