Explainer

What is Hermes Agent?

Hermes Agent is a free, open-source AI agent from Nous Research, released in February 2026. You run it yourself, on a server or a laptop. It remembers past conversations and connects to Telegram, Discord, Slack or WhatsApp.

For a manager: it can be the always-on helper that watches for a scanned bill, drafts the entry and posts a note to your team chat. You decide what it can touch.