Run Hermes Agent: A Self-Evolving AI You Own Locally

Nous Research released Hermes Agent, a free open-source agent that rewrites its own prompts after each conversation using DSPy and GEPA. The result: an agent that learns which reasoning patterns actually got you good answers and skips the dead ends next time. It runs on your laptop, connects to any model, and deploys across Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, or CLI.

Step 1: Clone the Repository

Open a terminal and pull down the project:

bash
git clone https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent
cd hermes-agent

No account required. Everything runs locally.

Step 2: Install Dependencies

Hermes Agent uses Python. Create a virtual environment and install:

bash
python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate  # Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

This pulls in DSPy, the optimization layer that powers self-evolution, along with all channel adapters.

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