Hermes Agent

Composio and Ante tests reported that the same models behaved very differently by harness. DeepSeek V4 Flash ranged from 47% to 67% task success and $0.019 to $0.104 per task across harnesses.

Teknium shipped the Herald release of Hermes Agent as a desktop-agent and runtime update. The release adds voice chats, desktop plugins, Agent2Agent/webhooks, productivity skills, grounded research, Ironproxy secrets lockdown, and trace-driven token-efficiency work from 250,000 conversations.

AI21 says its pipeline routes exploration, extraction, and patching across model tiers and reaches 80.8% on SWE-Bench Pro at $5.99 per task. Other workflows use critic agents, readable harnesses, Fugu/Nemotron routing, and scheduled Gemini agents.

Practitioners described GitHub or folder-based markdown knowledge bases that feed persistent company or personal context to Codex, Claude Code, and Hermes. OpenWiki added codebase and personal brain modes for the same pattern.

Meituan released LongCat-2.0 weights and inference code under MIT, with Hugging Face, GitHub, ModelScope, GPU, and NPU paths. Analysts noted the ~48B-active MoE keeps attention shape while reducing zero-communication experts from 256 to 128.

Nous updated Hermes Agent web extraction to skip the old summarizer loop, pass cleaner content directly to the model, and page large documents on demand. The change is claimed to cut read latency by up to 60x and cost by 49x, so teams should compare output quality before adopting it.

Hermes Agent launched Mixture of Agents 2.0, letting users combine models from different providers into presets that behave like a normal model inside the agent loop. It matters because multi-model orchestration becomes a reusable runtime primitive instead of a custom routing workflow.

Hermes Agent added GUI computer-use support for Windows and Linux through TryCua drivers, extending beyond existing macOS support. Teams running desktop automation across mixed operating systems should test the new coverage.

Hermes Agent can now self-host Mem0, and the desktop client can attach to headless Hermes instances or start one with the hermes desktop command. The change expands always-on memory and remote control setups outside a laptop session.

Hermes now offers a setup path that starts with only a provider, model, file operations, and terminal access. The smaller base gives users a minimal install they can extend manually.

Independent tests put GLM-5.2 near Opus 4.8 and GPT-5.5 on planning and coding, and users shared Claude Code, BrowserCode, dcode, and local-serving recipes. It matters because many engineers are treating it as a daily-driver option for text-heavy coding, though teams still report weaker vision and provider limits.

Epic added experimental MCP server support in Unreal Engine 5.8 so compatible agents can inspect the engine and active project inside Unreal Editor. Hermes Agent added the server to its MCP catalog the same day, which matters because it lowers setup friction for agent-driven game-development workflows.

TryCua brought Cua Driver to Linux, letting Claude Code, Codex, Hermes, and custom agents control real desktop apps via CLI or MCP without taking over the main terminal. The release also adds headless SSH execution and a preview of multi-window Wayland control across supported distros.

Hermes Agent shipped Telegram Rich Messages support and later added cloning from any existing profile, not just the default. The update expands bot-side messaging and makes reusable multi-profile setups less manual.

Hermes Agent added Photon as a gateway channel, letting users bring an agent into iMessage through the hermes gateway setup flow. The integration matters because it extends an open-source agent stack into a consumer messaging surface without changing the core agent runtime.

After Hermes Agent v0.16.0, Nous added a built-in /simplify-code skill and pointed users to hermes --tui as the future CLI surface. The update adds more agent commands and dashboard controls, but remote workflows still need to catch up.

Nous shipped Hermes Agent v0.16.0 with a desktop GUI, a rebuilt browser dashboard, remote auth options, and full Simplified Chinese UI coverage. The release moves Hermes beyond a terminal-only workflow and into a broader admin and desktop control surface.

Nous Research put Hermes Agent into a native desktop app and added Portal and Ollama-backed setup paths plus a Tailscale remote-connect fix. Hermes now has a local-first desktop surface instead of a terminal-only workflow.

A day after MiniMax M3 launched, OpenCode, Hermes Agent, Flowith, Atomic Chat, Kilo Code, Cloudflare AI Gateway, and Vercel AI Gateway shipped support. That breadth shows M3 plugged into agent harnesses and routing layers immediately, not just its own API.

Microsoft and NVIDIA unveiled RTX Spark systems, including Surface Laptop Ultra and DGX-class Windows hardware, with 128GB unified memory and 1 PFLOP FP4 local AI. Day-one support from Hermes Agent, vLLM, Ollama, and Unsloth makes the launch useful for local inference and fine-tuning, not just a PC refresh.

Nous Research moved Hermes Agent's native Windows build out of beta with direct PowerShell installation and a dedicated guide. Windows users now have a first-party install path instead of relying on WSL or other workarounds.

MiniMax shipped M3 with a 1M-token context window, native multimodal input, and frontier coding claims across SWE-Bench Pro, Terminal Bench, and MCP Atlas. It also appeared on OpenRouter, Ollama Cloud, Venice, Hermes, Cline, Together, and Arena on day one.

Builders released a chat-first Web UI and a multi-agent Control Room template around Hermes Agent, while core updates cut read_file input tokens by 14% and fixed TUI startup hangs. Use the new controls to manage local multi-agent setups while reducing routine token burn.

A day after launch, Nous made Step 3.7 Flash free for 30 days to Hermes users through Nous Portal. The access window landed alongside fresh vLLM/NIM and MLX-VLM support, making the model easier to test in both local and production stacks.

