Hermes Agent

What it does

Hermes Agent is an open-source autonomous AI agent developed by Nous Research, the lab behind the Hermes model family. Unlike standard chatbots, Hermes Agent is designed for persistence and growth; it lives on your infrastructure, remembers context across sessions using FTS5 recall, and autonomously creates its own procedural skills from experience. It supports over 40 built-in tools, including web search and terminal commands, and can be accessed through multiple messaging platforms like Telegram, Discord, Slack, and WhatsApp. It is highly flexible, capable of running on everything from a $5 VPS to serverless cloud environments like Modal or Daytona.

Core features

• ✦Persistent cross-session memory with FTS5 recall and LLM summarization
• ✦Autonomous skill creation and self-improvement system
• ✦Multi-platform messaging gateway (Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, CLI)
• ✦40+ built-in tools including web search, file operations, and image generation
• ✦Support for 6 terminal backends including Docker, SSH, and serverless Modal
• ✦MCP (Model Context Protocol) integration for extended capabilities

Use cases

• →Developer automation for running terminal commands and managing files
• →Personal AI assistant tasks scheduled via cron and delivered to Telegram
• →Research and analysis using web search and content extraction
• →Team collaboration and assistance within Slack or Discord