---
name: run-a-self-improving-personal-agent-with-hermes-agent
slug: "run-a-self-improving-personal-agent-with-hermes-agent"
description: "Deploy Hermes Agent as a persistent personal agent that learns skills from experience, searches past sessions, schedules automations, and coordinates work across CLI and chat channels."
github_stars: 177610
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent"
author: "Nous Research"
publisher_type: "open_source"
category: "Templates & Workflows"
framework: "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "NousResearch/hermes-agent"
  github_stars: 177610
---

# Run a self-improving personal agent with Hermes Agent

Deploy Hermes Agent as a persistent personal agent that learns skills from experience, searches past sessions, schedules automations, and coordinates work across CLI and chat channels.

## Prerequisites

Hermes Agent; model provider API key or compatible endpoint; optional Telegram/Discord/Slack/WhatsApp/Signal gateways

## Installation

Install Hermes Agent from the official repository installer.

Linux, macOS, WSL2, or Termux:

```bash
curl -fsSLO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/main/scripts/install.sh
less install.sh
bash install.sh
source ~/.bashrc
hermes
```

Windows PowerShell:

```powershell
iex (irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/main/scripts/install.ps1)
```

After installation, use the documented CLI commands to configure and operate the agent:

```bash
hermes setup        # Run the full setup wizard
hermes model        # Choose the model provider and model
hermes tools        # Configure enabled tools
hermes gateway      # Start messaging gateway setup/runtime
hermes doctor       # Diagnose environment or configuration issues
```

Contributor setup, when you need to work from source:

```bash
git clone https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent.git
cd hermes-agent
./setup-hermes.sh
./hermes
```

- Source: https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/HEAD/README.md

## Documentation

- https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/run-a-self-improving-personal-agent-with-hermes-agent/)


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License: MIT
License information: https://opensource.org/license/mit
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# Dave AI resource metadata

Creator / publisher: agentskillexchange
Original project: https://github.com/agentskillexchange/skills/blob/7964af467fccaf7d68a4b705bb2e26081fbdd3e8/skills/run-a-self-improving-personal-agent-with-hermes-agent/SKILL.md
Attribution basis: Source repository record

Fields of work: Operations, Sales, Customer Support
Roles: Business Development, Customer Success Manager, Operations Manager, Sales Development Rep (SDR), Technical Support
Specialties: Specialty not specified
Tools: Discord, Hermes Agent, Slack, Telegram, WhatsApp
Country applicability: Country not specified
Classification basis: Source catalog labels
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