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New features
@HermesWatcher · Oct 25, 2026This one's huge. Two AI tools got hacked in a single week. Both times, the prize was API keys. Hermes Agent keeps yours locked in a password vault. Works with: ▸ Bitwarden (built in) ▸ 1Password (built in) ▸ Proton Pass (community…Read on X ↗ @HermesWatcher · Oct 4, 2026Hermes has an entire library of 68 prebuilt profiles hiding in plain sight. 🤯 And these were built by @Teknium himself. This isn't just 68 different personalities or skins. Each profile already has its own reasoning style, strengths,…Read on X ↗ @HermesWatcher · Oct 3, 2026Hermes has an entire library of built-in automations sitting behind one command: /blueprint There are 16 Blueprints covering things like: → Important mail → Morning briefings → News digests → Price watches → Competitor monitoring →…Read on X ↗ @HermesWatcher · Sep 25, 2026This is one hell of a plugin for Hermes that EVERYONE needs. 🔥 Need a specialized agent built around a specific job? Or an entire team with a lead and specialists? Have Hermes build them for you. Bot Forge is a community plugin by…Read on X ↗ @HermesWatcher · Sep 23, 2026Hermes can now have its own desktop. 🔥 If your Hermes agent runs on Linux, Bot Screen gives it a separate desktop where it can use the browser, terminal and apps without taking over yours. You can watch it work live. Need to handle a…Read on X ↗ @HermesWatcher · Sep 4, 2026Hermes command cheat sheet. Save this. You’ll probably need it again. UPDATED for the current Hermes command set, including a bunch of genuinely useful commands that have landed recently: • /goal • /loop • /heartbeat • /bg • /btw •…Read on X ↗ @HermesWatcher · Aug 26, 2026If you run long Hermes sessions, this update could save you a LOT of tokens. 💸 Hermes recently added a much leaner way to compress long conversations. Today, it became the default. 🛑 Already use Hermes? Have Hermes check yours now. Tell…Read on X ↗ @HermesWatcher · Aug 18, 2026This is where Hermes Desktop starts getting really interesting. Give Hermes a browser it can actually control inside the app, and you can watch the agent navigate sites, click, type and work through the web while the conversation stays…Read on X ↗ @HermesWatcher · Aug 16, 2026Hermes just had one of its biggest weeks yet. Not because of one release. Because in the span of a few days, Hermes added new ways for agents to run continuously, work together, manage other agents, operate across machines, use tools,…Read on X ↗
Use cases
@HermesWatcher · Oct 17, 2026If you own a car, this specialized agent belongs in your roster. A Vehicle Maintenance & Records Agent can turn your manual, mileage readings, service receipts, and upkeep history into one system that tracks what was done, what needs…Read on X ↗ @HermesWatcher · Oct 13, 2026Okay this is wild! 100 Hermes Agent tips from Nous Research. This is one collection every Hermes user should check out. From the most common questions and simple setup tricks to powerful tools and advanced workflows, there's a ton of…Read on X ↗ @HermesWatcher · Oct 12, 2026A whole 3D office for your Hermes agents. This is sick. 🔥 This custom setup has separate departments and a live view of who's working and who's idle. Here's a project to give your own Hermes: build a virtual office around your agents…Read on X ↗ @HermesWatcher · Oct 7, 2026If you’re going to build a personal agent, a Meal & Grocery Agent should be near the top of the list. Not to throw random recipes at you. To take the weekly “what are we eating?” problem and turn it into an actual system. Think about…Read on X ↗ @HermesWatcher · Oct 7, 2026This is insane. This shouldn’t even be possible. 🤯 Tonbi is building an infinite canvas for agentic workflows with Hermes. He can visually map out tasks, agents, integrations, human approvals and artifacts, connect everything together,…Read on X ↗ @HermesWatcher · Sep 30, 2026Your inbox doesn’t need another summarizer. A good Email Agent can turn incoming mail into a working queue of decisions: › Triage new mail and surface what actually needs attention › Draft replies in your voice for review › Turn emails…Read on X ↗ @HermesWatcher · Sep 22, 2026When was the last time you audited your Hermes setup? If you’ve been adding Skills over time, there’s a good chance your setup has grown without you realizing just how much is sitting in there. This prompt gives Hermes a proper look…Read on X ↗ @HermesWatcher · Sep 21, 2026This is easily one of the coolest Hermes Desktop community builds I’ve seen yet. You can put another computer directly inside Hermes Desktop, control it yourself, or let Hermes operate the machine while you watch it happen live. Think…Read on X ↗ @HermesWatcher · Sep 19, 2026This is sick. Hermes Agent joining forces with Grokbot. @PixelRainbowNFT wired Hermes into Grokbot so one Grokbot can act as the front door while Hermes handles the work behind it. His setup now has a single Chief of Staff coordinating…Read on X ↗
