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Flows by Tony

ConfigurationIntermediate

I'm Not Sharing My SOUL.md. I'm Sharing Something More Useful.

Why a SOUL.md is an operating contract, not a personality hack — plus a sanitized, copy-paste template you can adapt to make your Hermes Agent behave like an operator instead of a chatbot.

5 min
Self-ImprovementIntermediate

Introducing Hermes Dreaming: Reviewable Self-Improvement for Hermes Agent

Hermes Dreaming is a staged, artifact-first self-improvement engine for Hermes Agent. It proposes changes as reviewable artifacts you can diff, validate, apply, or discard — turning self-improvement into a receipt trail instead of silent mutation.

5 min
Desktop & GUIBeginner

Hermes Desktop: a full tour of the native GUI for Hermes Agent

A hands-on walkthrough of Hermes Desktop — the native Electron app that wraps the full Hermes Agent runtime. Same config, keys, sessions, skills, and memory as the CLI and TUI, with a real settings UI, live tool output, a file browser, voice mode, and remote-backend support.

9 min
OrchestrationIntermediate

How to Dominate Projects with the Hermes Agent Kanban Board

One agent is the wrong unit once work grows teeth. This field manual shows how to use Hermes Kanban — boards, tasks, claims, blocks, schedules, and receipts — to give long-running multi-agent work durable coordination that survives a dead shell.

5 min
Memory & ContextAdvanced

Forget About Memory: Building a Context OS for Your Hermes Agent

Most AI memory is a sticky note. This flow breaks down an 11-layer context architecture for Hermes Agent — identity, facts, procedures, session archives, compression, and scheduled routines — and the distinctions that decide whether your agent actually remembers how you work.

5 min
ConfigurationIntermediate

The 170-Line SOUL.md That Made My Hermes Agent Dangerous

Why a single 170-line markdown file — not a secret model or magic framework — is what makes a Hermes Agent push back, hold you accountable, and act like an operator instead of a chatbot.

5 min
ConfigurationIntermediate

10 Real Hermes Agent Settings That Actually Matter

A no-nonsense rundown of the real Hermes configuration that moves the needle — identity, memory, profiles, cron, gateway, MCP, skills, context files, delegation, and plugins. Real config keys and commands only, no made-up env vars.

5 min