What Hermes Thinks I Do When I'm Not Talking To It
My job title says one thing. The files I leave behind tell a much messier story.
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The One File That Made Hermes Finally Learn From Its Mistakes
Persistent memory keeps useful context. A small ledger beside each workflow keeps the verified lesson where the next run can find it.
How Pangram Decides What Looks Like AI
From its training data to the percentage on your screen, this is how Substack’s new AI detector works.
How I Built A Substack API With Hermes And Codex
I wanted Hermes to schedule my Substack Notes. A missing scheduling feature turned into an open-source tool built across Hermes, Codex, and a set of independent checks.
OpenAI Is Coming for Hermes One Codex Update at a Time
OpenAI keeps folding more of my agent stack into a $20 subscription. I still run Hermes as I want complete control over my workflows and the freedom to choose any model.
The Twenty Minute Audit That Found Where Hermes Was Getting Lost
I kept upgrading my stack and Hermes kept getting confused. Twenty minutes looking at the right layer told me why.
Tear Down Your AI Workflow and Rebuild It Like This
Most AI workflows produce 80% noise because people tend to connect tons of systems before validating them against what their work needs. Here's the one test that saves you days of configuration.
Why My Best Hermes Workflow Consists Of Plain MD Files
I reorganized my vault so my agent could find things in thirty seconds. Boring fix, and it worked.
I Built My Hermes Stack to Survive Vendor Lock-in and Google Just Proved Me Right
Google is shutting down an open source tool in two days. Anthropic disabled Fable 5 because of the US government. My setup doesn't care, and here's why yours shouldn't either.
How to Build AI Workflows When You're Tired of Optimizing Prompts
It's time to move from asking questions to designing pipelines, and why your AI stops being useful when you need it most.
Why AI Benchmarks Fail Real Hermes Agent Workflows
AI benchmarks measure clean tasks. Agent workflows test messy realities. Here is how I route Opus, GPT, Qwen, and GLM across a real Hermes workday.
My Hermes AI Agent Maintenance Routine For Maximum Reliability
Copy-paste prompts for checking Hermes memory, gateways, scheduled jobs, model IDs, and backups before silent drift breaks your agent workflows.
I Tested 6 AI Plans to Find What $5, $10 and $20 Get You
I ran six plans through Hermes to find out which ones finish the job and which ones just look cheap on the invoice.
When to Use MCPs, CLIs, or Your Own Tool
A practical decision framework for choosing between MCPs, CLIs, and custom wrappers to give Hermes, or any other AI agent, the right interface instead of connecting every tool.
How to Use Claude Code For Free With OpenCode Models
I built a Cloudflare Worker that lets Claude Code talk to OpenCode Go and Zen models, including free models like MiniMax M2.5 and Nemotron 3 Super.
How to Add Approval Gates to Your Hermes Agent
A practical guide to adding human checkpoints to Hermes workflows, with examples for outbound content, system changes, and paid actions.
How My Hermes Agent Plans My Morning Before I Have My Coffee
Set up Hermes in 20 minutes and wake up to sorted tasks and curated articles instead of manual scrolling.
The Agentic Engineering Shift
Karpathy named two extremes. Here is the spectrum that covers everything in between, and the habits that shift you in the right direction.
The $30 Hermes Stack That Makes Claude Max Look Like a Ripoff
Claude charges $200 per month for Cowork and Code, but it limits you mid session. Here’s the Hermes stack that beats both with unified system memory, file sync, blazing fast speed, and unlimited usage
Hermes Is the AI Agent OpenClaw Promised to Be
Hermes is the AI agent I’d recommend to anyone starting today. Here’s how I migrated from OpenClaw.