Jacky CLI: automation for Hermes Agent

Personal Hermes Agent fork with local or cloud models and a built-in bug-bounty hunt-loop methodology

What Jacky CLI does

Jacky keeps the Hermes Agent feature set described in its README: a terminal interface with slash-command autocomplete, a tool-calling agent loop with more than 40 built-in tools, an MCP client, a gateway for Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp and Signal, a cron scheduler, subagents, agent-curated memory, autonomous skill creation and full-text session search. It supports six terminal backends: local, Docker, SSH, Singularity, Modal and Daytona.

The addition is a hunt-loop doctrine shipped under skills/: scope, recon, rank, enumerate, test, validate, chain and report, with finding-validation gates, evidence-hygiene rules and report-writing formulas. Models can be switched with the jacky model command, either to an Ollama model for offline work or to a cloud provider with your own key. A one-line installer clones the repository to ~/.jacky-cli, runs setup.sh and puts jacky on the PATH, and the tool can also be installed from npm or PyPI. A native Windows script exists.

Key features

Local models through Ollama or any OpenAI- or Anthropic-compatible provider
Bundled bug-bounty hunt-loop skills from scope to report
Hermes-style learning loop, skills, memory and cron scheduler
Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp and Signal gateway
Six terminal backends including Docker, SSH, Modal and Daytona
Install through a shell script, npm or pip

When to use it

Running a bug-bounty workflow with a local model so nothing leaves the machine
Switching between Ollama and a cloud provider with one command
Starting from the Hermes Agent feature set with an offensive-security methodology preloaded

Who it is for: Security researchers and bug-bounty hunters who want a Hermes-based agent CLI with a built-in methodology.

How it fits with Hermes Agent

A fork of Hermes Agent with its own jacky command, not a plugin for an existing Hermes install.

How to install Jacky CLI

These commands are copied from the project's README. Check the repository for the latest steps before you run them.

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jaswanthsai1/jacky-cli/main/install.sh | bash
npm install -g jacky-cli-agent
pip install jacky-cli

Requirements: Python 3.11 to 3.13 on Linux, macOS or Windows; optionally Ollama for local models, or an API key for a cloud provider

Note: It is a personal fork and not an official Nous Research release, and its license is reported as NOASSERTION.

FAQ

What is Jacky CLI?

Jacky CLI is an AI agent CLI forked from Nous Research's Hermes Agent. It supports local and cloud models and ships a bug-bounty hunt-loop methodology as skills.

Does Jacky CLI work with Hermes Agent?

It is a fork of Hermes Agent rather than an add-on. It has its own jacky command and keeps Hermes features such as skills, the gateway and the cron scheduler.

How do I install Jacky CLI?

On Linux or macOS, run the curl install script, which clones to ~/.jacky-cli and links jacky onto your PATH. You can also run npm install -g jacky-cli-agent or pip install jacky-cli.