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HERMES AGENT HAS A SECOND BRAIN. 1,100+ KNOWLEDGE FILES. AUTO-LINKED. SELF-IMPROVING. GROWING EVERY NIGHT. THIS IS THE OBSIDIAN GRAPH BEHIND IT. every dot = one knowledge file (markdown) every line = one wiki-link between files every color = one category (skills, notes, decisions, sources, entities) HOW IT BUILDS ITSELF: Hermes ships with a bundled LLM Wiki skill. based on Andrej Karpathy's pattern. unlike RAG (rediscovers knowledge from scratch every query), the wiki compiles knowledge once and keeps it current. when you feed the agent a source: → it reads the content → writes a structured markdown page → auto-links to every related existing page → flags contradictions with previous entries → updates all affected pages one source in. multiple connections created. the graph grows denser with every entry. WHAT FEEDS THE WIKI: → articles and URLs you find interesting → meeting transcripts → PDF documents and research papers → conversation history from Hermes sessions → Claude Code and Codex session history → Slack logs, email threads, saved notes → YouTube transcripts → raw text dropped into a _raw/ folder the obsidian-wiki package supports multi-agent ingest from Hermes, Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw, Pi, Windsurf, and ChatGPT exports. install: pip install obsidian-wiki obsidian-wiki setup --vault ~/wiki AUTOMATE THE GROWTH: set cron jobs to feed the wiki overnight: "every day at 9am, check for new meetings. ingest transcripts into the wiki." "every week, check arXiv for new papers in [niche]. summarize and file into the wiki." "every day, ingest today's Hermes sessions into the wiki under session-history." month 1: 50 entries. scattered. month 3: 300+ entries. cross-referenced. month 6: 1,000+ entries. the agent surfaces patterns you never searched for. WHY OBSIDIAN: the wiki is plain markdown files. no database. no lock-in. open it in Obsidian for graph view: → nodes show knowledge density → links show how ideas connect → clusters reveal your strongest domains → orphan nodes reveal gaps Hermes writes from a VPS. Obsidian reads on your laptop. obsidian-headless syncs without a GUI. agent writes from the server, you browse on your device. FOUR MEMORY LAYERS: Layer 1: memory.md + user.md (~2,200 + 1,375 chars. short-term.) Layer 2: SQLite with FTS5 (full session transcripts. searchable.) Layer 3: external providers (Mem0, SuperMemory, Honcho. optional.) Layer 4: Obsidian wiki via LLM Wiki skill (unlimited. compounding. the long-term brain.) layers 1-3 handle memory. layer 4 handles knowledge. the graph in this post is layer 4. SETUP: set in Desktop app, Dashboard, or config.yaml: WIKI_PATH=~/wiki OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH=~/wiki first run: Hermes asks for your domain. answer with your niche. the skill builds SCHEMA.md with tag taxonomy. after that: "index this into my wiki: [URL or text]" the wiki grows. the graph densifies. the agent gets smarter because the knowledge base got smarter. full 15 levels breakdown in the article 👇

HERMES AGENT HAS A SECOND BRAIN. 1,100+ KNOWLEDGE FILES. AUTO-LINKED. SELF-IMPROVING. GROWING EVERY NIGHT. THIS IS THE OBSIDIAN GRAPH BEHIND IT. every dot = one knowledge file (markdown) every line = one wiki-link between files every color = one category (skills, notes, decisions, sources, entities) HOW IT BUILDS ITSELF: Hermes ships with a bundled LLM Wiki skill. based on Andrej Karpathy's pattern. unlike RAG (rediscovers knowledge from scratch every query), the wiki compiles knowledge once and keeps it current. when you feed the agent a source: → it reads the content → writes a structured markdown page → auto-links to every related existing page → flags contradictions with previous entries → updates all affected pages one source in. multiple connections created. the graph grows denser with every entry. WHAT FEEDS THE WIKI: → articles and URLs you find interesting → meeting transcripts → PDF documents and research papers → conversation history from Hermes sessions → Claude Code and Codex session history → Slack logs, email threads, saved notes → YouTube transcripts → raw text dropped into a _raw/ folder the obsidian-wiki package supports multi-agent ingest from Hermes, Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw, Pi, Windsurf, and ChatGPT exports. install: pip install obsidian-wiki obsidian-wiki setup --vault ~/wiki AUTOMATE THE GROWTH: set cron jobs to feed the wiki overnight: "every day at 9am, check for new meetings. ingest transcripts into the wiki." "every week, check arXiv for new papers in [niche]. summarize and file into the wiki." "every day, ingest today's Hermes sessions into the wiki under session-history." month 1: 50 entries. scattered. month 3: 300+ entries. cross-referenced. month 6: 1,000+ entries. the agent surfaces patterns you never searched for. WHY OBSIDIAN: the wiki is plain markdown files. no database. no lock-in. open it in Obsidian for graph view: → nodes show knowledge density → links show how ideas connect → clusters reveal your strongest domains → orphan nodes reveal gaps Hermes writes from a VPS. Obsidian reads on your laptop. obsidian-headless syncs without a GUI. agent writes from the server, you browse on your device. FOUR MEMORY LAYERS: Layer 1: memory.md + user.md (~2,200 + 1,375 chars. short-term.) Layer 2: SQLite with FTS5 (full session transcripts. searchable.) Layer 3: external providers (Mem0, SuperMemory, Honcho. optional.) Layer 4: Obsidian wiki via LLM Wiki skill (unlimited. compounding. the long-term brain.) layers 1-3 handle memory. layer 4 handles knowledge. the graph in this post is layer 4. SETUP: set in Desktop app, Dashboard, or config.yaml: WIKI_PATH=~/wiki OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH=~/wiki first run: Hermes asks for your domain. answer with your niche. the skill builds SCHEMA.md with tag taxonomy. after that: "index this into my wiki: [URL or text]" the wiki grows. the graph densifies. the agent gets smarter because the knowledge base got smarter. full 15 levels breakdown in the article 👇

