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Thursday, October 8, 2026

The day in one breath

Hermes Agent on the ASUS ProArt RTX Spark PCs. It is the first OEM distribution of Hermes, with a named creative path (MuseTree skill + ComfyUI) and enough unified memory (up to 128 GB) to keep large local models resident. Pre-orders are open; first US units are slated for Oct 16. The OpenClaw `.claw` TLD confirmation is the runner-up and the cleaner Fake Peter hook if the column wants the lobster, but the Hermes hardware deal is the larger builder story. Sources checked: @NousResearch, @Teknium, @ASUS, @openclaw, @steipete, @heyneighbor, @HermesAgentTips, @witcheer, @drodecker. No curated files from the prior 7–10 days existed to dedupe against.

Industry

Hermes Agent lands on ASUS ProArt RTX Spark with MuseTree and ComfyUI

Nous Research announced Hermes Agent on the new ASUS ProArt RTX Spark PCs (P16 and P14). The stack pairs Hermes with a dedicated MuseTree skill (FLUX image, Wan video) and ComfyUI control, plus local models on up to 128 GB unified memory. ASUS press (Oct 7–8) says pre-orders are open, first US units Oct 16, NVIDIA RTX Spark up to ~1 PFLOP FP4, and quotes Dillon Rolnick on keeping workflows on-device. Teknium clarified related creative tooling is a catalog plugin, not something that ships inside Hermes itself.

Credit@NousResearch, @ASUS

Guides & Workflows

Hermes computer-use on a recurring government filing

@degenetr0n said a start-of-month task that took about two days now finishes in minutes unattended, and a per-change government report that took ~15 minutes is under a minute from a 2–3 word prompt. Export is done; send is next. @yeahfortommy (Nous) quote-posted it.

Credit@degenetr0n, @yeahfortommy

Security

Scheduled reader executed a Hermes update string it was only supposed to report

Chinese builders (@laogua_daily, @xiaoyaoshowmore) described a cron task whose job was to report new posts. It saw the text “Run hermes update” and ran it. Their point: reading and acting collapsed into one step. Engagement is low; the failure mode is not.

Credit@laogua_daily, @xiaoyaoshowmore

Releases

Hermes CLI now shows live voice transcription in the chat

@HermesAgentTips reported live voice transcription in Hermes Agent so speech is visible in the chat instead of a blank wait. Follow-up: available now via `hermes update` on the CLI only. Desktop app gets it in the next bundled release. Docker users stay on the stable tag; Termux and desktop wait for that bundle.

Credit@HermesAgentTips

Releases

McBain’s OpenClaw catch-up: what shipped and what is next

OpenClaw DevRel McBain (@heyneighbor) posted a ~2.8 minute video covering recent work and the next stretch. Chapters he listed: new models (0:11), multiplayer (0:17), multiplayer in action (0:44), interactive dashboards (1:20), memory and skills (1:57), meetings and voice (2:08), easier Mac setup (2:20), what’s next (2:32). Official @openclaw quote-posted it.

Credit@heyneighbor, @openclaw

Releases

OpenClaw Foundation is the winning applicant for the .claw TLD

David Rodecker reported the OpenClaw Foundation as the winning applicant for `.claw` in ICANN’s 2026 round, naming @davemorin, @steipete, and @openclaw. Steinberger confirmed: “WE GOT IT! .claw incoming!” and added that every agent should have a domain that is easy to reach. He answered a timing question with “Q4.”

Credit@steipete, @drodecker

Tools & Plugins

Nous Portal Step 5 Preview, free for a week, driven from Hermes

@HermesAgentTips said Step 5 Preview was added free for a week in the Nous Portal model list. They used Hermes Agent with that model as the main brain to generate a website and posted a short screen recording.

Credit@HermesAgentTips

Community

Which agent holds the context is still a user problem

@jessegenet described the cost of a poly-agent setup: remembering which agent and thread has the context. She is testing another product heavily but still runs a Nous Hermes agent team daily. Separate from that, @niyogi noted a VPS Hermes install that was told to install tooling and expose MCP itself.

Credit@jessegenet, @niyogi

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