Hermes Agent Bot Mode: creating bots and groups

This tutorial walks through Bot Mode in the Hermes Agent desktop app. The speaker says the feature requires the desktop app, available for Windows, macOS and Linux, and that existing users should update it. She describes bots as a new interface for Hermes profiles, each with separate instructions, skills and configuration.

The setup covers a bot's name, role description and avatar, followed by model selection, profile cloning and whether to share API keys and connections from the main profile. A soul.md file supplies more detailed persona and behavior rules. The app can also generate that file from the bot's title and description. Hermes supports a local LLM or cloud models, according to the speaker; this demonstration uses OpenRouter rather than local inference.

Two examples anchor the walkthrough: Trendy searches for AI developments, while Jenny checks content against personal brand rules. Trendy's first response returns older updates, so the speaker adds an explicit date constraint before trying again. She then tags Jenny inside Trendy's conversation and puts both bots in a group to hand work between them. Cron jobs provide scheduled execution.

The closing Grokbot comparison focuses on model costs and interface polish. The speaker favors Hermes for its open source and local options, but says it lacks some Grokbot features and feels less smooth. Her cost examples depend on model choice and usage.