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HERMES AGENT NOW SUPPORTS COMPUTER USE ON WINDOWS AND LINUX. CLICKS, TYPES, SCROLLS YOUR DESKTOP IN THE BACKGROUND WHILE YOU WORK. computer use was macOS only. now it works on Windows and Linux too via Cua. Nous Research HOW IT WORKS: cua-driver runs as an MCP server. Hermes takes a screenshot with numbered elements. clicks element #14 (the search field). types a query. submits. reads the result. during all of this: → your cursor stays where you left it → keyboard focus doesn't change → windows don't come to front → macOS doesn't switch Spaces you and the agent co-work on the same machine. WHAT IT CAN DO: → find your latest Stripe email and summarize it → fill forms in a web app that has no API → navigate desktop apps (Mail, browser, Finder) → interact with any GUI application → extract data from apps only accessible via screen WORKS WITH ANY VISION MODEL: not locked to Anthropic. | Provider | Works | |---|---| | Claude (Sonnet/Opus) | best overall | | GPT-4+, GPT-5.5 | full support | | Gemini (via OpenRouter) | full support | | Local vLLM / LM Studio | if model supports vision | | Text-only models | degraded (accessibility tree only) | SETUP: hermes computer-use install or: hermes tools → Computer Use → cua-driver grant permissions when prompted: → Accessibility (system settings) → Screen Recording (system settings) start a session: hermes -t computer_use chat or add to config.yaml / Desktop app settings to enable permanently. SAFETY: → destructive actions require your approval → blocked key combos: empty trash, force delete, lock screen, log out → blocked type patterns: curl | bash, sudo rm -rf /, fork bombs → agent cannot click permission dialogs → agent cannot type passwords → agent cannot follow instructions embedded in screenshots pair with approvals.mode: manual if you want every single click confirmed. TOKEN NOTE: screenshots are expensive. each one adds vision tokens to context. use computer_use for tasks where no API exists. if the tool has an API or MCP server, use that instead. 15 levels of Hermes Agent👇

HERMES AGENT NOW SUPPORTS COMPUTER USE ON WINDOWS AND LINUX. CLICKS, TYPES, SCROLLS YOUR DESKTOP IN THE BACKGROUND WHILE YOU WORK. computer use was macOS only. now it works on Windows and Linux too via Cua. Nous Research HOW IT WORKS: cua-driver runs as an MCP server. Hermes takes a screenshot with numbered elements. clicks element #14 (the search field). types a query. submits. reads the result. during all of this: → your cursor stays where you left it → keyboard focus doesn't change → windows don't come to front → macOS doesn't switch Spaces you and the agent co-work on the same machine. WHAT IT CAN DO: → find your latest Stripe email and summarize it → fill forms in a web app that has no API → navigate desktop apps (Mail, browser, Finder) → interact with any GUI application → extract data from apps only accessible via screen WORKS WITH ANY VISION MODEL: not locked to Anthropic. | Provider | Works | |---|---| | Claude (Sonnet/Opus) | best overall | | GPT-4+, GPT-5.5 | full support | | Gemini (via OpenRouter) | full support | | Local vLLM / LM Studio | if model supports vision | | Text-only models | degraded (accessibility tree only) | SETUP: hermes computer-use install or: hermes tools → Computer Use → cua-driver grant permissions when prompted: → Accessibility (system settings) → Screen Recording (system settings) start a session: hermes -t computer_use chat or add to config.yaml / Desktop app settings to enable permanently. SAFETY: → destructive actions require your approval → blocked key combos: empty trash, force delete, lock screen, log out → blocked type patterns: curl | bash, sudo rm -rf /, fork bombs → agent cannot click permission dialogs → agent cannot type passwords → agent cannot follow instructions embedded in screenshots pair with approvals.mode: manual if you want every single click confirmed. TOKEN NOTE: screenshots are expensive. each one adds vision tokens to context. use computer_use for tasks where no API exists. if the tool has an API or MCP server, use that instead. 15 levels of Hermes Agent👇

