Hermes AI Team

What Hermes AI Team does

The repository is a living companion to a blog post first published on the SMF Clearinghouse. It walks through building named agents, each with its own SOUL, memory, skills, model and lane, plus a shared vault that works as a second brain, nightly research, a self-improvement loop of curated skills and a shared kanban board. Later phases add a chief of staff agent and team rituals: a dawn circle, weekly alignment and one-on-ones.

The material is written so a Hermes profile can be pointed at the repo to implement the phases, while a human newcomer can follow the Minimal Viable Team path, a team of one in under two hours with verification at each step. Phase 6 covers Desktop Bots and group chat pods. The repo also includes a primer on Hermes, an FAQ and troubleshooting page, and filled-in example SOULs. Its compatibility note says it was verified against Hermes Agent with profiles and Desktop Bot Mode as of August 2026, and that the official Hermes docs win in any conflict.

Key features

• Phases 0 to 6, from philosophy and a first agent to Desktop Bots and group chat pods
• Minimal Viable Team path: a team of one in under 2 hours
• Guidance for SOUL, MEMORY and USER files and a vault used as a second brain
• Nightly research and a self-improvement engine of curated skills
• Shared kanban, a chief of staff agent, and check-ins, weekly alignment and one-on-ones
• Example SOULs, an FAQ and troubleshooting notes

When to use it

• Moving from one Hermes assistant to several specialized profiles
• Pointing a Hermes profile at the repo so it can implement the phases itself
• Setting up research, build, content and ops pods in group chats

Who it is for: Hermes Agent users who already have an install and want to run several coordinated agents as a team.

How it fits with Hermes Agent

Written specifically for Hermes Agent, covering its profile system, kanban board and Desktop Bot Mode.

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