DEV Community

Hermes Agent Challenge

This is the official tag for submissions and announcements related to the Hermes Agent Challenge.

Posts

đź‘‹ Sign in for the ability to sort posts by relevant, latest, or top.
The two-line Hermes agent logger I wish existed a month ago

Hermes Agent Challenge Submission: Write About Hermes Agent

The two-line Hermes agent logger I wish existed a month ago

3
Comments
3 min read
My agent started lying. It took me two days to realize the system prompt had changed.

Hermes Agent Challenge Submission: Write About Hermes Agent

My agent started lying. It took me two days to realize the system prompt had changed.

2
Comments
3 min read
My Hermes agent ran for 2 hours, hit a timeout at turn 89, and I had to start over. Now it checkpoints.

Hermes Agent Challenge Submission: Write About Hermes Agent

My Hermes agent ran for 2 hours, hit a timeout at turn 89, and I had to start over. Now it checkpoints.

4
Comments
2 min read
Prompt chains are dead. The era of stacking fragile prompts together and calling it “AI infrastructure” is collapsing under its own weight.

Prompt chains are dead. The era of stacking fragile prompts together and calling it “AI infrastructure” is collapsing under its own weight.

Comments
3 min read
I ran three Hermes agents in parallel. trace-merge stitched them into one timeline I could read.

Hermes Agent Challenge Submission: Build With Hermes Agent

I ran three Hermes agents in parallel. trace-merge stitched them into one timeline I could read.

3
Comments
5 min read
After every Hermes agent run, I print a 10-line summary. Now I know exactly what happened.

Hermes Agent Challenge Submission: Build With Hermes Agent

After every Hermes agent run, I print a 10-line summary. Now I know exactly what happened.

3
Comments
2 min read
I Made My AI Models Argue, Then Let Hermes Be the Judge

Hermes Agent Challenge Submission: Build With Hermes Agent

I Made My AI Models Argue, Then Let Hermes Be the Judge

57
Comments 43
10 min read
My agent kept forgetting what it was doing. A scratchpad fixed it.

Hermes Agent Challenge Submission: Build With Hermes Agent

My agent kept forgetting what it was doing. A scratchpad fixed it.

2
Comments
2 min read
Pipe your Hermes Agent audit log into Datadog in 5 lines (no OTel SDK required)

Hermes Agent Challenge Submission: Write About Hermes Agent

Pipe your Hermes Agent audit log into Datadog in 5 lines (no OTel SDK required)

3
Comments
5 min read
I had 800 lines of Hermes agent audit log. trace-tree turned it into a tree I could read.

Hermes Agent Challenge Submission: Build With Hermes Agent

I had 800 lines of Hermes agent audit log. trace-tree turned it into a tree I could read.

4
Comments
5 min read
Claude's extended thinking is useful. Sending raw <thinking> tags to users is not.

Hermes Agent Challenge Submission: Build With Hermes Agent

Claude's extended thinking is useful. Sending raw <thinking> tags to users is not.

2
Comments
2 min read
One Hermes tool call took 4.8 seconds. The others averaged 900ms. trace-anomaly found it.

Hermes Agent Challenge Submission: Build With Hermes Agent

One Hermes tool call took 4.8 seconds. The others averaged 900ms. trace-anomaly found it.

3
Comments
3 min read
I changed my Hermes agent's system prompt and used tool-call-diff to prove it actually helped

Hermes Agent Challenge Submission: Write About Hermes Agent

I changed my Hermes agent's system prompt and used tool-call-diff to prove it actually helped

3
Comments
4 min read
Open Source Intelligence Has a New Standard

Hermes Agent Challenge Submission: Write About Hermes Agent

Open Source Intelligence Has a New Standard

1
Comments
1 min read
My Hermes agent spent $3 before I noticed. Now it can't.

Hermes Agent Challenge Submission: Write About Hermes Agent

My Hermes agent spent $3 before I noticed. Now it can't.

3
Comments 1
2 min read
đź‘‹ Sign in for the ability to sort posts by relevant, latest, or top.