Hermes Agent
About
Hermes is an open-source AI agent framework by Nous Research. Runs on this VPS as a Telegram gateway, powered by DeepSeek V4 Flash.
Features Configured
- Telegram gateway — chat via Telegram DM
- OB1 MCP server — persistent memory through Open Brain
- Skills — procedural memory for recurring tasks
- Cron — scheduled jobs (wiki deploy, etc.)
- Profiles — single profile (
default)
Key Paths
| Path | Purpose |
|---|---|
~/.hermes/config.yaml | Main config |
~/.hermes/.env | API keys |
~/.hermes/skills/ | Installed skills |
~/.hermes/state.db | Session store (SQLite) |
~/.hermes/logs/ | Gateway logs |
Autostart
Runs via cron @reboot (no systemd —user available on this VPS):
@reboot cd /home/ubuntu/.hermes/hermes-agent && venv/bin/python -m hermes_cli.main gateway run --replace