# Hermes Agent topics

> Start from a subject and find the guides, tools and answers for it.

Canonical: https://hermeswatcher.com/topics

- [Getting started](https://hermeswatcher.com/topics/getting-started.md): Install Hermes, pick a model, and get a first useful result without reading everything first.
- [Memory & context](https://hermeswatcher.com/topics/memory.md): How Hermes remembers, what it forgets, and where each kind of knowledge should live.
- [Skills, plugins & MCP](https://hermeswatcher.com/topics/skills-plugins-mcp.md): Extend Hermes with reusable procedures, new tools and external tool servers.
- [Models, providers & cost](https://hermeswatcher.com/topics/models-cost.md): Choose an inference route, set fallbacks, and keep the bill predictable.
- [Automation & scheduling](https://hermeswatcher.com/topics/automation.md): Turn a proven task into a scheduled job you can actually trust.
- [Messaging & the gateway](https://hermeswatcher.com/topics/messaging.md): Choose a chat app, then learn about gateway setup, access and delivery.
- [Security & permissions](https://hermeswatcher.com/topics/security.md): Approvals, allowlists, sandboxes and safe defaults for an agent that can act.
- [Running & deploying](https://hermeswatcher.com/topics/deployment.md): Laptop, Mac mini, VPS, Docker or cloud sandbox: where Hermes should live.
- [Research & knowledge work](https://hermeswatcher.com/topics/research.md): Briefings, source-backed research and content pipelines that keep their evidence.

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