Ecosystem
@HermesWatcher · Oct 8, 2026This is a MUST-HAVE plugin for Hermes Desktop! 🔥 Redline takes reviewing and revising the Markdown your agents create to a whole new level. › Automatically get a review button when Hermes generates a document. › Highlight any passage to…Read on X ↗ @HermesWatcher · Oct 4, 2026Oh My Hermes just landed in the official Hermes Plugin Catalog 🔥 And it comes in hot with the fresh 3.0 update. OMH is still community-built, but Hermes now lists it directly in the Plugin Catalog. What it brings to Hermes: ⚡ Smarter…Read on X ↗ @HermesWatcher · Oct 3, 2026Hermes on your phone just got VERY real. 📱🔥 Bear’s been working on bringing the actual Hermes Desktop experience into the browser, and now he’s pushing it onto phones and tablets too. Your main machine keeps running Hermes. Your phone…Read on X ↗ @HermesWatcher · Oct 3, 202620+ Hermes videos every user should know about 🔥 Real setups. Business use cases. Skills. Multi-agent teams. Marketing. Sales. Research. And a whole lot more. Witcheer basically built a video roadmap for learning what people are…Read on X ↗ @HermesWatcher · Sep 28, 2026This is the kind of stuff people charge for. Axl just gave away a full 79-page masterclass for free. 🔥 It walks you through building your own self-hosted Firecrawl research stack for Hermes, including the Docker setup, Hermes…Read on X ↗ @HermesWatcher · Sep 26, 2026Hermes users, bookmark this one. 🔥 Bkash is building a massive searchable archive of how the Hermes community is actually using Hermes. Hundreds of use cases, plus skills, prompts, commands, settings, community builds and more, all…Read on X ↗ @HermesWatcher · Sep 14, 2026AGI is about to land 💥 Hermes Agent + Grok 5 might be the closest thing to AGI sitting on your desktop. Hermes Agent is about to get Super Insane 🚀🚀🚀🚀Read on X ↗ @HermesWatcher · Sep 13, 2026People seriously do not realize what Hermes Agent is capable of yet. Tony turned Hermes Desktop into a live breaking-news dashboard. I turned mine into a live sports tracker. That’s what makes plugins so damn interesting. News. Sports.…Read on X ↗ @HermesWatcher · Aug 27, 2026If you use Hermes and you’re not using Composio, fix that now. 🔌 In a few minutes, you can give Hermes access to the apps you already live in without manually building integrations or dealing with OAuth setup yourself. And you can do…Read on X ↗
Releases
@HermesWatcher · Oct 15, 2026YOUR HERMES AGENT CAN HAVE ITS OWN DESKTOP. WATCH IT WORK LIVE, TAKE CONTROL, AND HAND IT RIGHT BACK. This is one of the standout capabilities included in Hermes v0.22.0, The Threshold Release. 🔥 It's called Bot Screen, and here's what…Read on X ↗ @HermesWatcher · Oct 15, 2026⚠️ Hermes now auto-deletes ended sessions after 90 days of inactivity. This is ON by default in v0.22.0. Here’s exactly what qualifies: > The session has to be ended > It has to be inactive past your retention period > Cleanup happens…Read on X ↗ @HermesWatcher · Oct 14, 2026🚨 HERMES AGENT v0.22.0 IS HERE! 🔥 THE THRESHOLD RELEASE IS MASSIVE. 24,200 commits. 6,080 merged PRs. Over 7,100 issues closed. And an absolutely enormous lineup of new features and upgrades. Here's what stands out: ➤ One-Click Local…Read on X ↗ @HermesWatcher · Oct 14, 2026HERMES DESKTOP'S NEW ONBOARDING EXPERIENCE IS ON ANOTHER LEVEL! Hermes v0.22.0 brings a completely reworked first-run experience, and it's pretty damn impressive. Instead of digging through settings, Hermes walks you through the entire…Read on X ↗ @HermesWatcher · Sep 10, 2026DeepSeek V4.1 Flash just hit Nous Portal. ⚡ Fast, huge context, and definitely one to try in Hermes. Can’t find it in the model picker? Run: /model deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash New to Portal? Want $15 off your first paid month?Read on X ↗ @HermesWatcher · Sep 6, 2026Hermes had a ridiculous week. The headline alone is hard to ignore: 1,652 subagent tasks. 111,352 tool calls. 4,271 commits. 2,655 files changed. Hermes was used to refactor Hermes itself at massive scale. And that was only part of the…Read on X ↗ @HermesWatcher · Sep 4, 2026INSANE!!!! This might be the wildest Hermes update I’ve seen yet. 🤯 @Teknium basically unleashed an agent swarm on the entire Hermes codebase. One massive PR: • 1,652 subagent tasks • 111,352 tool calls • ~110 agents running…Read on X ↗ @HermesWatcher · Aug 31, 2026Hermes Agent v0.21.0 is out. And if you've been following all of the changes landing piece by piece, this is the release where a lot of them start coming together as one system. Bot Mode is now built directly into Desktop. Hermes agents…Read on X ↗ @HermesWatcher · Aug 23, 2026Hermes had another ridiculous week. Last week was huge. Somehow, it did not slow down. In the last seven days, Hermes learned to control the browser you are actually looking at, Bot Mode turned into a multi-machine agent fleet,…Read on X ↗
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