54 results for “skills”
- Profiles, bots, subagents and Kanban: what's the difference and when do I use each?FAQ · Automation & schedulingA profile is a separate agent with its own config, keys, memory, sessions, skills and cron jobs (`hermes profile create <name>`). A Bot Mode bot is simply a profile shown in…
- What happens to my data when I use models through Nous Portal?FAQ · Security & permissionsHermes itself sends no telemetry; your conversations, memory and skills stay on your machine, and requests go only to the provider you choose. Once you send a request through…
- What should I use Hermes for first?FAQ · Getting startedStart with something that recurs and that you'd otherwise do by hand, because that's where memory, skills and scheduling pay off. Good first projects: a morning briefing…
- Why do side tasks add to my bill, and can I give them, subagents and fallbacks their own models?FAQ · Models, providers & costHermes uses auxiliary models for side jobs such as context compression, session titles, image analysis, web extraction, approval checks, the skills curator and Kanban planning.…
- Can Claude Code, Cursor or Codex use Hermes as a tool?FAQ · Skills, plugins & MCPYes. `hermes mcp serve` runs Hermes as a stdio MCP server, so other MCP clients can use its messaging side: list conversations, read message history and send messages across…
- Can Hermes read ebooks, PDFs and scanned documents? Are big files loaded whole?FAQ · Research & knowledge workYes. Its file reader converts Word, Excel, PDF, EPUB, RTF, OpenDocument and older Office files to text (PDF, EPUB and the others need a converter that installs on first use).…
- Can Hermes see and control my phone?FAQ · Skills, plugins & MCPNot out of the box. Hermes' built-in computer use drives desktops (macOS, Windows, Linux), and your phone is normally just a chat client through Telegram, WhatsApp or another…
- Can I move over from OpenClaw?FAQ · Getting startedYes. hermes setup detects ~/.openclaw and offers to migrate, or you can run hermes claw migrate anytime. Add --dry-run to preview, or --preset user-data to skip infrastructure…
- Can I talk to Hermes with my voice, and can it make phone calls?FAQ · Running & deployingYes. In the CLI, turn on `/voice on` and press Ctrl+B to record; Hermes detects silence and replies. In Hermes Desktop, the microphone does dictation and the voice button…
- Can I use Hermes inside VS Code, Zed or JetBrains?FAQ · Running & deployingYes, through ACP (Agent Client Protocol). `hermes acp` runs Hermes as an ACP server over stdio, and editors can show its chat, tool activity, file diffs, terminal commands and…
- Do I have to restart the gateway after changing settings?FAQ · TroubleshootingSometimes. Many settings apply without a restart: `model.context_length` and `compression.*` take effect on the next message, `approvals.deny` changes apply immediately, and…
- How do I connect an MCP server, including a custom one?FAQ · Skills, plugins & MCPFrom the curated catalog: run `hermes mcp` to pick interactively, or `hermes mcp install <name>` to add one; `hermes mcp login <name>` handles servers that need OAuth. In…
- How do I connect Hermes to Telegram, and can I run separate bots there?FAQ · Messaging & the gatewayCreate a bot with @BotFather to get a token, then run `hermes gateway setup` and choose Telegram. It asks for the token and your allowed user IDs. Or add `TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN`…
- How do I install a ready-made agent or profile someone else built?FAQ · Getting startedIf it's published as a profile distribution (a git repository), install it with `hermes profile install github.com/<owner>/<repo> --alias`. It brings the author's SOUL.md,…
- How do I schedule recurring tasks or use automation blueprints?FAQ · Automation & schedulingJust ask in plain language, like "every morning at 9am, send me an AI news summary on Telegram," and Hermes creates the cron job itself. You can also use `/cron add "every 2h"…
- How do I see, correct or reset what Hermes remembers, and does deleting it make it forget for good?FAQ · Memory & contextThe memory files are plain text, so you can open and edit them directly: `~/.hermes/memories/MEMORY.md` and `USER.md` (inside the profile's folder for other profiles). You can…
- How do I set up a team of bots that work together?FAQ · Automation & schedulingThe easiest way is Bot Mode in Hermes Desktop, on by default as the Bots tab. Click New Agent, give it a name, title and description, and optionally its own model, SOUL.md,…
- How do I switch from Claude Code or Codex to Hermes?FAQ · Getting startedStart with `hermes import-agent`. It auto-detects `~/.claude` or `~/.codex`, or you can name one: `hermes import-agent claude-code` or `hermes import-agent codex`. It shows a…
- How do web search and fetch work, and do I need a paid key? Is DeepSeek supported?FAQ · Skills, plugins & MCPThe agent's `web_search` and `web_extract` tools run on a backend you choose with `hermes tools` (in Desktop, Capabilities > Tools > Web Search & Scraping). You don't need a…
- How much does it cost to run?FAQ · Models, providers & costHermes itself costs nothing. Your costs come from model usage with your chosen provider, an optional Nous Portal subscription, and wherever you host it if not on your own…