Using Hermes Agent with lite.computer

Hermes Agent is an open-source agent from Nous Research that runs as a long-lived process rather than a single session. It remembers across conversations, learns reusable skills and can work on a schedule. It suits people who are comfortable installing from a terminal and choosing their own model provider.

It runs on macOS, Linux and Windows, and Hermes Desktop offers the same agent in a window, sharing its settings and memory. You can reach it from messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp and Slack, so a request sent from your phone can end up as a page on your Mac.

Made byNous Research

Runs onmacOS, Linux and Windows, in a terminal or Hermes Desktop

Where pages goStraight into the folder you point it at on your Mac

App commandsYes, all twenty

Standing instructions~/.hermes/SOUL.md, or a project's AGENTS.md or .hermes.md

CostFree and open source; you pay your model provider

Also calledhermes-agent, Hermes Desktop

Set it up

In lite.computer, click your name at the bottom of the sidebar and open the Agent Helper. Copy the paragraph it gives you and paste it into ~/.hermes/SOUL.md, which Hermes loads in every session.
Add the app's address to ~/.hermes/config.yaml, under mcp_servers.
Keep lite.computer open on your Showspace. Start a new Hermes session and ask Use the lite.computer tool to list every page in my Showspace. It lists the pages in your folder.

~/.hermes/config.yaml

mcp_servers: lite-computer: url: "http://127.0.0.1:48484/mcp"

Then run /reload-mcp in an open session.

Try this prompt

Paste into Hermes Agent

Every Friday at 5 p.m., read the pages saved in my Showspace this week and build an interactive weekly review: a timeline of what got done that animates in, open items you can filter by project, a tab for next week's priorities, and a generated cover image for the week. Save it as a single self-contained HTML file in my Showspace, then open it in lite.computer.

Good to know

We use Hermes Agent with lite.computer ourselves.
Hermes has a built-in scheduler, set up with hermes cron create, and it can send word of a finished job to your messaging app. A weekly page then needs no fresh request.
Messages from your phone reach hermes gateway on your Mac, which does the work and saves the pages into your Showspace.
For project instructions, Hermes loads the first of these it finds: .hermes.md or HERMES.md, then AGENTS.override.md, AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, or .cursorrules. Put the paragraph in that file.
Hermes creates images with its image-generation tool. In hermes tools, open Image Generation, connect your Nous subscription or an image provider, and choose a model. Then ask for photos or illustrations and Hermes builds them into the page.

Questions

Does Hermes Agent work with lite.computer?

Yes. Hermes Agent running on your Mac saves HTML pages into your Showspace like any other folder, and lite.computer shows each one as it lands. With the app's address in its MCP settings, it also opens pages and arranges windows in the app.

What is the difference between Hermes Agent and the Hermes models?

Hermes Agent is Nous Research's agent program. The Hermes models are a family of language models from the same company, and Hermes Agent works with whichever model provider you choose.

Can I use Hermes Agent from my phone?

Yes, through a messaging app such as Telegram or WhatsApp connected to hermes gateway on your Mac. The Mac does the work, so pages land in your Showspace.

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Last checked September 14, 2026.