Samarth Shendre

Posted on May 23

Project Mentor AI: Leveraging Hermes Agent for Autonomous Research, Planning, and Architecture Design

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Hermes Agent Challenge Submission: Build With Hermes Agent

This is a submission for the Hermes Agent Challenge: Build With Hermes Agent

Project Mentor AI: An Autonomous Project Planning & Research Assistant Powered by Hermes Agent

What I Built

Project Mentor AI is an autonomous agentic system that transforms a simple project idea into a complete execution roadmap.

Students, developers, hackathon participants, and startup founders often struggle with the early stages of project development:

Is this idea already being built?
Who are the competitors?
What technology stack should I use?
How long will development take?
What architecture should I follow?
How can I present this project effectively?

Project Mentor AI solves these challenges by leveraging Hermes Agent's planning, tool usage, memory, and multi-step reasoning capabilities.

A user simply provides a project idea, and the system automatically:

✅ Performs competitor research

✅ Identifies market gaps

✅ Generates a problem statement

✅ Suggests a suitable tech stack

✅ Creates system architecture

✅ Generates development roadmaps

✅ Produces deployment recommendations

✅ Creates pitch deck content

✅ Stores useful insights for future sessions

Instead of spending hours researching and planning, users receive a comprehensive project blueprint within minutes.

Demo

Example Input

Build an AI-powered Plant Disease Detection System

Example Output

Competitor Analysis
Market Research Report
Technology Stack Recommendation
System Architecture
Development Timeline
Risk Assessment
Deployment Plan
Future Enhancements
Startup Pitch Outline

Workflow

User Idea
     │
     ▼
Hermes Agent
     │
 ┌───┼─────────────┐
 │   │             │
 ▼   ▼             ▼
Research   Planning   Architecture
 │           │            │
 └──────┬────┴─────┬──────┘
        ▼
 Project Blueprint

Code

GitHub Repository:

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Youtube Video:
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My Tech Stack

Frontend

Next.js
React
Tailwind CSS
Shadcn UI

Backend

Python
FastAPI

Agent Layer

Hermes Agent
OpenRouter

Data Storage

SQLite

Reporting

ReportLab
Markdown Export

Deployment

Docker
Ubuntu Server

How I Used Hermes Agent

Hermes Agent is the core intelligence layer of the entire system.

Unlike traditional chatbots, Project Mentor AI requires multi-step planning and decision-making. Hermes Agent was a natural choice because of its ability to combine reasoning, tool usage, memory, and reusable skills.

1. Competitor Research Agent

Hermes Agent performs autonomous web research to identify:

Existing solutions
Competitors
Product positioning
Market gaps
Opportunities

This helps users validate project ideas before investing development time.

2. Multi-Step Planning

After gathering information, Hermes Agent generates:

Project Scope
Technical Requirements
Feature Breakdown
Development Roadmap

The agent reasons through multiple stages rather than producing a single response.

3. Architecture Generation

Hermes Agent creates:

System Design
API Structure
Database Design
Deployment Architecture

This significantly reduces project planning effort.

4. Memory & Knowledge Accumulation

One of Hermes Agent's most powerful features is its ability to learn from previous interactions.

Project Mentor AI leverages Hermes Agent's memory capabilities to:

Store previous project analyses
Reuse successful planning workflows
Improve future recommendations

This means the system becomes increasingly useful over time.

5. Skill-Based Automation

Hermes Agent's skills system enables reusable workflows.

For example:

Startup Research Skill

Performs:

Competitor Discovery
SWOT Analysis
Market Gap Identification
Opportunity Assessment

without requiring the user to manually execute each step.

Why Hermes Agent?

The project required:

Agentic reasoning
Tool usage
Planning
Research
Long-term memory
Workflow automation

Hermes Agent uniquely combines all these capabilities in an open-source ecosystem.

Its compounding value philosophy aligns perfectly with Project Mentor AI, where each project analysis contributes to better future recommendations.

Future Improvements

Multi-Agent Collaboration
Telegram Integration via Hermes Gateway
Automatic Pitch Deck Generation
PDF Report Generation
Project Cost Estimation
Team Formation Recommendations
GitHub Repository Scaffolding
Automated Documentation Generation

Impact

Project Mentor AI acts as a virtual technical mentor capable of guiding users from idea validation to project execution.

By combining autonomous research, planning, and architectural reasoning, it enables students, developers, and founders to move from concept to implementation faster and with greater confidence.

Built with Hermes Agent at its core, the system demonstrates how agentic AI can become a practical co-pilot for innovation and project development.

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