hermes agent - self-improving persistent ai agent
About Hermes Agent
Self-hosted autonomous agent from Nous Research with a built-in learning loop. Creates skills from experience, persists memory across sessions, and runs 24/7 on your own hardware with sandboxed terminals and messaging-app gateways.
Key Capabilities
Persistent memory and auto-generated skills
Scheduled cron automations via natural language
Isolated subagents for parallel workstreams
Seven terminal backends: local, Docker, SSH, Singularity, Modal, Daytona, Vercel Sandbox
Messaging gateways: Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal
Self-hosted, data stays on your hardware
Standout Features
Built-in Learning Loop
Creates skills from experience, persists knowledge across sessions, and builds a deepening model of you over time.
Real Sandboxing
Seven hardened terminal backends so the agent can run shell commands without trashing your host system.
Lives Where You Do
Single gateway process serves Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, and CLI from one agent.
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Community Buzz
Hermes Agent remembers what it learns and gets more capable over time, with a multi-level memory system and persistent dedicated machine access.
Another super trick for Hermes Agent, you can create multiple profiles/gateway.
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