# witcheer's release explainer #5: bot-to-bot messaging

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

Canonical: https://hermeswatcher.com/wingtips/explainers/5  
Published: 2026-09-05  
[Original](https://notwitcheer.github.io/hermes-recipes/explainers/05-bot-to-bot-messaging/) · [On X](https://x.com/witcheer/status/2096174013332561939) · [Full collection](https://notwitcheer.github.io/hermes-recipes/) · [Official docs](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/bot-mode#bot-to-bot-messaging)

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Sources: [Hermes docs: Bot Mode](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/bot-mode)


since the Pantheon release here is how I use Hermes Agent bots: one agent sent a request to another profile's Bot Chat, finished its own turn, and the reply came back later as a notification, attributed to the sender.

how it works:

(1) every bot knows its teammates. the live roster, names and roles, is part of each Bot Chat, so a bot picks the right recipient on its own

(2) a bot messages another with the `message_agent` tool: the target is validated against the roster, the message lands in that bot's own Bot Chat with a "Message from" attribution, and the reply arrives when it has one

(3) you can also hand work off yourself: type "@ researcher have a look at this" in any chat and the active bot composes its own message to that bot. your text is never forwarded verbatim

this all works headless too: hermes -p <bot> chat opens the same canonical Bot Chat from the CLI, so a VPS fleet messages the same way a Desktop one does.

https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/bot-mode