hermes agent is already the best on local models. but i'm working on more edges to make it fly even harder. before that, if your agent keeps crashing on local inference here's what to check: > max_turns: default is tuned for fast frontier models. bump from 30 to 50. slow local models need more breathing room per agentic loop. >gateway_timeout: raise from 600 to 1200. local inference at 12-17 tok/s will timeout silently and look like crashes. > context accumulation: auto-reset is off by default. your session grows until you /reset. long convos choke the agent. reset between major tasks. if you're running anything under 20 tok/s locally, these three settings are the difference between "broken" and "flying." tune your config before you blame the tool.

Hermes agents from @NousResearch are also coming to Warden Halo. P2P decentralized intelligence. Agents serve and consume inference. They earn from idle compute or from the models they hold. This is what the agentic economy actually looks like.

Hermes Agent is now #1# on the Global @OpenRouter token rankings. While our journey together has just begun, we'd like to take this opportunity to thank our contributors, supporters, and users for all they have done to get us this far.

Hermes has been making strong progress in ComfyUI integration, self-evolving skills, and persistent memory. Pan aims to be its most comfortable “cockpit”: ✅ Clean chat interface and easy skill management ✅ Upcoming Crypto/AI skill marketplace ✅ Future collaboration: on-chain trading tools, personalized financial memory, and more We believe Pan + Hermes can become a practical and user-friendly Crypto AI Agent that helps users handle daily financial tasks with ease. Open to ideas and collaboration @NousResearch 👀

The Hermes Agent Creative Hackathon sponsored by @Kimi_Moonshot has ended! Finalists were selected by Nous and Kimi staff out of 227 submissions on creativity, usefulness and presentation. We were absolutely blown away by the creativity of the things you all built using Hermes. It was tough choosing winners, huge thank you to all who participated! Winners below:

The Hermes Agent Creative Hackathon starts now 16 Days, $25k in Prizes Presented by @Kimi_Moonshot & @NousResearch For the tinkerers pushing Hermes Agent into creative domains: video, image, audio, 3D, long-form writing, creative software, interactive media and more. Show us what your Hermes Agent can do. Details Below ↓