Gate tool-gateway behind an env var, so it's not in users' faces until we're ready. Even if users enable it, it'll be blocked server-side for now, until we unlock for non-admin users on tool-gateway.

tools/transcription_tools.py

@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Optional, Dict, Any
 from urllib.parse import urljoin
 
+from utils import is_truthy_value
 from tools.managed_tool_gateway import resolve_managed_tool_gateway
-from tools.tool_backend_helpers import resolve_openai_audio_api_key
+from tools.tool_backend_helpers import managed_nous_tools_enabled, resolve_openai_audio_api_key
 
 from hermes_constants import get_hermes_home
 
@@ -122,11 +123,7 @@ def is_stt_enabled(stt_config: Optional[dict] = None) -> bool:
     if stt_config is None:
         stt_config = _load_stt_config()
     enabled = stt_config.get("enabled", True)
-    if isinstance(enabled, str):
-        return enabled.strip().lower() in ("true", "1", "yes", "on")
-    if enabled is None:
-        return True
-    return bool(enabled)
+    return is_truthy_value(enabled, default=True)
 
 
 def _has_openai_audio_backend() -> bool:
@@ -586,9 +583,10 @@ def _resolve_openai_audio_client_config() -> tuple[str, str]:
 
     managed_gateway = resolve_managed_tool_gateway("openai-audio")
     if managed_gateway is None:
-        raise ValueError(
-            "Neither VOICE_TOOLS_OPENAI_KEY nor OPENAI_API_KEY is set, and the managed OpenAI audio gateway is unavailable"
-        )
+        message = "Neither VOICE_TOOLS_OPENAI_KEY nor OPENAI_API_KEY is set"
+        if managed_nous_tools_enabled():
+            message += ", and the managed OpenAI audio gateway is unavailable"
+        raise ValueError(message)
 
     return managed_gateway.nous_user_token, urljoin(
         f"{managed_gateway.gateway_origin.rstrip('/')}/", "v1"