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HERMES AGENT BECOMES 10X MORE USEFUL WHEN YOU CONFIGURE THESE 5 THINGS. EACH ONE TAKES 5 MINUTES. MOST USERS NEVER TOUCH THEM. 1. THE RIGHT MODELS one model for everything = wrong model for most things. GPT-5.6 Sol: strongest reasoning. daily driver. access through your ChatGPT subscription (Plus or higher). Max plan unlocks higher reasoning effort. Grok 4.5: live X search. fastest responses. access through your X Premium+ subscription. "find me 3 high-engagement Hermes posts from the last 5 days." Grok pulls directly from X. no scraping. real-time. Kimi K3: design powerhouse. comparable quality to Claude Fable 5 at roughly 30% of the price. takes longer to generate. the quality justifies the wait. connect via Desktop app / Dashboard: Models → add provider. GPT-5.6: ChatGPT subscription → OAuth. Grok 4.5: X subscription → OAuth. Kimi K3: OpenRouter or Nous Portal. switch between them mid-session: /model [name] 2. PARALLEL TOOL CALLS Hermes used to call tools one at a time. Gmail, then calendar, then web search. sequential. now: multiple tool calls run simultaneously. "check my emails, check my calendar, tell me the weather in Dubai, and find the latest Hermes updates." four tools at once. results merge when all finish. what used to take 3 minutes takes 30 seconds. automatic after update. no config needed. hermes update 3. FASTER AND CHEAPER WEB SEARCH two improvements. one automatic, one you configure. AUTOMATIC (update only): v0.19.0 processes web pages differently. clean content straight to the agent without redundant processing steps. 60x faster. 49x cheaper. no config needed. CONFIGURE (Firecrawl): Firecrawl is the default scraping backend. strips HTML, ads, navigation, scripts. returns only the text your agent needs. 500 free credits per month on free tier. get your key from firecrawl .dev. add to .env: FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=your_key Nous Portal subscribers: Firecrawl is included through Tool Gateway. no separate key needed. SAVE MORE (auxiliary model): web summarization defaults to your main model. route it to a cheap model: auxiliary: web_extract: model: google/gemini-3-flash-preview cheap model reads the page. premium model reasons about the content. 4. MORNING BRIEF WITH EMAIL + CALENDAR connect Gmail and Google Calendar via MCP: 1. go to mcp .zapier.com 2. add Gmail: enable read and draft only. never enable send. one automated email from the wrong context can cost a relationship. 3. add Google Calendar: read access. 4. click connect → sign in → regenerate token 5. paste the token into Hermes chat tell your agent: "create a

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HERMES AGENT RUNS MONITORING, RESEARCH, LEAD DETECTION, AND COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS ON AUTOPILOT. AND KNOWS WHEN NOT TO SPEND YOUR TOKENS. the biggest unlock most people skip: Hermes cron jobs can decide ON THEIR OWN whether the LLM should wake up. WAKE AGENT — THE $0 GATE every cron job can run a Python script first. the script checks: did anything actually change? nothing changed: → script outputs {"wakeAgent": false} → LLM stays asleep → zero tokens spent something changed: → script outputs {"wakeAgent": true} → agent wakes up and handles it three gate patterns from official docs: → file-change: compare file mtime to last run. no change? sleep. → external-flag: another process drops a ready file. no flag? sleep. → HTTP-check: ping a URL, diff the response. same as last time? sleep. real example: monitor AWS costs every hour. script pulls current spend from AWS API. no spike? agent sleeps. zero cost. costs jump 40%? agent wakes, reports to Slack, takes action through Stripe MCP. you run 20 monitoring jobs a day. 18 of them find nothing. you pay for 2. NO AGENT — PURE SCRIPT, ZERO LLM some jobs don't need reasoning at all. TLS checks. uptime pings. disk alerts. heartbeats. hermes cron edit --no-agent --script check_health.py script runs. stdout goes straight to Telegram, Discord, or Slack. no LLM involved. flip any job between modes: hermes cron edit --agent # add LLM hermes cron edit --no-agent # remove LLM free monitoring that lives inside the same ecosystem as your agent. 4 MORE USE CASES THIS UNLOCKS: COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS weekly cron with script that diffs competitor pages. agent only analyzes actual changes. updates your tracking file and PRD skill automatically. PRD AS A SKILL save product requirements as a skill, not a document. skills load on demand into fresh context. documents drift. skills stay sharp. CONTENT REPURPOSING hand a video script to the agent. it drafts X and LinkedIn posts in your voice. writes to a review folder. you approve via Telegram. LEAD DETECTION webhook monitors inbox. agent spots potential leads. drafts responses using your business context. schedules meetings from your calendar. the pattern across all of these: scripts handle the mechanical work for free. the agent only spends tokens on reasoning that requires judgment. comment CRON and I'll send you 5 ready-to-paste cron configs with wakeAgent and no_agent patterns. full Hermes SOUL.MD guide 👇

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HERMES AGENT IS NOW IN THE CLOUD. NO VPS. NO TERMINAL. NO SETUP. PICK A MODEL. PICK A SERVER SIZE. AGENT IS LIVE IN 60 SECONDS. Nous Portal just launched hosted Hermes Agent. two clicks. one minute. done. Nous Research WHAT THIS MEANS: before today: install Hermes on a VPS or your laptop. configure providers. set up gateway. manage updates. run hermes setup. edit config.yaml. great for power users. friction for everyone else. now: go to pick a model. pick a server size. your agent is live and reachable in 60 seconds. no terminal. no SSH. no Docker. same Hermes. same features. same tools. someone else handles the infrastructure. FOR TEAMS: this is where it gets interesting. spin up agents for everyone at your org. each team member gets their own Hermes instance. granular access controls per user. unified billing through Nous Portal. your team gets Hermes on day one. no DevOps needed. no VPS per person. one admin dashboard. one bill. WHAT'S INCLUDED: → 300+ models via Nous Portal (Claude, GPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, Grok, MiniMax, and more) → Tool Gateway (web search, image generation, TTS, browser automation) → all messaging platforms (Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal) → full feature set (profiles, cron, kanban, skills, memory, sub-agents, MoA, /goal, /learn, /journey) → automatic updates ONE PORTAL. FOUR TIERS: Free: $0/month. pay-as-you-go credits from $10. Plus: $20/month. $22 in monthly usage credit. Super: $100/month. $110 in monthly credit. Ultra: $200/month. $220 in monthly credit. highest rate limits. every paid tier includes Tool Gateway. one OAuth. one subscription. no extra API keys. SELF-HOSTED IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE: Hermes is MIT licensed. open source. free forever. you can still run it on your laptop, VPS, or GPU cluster. nothing changes for self-hosted users. the cloud version is for people who want the agent running without managing the machine. pick your path: → self-hosted: full control. you manage everything. → cloud: zero ops. Nous manages infrastructure. → hybrid: self-host your main agent, cloud for team members. HOW TO START: cloud: self-hosted: hermes setup --portal both connect to the same Nous Portal. same models. same tools. same billing. learn how to replace your entire team with 8 hermes agents 👇

