Hermes
Self-improving autonomous agent
Nous Research's autonomous agent that improves on its own with every task through its closed learning loop.
Nous Research
Creator
20+
Platforms
60+
Tools
~60s
Setup
What is Hermes?
Hermes is an autonomous AI agent built by Nous Research that keeps improving. Unlike a code copilot or a chatbot, it's an independent system that gets more capable over time thanks to its closed learning loop.
It can run across many environments —your computer, a cloud server, a virtual machine or serverless infrastructure— and communicates through 20+ messaging platforms without being tied to a single device.
It builds skills from experience, retains knowledge across sessions with persistent memory, and includes cron for scheduled automations, MCP support, voice mode and 60+ built-in tools.
Key features
Continuous learning
Builds skills from experience and improves them with use.
Persistent memory
Retains knowledge across sessions with smart retrieval.
Decentralized execution
Runs locally, on a VPS, GPU clusters or serverless.
20+ platforms
Telegram, Discord, Slack, Teams and many more.
Voice mode
Real-time audio interaction.
60+ tools
Web search, image generation, TTS, MCP and more.
What is it for?
Have an autonomous assistant working across 20+ messaging channels
Automate recurring tasks with built-in cron
Extend capabilities by connecting MCP servers
Delegate voice tasks and real-time web research
Who is behind it?
Hermes is developed by Nous Research, the lab behind models like Hermes, Nomos and Psyche. It works with Nous Portal (recommended), OpenRouter, OpenAI and any custom endpoint.