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1. What is Nous Portal and do I need it?FAQ · Models, providers & costNous Portal is Nous Research's paid subscription service. One OAuth login gives you access to 300+ models plus the Tool Gateway, which handles web search, image generation,…
2. Which AI models and providers can I use?FAQ · Models, providers & costHermes works with any OpenAI-compatible API. The docs list OpenRouter, Nous Portal, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, z.ai/GLM, Kimi/Moonshot, MiniMax and others, plus local…
3. Which model is best for Hermes, and for side tasks like compression or the background review?FAQ · Models, providers & costFor the main agent, pick a strong tool-calling, agentic model; Hermes runs a fast loop of tool calls, so that matters more than chat polish. The Nous Portal docs suggest…
4. 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.…
5. Why does Hermes lose track in long sessions, and what does “context is over the compression threshold” mean?FAQ · Memory & contextLong conversations fill the model's context window, so Hermes compresses older history automatically, by default at 50% of the context limit (`compression.threshold`). Run…
6. Why is Hermes slow or laggy, and should I reinstall?FAQ · TroubleshootingReinstalling rarely helps. Slowness usually comes from the model (large reasoning models and busy providers are slow), a long session, or a heavy prompt with many tools. First…
7. Collect content ideas without losing the evidenceWorkflow · Content & creativeMonitor a focused topic and create a ranked queue of source-backed ideas with distinct editorial angles.
8. Know whether an automation actually workedWorkflow · Development & operationsSeparate scheduled attempts, useful output, and successful delivery so unattended tasks can be trusted.
9. Wake up to a useful research briefingWorkflow · Research & knowledge workTurn a defined set of sources into a short, dated briefing with evidence and a clear delivery check.
10. A software consultancy builds a private Slack assistant that answers questions about the companyCase study · Business operationsEchobind wrote up a Hermes Slack bot that runs on a small private server and answers questions about the company from a condensed summary and a folder of scraped knowledge pages. The write-up is useful mainly for the configuration problems it records, including one where a default setting quietly overrode the Slack tool restrictions.
11. A three-person software house uses Hermes skills to fill its sales and marketing gapsCase study · Business operationsHalfbit Studio, a three-person software house with no sales or marketing staff, describes using Hermes for competitor analysis, lead research, outreach coaching and event scouting, with each workflow saved as a reusable skill. It shows a small team turning one-off research prompts into repeatable procedures that hold company knowledge.
12. Running a small service business from lead to payment with owner-approved skillsCase study · Business operationsA hackathon team published 16 Hermes skills that they report used to run a real owner-operated service business over Telegram, from quoting through payment links and bookkeeping. Every step involving money, customers or accounts was set up as draft, owner approval, then execution.
13. Three separate Hermes profiles for coding, research and illustration, each with its own Telegram botCase study · Development & operationsA tutorial that explains Hermes Agent's memory, skills and self-improvement features, then builds three specialist agents as separate profiles. One is a programmer that hands work to Claude Code, one is a researcher that sends a daily digest on a schedule, and one is a designer with a learned drawing style. Each agent has its own Telegram bot.
14. Hermes Agent bot not responding in your chat appTroubleshooting · Messaging & the gatewayWhat to check when your Hermes bot on Telegram, Discord or another chat app stays silent, replies 'unauthorized', or works in DMs but not in groups.
15. Hermes Agent goals and loops: keep it working on its ownGuide · Automation & schedulingWhen to use /goal to keep working until something is done, /loop to repeat a check on a timer, and cron for work that must run when you are away.
16. Hermes Agent local model won't start or goes silentTroubleshooting · Models, providers & costFix the context-window and tool-calling mismatches behind most local model failures with Ollama, llama.cpp, vLLM and LM Studio.
17. Hermes Agent MCP tool missing or failingTroubleshooting · Skills, plugins & MCPSeparate discovery, connection, authentication and operation failures using one known read-only request.
18. Hermes Agent messaging gateway explainedGuide · Messaging & the gatewayWhat the Hermes gateway process does, how to set it up and keep it running, who is allowed to talk to your bot, and how chat sessions behave.
19. Hermes Agent messaging: Telegram, Slack, WhatsApp, iMessage, moreGuide · Messaging & the gatewayCompare messaging platforms, setup needs, feature notes and official documentation.
20. Hermes Agent OAuth login stuck or expiredTroubleshooting · Models, providers & costDiagnose expired or revoked subscription logins, MCP OAuth that never returns, and logins that worked but landed in the wrong Hermes home.