Hermes Agent Guide
SkillAI & modelshermes-agent — Configure, extend, or contribute to Hermes Agent.
Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.
No other account needed.
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
| 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).
Signals
- GitHub stars
- 56
- Forks
- 5
- Last commit
- Aug 2026
Advanced
- Catalog kind
- skill
- Gateway key
hermes-agent- Source
- github.com/atlasomnia/hermes-custom-pack