After 100 days with Hermes Agent, the biggest lesson is simple: the real power is not asking it random questions. The power is turning your repeat work into systems.
In this video, I show the bridge from using Hermes like a smarter chatbot to using it as an actual operating layer for your work. We go through repeatable loops, Telegram workspaces, specialist sub agents, crons, webhooks, Notion triggers, and the mission control dashboard I use to see what Hermes is doing from anywhere.
I also show how I use Hermes for YouTube ideas, X reaction opportunities, content workflows, background jobs, and daily operations, plus how Nova and Sage work as specialist agents for YouTube and X.
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What you’ll learn:
00:00 The gap between using Hermes and actually operating with Hermes
00:52 Mistake 1: Using Hermes like a smarter search box
01:30 Turning prompts into repeatable loops
03:13 How to build a workflow manually before scheduling it
03:53 Crons and scheduled jobs explained
05:12 Mistake 2: Keeping everything in one messy chat
05:48 Telegram topics as separate workspaces
07:50 The 3 workspace setup I recommend
08:40 Mistake 3: Making one agent do everything
09:33 How sub agents make Hermes cleaner and more useful
11:27 Nova and Sage, my specialist agents
13:06 Mistake 4: Waiting to trigger Hermes manually
13:51 Webhooks explained with a Notion content board example
15:52 Polling crons explained
16:52 Mistake 5: Managing everything from chat forever
17:20 Building a Hermes mission control dashboard
19:04 The exact order I would build Hermes from scratch
20:00 How to start without overbuilding
If you want to use Hermes properly, start with one boring task you already repeat, turn it into a loop, then add one layer at a time.
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