Awesome Hermes Agent

A curated list of awesome resources for Hermes Agent, the self-improving AI agent by Nous Research.

Hermes Agent is an open-source, self-improving AI agent with persistent memory, autonomous skill creation, and multiple deployment backends. Get started by exploring deployment options, adding skills, and joining the community.

Contents

• Official Resources
• Models
• Deployment
• Skills and Plugins
• Tools and Utilities
• Integrations
• Memory and Personality
• Training and Research
• Showcase Projects
• Tutorials and Guides
• Community
• Related Lists

Official Resources

• agentskills.io - Official cross-platform skill registry and marketplace for agent capabilities.
• Discord - Official community Discord server for support and discussion.
• Documentation - Official guides covering installation, configuration, skills, and deployment.
• Hermes Agent - Open-source self-improving AI agent with persistent memory and autonomous skill creation.
• Nous Portal - Cloud-hosted Hermes Agent instances with managed infrastructure.
• Nous Research - Parent organization building open-source AI models and tools.
• Product Page - Official product page with feature overview and getting started information.

Models

• Hermes 4 14B - Compact model balancing capability with resource efficiency for local deployment.
• Hermes 4 405B - Flagship model with maximum capability for complex agent tasks.
• Hermes 4 70B - Mid-range model offering strong reasoning with manageable resource requirements.
• Hermes 4 Technical Report - Research paper detailing Hermes 4 architecture, training methodology, and benchmarks.

Deployment

• evey-setup - One-command setup script for a full Hermes Agent development stack.
• hermes-agent-docker - Minimal Docker sandbox environment for isolated Hermes Agent instances.
• nix-hermes-agent - Nix package and NixOS module for reproducible Hermes Agent installations.
• portainer-stack-hermes - Docker Compose stack with Portainer management UI and ttyd web terminal.

Skills and Plugins

• Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills - Over 700 cybersecurity skills mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• black-forest-labs/skills - Official FLUX image generation skills for agent-driven visual content creation.
• chainlink-agent-skills - Official Chainlink integration skills for blockchain oracle interactions.
• evey-bridge-plugin - Plugin bridging Claude Code and Hermes Agent for cross-tool workflows.
• execplan-skill - Complex task execution skill with checkpoints and failure recovery.
• hermes-plugins - Collection of plugins for goal management, model selection, and cost control.
• hermes-weather-plugin - Professional-grade weather data plugin using NWS and NEXRAD radar sources.
• litprog-skill - Literate programming skill for generating well-documented executable code.
• pydantic-ai-skills - Pydantic AI integration with agentskills.io skill validation and discovery.
• Skills Guide - Official documentation for creating, publishing, and discovering skills.
• wondelai/skills - Cross-platform agent skills collection compatible with multiple agent frameworks.

Tools and Utilities

• hermes-workspace - Web-based workspace combining chat interface, terminal, and skills manager.
• lintlang - Static analysis linter for AI agent configuration files and skill definitions.
• mission-control - Agent orchestration dashboard for monitoring and managing multiple Hermes instances.
• openclaw-to-hermes - Migration tool for converting OpenClaw configurations to Hermes Agent format.
• portable-hermes-agent - Windows desktop application for running Hermes Agent without terminal setup.

Integrations

• hermes-agent-acp-skill - Multi-agent delegation skill enabling task handoff across Hermes, Codex, and Claude Code.
• hermes-android - Android device bridge for controlling mobile devices through Hermes Agent.
• hermes-cloudflare - Cloudflare browser rendering plugin for headless web interactions.
• hermes-miniverse - Bridge connecting Hermes Agent to Miniverse interactive pixel worlds.

Memory and Personality

• Honcho - User context management layer for building personalized agent experiences.
• Memory Guide - Official guide for configuring persistent memory and conversation context.
• Personality Guide - Official guide for customizing agent personality through SOUL.md and persona files.

Training and Research

• Atropos - Reinforcement learning environments framework for training LLM agent trajectories.
• hermes-agent-self-evolution - Evolutionary self-improvement pipeline using DSPy and GEPA.
• Open-Reasoning-Tasks - Curated reasoning benchmark suite for evaluating agent capabilities.
• Pokemon Agent - Autonomous Pokemon gameplay agent demonstrating planning and real-time decision making.
• tinker-atropos - Standalone Atropos integration with Tinker API for reinforcement learning training runs.

Showcase Projects

• Autonovel - Autonomous novel writing pipeline showcasing long-form creative generation.
• gladiator - Autonomous AI companies competing in simulated business environments.
• hermes-agent-camel - Hermes Agent fork with CaMeL trust boundaries for safer autonomous operation.
• hermes-incident-commander - Autonomous SRE agent for infrastructure incident detection and self-healing.
• hermescraft - Minecraft AI companion agent demonstrating embodied gameplay interaction.

Tutorials and Guides

• Bitdoze Setup Guide - Step-by-step installation and configuration tutorial with screenshots.
• DEV Community Review - Independent developer review covering real-world usage experience.
• hermes-wsl-ubuntu - Detailed guide for setting up Hermes Agent on Windows Subsystem for Linux.
• TrySliq Review - Practical review focusing on daily workflow integration and productivity.

Community

• Forum - Official Nous Research community forum for long-form discussions.
• Reddit r/hermesagent - Dedicated subreddit for Hermes Agent users and developers.
• Reddit r/LocalLLaMA - Broader local AI community with active Hermes Agent discussions.
• Twitter/X @NousResearch - Official account for announcements and updates.

Related Lists

• Awesome AI Agents - Comprehensive list of AI agent projects across all frameworks.
• Awesome LLM Apps - Curated collection of applications built with large language models.
• Awesome OpenClaw Skills - Community skills list for the OpenClaw agent platform.

Footnotes

This list is partially maintained with the help of Hermes Agent for automated link checking and content discovery.

Contributing

Contributions welcome! Read the contribution guidelines first.