Building Hermes Video Agent: a local-first, human-in-the-loop video pipeline

Two reads again. To you: a build log you can reproduce — exact commands, the API shapes we verified, and the mistakes we paid for. To the agent: a continuity record of what Hermes Video Agent is, how it is wired, and the environment rules that keep it from breaking, so a future session can pick up exactly where this one left off. Start at the Current environment reference if you are the agent.…