Hermes Agent from Nous Research is a model-agnostic, tool-using assistant you run locally or on a VPS. Hermes does not lock you into one surface. You can use the classic hermes / hermes chat CLI, the full-screen hermes --tui session, a long-running hermes gateway for Telegram, Discord, Slack, and other messaging platforms, hermes dashboard for a local browser UI when the web extra is installed. Those paths share the same config and data under ~/.hermes ; this page lists shell commands that matter across those modes. Below is a dense command reference grouped by task. Install Hermes Agent and first-run CLI commands For install and troubleshooting, start with Hermes AI Assistant — Install, Setup, Workflow, and Troubleshooting . The installer pulls the repo, sets up a Python environment, and wires the hermes executable. After source ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc , your default entry point for interactive chat is simply hermes (same family as hermes chat ).…