Is Hermes the best openclaw like agent as they mention running it before?

Also, what are power uses really using openclaw like systems for?

supermdguy 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Still figuring it out, but it's been really convenient to have an always-on agent that has access to internal systems and can be triggered by webhooks. Some examples of what we use it for:

- automatically fixing simple CI failures

- getting production alerts and automatically creating RCAs and a fix PR

- periodically checking slow DB queries and finding ways to speed them up.

- creating charts to answer one-off questions about our data

I've tried using it as an on-the-go coding agent as well, but found I prefer more interactive agents, so I can see what the code looks like.

	▲	stephenway 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I think the interesting challenge isn’t running agents, it’s reviewing their work. The more code agents produce, the more important provenance, review ergonomics, and trust become. I also suspect repository platforms will need to evolve there over the next few years.

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backscratches 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Hermes is huge and packed with features you probably don't need. I prefer smaller one I can extend as necessary, there are so many on github now and it is fun to test them but have been impressed with dirge (https://github.com/dirge-code/dirge) not affiliated.

I have one reading my second tier RSS feeds and newsletters and giving me news/market updates filtered for things important to me

	▲	ArvidSu 42 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I'm not contradicting this but offering a contrast, I like Hermes because it simultaneously lowers barrier of entry and shows you what possibilities are unlocked by agents. I don't think I would have the time, interest or creativity to jump into the deep end by either extending an existing harness or rolling my own from the start. This also isn't an argument for doing just that, I might do so in the future, but critically only after Hermes has shown me what's possible and my preferences are developed.
	▲	nisegami 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I had the same line of thought and spent a while with nanoclaw before realizing that adding the features I want back in would have made future updates too painful. I ended up switching to Hermes and aggressively disabling tools/skills and it's been pretty fine so far. I got more use cases set up than I did in my time with nanoclaw.

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azuanrb 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I'm currently using it to help me with my oncall, first responder to our any production alerts. It's not as efficient as coding agent by default, but it's been tremendously helpful to me.

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fassssst 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I think most people use it to poll their email and instant messages and whateva with an LLM

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noodlescb an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Honestly the limitations/security of it kind of made it a novelty for me. I use web hosted stuff like surfboard now for my llm-assistant work stuff.

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weirdish 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

hermes is great to get started with, but it's packed to the gills with stuff you'll probably use one time just to test it. and this eats in to your context so if you're hoping to run it on a lighter-weight local model you'll run in to some trouble. if you go into it planning to customize/thin it out it's solid