86 results for “profiles”
- Do profiles share memory, and can two agents share the same memory?FAQ · Memory & contextNo, not by default. Each profile has its own memory, sessions and skills, and the docs warn against running two agents on one profile or Hermes home: both write memory…
- 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…
- 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.
- Hermes Agent profiles: separate agents for separate jobsGuide · Running & deployingHow Hermes profiles give you independent agents on one machine, what they isolate (and what they don't), and the commands for creating, switching, sharing and running them.
- Can Hermes use Firefox or my own Chrome profile for browsing?FAQ · Research & knowledge workChrome-family, yes. Set `browser.use_real_profile: true` and Hermes copies your active Chrome, Edge, Brave or Chromium profile (cookies and logins) into a separate snapshot and…
- 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 move Hermes, or a single profile or bot, to another computer?FAQ · Running & deployingFor a whole setup, run `hermes backup` on the old machine. It creates `~/hermes-backup-<timestamp>.zip` with config, credentials, memories, skills, sessions and profiles (not…
- ProfileGlossaryA separate Hermes home under ~/.hermes/profiles/ with its own config, keys, memory, sessions and skills, letting you run several independent agents.
- A DFIR analyst runs work, coaching and homelab as three separate profilesCommunity report · Business operationsReported by u/stan_frbd. Original source retained.
- A food and beverage company runs ops, finance and approvals on three Hermes profilesCommunity report · Business operationsReported by @lecaj_. Original source retained.
- A 17-person startup gives every team its own Hermes profile, from code to BizOpsCommunity report · Business operationsReported by @JacquelineSYC19. Original source retained.
- A dad built his 12-year-old her own Hermes profile instead of handing over his agentCommunity report · Everyday administrationReported by @trevin. Original source retained.
- One isolated Hermes profile per client — sell AI ops to local businessesCommunity report · Business operationsReported by @IBuzovskyi. Original source retained.
- Can Hermes share memory with Claude Code, Codex or other agents?FAQ · Memory & contextNot through Hermes' built-in memory files, which belong to one profile. The route is a memory service that both agents connect to. Hermes supports several external memory…
- Can I run more than one agent on the same machine?FAQ · Running & deployingYes, with profiles. Each profile is a separate Hermes home with its own config, keys, memory, sessions, skills and cron jobs. hermes profile create coder creates one and also…
- How do I back up my Hermes setup?FAQ · Running & deployingRun `hermes backup`. It writes `~/hermes-backup-<timestamp>.zip` with your config, credentials, memories, skills, sessions and profiles, and it's safe to run while Hermes is…
- How do I let family members or coworkers use my agent while keeping their data separate?FAQ · Security & permissionsGive each person their own profile (`hermes profile create <name>`). A profile has its own memory, sessions, skills, keys and cron jobs, and each gets its own messaging bot,…
- 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 Kanban, and why isn't it in my Desktop sidebar?FAQ · Automation & schedulingCreate the board once with `hermes kanban init` and keep the gateway running, since it hosts the dispatcher that hands tasks to profiles. Add tasks with `hermes kanban create`,…
- How much access does Hermes (and Hermes Desktop) have to my computer, and can I restrict it?FAQ · Security & permissionsOn the default `local` terminal backend, the agent can do what your user account can: run commands, read and write files. Profiles don't sandbox it. Guardrails are on by…