# Hermes Agent

> Open source AI agent from Nous Research that learns skills and runs on your own infrastructure

- Category: Agents & dev (`agents`)
- Tags: `open-source`, `free`
- Official: https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent
- Wunderlust: https://wunderlust.xyz/r/hermes-agent
- Image: https://wunderlust.xyz/media/hermes-agent-poster.jpg
- Video preview: https://wunderlust.xyz/media/hermes-agent.webm
- Added: 2026-11-05

## What it is

Persistent personal agent from Nous Research, with memory, autonomous skill creation and execution locally, in Docker, over SSH or on cloud services.

## What it’s for

For building agents that run on a cheap VPS or other infrastructure of your own and are reached through Telegram, Discord, Slack and other channels, as in a prospecting flow with human approval.

## Benefits

- Messaging gateway for Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal and CLI
- Agent-curated memory, autonomous skill creation and search across past conversations
- Cron scheduler that delivers results to any supported platform
- Imports settings, memories and skills from OpenClaw, Claude Code, Codex CLI and Cursor

## Caveats

- MIT license; the optional Nous Portal subscription has no price listed on the page.
- Flows that use external APIs send data to third parties; the claim that nothing leaves the environment was not confirmed.
- The tutorial promotes Hostinger and the author's community; costs and results were not validated.

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