Hermes as personal operating layer
Hermes Agent grew from a chat interface into an operating layer across the author's work, research, personal organisation and family life over fifteen days.
The author added over 50 capabilities in 15 days, including email triage, daily briefings and a custom MCP server for tasks and invoices.
Overview
How it was set up
Hermes Agent with a custom MCP server connecting it to the author's own system for tasks, projects, clients and invoices. Local models and many added capabilities.
Worth knowing
The source names no limit, cost, or manual step.
A prompt to start from
The source does not show the prompt.
Sources 1
History
- Source published
- 2026-09-13
- Added to Agentic Feats
- 2026-10-13
- Pick
- No
- Markdown copy
- /c/hermes-as-personal-operating-layer-hermes-agent.md
More in setup and meta
10 featsResultThe author reran their email, CRM, research and drafting tools from Cowork, so the capabilities carried over to a new interface.
ResultThe agent triages the inbox, schedules meetings, books flights, pulls Airtable data, scrapes exhibitor lists, and takes notes as a second brain.
ResultA working personal agent that sends an 8am brief and updates a vibe-coded Kanban dashboard in real time as it works.