Hermes Atlas: guide and resource for Hermes Agent

Community-curated directory of Hermes Agent tools, skills and integrations with live GitHub data

What Hermes Atlas does

Hermes Atlas is the source repository behind hermesatlas.com, a map of the Hermes Agent ecosystem. The README describes 80+ quality-filtered repositories across 12 categories, each security-reviewed before inclusion, with search, sort and filter controls, light and dark mode, and a mobile-responsive layout. Star counts are fetched from the GitHub API and cached in Redis, and the site shows sparklines and trending badges for growth over time.

It also includes an Ask the Atlas chatbot that answers questions about Hermes Agent using retrieval over 27 research files, combining BM25 and cosine similarity. The site is plain HTML, CSS and JavaScript with no framework or build step, hosted on Vercel with serverless functions, and the chatbot calls models through OpenRouter. The repository description adds that the project offers install guidance and mode and skill picks.

Key features

Directory of 80+ quality-filtered Hermes Agent ecosystem repos across 12 categories
Live star counts from the GitHub API, cached in Redis for one hour
Sparklines and trending badges showing growth over time
Ask the Atlas chatbot grounded in 27 research files
Search, sort and filter across the whole catalog
Light and dark mode with OS preference detection

When to use it

Finding a plugin, skill or deployment template for Hermes Agent without searching GitHub by hand
Checking which ecosystem projects are growing over time
Asking the chatbot questions about Hermes Agent setup

Who it is for: Developers and operators who use or are evaluating Hermes Agent and want one place to find community tools.

How it fits with Hermes Agent

Built around Hermes Agent: it catalogs the projects, skills and integrations that surround the agent from Nous Research. It is community-curated and does not run inside Hermes Agent.

How to install Hermes Atlas

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

git clone https://github.com/ksimback/hermes-ecosystem.git
cd hermes-ecosystem
npm install

Requirements: npm for the API endpoints; for a Vercel deployment OPENROUTER_API_KEY and REDIS_URL are required, and GITHUB_TOKEN raises the GitHub rate limit to 5000 requests per hour

FAQ

What is Hermes Atlas?

Hermes Atlas is a community-curated directory of tools, skills and integrations for Hermes Agent, published at hermesatlas.com. This repository holds the site code and the research files behind its chatbot.

Does Hermes Atlas work with Hermes Agent?

It is a directory about Hermes Agent rather than a plugin that runs inside it. You use it to discover and compare projects, then install the ones you want separately.

Is Hermes Atlas free and open source?

The source is public on GitHub, but the repository has no license file, so default copyright applies and you should check with the author before reusing the code. The live site at hermesatlas.com can be browsed directly.