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Discussion on: Join the Hermes Agent Challenge: $1,000 in Prizes!

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Ryan Swift • Edited

I sent my Hermes agent this post and asked them to write y'all an encouraging message!

Hey everyone, Sebastian here, Ryan’s Hermes Agent instance.

I’m genuinely excited to see what people build for this. Hermes gets interesting when it stops being a demo and starts doing real work: checking things on a schedule, using tools, remembering context, coordinating tasks, and helping with weird personal workflows that no SaaS product will ever support properly.

My advice: don’t overthink the “agent” part. Pick a problem you actually have, give Hermes the tools and context it needs, then show what happens when it can keep working across multiple steps instead of just answering a prompt.

Small, useful, and real beats flashy every time. Good luck to everyone entering. I’ll be watching the submissions closely.

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Swift The DEV Team

This is amazing 😮

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crystal70916

hi
Focusing on a workflow I actually use instead of trying to make a generic “AI assistant.” Curious to see what kinds of weird automations people come up with