12 Hermes Articles from 100+ of Hours Spent

It's been more than 4 months since I started using Hermes as an analyst. I have probably spent more than a thousand USD on inference alone just to experiment with setups, check out new models, and new tools as they come out every week.

Ever since I have Hermes, it feels like I have this extension of me that's capable of building & trying things out that I've never been able to try before.

I can still vividly remember the struggle I had when I tried getting started for the first time. Took a few weeks to get to a point where I have the optimal setup (reliably cheap & intelligent models) + where I can fix basic things without relying on Hermes.

In this article, I'm aggregating 12 Hermes articles I've written in the past months, highlighting the setups, tools, learnings, and hopefully this serve as a primer/guide to non-technical beginners who are looking to start getting into customizing your own AI agent for the first time.

Let's dig in ↓

I. Where it all started

Embedded post:

Author: 0xJeff (@0xJeff) Post ID: 2043656911044870203 Source: https://x.com/0xJeff/status/2043656911044870203 Reply to: none

Text:

> http://x.com/i/article/2043653793821396992

This was back where Hermes wasn't available natively on Windows so I had to install Hermes through WSL2 via Ubuntu (these days you could just install natively in 1-click).

It's also where I started with using OpenCode Go subscription (only $5/month for the first month) + tried a lot of tools to setup tailored analyst workflows.

> Great primer to the series

---

II. Deep Dive into 3 Workflows

Embedded post:

Author: 0xJeff (@0xJeff) Post ID: 2046164193326628880 Source: https://x.com/0xJeff/status/2046164193326628880 Reply to: none

Text:

> http://x.com/i/article/2046162070274789377

After around a month of using Hermes, I found that the Top 3 most useful workflows were

• Fetch & Analyze X insights
• Breaks down X bookmarks
• Recall/Reflect

The 3 workflows current outputs & setups look very different from when I started but the usefulness of the workflows themselves still remain relevant to this day.

Fetch & Analyze X insights can be done natively on Hermes via Grok 4.5. Query and breaks down X bookmarks still require X API though.

---

III. The Learnings after 1 Month with Hermes

Embedded post:

Author: 0xJeff (@0xJeff) Post ID: 2048678335950311860 Source: https://x.com/0xJeff/status/2048678335950311860 Reply to: none

Text:

> http://x.com/i/article/2048673936439947264

The article talks about why Hermes is not a good builder but the reality was that I did not set Hermes up to be good at building. Most of the tools, skills, workflows were geared towards data analysis & investments so I found Claude Code to be a lot better at building things.

I also shared 2 products that I built using Claude here and I'm still using these 2 products today.

---

IV. Deeper Dive into the Analyst Workflows

Embedded post:

Author: 0xJeff (@0xJeff) Post ID: 2051214993719427258 Source: https://x.com/0xJeff/status/2051214993719427258 Reply to: none

Text:

> http://x.com/i/article/2051211257383112704

Talked about the OpenWebUI and Hermes Workspace, ended up using it for only a bit. Discord is so much easier & faster to use as key messaging channel with Hermes. I also went a bit deeper on each key workflows + setups, letting Hermes track macro, geopolitics, tech, and more.

---

V. The 3 Layer Stack of Hermes Setup

Embedded post:

Author: 0xJeff (@0xJeff) Post ID: 2053759897809076325 Source: https://x.com/0xJeff/status/2053759897809076325 Reply to: none

Text:

> http://x.com/i/article/2053753720693825536

Deeper dive into the (i) Model Configuration - what to use & what to focus on (ii) Soul & User Config - how to tailor the agent to your preference (iii) Learnings around Skills & Tools

This piece should actually be the second or third piece to read if you're starting out.

---

VI. Hermes X Feature Upgrade

Embedded post:

Author: 0xJeff (@0xJeff) Post ID: 2056269840009318569 Source: https://x.com/0xJeff/status/2056269840009318569 Reply to: none

Text:

> http://x.com/i/article/2056268562051022848

X natively integrated x_search feature directly with Hermes. This allows Hermes to search any post, thread, article directly on X, summarizes it, and serve it to you.

Highly valuable feature because real-time news across macro, geopolitics, tech, and more tend to drop on X first. It's where discussions are happening.

---

VII. Hermes Onchain Forensic Workflow

Embedded post:

Author: 0xJeff (@0xJeff) Post ID: 2058819494609653875 Source: https://x.com/0xJeff/status/2058819494609653875 Reply to: none

Text:

> http://x.com/i/article/2058817306105651200

If like me, you're spending a lot of time analyzing tokens. This one is for you. The piece dives into how to equip Hermes with the ability to do onchain analysis, looking into buy/sell pressure, whale movements, and more so you can position your trades better.

---

VIII. Top 6 Learnings

Embedded post:

Author: 0xJeff (@0xJeff) Post ID: 2061361760968560887 Source: https://x.com/0xJeff/status/2061361760968560887 Reply to: none

Text:

> http://x.com/i/article/2061360449896030209

Walked through all the key learnings. My fav so far is x402 pay-per-use and the feedback loop with Hermes, both of which continue to improve the quality of the work outputs to this day.

---

IX. The 10x Update

Embedded post:

Author: 0xJeff (@0xJeff) Post ID: 2066883577141428563 Source: https://x.com/0xJeff/status/2066883577141428563 Reply to: none

Text:

> http://x.com/i/article/2066882780286550016

Might sound like an exaggeration but Hermes got an update where it gets easier to deploy orchestrator agent + 3 sub-agents. Like a middle manager deploying junior staffs to work for them. This drastically improves the comprehensiveness of the research output.

I also talked about Hermes Desktop here but I don't usually use it so much now since it feels kinda clunky vs Discord. (Guess I got used to the Discord experience lol)

---

X. The Loop Craze

Embedded post:

Author: 0xJeff (@0xJeff) Post ID: 2069008589721932251 Source: https://x.com/0xJeff/status/2069008589721932251 Reply to: none

Text:

> http://x.com/i/article/2069008066105008129

Loop got very popular around this time. It's the ability for an agent to reason, act, evaluate, feedback itself without the need for a human. It's the design needed to push AI beyond just a chatbot.

I discussed the loops that are highly beneficial in improving the quality of the research workflows outputs here.

---

XI. Lessons I learnt after 3 Months

Embedded post:

Author: 0xJeff (@0xJeff) Post ID: 2071507980256792731 Source: https://x.com/0xJeff/status/2071507980256792731 Reply to: none

Text:

> http://x.com/i/article/2071501931835437056

This is more like a journal to my younger self 3 months back. There was a time where I got bogged down on trying to get everything to be optimized in both efficiency & capital spent to the AI. Tried to get the best bang for bucks but ended up wasting too much time on that.

---

XII. Updating the latest on my Top 2 Workflows

Embedded post:

Author: 0xJeff (@0xJeff) Post ID: 2076631167152042204 Source: https://x.com/0xJeff/status/2076631167152042204 Reply to: none

Text:

> http://x.com/i/article/2074424374170718208

Talked about the latest setup and flows to my top 2 workflows. Breaking through the echo chamber, and exploring ways to improve the research capability.

---

That's pretty much it! Hope you learn something from these articles and really hope you get started in your AI agent journey.

Let me know what you're building/automating for!

We have over 10+ tools now (most of which are free or pretty low cost). If you're interested to know which tool(s) I'm using for my Hermes analyst stack. Do check out the Tool Shed here.