Hermes agent

Skill ChrisLamDev/hermes-core-skills/skills/hermes-agent

25 executable AI agent skills for debugging, planning, token efficiency, and security

Install

npx -y skills add ChrisLamDev/hermes-core-skills --skill hermes-agent

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Hermes Agent Guide

Hermes Agent is an autonomous AI agent that runs via CLI, Telegram, Discord, and other platforms.

Quick Install

pip install hermes-agent          # or
brew install hermes-agent/tap/hermes-agent
hermes --version                  # verify

Key Commands

Command	What It Does
`hermes`	Start interactive session
`hermes --model qwen2.5:7b`	Start with specific local model
`hermes --listen`	Start in service mode (API)

Configuration

Config file: ~/.hermes/config.yaml

provider: ollama
model: qwen2.5:7b
skills:
  dir: ~/.hermes/skills

Spawning Sub-Agents

Use delegate_task() to spawn isolated agents for:

Heavy reasoning (parallel research)
Long-running code work (keeps your context clean)
Multi-agent workflows (up to 3 sub-agents)

See references/advanced-setup.md for platform setup (Telegram, Discord, CLI gateway).