HermesWatcher
Search⌘K For brandsSetup help
StartStart hereSetup plannerInstall Hermes AgentChat from your phoneYour first 24 hours
Use casesWorkflow blueprintsCase studiesUse-case collectionsCommunity libraryPrompt library
LearnWhat is Hermes Agent?Guideswitcheer's WingtipsTopicsFAQCommand cheat sheetGlossarySOUL.md gallery
ToolsTools & integrationsAll messaging platformsSkills directoryPlugins directorySkills, plugins & MCP
TroubleshootReleases
Work with usServicesNewsletterFor brands: partner with usFor AI agentsContactAboutFollow @HermesWatcher on X ↗ (opens in a new tab)

witcheer's Wingtips #50: the [SILENT] marker

Republished in his own words, with credit.

witcheerBy witcheer · Nous Research

Back to wingtips

#50 · the [SILENT] marker

· Scheduling & automation · CLI / Desktop / Gateway

Hermes Wingtips #50: the [SILENT] marker

a monitoring job that reports every run trains you to ignore it. your Hermes Agent has a quieter contract: if a cron job's response contains [SILENT], delivery is suppressed and nothing lands in your chat.

the lever is the prompt itself:

"check if nginx is running. if everything is healthy, respond with only [SILENT]. otherwise, report the issue."

great for any check that should only speak up when something is wrong: uptime, disk space, backups, feed watchers!

SourcesHermes docs: Cron

All tips are written by witcheer and collected here with credit. Card images stay on his X posts.

witcheer says each tip ran on a real Hermes box before it shipped. Hermes changes fast, so check your version and the linked doc.