Hermes Agent shipped Tool Search, which loads tools on demand when MCPs or plugins would otherwise consume a large chunk of context. The feature targets lower token use and less prompt clutter in large tool catalogs.

Nous Research released Hermes Agent v0.15.0 with skill bundles, MCP Catalog, new model support, and major performance and security work. The update cuts load times 50%, speeds session search 750x, and adds Bitwarden plus prompt-injection defenses.

Hermes Agent added a built-in MCP Catalog while separate builders shipped Qwen3.7 Max support, Venice private-model workflows, and Krea 2 image generation. The cluster shows Hermes moving beyond a single-model assistant toward a broader agent shell with tool, model, and media providers.

Cua Driver said its Windows backend is now stable, letting Claude Code, Codex, Hermes, or custom agents drive real Windows apps through MCP or CLI. The release targets Windows-only line-of-business software while keeping the desktop usable with multi-pointer support.

Alibaba rolled out implicit caching for Qwen3.7 Max, automatically reusing repeated context without user setup. The update also lands with fresh benchmark results and broader coding-agent support across OpenCode and Hermes Agent.

Hermes Agent added an OpenHands orchestration skill that can be installed with a single command. The addition matters because Hermes can now route work across OpenHands, Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode through the same skills interface.

Hermes Agent now supports Bitwarden Secrets Manager, giving users a managed way to store, rotate, and share agent credentials. That matters because secret handling becomes a real operational problem once agents move beyond solo local setups.

Nous Research shipped Hermes Agent v0.14.0 with Grok subscription access, Codex as an OpenAI runtime, LINE, native video generation, and a Windows beta. This matters because Hermes is moving beyond point integrations into a broader agent runtime with new access paths and deployment surfaces.

Nous Research expanded Hermes Agent so X Premium+ and SuperGrok logins can unlock Grok 4.3, X Search, and media tools without separate keys. Bookmarks and full X API access still sit outside the OAuth path.

Nous Research added SuperGrok support to Hermes Agent, letting users plug a Grok subscription directly into the framework. It broadens Hermes beyond OpenAI runtimes and local setups into another mainstream agent model path.

Practitioners said skills and workflows were porting from OpenClaw to Hermes Agent with fewer surprises around approvals, job control, and mobile use. That matters because teams choosing a self-hosted agent stack are now comparing operational clarity and migration friction, not just model support.

Hermes Agent can now route core tool calls through the Codex app-server when it is using OpenAI models. The integration gives Hermes users access to Codex runtime behavior with a `hermes update`, without changing the rest of their agent stack.

Nous Research added early computer-use support to Hermes Agent through CUA, enabling background desktop control without taking over keyboard, mouse, or screen input. The feature opens computer use to local or alternative models instead of tying the workflow to frontier-only modes.

Hermes Agent added an official LINE gateway and OpenRouter published Pareto Code setup docs while users shared Discord and mobile SSH/TUI workflows. The change matters because Hermes is moving from ranking chatter into more concrete distribution channels and repeatable operator setups.

Nous said Hermes Agent hit No. 1 among AI apps on OpenRouter after v0.13.0 shipped and added credential pools for rotating provider keys. Independent posts also tracked migrations from OpenClaw and early routing support in the same stack.

Hermes Agent 0.13.0 adds enforced goal completion, Kanban-based multi-agent orchestration, and more extensibility for custom LLM providers and gateway channels. Early user reports also show Hermes browser skills cutting one Hacker News workflow from 102 seconds to 35 and cost from $1.46 to $0.28.

Nous Research added a Kanban workflow where specialized agents claim linked tasks, share files, and persist progress in SQLite-backed workspaces. The update moves Hermes from a single-agent loop to coordinated queues with human comments, heartbeats, and crash recovery.

Nous added a built-in ComfyUI skill to Hermes Agent, letting the agent install, launch, and run Comfy workflows on demand through a `/comfyui` command. The integration turns the wider Comfy ecosystem into a callable agent surface instead of a separate manual pipeline.

OpenClaw 2026.4.26 shipped Google Live Talk, local-model fixes, openclaw migrate imports for Claude and Hermes, and one-command Matrix E2EE. It also hardens plugins, Docker, and transcript compaction for self-hosted agent runs.

Hermes now pulls provider model lists from hosted JSON so new releases appear without client updates. The same update batch also auto-switches to a local browser when an agent needs localhost access.

Anthropic said a third-party harness detection bug pulled `git status` into Claude Code prompts, and it is refunding affected users with extra credits. Watch for hidden client logic that can change spend and behavior in real agent workflows.

A day after Kimi K2.6’s launch, providers and tools opened new access paths including temporary free use in Hermes and Cline plus availability on Replicate, Together, Perplexity, and Tinker. Engineers can test the open model across agent harnesses and hosted runtimes without standing up their own stack first.

Hermes Agent added a native Mac desktop app, new `/xurl` and `/baoyu-infographic` skills, AgentMail onboarding, and a Kimi-backed creative hackathon. The release expands the project into a broader skill and integration platform for agent workflows.

Ollama 0.21 added native Hermes Agent support through the ollama launch hermes command. That makes a self-improving local agent loop available without a hosted inference stack, with memory and skills running on top of Ollama’s model serving.

Hermes Agent added Tool Gateway, bundling 300+ models with web, browser, image, terminal, and TTS tools behind one subscription. Firecrawl, Browser Use, Fal image models, and Gemini Voice shipped at launch.

Nous Research shipped Hermes Agent v0.9.0 with a local web dashboard, new monitoring APIs, and broader platform updates. Teams using multi-agent workflows should test the new controls for profile cloning and long-running dashboard-managed sessions.