Hermes Agent from Nous Research is a model-agnostic, tool-using assistant you run locally or on a VPS.

Hermes does not lock you into one surface. You can use

the classic hermes / hermes chat CLI,

the full-screen hermes --tui session,

a long-running hermes gateway for Telegram, Discord, Slack, and other messaging platforms,

hermes dashboard for a local browser UI when the web extra is installed.

Those paths share the same config and data under ~/.hermes ; this page lists shell commands that matter across those modes.

Below is a dense command reference grouped by task.

Install Hermes Agent and first-run CLI commands

For install and troubleshooting, start with Hermes AI Assistant — Install, Setup, Workflow, and Troubleshooting .

The installer pulls the repo, sets up a Python environment, and wires the hermes executable.…