Hermes Agent

About

Your Hermes agents on the phone: each agent (profile), its recent sessions and what is running, and the kanban tasks Hermes hands out. The execution agent can read sessions, continue one, start a new one, or give an agent a task. No messaging platform is needed.

Tested by SidebudChecked on macOS against Hermes Agent 0.21.5 with two agents, sessions, a kanban task, and a scheduled job, and in the Sidebud app on iPhone.

On your phone

Made-up sample data, as your phone would show it. Tap the tile to open it.

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▭ Your computer

What it can do on your computer

5 tools read and 3 tools change things. Your computer only ever calls the tools listed here, and you can turn off any of them on the widget’s page after installing.

What it can control

Full control of your computer

Can control your whole computer. It starts agents or runs commands that can do anything you can there: open, change, and delete your files, use your apps and signed-in accounts, and install software.
Can change things with 3 tools, and reads with 5 tools.
Runs its own program on your computer as you while it is on. Sidebud decides which of its tools are called, not what that program itself can reach.

Tool	Access	Used by
`list_agents` The user's Hermes agents (profiles) and what each is running	Reads	widget data (agents)
`list_sessions` Recent sessions across agents	Reads	widget data (sessions)
`read_session` A session's latest messages	Reads	opening a row
`list_tasks` Kanban tasks and their results	Reads	widget data (tasks)
`list_cron_jobs` Scheduled jobs	Reads	widget data (cron)
`send_message` Continue a session with a message	Changes things	Your agent, when you ask
`start_session` Start a new session for an agent	Changes things	Your agent, when you ask
`create_task` Give an agent a kanban task	Changes things	Your agent, when you ask

A tool you turn off is never called: not by the widget, a control, or your agent. Tools that change things act in the app or service the widget connects to, when you or your agent use them.

What it runs

node server/index.mjs

A small server that comes with this widget, run by the companion with Node.js when the widget is on. You can read its code in the pack.

Keys and accounts

No keys or sign-in.

Keys and tokens are saved in your computer’s keychain. They never go to Sidebud.

Network

None declared beyond what it runs.

Setting it up

Install Hermes Agent (hermes --version prints its version) and choose a model for it (hermes model).
Keep the Hermes gateway running (hermes gateway start) so kanban tasks are picked up; sessions and their messages work without it.
Nothing else to set: the pack reads Hermes on this computer and starts its own private Hermes backend when it needs one.

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What it can do on your computer