hermes-agent — security grade SAFE, quality 66/100

Security audit verdict: SAFE · quality 66/100

No red flags found in any of the 11 categories — no credential harvesting, no data exfiltration, no curl-pipe-shell installer. Scanned against the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy, refreshed every 8 hours. Full audit →

by NousResearch · Codex Skill · ★ 232.7k

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About hermes-agent

Hermes Agent ⚕ The self-improving AI agent built by Nous Research. It's the only agent with a built-in learning loop — it creates skills from experience, improves them during use, nudges itself to persist knowledge, searches its own past conversations, and builds a deepening model of who you are across sessions. Run it on a $5 VPS, a GPU cluster, or serverless infrastructure that costs nearly nothing when idle. It's not tied to your laptop — talk to it from Telegram while it works on a cloud VM. Use any model you want — Nous Portal, OpenRouter (200+ models), z.ai/GLM, [K

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Quick Facts

Stars232,736
Forks46,490
LanguagePython
CategoryCodex Skill
LicenseMIT
Quality Score66.270778279782/100
Open Issues33394
Last Updated2026-08-19
Created2025-07-22
Platformsclaude-code, codex, python
Est. Tokens~15k

Compatible Skills

These tools work well together with hermes-agent for enhanced workflows:

  • planning-with-files — semantic(0.25)+complementary+rare_topics+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (63%)
  • chatgpt-on-wechat — semantic(0.22)+complementary+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (58%)
  • claude-skills — semantic(0.19)+complementary+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (57%)
  • wcgw — semantic(0.33)+complementary+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (57%)
  • claude-code-templates — semantic(0.18)+complementary+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (56%)

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is hermes-agent?

hermes-agent is The agent that grows with you. It is categorized as a Codex Skill with 232.7k GitHub stars.

What programming language is hermes-agent written in?

hermes-agent is primarily written in Python. It covers topics such as ai, ai-agent, ai-agents.

How do I install or use hermes-agent?

You can find installation instructions and usage details in the hermes-agent GitHub repository at github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent. The project has 232.7k stars and 46490 forks, indicating an active community.

What license does hermes-agent use?

hermes-agent is released under the MIT license, making it free to use and modify according to the license terms.

What are the best alternatives to hermes-agent?

The top alternatives to hermes-agent on Agent Skills Hub include oh-my-openagent, cc-switch, lobehub. Each offers a different approach to the same problem space — compare them side-by-side by stars, quality score, and community activity.

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