Hermes

Hermes Agent is an AI runtime that gives your agent self-improvement capabilities, automatic skill creation, built-in memory, browser access, and code execution — all behind a multi-channel gateway.

What you get

Capability	Description
Gateway	HTTP gateway that accepts webhooks from connected channels and routes them to the agent
Skill creation	Agent can create, edit, and invoke reusable skills to extend its own capabilities
Memory	Built-in conversation memory with configurable retention
Browser	Headless browser for web navigation and scraping
Code execution	Sandboxed code execution for computation tasks
Multi-channel	Single agent instance serves multiple channels simultaneously

Create a Hermes agent

oc agent create my-hermes --core hermes

curl -X POST https://api.opencomputer.dev/v1/agents \
  -H "X-API-Key: $OC_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"id": "my-hermes", "core": "hermes"}'

This boots a sandbox with Hermes pre-installed, an LLM key configured, and the gateway running. An instance is created automatically.

Configuration

Hermes uses YAML configuration at ~/.hermes/config.yaml inside the sandbox. When you connect channels or install packages via oc agent, the platform updates this config and restarts the gateway. To inspect or edit manually:

oc shell my-hermes
cat ~/.hermes/config.yaml

Gateway

The Hermes gateway listens for incoming webhooks and dispatches them to the agent. When you connect a channel, the platform:

Registers the channel’s webhook with the provider
Adds the channel config to ~/.hermes/config.yaml
Restarts the gateway with hermes gateway run --replace

Gateway logs are at ~/.hermes/logs/gateway.log.

Skills

Hermes can create skills — reusable functions it builds and invokes on its own. To see what skills an agent has created:

oc shell my-hermes
hermes skill list

Extending with packages

Hermes supports packages that add capabilities via MCP servers. When a package is installed, the platform adds it to the Hermes MCP config and restarts the gateway.

Create a Hermes Agent

Step-by-step guide

oc agent CLI

CLI commands for managing agents

Getting Started

Sandboxes

Reserved Capacity

Agent SDK

Hosted Agents

CLI

Guides

TypeScript SDK

Python SDK

CLI Reference

API Reference

Resources

What you get

Create a Hermes agent

Configuration

Gateway

Skills

Extending with packages

Create a Hermes Agent

oc agent CLI

​What you get

​Create a Hermes agent

​Configuration

​Gateway

​Skills

​Extending with packages

Create a Hermes Agent

oc agent CLI

What you get

Create a Hermes agent

Configuration

Gateway

Skills

Extending with packages