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

Written by [witcheer](https://x.com/witcheer) at Nous Research. Republished with credit.

Canonical: https://hermeswatcher.com/wingtips/50  
Published: 2026-08-21  
[Original](https://notwitcheer.github.io/hermes-recipes/wingtips/50-the-silent-marker/) · [On X](https://x.com/witcheer/status/2090697512097112274) · [Full collection](https://notwitcheer.github.io/hermes-recipes/) · [Official docs](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/cron)

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Sources: [Hermes docs: Cron](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/cron)


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!