AI AGENTS
hermes-agent
by Nous Research
Overview
Open-source MIT-licensed autonomous agent from Nous Research that lives on your server, remembers what it learns, and gets more capable over time.
Details
Hermes Agent is an open-source, MIT-licensed autonomous agent built by Nous Research. The official homepage describes it as an agent that lives on your server, remembers what it learns, and becomes more capable over time. The documentation says it supports memory, skills, messaging gateways, MCP, scheduled automations, and multiple model providers, positioning it as a self-hosted agent framework for persistent automation and extensible workflows.
When to Use
Use when you want an open-source autonomous agent that can run on your own server and retain memory over time. Use when you need agent workflows involving skills messaging gateways MCP scheduled automations or multiple model providers. Use when evaluating Nous Research’s Hermes Agent project from its official site documentation and GitHub repository.
Getting Started
- Visit the official Hermes Agent homepage to review the project overview and positioning.
- Read the Hermes Agent documentation for setup guidance and supported components such as memory
- skills
- MCP
- messaging gateways
- scheduled automations
- and model providers.
- Review the NousResearch/hermes-agent GitHub repository before deploying or modifying the project.
Key Features
- •Open-source autonomous agent
- •MIT-licensed project
- •Runs on your server
- •Memory support
- •Skills support
- •Messaging gateways
- •MCP support
- •Scheduled automations
- •Multiple model provider support
Capabilities
- •autonomous-agent
- •self-hosted-agent
- •memory
- •skills
- •messaging-gateways
- •mcp
- •scheduled-automation
- •multi-model-provider
Last updated May 29, 2026