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Awesome Hermes Agent

Curated skills, tools, integrations, and resources for Hermes Agent, the self-improving agent from Nous Research.

Hermes Agent is the open-source agent maintained by Nous Research. Awesome Hermes Agent is 0xNyk's independent open-source directory for the optional skills, plugins, memory providers, surfaces, and bridges around it. This directory is not an official Nous Research project.

Ecosystem status (last reviewed: 2026-07-16)

• Hermes Agent: v0.18.2 (v2026.7.7.2)
• Core repo: NousResearch/hermes-agent
• Releases: Hermes releases

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Featured

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Note: Featured listings are paid advertising placements, not security endorsements. Always check the trust boundary before enabling community tools.

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Where Do I Start?

Three steps from zero to productive:

1. Run Hermes: Official docs quickstart (install, CLI, first chat).
2. Add skills: wondelai/skills (broad library) or litprog-skill (literate programming).
3. Add a surface: hermes-workspace (Hermes GUI) or mission-control (fleet / dispatch dashboard).

Then use the full list. Every entry has a maturity tag:

Tag	What it means
production	Stable, documented, actively maintained; safe to build on
beta	Works but still evolving; expect some rough edges
experimental	Proof of concept or early-stage; learn before depending on it

Tags are editorial snapshots based on documentation, setup evidence, maintenance, and adoption signals. Re-check the linked project before depending on it.

Check the trust boundary

An ecosystem listing is a discovery aid, not a security endorsement. Before enabling a community skill, plugin, MCP server, or unattended job, verify who can trigger it, which tools it receives, where commands execute, what credentials it can read, and how you can stop it. Prefer the smallest toolset and an isolated backend for untrusted work.

Use the official security guide, tools reference, and cron documentation for the current controls.

For the operator routine around /new, /resume, /compress, /branch, export, and pruning, use the Hermes Agent session management guide.

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Contents

• Featured
• Where Do I Start?
• Check the Trust Boundary
• Official Resources
• Skills & Plugins
  • Community Skills
  • Plugins
  • agentskills.io Ecosystem
  • Skill Registries & Discovery
• Memory Providers
• Tools & Utilities
  • Deployment
• Integrations & Bridges
• Detection & Media Forensics
• Multi-Agent & Swarms
• Domain Applications
• Forks & Derivatives
• Guides & Documentation
• Operational Playbooks
• Level-Up Blueprints
• Contributing
• License

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Official Resources

Core repositories and resources maintained by Nous Research.

• Hermes Agent by Nous Research - The core project. Self-improving agent with a closed learning loop, skill creation and curation, persistent memory, 20+ messaging platforms, six terminal backends (local, Docker, SSH, Singularity, Modal, and Daytona), cron scheduling, MCP integration, isolated profiles, provider routing, and automatic migration from OpenClaw. 215k+ stars.
• autonovel by Nous Research - Autonomous novel-writing pipeline built on Hermes. Generates long-form manuscripts (100k+ words) end-to-end using the agent loop.
• hermes-paperclip-adapter by Nous Research - Run Hermes as a managed employee in Paperclip companies. Connects the agent to Paperclip's task management and governance system.
• hermes-agent-self-evolution by Nous Research - Evolutionary self-improvement using DSPy and GEPA (Genetic Evolution of Prompt Architectures). The research pipeline for optimizing Hermes's own prompts and behaviors.
• Official Documentation - Comprehensive docs covering quickstart, CLI, configuration, messaging gateway, security, tools, skills, memory, MCP, cron, ACP, API server, and architecture.
• Release Notes - Official changelog with feature highlights,