Hermes Agent Guide

SkillAI & models

hermes-agent — Configure, extend, or contribute to Hermes Agent.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the Hermes Agent Guide skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by atlasomnia/hermes-custom-pack in skills/hermes-agent/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

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

CommandWhat It Does
hermesStart interactive session
hermes --model qwen2.5:7bStart with specific local model
hermes --listenStart 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).

Signals

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Source
github.com/atlasomnia/hermes-custom-pack