7 guides · checked against the official docs

Hermes Agent guides

Step-by-step guides for setting up and running Hermes Agent the careful way, from the first install to agent teams across several machines. Each guide links to the official documentation it was checked against.

GuideWhat is Hermes Agent?

Hermes Agent is an open-source, MIT-licensed AI agent built by Nous Research that learns as it works: it saves reusable skills from experience, keeps…

GuideHow to install Hermes Agent

To install Hermes Agent, run curl -fsSL https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.sh | bash on Linux, macOS or WSL2, or iex (irm…

GuideSOUL.md for Hermes Agent: what it is and how to write one

SOUL.md is the file that defines your Hermes agent's identity: its tone, communication style and default behavior. It lives at ~/.hermes/SOUL.md (or…

GuideRun multiple Hermes agents with profiles

A Hermes Agent profile is a separate Hermes home directory with its own config, API keys, SOUL.md, memory, sessions, skills, cron jobs and gateway…

GuideBuild agent teams with the Hermes kanban board

Hermes Kanban is a durable task board shared by all your Hermes profiles, so named agents can pass work to each other. Create the board with hermes…

GuideHow to run Hermes Agent securely

To run Hermes Agent safely, keep its commands away from your main machine with a separate server, VM or Docker terminal backend, leave…

GuideConnect Hermes agents on several machines with Hermes Desktop

Hermes Desktop can register every Hermes backend you own, including the local runtime, remote gateways on your LAN or VPS, SSH hosts and Hermes Cloud…