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HERMES AGENT CAN RUN YOUR SEO. CONNECT IT TO GOOGLE SEARCH CONSOLE AND GOOGLE ANALYTICS. IT MONITORS, REPORTS, AND WRITES CONTENT BASED ON YOUR ACTUAL DATA. stop paying an SEO agency. stop doing the tedious work yourself. Hermes handles it 24/7. WHAT THE SEO AGENT DOES: → pulls clicks, impressions, CTR, and position data from Google Search Console automatically → tracks traffic, user behavior, and conversions from Google Analytics → checks which pages are indexed and which are not → submits sitemaps for indexing → inspects URLs for crawl or indexing issues → identifies ranking drops and keyword opportunities → writes content based on what your data says works → generates weekly SEO performance reports → delivers everything to Telegram CONNECT GOOGLE SEARCH CONSOLE: two paths: 1. COMPOSIO (managed, easiest): paste this into Hermes chat: https:// composio. dev/hermes or add to config.yaml: mcp_servers: composio: url: "https:// connect.composio. dev /mcp" headers: x-consumer-api-key: "YOUR_COMPOSIO_API_KEY" Hermes prompts you to authenticate. one OAuth flow. done. 2. CLAWLINK (one-click): 9 Google Search Console tools exposed via MCP. hosted auth. nothing to run or maintain. paste the install prompt into Hermes chat. CONNECT GOOGLE ANALYTICS: same Composio setup. one MCP endpoint handles both Search Console and Analytics. authenticate once. both data sources available. your agent can now query: → search analytics (clicks, impressions, CTR, position) → traffic by source and landing page → user behavior and conversions → indexing status for any URL → sitemap status WHAT TO AUTOMATE WITH CRON: weekly SEO report (Monday 8am): "pull search analytics for last 7 days. compare vs previous week. flag any keyword that dropped more than 5 positions. flag any page that lost more than 20% clicks. deliver report to Telegram." daily indexing check (6am): "check if any new pages are not indexed. if found, submit sitemap and report to Telegram." wakeAgent gate: skip if all pages indexed. content opportunity scan (weekly): "find queries where my site appears on page 2 (positions 11-20) with high impressions. these are the keywords one good article could push to page 1. deliver list to Telegram with suggested topics." CONTENT WRITING FROM YOUR DATA: the difference between generic SEO content and content that ranks: your agent has your Search Console data. "write a blog post targeting [keyword]. my current position is 14 with 2,400 monthly impressions. check what pages currently rank 1-3 for this keyword. write something better. include the gaps they miss." the agent researches competitors via Firecrawl, checks your existing content in the wiki, and drafts based on real data. not guesswork. WHAT THIS REPLACES: → SEO agency: $1,000-5,000/month → SEO tool subscriptions: $100-300/month → manual reporting: 3-5 hours/week → manual content research: 2-4 hours/week Hermes SEO agent: one profile with two MCPs. cron jobs handle the monitoring. you handle the decisions. SETUP IN 10 MINUTES: 1. create a profile: hermes profile create seo-agent 2. write SOUL.md: "you are an SEO specialist. monitor search performance daily. flag ranking drops and opportunities. write content based on Search Console data. weekly report every Monday." 3. connect Google Search Console + Analytics via Composio or ClawLink 4. set cron jobs (weekly report, daily index check, content opportunity scan) 5. set model: DeepSeek V4 for routine monitoring. Sonnet for content writing. 6. connect to Telegram for delivery. the agent runs. you review reports. rankings improve because you stopped guessing and started using your own data. comment HERMES and I'll send you the full setup guide for running Hermes Agent as your SEO specialist. full Hermes architecture deep-dive in the article 👇

