Tools & Plugins Thursday, October 8, 2026

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.

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Why it matters

A time-boxed model to try inside an existing Hermes setup. Portal routing is the practical bit, not the site itself.

From the source

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