Hermes Agent used as browser QA tester finds 8 issues in a bug-seeded site
techlatest_net · reddit · 2026-10-27
The author built a fictional website with deliberately planted bugs and let Hermes Agent explore it via browser tools like a QA tester, producing a Markdown report with 8 issues including repro steps, severity, and fixes.
Key takeaways:
- Finding a potential bug ≠ proving it exists: the agent flagged a button nested in a link as problematic HTML, but it still navigated correctly — reports need human interpretation.
- The author kept a reference list of planted bugs and judged the agent by hit rate, not by how convincing the report sounded.
- Open questions posed to agent builders: trust agents to auto-open issues? Which benchmarks measure agent reliability?
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