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HERMES AGENT HAS 5 SYSTEMS RUNNING UNDER THE HOOD. UNDERSTAND THEM AND YOU USE THE AGENT 10X BETTER. In this video Alejandro AO 🤗 explained: 1. THE AGENT LOOP every message triggers the same cycle: → you send a message → Hermes builds context (SOUL.md + memory.md + user.md + skills + tools + message history) → sends everything to the LLM → LLM decides: call a tool or respond → if tool call: execute, return result, loop back → if response: deliver to you → after response: memory update (agent checks if anything is worth remembering, writes to memory.md or user.md) this loop is why Hermes gets better over time. the memory update after every response means the agent learns from every conversation. 2. CONTEXT ASSEMBLY what the LLM sees on every turn: → SOUL.md (your agent's personality and rules) → memory.md (facts the agent learned over time) → user.md (facts about you, auto-updated) → AGENTS.md and .hermes.md (project context files) → skill descriptions (loaded on demand) → tool schemas (available actions) → message history (current conversation) if SOUL.md is empty, Hermes falls back to a default system prompt. write your own SOUL.md and the agent becomes yours, not generic. CONTEXT COMPRESSION: conversations hit context limits. Hermes handles this at two checkpoints: preflight: before each turn. if conversation exceeds 50% of context window, compression fires. older messages get summarized. last 20 messages stay intact (protect_last_n). gateway auto-compression: between turns. fires at 85%. more aggressive. prevents API errors before the agent even starts processing your message. after compression, a new session lineage ID is generated. the agent can trace back to the original conversation through SQLite. three things break prompt cache: switching models mid-session, changing memory files, or changing context files. 3. THE GATEWAY the system that keeps Hermes reachable on 27+ messaging platforms. an async loop runs continuously. listens for incoming messages from Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, email, SMS, and every other adapter. when a message arrives: → gateway identifies which session it belongs to → queries SQLite for the full message history (session ID = platform prefix + chat ID) → builds the context from scratch → sends everything into the agent loop → delivers the response back to the platform the gateway also runs the session manager. when you send a message while the agent is busy: → default: queued for next turn → /steer: injected without interrupting → /interrupt: stops current work without the gateway, Hermes is a CLI tool. with the gateway, Hermes is an always-on agent you reach from your phone. 4. MEMORY (THREE LAYERS) LAYER 1 — MARKDOWN FILES SOUL.md (identity), memory.md (learned facts), user.md (facts about you). injected into context after the system prompt. updated by the agent after every response. LAYER 2 — SQLITE full transcripts of every session stored locally. FTS5 full-text search across all past conversations. session lineage tracking across compressions. the agent can recall what you discussed weeks ago using /recall or session search. LAYER 3 — EXTERNAL PROVIDERS (optional) 8 supported providers: Mem0, SuperMemory, Honcho, Zep, and more. each works differently (semantic search, LLM extraction, similarity matching). queried after the first message in each session. the agent processes your topic first, then checks external memory for related context from past conversations. not enabled by default. enable for significantly better long-term recall. 5. CRON ENGINE a loop inside the gateway ticks every 60 seconds. each tick checks ~/.hermes/cron/jobs.json for scheduled tasks. if a job is due: → fresh session (no chat history, no memory pollution) → execute the prompt with assigned tools → store the run output as markdown in ~/.hermes/cron/output/[job-id]/ → deliver result to your home messaging platform cron does NOT use the send_message tool. delivery happens at the system level, not the agent level. a cron session cannot create more cron jobs. prevents runaway loops. WHY THIS MATTERS: the agent loop teaches it. the context assembly focuses it. the gateway reaches it. the memory remembers it. the cron engine automates it. five systems. one agent. understanding how they connect changes how you configure every level. full 15 levels breakdown in the article 👇

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HERMES AGENT + STRIPE PAYMENTS + NVIDIA NEMOTRON. YOUR AGENT CAN NOW RUN A BUSINESS. ACCEPT PAYMENTS. PAY FOR SERVICES. PROVISION ITS OWN INFRASTRUCTURE. ALL INSIDE A SECURITY SANDBOX. two years ago the question was: can an AI agent run a business autonomously? the answer shipped this week. Hermes already handles workflows: cron jobs, sub-agents, kanban orchestration, multi-profile pipelines, scheduled research. what it couldn't do: spend money and prove it's safe. Stripe solved the first problem. Nvidia solved the second. WHAT AUTONOMOUS BUSINESS OPERATIONS LOOK LIKE: → customer sends a request via email → agent reads, scopes the project, estimates cost → provisions the infrastructure it needs (pays via Stripe, you approve on your phone) → builds and deploys the deliverable → sends the result to the customer → creates a payment link via Stripe (Stripe API integration, separate from Link CLI) → tops off its own API credits when balance drops → reports daily costs and progress to your Telegram → all within security policies you set once you set the rules. the agent runs the operation. you review revenue reports. not tasks. this is already happening. Dark Factory: autonomous software factory. send an idea before bed. wake up to a deployed URL. live entry in the Hermes Accelerated Business Hackathon. HOW STRIPE MAKES THE AGENT FINANCIALLY AUTONOMOUS: Stripe Link CLI gives your agent a scoped wallet. not your credit card. one-time-use virtual cards. → agent finds a product or service it needs → creates a spend request via Stripe Link → you get a notification on your phone (Link app) → you review: merchant, amount, context → one tap to approve or reject → agent receives a one-time virtual card → completes the purchase → card expires after single use your real card details never enter agent context. never printed in chat. never exposed to the merchant. Hermes cannot self-approve. you confirm every spend. install: hermes install skills/optional/payments/stripe-link-cli link-cli auth login what the agent can pay for: → API credits (Nous Portal, OpenRouter) → SaaS subscriptions it needs for operations → domain names, hosting, cloud credits → products from any online store currently US only. HOW NVIDIA MAKES THE AGENT SAFE TO TRUST: an agent with spending authority and no security boundaries is a liability. NemoClaw solves this. three layers: 1. OPENSHELL (sandbox) kernel-level isolation. controls network, filesystem, syscalls. default deny. you whitelist what's allowed. agent tries to reach a blocked domain = rejected. agent has no idea it's sandboxed. 2. NEMOTRON (private models) open-weight models on your own hardware. Nemotron 3 Super 120B MoE (48GB+ VRAM). Nemotron 3 Nano 4B (8GB VRAM, edge). fully private. no data leaves your machine. without GPU: inference routes to cloud via Privacy Router. 3. PRIVACY ROUTER (automatic split) decides per query: local or cloud. private data → local Nemotron. general web research → Claude, GPT, Gemini. automatic. per query. no manual routing. install: export NEMOCLAW_AGENT=hermes curl -fsSL https:// www.nvidia. com/nemoclaw.sh | bash requires Docker. NemoClaw is alpha software. APIs may change. test in non-production first. THE FULL PICTURE: before this stack: → agent could work but couldn't pay for anything → agent could pay but couldn't be trusted → agent could be trusted but couldn't operate 24/7 now: → Hermes runs the business logic (workflows, memory, skills, cron, sub-agents) → Stripe runs the financial layer (Link CLI for spending, Stripe API for receiving) → NemoClaw runs the trust layer (sandbox, policies, private routing) → VPS keeps everything always on → Telegram keeps you in the loop TYPES OF BUSINESSES THIS ENABLES: → autonomous software factory (customer request → build → deploy → payment link) → content agency (brief → research → draft → deliver → bill) → lead generation service (scrape → qualify → outreach → book calls) → SaaS monitoring and maintenance (detect issues → fix → deploy → report) → e-commerce operations (inventory → pricing → fulfillment → support) each one: Hermes profiles handle the workflows. Stripe handles the payments (in and out). NemoClaw handles the security. you handle the strategy. THE HACKATHON: Hermes Agent Accelerated Business Hackathon with Nvidia and Stripe. cash prizes + Stripe credits + Nvidia DGX Spark. ends June 30. the goal: build agents that earn, spend, and run real operations autonomously. link in the Nous Research Discord. full Hermes architecture deep-dive in the article 👇

