Hermes Agent

In one sentenceA free, open-source AI agent from Nous Research that saves what it learns as reusable skills, so it gets better at your tasks over time.

What it means

Hermes Agent is a self-hosted Harness built by Nous Research, an open-source AI lab (the same team behind the Hermes family of open models). Like OpenClaw, it runs on your own machine or server, connects to messaging apps, keeps Memory, browses the web and uses many built-in tools.

Its signature idea is self-improvement: when it works out how to do a task, it saves the workflow as a skill and reuses it next time. It can run on Claude, ChatGPT, open-source models or local models on your own hardware.

How to use it

• Good for repeat jobs you want done the same way every time: weekly reports, research routines, inbox triage.
• Teach it a task once, carefully, then review its saved skill so it learned the right lesson.
• Same safety rules as any self-hosted agent: separate machine, limited accounts, spending caps, and your approval for anything that sends or spends.

Related terms

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