Overview

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flowchart LR
    A[You] --> B[Hermes CLI / Gateway]
    B --> C[LLM Provider]
    B --> D[Tools + MCP]
    B --> E[Skills ~/.hermes/skills]
    B --> F[Memory + Curator]
    E --> G[Community ecosystem]
    G --> H[wondelai/skills]
    G --> I[GUI dashboards]
    G --> J[Plugins + bridges]
    F -->|7-day cycle| E
    B --> K[18+ messaging platforms]

Layer	What it is
Hermes core	CLI, gateway, 60+ tools, cron, profiles
Learning loop	Creates skills from experience; Curator grades/prunes (v0.12+)
Skills	Procedural memory — /skill or auto-invoked
Plugins / MCP	Extend tools, memory, search, payments
Ecosystem	Community skills, GUIs, deployment, multi-agent

Session workflow

1. Install Hermes → configure LLM provider
2. Layer skills & plugins → tools & utilities → integrations

3. Add multi-agent orchestration; Curator improves skills every 7 days

4. Install Hermes — one-line installer (Part 1)

5. Choose provider — hermes setup --portal or hermes model (Part 2)
6. Skills & plugins — ./install-ecosystem.sh skills plugins (Part 4)
7. Tools & utilities — GUIs, SkillClaw, camofox (Part 5)
8. Integrations & bridges — MCP, memory, M365 (Part 6)
9. Multi-agent & swarms — oh-my-hermes, ACP, mission-control (Part 7)

Quick start

# 1. Install Hermes (macOS / Linux / WSL)
curl -fsSL https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.sh | bash
source ~/.zshrc   # or ~/.bashrc

# 2. Provider + Tool Gateway (easiest)
hermes setup --portal

# 3. Verify
cd guides/awesome-hermes-agent
chmod +x verify-install.sh install-starter-pack.sh
./verify-install.sh

# 4. First chat
hermes --tui

# 5. Ecosystem layers (pick one or all)
./install-ecosystem.sh skills
./install-ecosystem.sh plugins
./install-ecosystem.sh tools
./install-ecosystem.sh integrations
./install-ecosystem.sh multiagent
# ./install-ecosystem.sh all

Official docs: hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs

What's in this guide

File	Purpose
TUTORIAL.md	Full install → skills → GUI → gateway → level-up
ECOSYSTEM.md	Curated catalog (online)
verify-install.sh	Health check after install
install-starter-pack.sh	Lightweight skills only (wondelai + litprog)
install-ecosystem.sh	Layered installer: skills, plugins, tools, integrations, multiagent
.env.example	Optional API key reference
assets/hermes-ecosystem-workflow.{html,gif,png}	Animated ecosystem diagram
assets/render_diagrams.py	Regenerate workflow GIF/PNG
assets/blog-poster-1200x600.png	1200×600 blog header image
assets/render_blog_poster.py	Regenerate poster from HTML

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