What problem does it solve?
Hermes Agent setup, extension, and day-to-day operation are complex because they span CLI configuration, profiles, tools/skills, gateways for messaging platforms, and operational troubleshooting.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Guided Hermes setup & configuration: walk through selecting models/providers and validating dependencies so the agent can actually run.
- Skill lifecycle management: help you list, install, inspect, update, and troubleshoot skills so the agent gains new capabilities safely and predictably.
- Profile and gateway operations: explain how to run isolated specialist profiles and connect them to messaging platforms via the gateway.
- Practical multi-agent workflows: provide operational guidance for spawning workflows and routing tasks between specialist profiles using Hermes CLI patterns.
- Troubleshooting and safe operations: cover common failure modes (e.g., provider/key mismatches) and the commands needed to verify health and resolve issues.
Quick Start
Use the hermes-agent skill to help you install Hermes, complete the setup wizard, and verify a working interactive chat session.