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HERMES AGENT v0.17.0 JUST SHIPPED. "THE REACH RELEASE." 1,475 COMMITS. 800 PRs. 245 CONTRIBUTORS. HERMES NOW REACHES IMESSAGE, RAFT NETWORK, AND CURSOR'S COMPOSER MODEL. the highlights: Nous Research iMESSAGE WITHOUT A MAC RELAY Photon Spectrum integration ships native iMessage support. no Mac in a closet. no BlueBubbles bridge. hermes photon login → device code auth → done. Hermes lives in the blue bubbles now. ASYNC SUBAGENTS NO LONGER BLOCK YOUR CHAT delegate_task(background=true) dispatches a subagent that runs in the background. returns a handle immediately. you keep working. result re-enters as a new turn when it finishes. long research dives stop blocking your main session. IMAGE EDITING, NOT JUST GENERATION image_generate now edits source images. "make this logo blue." "remove the background." "turn this sketch into a render." works across every supported image provider. same tool, new mode. CURSOR'S COMPOSER MODEL VIA GROK OAUTH grok-composer-2.5-fast is in the xAI model picker. 200k context window. fast coding model behind Cursor. your Grok subscription. Hermes's agent loop. no separate API key needed. AUTOMATION BLUEPRINTS schedule tasks without learning cron syntax. "daily news briefing at 8am" becomes a form. one blueprint definition renders everywhere: dashboard form, CLI slash command, Telegram chat, docs catalog entry. answer questions, not memorize 0 8 * * *. FULL PROFILE BUILDER IN DASHBOARD build a complete Hermes profile from the browser. pick model. choose skills. attach MCPs. no config.yaml editing. plus unified multi-profile view with global switcher. SKILLS HUB BROWSER REHAUL connected hubs (OpenAI, Anthropic, HuggingFace, NVIDIA). Featured section. full skill previews before install. security scan on each skill. browsing skills is a real browsing experience now. ATOMIC MEMORY OPERATIONS memory tool gained an operations array. batch add/replace/remove edits applied atomically. the model can free space and add entries in ONE call even when individual adds would overflow the budget. memory updates no longer fail mid-edit. CURATOR STOPPED SPENDING TOKENS BY DEFAULT deterministic skill pruning still runs free. LLM-powered consolidation now opt-in only: curator.consolidate: true to enable. routine background curation costs you zero tokens. WHATSAPP BUSINESS CLOUD API official Meta adapter alongside existing Baileys bridge. no QR-scanning bridge process to keep alive. hosted, first-party WhatsApp channel. TELEGRAM RICH MESSAGES (BOT API 10.1) proper rich formatting. cleaner long-message handling. native markup instead of flattened text. on by default. opt-out available. DESKTOP APP IS NOW A DAILY DRIVER rebindable keyboard shortcuts. native OS notifications. live subagent watch-windows streaming activity. composer model selector with per-model presets. automatic RTL/bidi text. resizable VS Code terminal pane. per-thread composer drafts. install ANY VS Code Marketplace theme. RAFT AGENT NETWORK new bundled adapter connects Hermes to raft. build as an external agent. wake-channel bridge. privacy by contract: wake payloads carry metadata only, never message bodies. SECURE DASHBOARD LOGIN every token-required endpoint returns 401 behind OAuth gate. websocket auth uses served dashboard token. public_url override warnings. exposing your dashboard to the network is safer by default. upgrade: hermes update 300+ issues closed. security round included. hermes-agent ecosystem now at 198K GitHub stars.

