Hermes Researcher Agent: automation for Hermes Agent

Hermes Researcher Agent

AlekseiUL/hermes-researcher-agent

Privacy-safe Hermes profile for public-source research, source verification and evidence-gated briefs

In short

Hermes Researcher Agent is a sanitized Hermes Agent profile for public-source research, document ingestion, source verification and decision-ready briefs, distributed without private memories, sessions, credentials or cron jobs.

What Hermes Researcher Agent does

This repository packages a Hermes profile that routes each question to a research depth, such as quick fact, deep research, repository or tool comparison, community-pain analysis, live or visual checks, or monitoring design. Every serious answer passes an evidence gate that checks source quality, freshness and caveats. Source-lineage checks count mirrors and articles repeating one announcement as a single lineage, and a counterexample gate requires contrary evidence for decision-relevant claims or a recorded coverage gap.

Bundled helpers include a source-reach doctor for Jina Reader, the GitHub public API, Reddit and optional yt-dlp, a YouTube research pack for search, metadata, transcripts and comment samples, a Reddit fallback for blocked JSON, and a GitHub traction helper that treats repository activity metrics as proxies rather than proof of usage. A markitdown-based skill converts public PDFs, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX and other formats to Markdown. The README states it is not a private OSINT kit or a login-wall scraper, and by default it uses no private data, cookies or credentials. Blocked or rate-limited sources are reported as degraded access.

Key features

Hermes profile distribution installed from GitHub
Research mode router and an evidence gate on serious answers
Source-lineage and counterexample checks
Reproducible research-run/v1 artifact that can be validated before a brief is trusted
YouTube, Reddit and GitHub research helpers
Document ingestion skill for PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, HTML and more

When to use it

Comparing tools, vendors or repositories with sourced evidence
Checking whether several articles all trace back to one announcement
Turning public documents and videos into a decision-ready brief

Who it is for: Builders, operators and teams who want a reusable, privacy-safe researcher agent profile for Hermes.

How it fits with Hermes Agent

Built for Hermes Agent as an installable profile with bundled skills, templates and helper scripts.

FAQ

What is Hermes Researcher Agent?

Hermes Researcher Agent is a Hermes Agent profile for public-source research. It adds an evidence gate, source-lineage checks and a counterexample gate, and returns decision-ready briefs.

Does Hermes Researcher Agent work with Hermes Agent?

Yes, it is a Hermes profile distribution. The README says it uses the tools available in your own Hermes setup and ships without private memories, sessions, credentials or cron jobs.

Is Hermes Researcher Agent free and open source?

Yes. The repository is published under the MIT license.