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How Hermes works

Understand what happens when you talk to Hermes and how it works.

The basic flow

Infographic showing how Hermes Agent works

Here’s a high-level breakdown of how Hermes works:

  1. User message. You message Hermes from Telegram or another app.
  2. Gateway routes it. The gateway passes messages from these apps to Hermes.
  3. Model plans a response. GPT, Claude, or another model decides what to do.
  4. Tools do the work. The model can call tools to search, edit files, and more.
  5. Memory and skills improve. Hermes saves useful context for repeat tasks.

Hermes is different from a regular chatbot because it can use your favorite tools and apps and build skills and memory to improve over time.

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