15 days, 50 capabilities: dev turns Hermes Agent into a personal operating layer
Teknium · x · 2026-09-13
Developer marcbara published a day-by-day build log of using NousResearch's Hermes Agent for 15 days, growing it from a chat interface into an "operating layer" spanning work, research and family life.
Highlights:
- 50+ capabilities added: email triage, daily briefings, calendar/task planning, meeting notes, research radars, coding workflows, local models, publishing and household logistics
- The key move: building a custom MCP server so Hermes directly operates his own system for tasks, projects, clients and invoices, instead of treating it as disconnected information
- The log documents real usage rather than a demo, showing how fast a personal agent stack can compound
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