Latest · June 2026
Hermes Agent: When Your Agent Has Too Many Skills
Real-world lesson from running Hermes at scale: too many skills makes your agent go nuts. Here's the system I built to fix it.
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Hermes Agent: Building Real Multi-Agent Support
HermesAgent has a built-in delegate_task tool. I found the problem with it — and built process-isolated sub-agents that actually retain what they learn.
Agent from Scratch Part 3: Skills
Skills are user manuals for your agent's tools. Get them wrong and your agent spends more time confused than working.
Agent from Scratch Part 4: Memory
Memory in agents is just expanding the context window. Here's the simple mental model that makes it practical.
Agent from Scratch Part 2: Orchestration
IO is hooked up but the model just answers questions. Orchestration is how you turn a chatbot into an agent that actually does things.