# Faiss skill for Hermes Agent

> Fast vector similarity search at billion scale.

Canonical: https://hermeswatcher.com/skills/o-mlops-faiss  
Source: Hermes Agent repository  
Source commit: c419cf7c864ac0ee511dbd9f7091a8bba0b567ee  
Tree checked: 2026-10-31T14:33:42.893Z

## Install

Read the source instructions before installing.

```sh
hermes skills install official/mlops/faiss
```

## Skill facts

- Availability: Optional
- Categories: AI models & providers, Web, research & browsing
- Platforms declared: Linux, macOS
- Skill name: faiss
- Author declared: Orchestra Research
- Version declared: 1.0.0
- License declared: MIT
- Tags: RAG, FAISS, Similarity Search, Vector Search, Facebook AI, GPU Acceleration, Billion-Scale, K-NN, HNSW, High Performance, Large Scale
- Related skills declared: Not declared
- Source file: optional-skills/mlops/faiss/SKILL.md
- Source commit: c419cf7c864ac0ee511dbd9f7091a8bba0b567ee
- File imported (UTC): 2026-10-31
- Repository tree checked (UTC): 2026-10-31

## Source

[Source SKILL.md in the Hermes Agent repository](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/blob/c419cf7c864ac0ee511dbd9f7091a8bba0b567ee/optional-skills/mlops/faiss/SKILL.md)

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