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HERMES AGENT NOW HAS AUTOMATION TEMPLATES. COPY-PASTE RECIPES FOR CRON JOBS AND WEBHOOKS. ANY MODEL. ANY DELIVERY PLATFORM. three trigger types: SCHEDULE → runs on a cadence (hourly, nightly, weekly) GITHUB EVENT → fires on PR opens, pushes, issues, CI results API CALL → any external service POSTs JSON to your endpoint all three deliver to Telegram, Discord, Slack, SMS, email, GitHub comments, or local files.Nous Research what templates ship right now: DEVELOPMENT: → nightly backlog triage (label + prioritize new issues) → automatic PR code review (posts review on every PR) → docs drift detection (finds code changes without doc updates) → dependency security audit (daily CVE scan, CVSS >= 7.0) DEVOPS: → deploy verification (smoke tests after every deploy) → alert triage (correlates alerts with recent changes) → uptime monitor (check endpoints every 30 min, notify only when something is down) RESEARCH: → competitive repo scout (monitor competitor PRs daily) → weekly AI news digest (headlines, papers, repos, industry) → daily arXiv scan (saves summaries to your notes) the webhook system is the part most people miss: hermes webhook subscribe github-pr-review \ --events "pull_request" \ --prompt "Review this PR for security, performance, and code quality." \ --skills "github-code-review" \ --deliver github_comment one command. every future PR gets reviewed automatically. the review posts as a comment directly on the PR. two cost-saving details from the docs: 1. use [SILENT] in prompts. "if nothing changed, respond with [SILENT]" prevents notification noise on monitoring jobs. 2. use script-only cron jobs for data collection. a Python script handles HTTP requests and file reads. the agent only sees stdout and applies reasoning. cheaper and more reliable than having the agent fetch. every template is copy-paste ready. every template works with any model. docs: full Hermes agent SOUL MD guide in the article 👇

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HERMES AGENT CAN CREATE VIDEOS. NOT WITH AN API CALL. IT WRITES THE CODE, RENDERS THE SCENES, AND STITCHES THEM INTO AN MP4. the video attached to this post was generated by Hermes Agent using manim-video skill. three bundled video skills most people skip: 1. MANIM VIDEO 3Blue1Brown-style animated explainers. algorithm visualizations, equation derivations, architecture diagrams, data stories. the pipeline: PLAN → CODE → RENDER → STITCH → AUDIO → REVIEW Hermes writes a plan.md with narrative arc and scene list. then codes a Python script with one class per scene. renders each scene through Manim CE. stitches clips with ffmpeg. adds voiceover if you want it. requirements: → Python 3.10+ → Manim Community Edition v0.20+ → LaTeX (texlive-full) → ffmpeg → no GPU needed draft quality: manim -ql production quality: manim -qh 2. HYPERFRAMES complement to manim-video. use manim for math and algorithms. use hyperframes for everything else: motion graphics, talking-head with captions, product tours, social overlays, shader transitions. HTML is the source of truth. GSAP timeline for animation. CSS for appearance. HyperFrames engine captures frame-by-frame and encodes to MP4 or WebM with ffmpeg. 3. KANBAN VIDEO ORCHESTRATOR this is the advanced play. a multi-agent video production pipeline backed by Hermes Kanban. it creates profiles for each video role. a director profile decomposes the project into kanban tasks. renderer profiles pick up scenes and produce them. the orchestrator decides which skill fits each scene: manim-video for math, hyperframes for motion graphics, p5js for generative art, blender-mcp for 3D, ascii-video for terminal aesthetics. one prompt. multiple agents. one final video. HOW TO USE: enable any of these: /skills search manim /skills search hyperframes /skills search video or ask directly: "create a 60-second explainer video about how the self-improvement loop works in Hermes Agent. use manim style. dark background, amber and teal accents." Hermes writes the plan, codes every scene, renders, stitches, and delivers an MP4. you review and publish. comment MANIM and I'll send you the exact prompt I used to generate the video in this post. full Hermes NIGHT MODE WORKFLOW 👇

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HERMES AGENT WITHOUT TOOLS IS A CHATBOT. WITH THEM IT BUILDS 3D TOWERS IN BLENDER, CHECKS STOCK PRICES, AND DRIVES VS CODE. tonbi JUST DROPPED THE FULL GUIDE. module 6 of his 10-part Hermes masterclass. best breakdown of the tool layer anyone has published. what you need to know: TOOLS vs SKILLS vs MCP skills = instructions (markdown, loaded into context) tools = callable functions (Python, agent emits call, Hermes executes) MCP = adapters to external systems (Blender, Stripe, Linear, Notion) every tool has three parts: → the function (does the real work) → the schema (what the model sees to decide when to call it) → the registry (makes the tool exist in the agent) the model never runs the function directly. it emits a structured request (tool name + JSON args). Hermes executes and returns the result. if the tool fails, the error goes back as JSON. the agent recovers instead of crashing. TOOL SETS CONTROL THE SURFACE hermes chat --tool-sets web # only web tools loaded. no files, no terminal. hermes chat --tool-sets safe # read-only: web search, vision, image gen. # no file writes. no terminal. no code execution. mid-session: /tools enable video /tools disable terminal or toggle in the dashboard: hermes dashboard → Skills → Tool Sets MCP SERVERS two transport types: STDIO (local subprocess) or HTTP (remote endpoint). add a server: hermes mcp # or ask: "add the MCP server for Blender" filter tools with include/exclude per server. keep only what you trust. security: → OAuth 2.1 PKCE (no long-lived tokens in config) → package scanning via api.osv. dev before launch → all MCP calls go through approval gates HERMES AS MCP SERVER hermes mcp serve exposes 10 tools via FastMCP. connect VS Code Copilot or Cursor to your running Hermes instance. BUILD YOUR OWN TOOL He built a stock price tool live: → Python function calling Finnhub API → schema with name, description, parameters → registered in tool_sets.py → agent calls it automatically when relevant any repeating API call in your workflow can become a native tool. full Hermes architecture deep-dive in the article 👇

