hermes agents can now pay for the resources they use. our new integration package wires ampersend x402 payment capabilities directly into @NousResearch's Hermes Agent framework. the package handles agent identity setup through the ampersend dashboard approval flow, so every agent gets its own smart account and session key before it spends anything. client-side guardrails validate each payment against per-transaction and daily spend limits before the request ever reaches the API. agents call paid endpoints straight from the terminal with the ampersend CLI, and a --inspect flag shows the cost of any x402 endpoint before committing to payment. TypeScript users get a typed getPaidFetch() that handles the full x402 flow on paid URLs, with payments settling in USDC on Base. it ships as a thin layer over the ampersend SDK with opinionated defaults for Hermes workflows, composable enough to drop into any agent framework. two commands bootstrap a working agent from a fresh clone. repo: