The agentic rag, wrung out.
The rag for
Hermes Agent’s official Agent Importers plugin combined with extreme shipping velocity (55 + 147 PRs across two consecutive days). This is the clearest signal that Hermes is moving from “interesting open-source agent” to a practical migration target. The import path removes the rebuild tax, while the PR volume (desktop/webapp parity, process supervision, plugin catalog growth, memory and reliability fixes) shows the team is simultaneously hardening the core and expanding the ecosystem. For the Fake Peter column this is the story that matters: the open-source agent that is both easy to enter and moving faster than most closed alternatives.
Hermes Release Watch highlighted the official `hermes import-agent` plugin (Nous Research). It pulls CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / Cursor rules, MCP servers, skills, and allow/deny command lists from Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or OpenClaw in one command. OpenClaw imports also carry persona, model, and messaging settings. It previews before applying and supports `--sync` for ongoing use of the source tools.
@heyneighbor compiled the week’s notable agent activity across OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, OpenClaw, Nous Research, Perplexity, and others. OpenClaw amplified it with a note on not needing to keep everything in memory.
Turbella now hooks into Hermes Agent (Mac only). Tool calls, failures, and approval waits drive a MilkDrop visualizer. Install via `turbella install hermes`.
@iamlukethedev previewed Herald Desktop — auto-detects existing Hermes Agents on Mac, one-click import into a single window. Features group chats (bots collaborating and verifying each other), split view, inline images, extremely light resource use (0.7% CPU idle, 120 fps scrolling). Coming soon.
In v0.22.5 an update can quietly disable a memory plugin that no longer matches expectations and clear `memory.provider`. `hermes doctor` still reports healthy. Official guidance: check `hermes config get plugins.disabled`, re-enable, then re-set the provider. Fix is already merged on main.
Clear explanation of the two update channels. Stable sticks to official releases; Latest tracks bleeding-edge commits. Includes practical commands to check version and switch.
GitHub’s 2026 Octoverse report placed Paperclip among the top-10 most-engaged open-source repositories, in company with Hermes, OpenCode, Pi, and VS Code. @dotta highlighted the ranking.
@rlaope packaged a heavily tuned Hermes setup (150+ skills, long-term memory with higher retention, graph engineering, multi-model subagent routing, parallel tool execution) into a single install. Latest addition: built-in video generation skills (hyperframe clips, reels, 3D renders, pixel art). Fully open source; designed for zero-friction handoff of complex tasks.
Cygnux Labs released Tracekit 1.5.0, a Hermes-compatible plugin that intercepts tool calls (allow/block/hold), signs them into a verifiable hash-chain log (.tkb file), and now visualizes them as an "Event Horizon" map (project / machine / outside world). Blocked calls flare red; held calls wait; egress shows as jets. Includes Proof-Carrying Messages for agent-to-agent claims, A2A gateway, and offline verification. Strong test results on tamper attacks and harmful calls.
v0.22.5 (stable ~Oct 22–23) rolled up ~81 PRs / 231 commits. Notable: pluggable delegation backends (route subagents by model or profile), simplified Nous device sign-in, usage-window plan support, Windows update recovery, and moving certain features (mcp serve, Singularity) out of core into plugins. Full curated notes deferred to v0.23.0.
@iamlukethedev published detailed, categorized digests of merged PRs. Oct 29 alone brought continuing-session prompt refresh (updated SOUL.md / skills apply without restart), browser_vault password fill on Camofox, Bedrock timeout and reasoning fixes, cron timezone correctness, process supervisor cleanup, Office/PDF reliability, WhatsApp delivery logging, Slack rich mentions, skill trimming, and a large plugin-catalog expansion (Kubernetes, Composio, ElevenLabs Music, Hermes Handoff, Session Relay, and dozens more).
Official release with update rollback fixes, agent data and chat archive repairs, and new editor sessions that open in the chosen project folder. 38 PRs, 22 contributors.
Patch release fixing install/update blockers, stuck chats, missing replies, and channel issues. Security fixes include sandboxed child agents launching CLI models outside sandbox, browser restriction bypasses via paired nodes, and eMudhra certificate compromise in the secret egress proxy. Restart Gateway to apply.
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