Hermes Agent
The AI agent that grows with you, remembers everything, and works everywhere
- Pricing:
- Free
Overview
Hermes Agent is a personal AI agent from Nous Research designed to grow with you. It lives across Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, email, and CLI, so you can chat, delegate, and automate from any surface while sharing one continuous memory.
The agent learns your projects, auto-generates skills, and remembers how it solved past problems. It handles natural-language scheduling for reports, backups, and briefings, and can delegate complex pipelines to isolated subagents that each have their own conversations, terminals, and Python RPC environments.
Built-in web search, browser automation, vision, image generation, text-to-speech, and multi-model reasoning make it useful for research and content workflows. Five sandbox backends—local, Docker, SSH, Singularity, and Modal—keep experiments isolated, while desktop apps, cloud deployment, and an MIT open-source license give users full control.
Core capabilities
- Works everywhere
- One agent runs on Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, email, and CLI
- Remembers everything
- Learns projects, keeps context, and auto-generates reusable skills
- Schedules in plain language
- Automates reports, backups, and briefings effortlessly
- Delegates to subagents
- Isolated subagents with separate conversations, terminals, and Python RPC
- Searches and understands
- Web search, browser automation, vision, image generation, and TTS
- Sandboxed experimentation
- Local, Docker, SSH, Singularity, or Modal backends with isolation
- Model freedom
- Access 200+ frontier models with hosted tool usage and high rate limits
Use cases
- Check project progress and schedule tasks from Telegram anywhere
- Generate recurring data reports and push them to Slack automatically
- Schedule server backups and maintenance in plain language with no manual supervision
- Split research, writing, and coding pipelines across multiple isolated subagents
- Complete competitive research by combining web browsing with multi-model reasoning
- Test experimental scripts safely in local or Docker sandboxes before deployment
Who it's for
Developers and engineers, Remote and distributed teams, Freelancers and solo founders, Content creators, Automation enthusiasts, Operations professionals
Getting started
- 1Install the agent — Download the desktop app for macOS, Windows, or Linux, or run the terminal installer.
- 2Connect channels — Link Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, or email from settings.
- 3Describe a task — Ask your agent in natural language to run reports, backups, or scheduled briefings.
- 4Delegate work — Create isolated subagents with separate conversations, terminals, and Python RPC environments.
- 5Review outputs — Check results in chat or desktop, and let the agent remember your preferences.
FAQ
How does pricing work?
Hermes Agent has a free tier. Paid plans add monthly credits, access to 200+ models, hosted tool usage, and higher rate limits through Nous Portal.
How do I get started?
Download the desktop app or run the terminal installer, create a Nous Portal account, connect a messaging platform, and start chatting with your agent.
Does my agent keep data between sessions?
Yes. Persistent memory preserves project context, skills, and past solutions across sessions, so the agent grows with you.
What happens when I stop my agent?
Active tasks pause and messaging channels go quiet, but your saved memories and configuration remain, letting you resume later.
Can I run Hermes Agent locally?
Absolutely. Desktop apps for macOS, Windows, and Linux, a terminal installer, and the MIT open-source license make local or private deployment easy.
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