Trump highlights Hermes AI agent capabilities
Trump shares a video outlining five key steps for using the Hermes AI agent, an open-source framework designed for automating workflows and managing tasks.
WASHINGTON D.C. — Donald J. Trump shared a video detailing five key steps for utilizing the Hermes AI agent, an open-source framework designed for automating workflows.
Here is the full post on truthsocial: “Everybody is talking about AI agents. Here is a short on the first five things to do with the Hermes agent: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xMMgH95PI2Y
Video transcript Just installed Hermes agent. Here are the first five things to do. First, connect Grok for speed. Run Hermes model, pick XAI, and choose Grok 4.3. Instant replies, huge context, and real-time data built in. Second, set up Telegram. Grab a token from BotFather and your user ID from user info bot. Then run Hermes gateway setup. Now you control your agent right from your phone. Third, the Kanban board. Run Hermes Kanban in it and open the dashboard. Drop a task in triage and it auto splits into smaller jobs. Fourth, build your workers. Run Hermes profile, create researcher with a description, so the orchestrator knows what each one is good at. Now, specialist agents claim tasks off the board by themselves. Fifth, cron jobs. Run Hermes cron create every day plus a prompt. Daily reports, nightly backups. Your agent runs while you sleep. Fully self-hosted, all on your machine. Follow for more.” on September 29, 2026 at 6:00 AM ET.
Users are then guided to set up Telegram by obtaining a token from BotFather and their user ID from a user info bot, enabling control of the agent directly from a mobile device. The third step involves utilizing a Kanban board, where tasks dropped into triage are automatically broken down into smaller jobs.
The fourth step details building workers by creating a researcher profile with a description, allowing specialist agents to claim tasks from the board autonomously. Finally, the video explains how to set up cron jobs for automated daily reports and nightly backups, emphasizing the agent’s fully self-hosted nature and operation on the user’s machine.
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