What is Hermes Agent?

What Hermes Agent can do

• Skills from SKILL.md folders

  Hermes skills follow the agentskills.io standard. Save one in ~/.hermes/skills/ and it becomes a slash command with the skill's name. Hermes can also write and improve its own skills as it works.

  Example: /meeting-recap Turn these notes into decisions and actions.

• Scheduled jobs

  Ask in plain language or use /cron add to run a task on a schedule, such as every Monday at 9am. Each run starts a fresh session, so the job's instructions must be complete, and the result can go to a chat app such as Telegram.

  Example: Every Monday at 9am, summarize last week's support requests and send me the summary on Telegram.

• Web, browser and Google Workspace

  Web search works on a fresh install, and a browser tool reads pages that need the live page. The bundled Google Workspace skill connects Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Sheets and Docs through your own Google Cloud project.

  Example: Search the web for this company's latest news and list the sources with dates.

Recipes built with Hermes Agent (7)

A recipe is a step-by-step setup you build in Hermes Agent yourself. Each one shows what you provide, what you get, and a setup prompt to copy. Examples are illustrative, not recorded results.

• Cash Flow Planner

  Finance & Accounting

  Build a 13-week cash flow forecast from your bank balance, invoices and bills

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• Customer Answer Drafter

  Customer Support

  Answer customer questions from your FAQ, prices and policies

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• Win-Back Drafter

  Sales & CRM

  Win back customers who have gone quiet

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• Applicant Keeper

  HR & People

  Track job applicants in a sheet from Gmail

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• Pipeline Keeper

  Sales & CRM

  Keep your lead pipeline in a sheet from Gmail

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• Outreach Planner

  Sales & CRM

  Plan your LinkedIn outreach in a Google Sheet

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• Time Off Keeper

  HR & People

  Keep a PTO tracker in Google Sheets from time off emails

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Skills you can add to Hermes Agent (70)

A skill is a folder of instructions that Hermes Agent can use for a specific task. Add it once, then ask for the task in your own words.

• Sales call follow-up

  Turn call notes into a recap email that promises only what was agreed, proposed CRM changes and a task list with owners and dates.

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• Account reconciliation

  Compare accounting records with a clear audit trail, separate uncertain matches, and explain remaining differences.

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• Research synthesis

  Combine supplied sources into a clear answer that preserves evidence, disagreement, and uncertainty.

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• Document field extraction

  Extract requested fields into a source-linked table without guessing missing or unreadable values.

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• Prospect fit research

  Check a named company against your customer criteria and return a sourced fit brief.

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• Business process documentation

  Turn team notes into a repeatable process with clear owners, decisions, exceptions, and completion checks.

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• AI job search

  Find current job openings, drop duplicates and expired posts, and shortlist them against your must-haves and real experience.

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• Applicant tracker from email

  Log job applications from Gmail or Outlook in a Google Sheet or CSV, and see which applicants are waiting for your reply.

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• Article-to-Visuals

  Map an approved article to a cover, three illustrations and an optional six-card carousel, exported as editable SVG, PNG and PDF files.

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• Audio edit plan

  Create a cut and keep plan from a transcript while protecting the speaker’s meaning.

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• Budget versus actual review

  Compare budget and actual figures on the same basis and explain only supported differences.

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• Bug diagnosis

  Trace a failure to its first broken invariant, test competing causes and verify a minimal authorized fix.

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Questions about Hermes Agent

Is Hermes Agent free?

Hermes Agent is free and open source under the MIT license. You pay only for the AI model it uses, through your own provider key or a Nous Portal account; local models cost nothing to run.

Can Hermes Agent use JuicyAgents skills?

Yes. Hermes skills follow the agentskills.io standard, and our skills have the name and description it needs. Save the SKILL.md in ~/.hermes/skills/<skill-name>/, start a new chat and call it with / and the skill's name.

Can Hermes Agent read my Gmail?

Yes, through the bundled Google Workspace skill. Ask Hermes to set up Google Workspace: you create a Google Cloud project and a Desktop app OAuth client, then approve access in your browser. For email only, the himalaya skill works with a Gmail app password.

Can Hermes Agent run tasks on a schedule?

Yes. Ask in plain language, such as every Monday at 9am, or use /cron add. Jobs run only while the gateway is running, and each run starts a fresh session.

Does Hermes Agent ask before it acts?

Its approvals cover risky shell commands, and scheduled jobs deny them by default. The Google Workspace skill can still send email or edit Sheets, so the recipes here tell Hermes to prepare drafts only.

Sources

The pages behind Hermes Agent’s facts and setup steps, with the day we last checked each one.

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