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Hermes Agent

MIT self-improving agent by Nous Research that writes skills from experience

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What Hermes Agent does

  • MIT self-improving agent by Nous Research that writes skills from experience
  • Terminal UI plus Telegram, Discord, Slack and WhatsApp gateways
  • Built-in scheduler, sub-agents and memory; runs on a cheap VPS

Hermes Agent — straight answers

What is Hermes Agent?

Hermes Agent is listed under General Autonomous Agents, in the AI Agents & Automation category on Flocci AI Tools. MIT self-improving agent by Nous Research that writes skills from experience. It is free, with no paid plan attached, and it lives at github.com.

Is Hermes Agent free?

Hermes Agent is listed as fully free — there is no paid tier attached to it in the catalog. That makes it one of the 397 entries on Flocci AI Tools with no upgrade path built in.

Can I use Hermes Agent in a browser, or is there an app?

Hermes Agent needs to be installed or self-hosted — it doesn't run in a browser tab. It is available on the command line, self-hosting, Linux, Mac, Windows and Android.

What can Hermes Agent do?

Hermes Agent does 3 things the catalog singles out: Mit self-improving agent by nous research that writes skills from experience; terminal ui plus telegram, discord, slack and whatsapp gateways; built-in scheduler, sub-agents and memory; runs on a cheap vps.

What is the best free alternative to Hermes Agent?

AutoGPT is the closest free alternative: it sits in the same General Autonomous Agents sub-category and is free. Kortix (Suna), Agent Zero and AgenticSeek also start free. The full list is on the alternatives page.

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  • Connectors to apps and files
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Claude Cowork

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  • Works with your local files and folders
  • Coordinates sub-agents for parallel work
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Perplexity Comet

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Genspark

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  • Generates sheets, slides and even phone calls
  • Mixes multiple models and tools
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Zhipu AutoGLM

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