Hermes Agent — the AI agent that remembers, learns, and works 24/7.
Beyond chat — finished work. Hermes keeps persistent memory across every session, improves on your specific workflows, and runs across Telegram, Discord, Slack, and the terminal. Start free in the cloud, or self-host for full control.
Live in the cloud in under 60 seconds — no server, no setup. Compare FlyHermes pricing or view the Open source on GitHub ★ 10k+
An agent that grows with you
Persistent Memory
- • Stores context in SQLite or PostgreSQL
- • Learns your preferences
- • FTS5 search across sessions
- • Auto-nudges with relevant context
Learning Loop
- • Observes multi-step tasks
- • Creates skill after 3+ attempts
- • Refines skill from feedback
- • Improves on your specific workflow
Multi-Platform Gateway
- • Single gateway process
- • 6 terminal backends
- • Consistent context
- • Unified skill library
What people actually run Hermes for
Concrete jobs, not vague “automation.” Pick the path closest to your work.
For developers
See all →Drop your README, project structure, and any notes into Hermes. It builds a context snapshot from your codebase. When you return after two weeks away, the agent is already oriented — it knows the stack, the conventions, and where you left off.
Set up a PR review skill once: run tests, check formatting, flag security issues, verify changelog updated. Hermes applies the same standards every time — not generic best practices, your team's specific conventions captured from past review corrections.
For researchers
See all →Start a literature review on transformer architectures. Hermes tracks every paper you read, stores key findings and your annotations, and maintains a living knowledge graph. Come back to it three months later — the context is still there, still searchable.
Schedule a daily task: check arXiv for new preprints in your domain, extract abstracts, rank by relevance to your current work, and send a briefing to your Telegram. New research lands in your inbox every morning without you checking the site.
For solopreneurs
See all →Point Hermes at your knowledge base. It handles common questions — pricing, features, troubleshooting — immediately on Telegram or Discord. Complex issues get flagged to you with full context. Response time drops from hours to seconds.
Every morning at 8am, Hermes checks your Stripe revenue, Google Analytics traffic, competitor pricing, and any customer feedback since yesterday. You get a 5-minute briefing summary on Telegram — actionable, not just data.
Self-hosting is powerful. It’s also work.
Running your own agent means a VPS, API keys, model routing, security, and upkeep. That’s real control — and real overhead. FlyHermes removes the overhead so you can start today.
FlyHermes Cloud
- • Live in under 60 seconds — no server to provision
- • Managed infrastructure, models, and updates
- • Predictable pricing — no surprise API bills
- • Best for founders, operators, and lean teams
Self-host Hermes
- • MIT licensed — audit and modify everything
- • Bring your own models and API keys (~$5/mo VPS)
- • Your data stays on your infrastructure
- • Best for developers, labs, and infra-heavy teams
Coming from another agent?
See how Hermes stacks up — including a full migration path if you’re on OpenClaw.
Start with a high-leverage skill
Type: 'Every day at 9am...'
Playwright-based web control
Sandboxed Python execution
Isolated context
Prefer to run it yourself?
Use Hermes where you already work
One agent, every channel — messaging, coding, and workflow tools, with the same memory and skills.
What early users are saying
“Hermes is a lot more steady, doesn't get lost at every update, and feels like it remembers things”
“The memory system means it actually gets better at our specific workflows over time”
“We deployed it on a $10 VPS and it handles our entire Telegram workflow”
“The memory system means it actually gets better at our specific workflows — it learns your research methodology and applies it consistently”
“Being able to run a research pipeline that browses, analyzes, and writes in one flow is genuinely new — I haven't found this anywhere else”
“Hermes remembers what you were working on even after weeks away — that context gap is usually where research momentum dies”
Common questions
How does Hermes remember my codebase between sessions?+
Hermes uses a three-layer memory system. MEMORY.md and USER.md are injected as a frozen snapshot into every session's system prompt — these hold your stack, conventions, and preferences. Episodic memory (ChromaDB) stores what was tried and what worked. All conversations are also stored in SQLite with FTS5 search for unlimited recall.
Is this actually affordable for a solo business?+
Hermes itself is free (MIT license). Your costs are: a VPS (~$5/month for a small instance), your LLM API key (usage-based, often $5-20/month for light customer support use), and your time for initial setup. There's no per-seat, per-user, or per-message platform fee.
How does the research memory differ from just saving notes in Notion?+
Notion saves what you write. Hermes remembers what you read and what you concluded — automatically, without manual note-taking. It can also reason across your accumulated reading history, surfacing connections and contradictions between papers you read months apart.
What platforms can my customers reach Hermes on?+
Any of them: Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, email, or a web widget. All from a single gateway process. You configure which platform handles customer-facing conversations versus internal team communication.
Does Hermes work with my existing IDE and workflow?+
Hermes runs as a server process and connects via Telegram, Discord, Slack, CLI, or any messaging platform. It doesn't require a specific IDE. The agent works alongside your existing tools — you describe what you want, Hermes uses its tools to accomplish it, and reports back.
Can Hermes track citations and build a bibliography?+
Hermes stores citation information in persistent memory when it reads papers. You can query your accumulated citation library at any time. For formal bibliography generation, it can output in BibTeX, APA, or any format you specify.
Put Hermes Agent to work today
Skip the infrastructure and start in the cloud in under a minute. You can always self-host later once the workflow proves itself.