Brigade: multi-agent tool for Hermes Agent

Self-hosted crew of AI agents on an org chart with shared long-term memory and chat-app access

What Brigade does

Brigade runs a crew of AI agents on an org chart that share one long-term memory, called Tideline, so what one agent learns the others can use. Agents delegate to each other, switch models mid-task and act inside more than 1,000 connected apps. By default it is a small filesystem install under ~/.brigade/, with an optional self-hosted Convex database, and it runs on a Raspberry Pi or a server.

You reach the crew from a terminal chat TUI, WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, iMessage and BlueBubbles. It works with Claude, GPT, Gemini, Llama or a local Ollama, can sign in with a Claude, ChatGPT or Copilot subscription or reuse a Claude Code or Codex CLI login, and holds privileged actions for your approval. The README says keys and data stay on your machine with no telemetry. It also lists isolated agents with their own workspaces and credentials, a skill system, a cron scheduler, sub-agent fan-out and an MCP memory server.

Key features

Crew of agents on an org chart with delegation and sub-agent fan-out
Shared long-term memory called Tideline, plus an MCP memory server
Isolated agents with their own workspaces and credentials
Skill system and cron scheduler
Channels including terminal, WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, iMessage and BlueBubbles
1,000+ app connectors and a choice of models including local Ollama

When to use it

Running a small team of cooperating agents on a Raspberry Pi or home server
Reaching one agent crew from Telegram or WhatsApp
Keeping memory and keys on your own hardware, with approval for privileged actions

Who it is for: Self-hosters who want a multi-agent crew with shared memory and chat-app access on their own hardware.

How it fits with Hermes Agent

The repository is tagged hermes and hermes-agent, but the opening part of the README does not describe Hermes support. Brigade is a separate agent runtime whose memory, skills, scheduler and messaging channels overlap with what Hermes Agent users work with.

How to install Brigade

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

curl -fsSL https://brigade.spinabot.com/install.sh | sh
brigade

FAQ

What is Brigade?

Brigade is a self-hosted platform for running a crew of AI agents that share one long-term memory, delegate to each other and are reachable from a terminal and chat apps.

Does Brigade work with Hermes Agent?

The repository is tagged hermes and hermes-agent, but the opening part of the README does not describe Hermes support. Brigade is its own agent runtime with its own memory, skills and scheduler.

How do I install Brigade?

On macOS or Linux, run curl -fsSL https://brigade.spinabot.com/install.sh | sh, which installs Node if needed and then Brigade without sudo. Start it afterwards with the brigade command.