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HERMES AGENT SHIPS WITH A BUNDLED SKILL FOR ANDREJ KARPATHY'S LLM WIKI PATTERN. A SELF-IMPROVING KNOWLEDGE BASE THAT GROWS EVERY TIME YOU FEED IT. mentioned this briefly in the overnight workflow article. here is the full breakdown. what it is: a self-improving knowledge base built as interlinked markdown files. unlike RAG (which rediscovers knowledge from scratch every query), the wiki compiles knowledge once and keeps it current. cross-references stay linked. contradictions get flagged automatically. synthesis reflects everything ingested so far. why this matters for Hermes memory: Hermes built-in memory knows YOU. it remembers your conversations, your preferences, your business context across sessions. but it doesn't know your inbox. or your meeting transcripts. or that article you saved last week. or the expert framework you want it to learn. the LLM Wiki solves that. THE DIVISION OF LABOR human curates sources and directs analysis. agent summarizes, cross-references, files, and maintains consistency. you drop in articles, transcripts, notes. Hermes indexes them, links related concepts, flags contradictions, updates affected pages. your knowledge base grows itself. SETUP IS ONE COMMAND the skill ships with Hermes. enable it. set WIKI_PATH in ~/.hermes/.env: WIKI_PATH=/Users/you/wiki defaults to ~/wiki if unset. then drop anything into it: "index this article into my wiki: [paste URL or text]" Hermes reads it, builds a source page, updates related entries, flags contradictions. THE OBSIDIAN ANGLE set OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH to the same directory. now your wiki is visible in Obsidian's graph view. nodes, links, backlinks. all built by Hermes. for headless servers: install obsidian-headless. syncs vaults without a GUI. agent writes from the server, you read on your laptop. THE COMPOUND EFFECT Hermes knows you. the wiki knows your world. combine them and the agent answers questions using BOTH contexts at once. month 1: you explain things twice. month 3: the agent references the wiki on its own. answers get sharper because the knowledge base got sharper. AUTOMATIONS THAT FEED THE WIKI set cron jobs to ingest automatically: "every day at 9am, check Granola for new meetings. add any new transcripts to my wiki under meeting notes." "every morning, scan my Gmail starred items. add anything worth keeping to the wiki." "every week, check arXiv for new papers in [your niche]. summarize and file." your wiki grows while you sleep. Hermes never forgets what gets indexed. THE LIMITATION TO KNOW unlike Hermes memory (which is conversational and lives across sessions), the wiki is a separate knowledge layer. Hermes won't pull from the wiki automatically unless you reference it or save it as a skill. best setup: build an LLM Wiki personality that tells Hermes to consult the wiki when answering strategy questions or domain-specific queries. full HERMES AGENT OVERNIGHT WORKFLOW👇

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HERMES AGENT WITHOUT THESE 3 FILES IS A CHATBOT. WITH THEM IT KNOWS WHO IT IS, WHO YOU ARE, AND WHAT IT LEARNED. SOUL.md — who the agent is. first thing in the system prompt. defines personality, voice, values, how it operates, what it can and can't do. structure yours like this: → identity (name, role, relationship to you) → values (what matters, what principles guide decisions) → voice (how it communicates, tone, style) → operations (autonomy level, ground rules) → restrictions (what it never does) → failure protocol (how to operate when things break) lives in ~/.hermes/SOUL.md. auto-seeded on first install. edit anytime. scanned for prompt injection on every load. keep it concise. SOUL.md injects into every turn. a 200-line soul burns tokens on every message. aim for 50-80 lines. one paragraph per section. MEMORY.md — what the agent remembers. persistent facts, insights, preferences. survives across sessions and restarts. capped at ~800 tokens by default: memory: memory_char_limit: 2200 the agent writes to this automatically as it learns about your work. USER.md — who you are. your profile, preferences, context. capped at ~500 tokens by default: memory: user_char_limit: 1375 injected every turn so the agent always knows who it's working for. bonus: AGENTS.md — project-specific instructions. drop one in any project folder. subdirectory AGENTS.md files load lazily during tool calls, not at startup. keeps your system prompt light. prompt stack order on every turn: SOUL.md → tool guidance → MEMORY.md + USER.md → skills index → AGENTS.md → platform hints skills come preloaded. 60+ built-in tools. the agent creates more skills from completed work. you focus on these 3 files. each profile gets its own copy: ~/.hermes/SOUL.md (default profile) ~/.hermes/profiles/researcher/SOUL.md ~/.hermes/profiles/ops/SOUL.md different agent, different soul, different memory, same machine. full breakdown of Hermes as a Personal AI OS in the article 👇

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HERMES AGENT CAN MAKE YOU MONEY. HERE ARE 3 SETUPS YOU CAN START TODAY. 1. automated lead generation one Hermes profile scans for gigs and contracts in your niche every morning. drafts personalized applications. sends to Telegram for your approval before sending. → SOUL. md defines your niche, skills, rate → cron job runs every morning at 8am → xurl + web search find the opportunities → you review and send from your phone 2. content at scale Hermes remembers your niche, your style, your keywords. it researches and drafts articles on a cron schedule. traffic turns into ad revenue, affiliate income, or leads. → SOUL. md defines your topics and tone → cron job drafts 1-2 articles per day → each draft gets sharper because Hermes saves what performed and what didn't as skills 3. selling AI ops to local businesses restaurants, clinics, agencies want automation. they can't build it. you can. → one Hermes profile per client, fully isolated → each client gets their own SOUL. md, memory, cron → charge $497/month per client to manage their workflows → 5 clients = $2,485/month recurring → Hermes runs the work. you keep the margin. all three share the same foundation: → separate Hermes profile per operation → SOUL. md defines the job → cron jobs run the work on schedule → Telegram approval before anything goes live → skills compound after every run full setup guide for Hermes Agent from installation to advanced use cases in the article 👇 comment OPS and I'll send you the full SOUL. md template for whichever setup fits your situation.

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