AI Agent Guides

In-depth, long-form guides to building and using AI agents — complete documentation walkthroughs, framework deep dives, and comprehensive syntheses researched from official docs and proven community sources. 33 guides available.

Hermes Agent Integrations: Complete Guide to Connecting Tools and Platforms

Hermes Agent Integrations: Complete Guide to Connecting Tools and Platforms

A comprehensive guide to all Hermes Agent integrations: AI providers, MCP tool servers, web search, browser automation, voice, IDE, memory, messaging platforms, home automation, and plugins.

hermes-agentintermediate10 min read
Hermes Agent QQ Bot Integration: Chat-Based Agent Access Setup Guide

Hermes Agent QQ Bot Integration: Chat-Based Agent Access Setup Guide

Connect Hermes Agent to QQ Bot for chat-based agent access. Learn safe setup, allowlist configuration, smoke testing, and common workflows like incident triage and approvals.

hermes-agentintermediate10 min read
Hermes Agent Webhooks: Trigger Agent Runs from External Events

Hermes Agent Webhooks: Trigger Agent Runs from External Events

Learn how to configure Hermes Agent webhooks to receive events from GitHub, GitLab, Jira, Stripe, and custom systems, validate signatures, and route agent responses to chat platforms or other tools.

hermes-agentintermediate8 min read
Hermes Agent SMS Integration: Twilio Text Message Gateway Setup Guide

Hermes Agent SMS Integration: Twilio Text Message Gateway Setup Guide

Connect Hermes Agent to SMS via Twilio for short requests, alerts, and fallback workflows. This guide covers setup, safe rollout, common workflows, and troubleshooting.

hermes-agentintermediate10 min read
Hermes Agent + Mattermost: Self-Hosted Team Chat Gateway Setup Guide

Hermes Agent + Mattermost: Self-Hosted Team Chat Gateway Setup Guide

Connect Hermes Agent to Mattermost for self-hosted team chat. Covers bot setup, gateway configuration, allowlisting, smoke testing, and common workflows like incident triage and approvals.

hermes-agentintermediate10 min read
Hermes Agent Feishu / Lark Integration: Team Chat Gateway Setup

Hermes Agent Feishu / Lark Integration: Team Chat Gateway Setup

Connect Hermes Agent to Feishu or Lark so teams can message the agent from chat, route work into tools, and receive status reports. Covers setup, allowlisting, safe rollout, common workflows, and troubleshooting.

hermes-agentintermediate11 min read
Hermes Agent + DingTalk Integration: Enterprise Chat Gateway Setup Guide

Hermes Agent + DingTalk Integration: Enterprise Chat Gateway Setup Guide

Learn how to connect Hermes Agent to DingTalk for enterprise chat requests, operational alerts, approval workflows, and status reports. Covers setup, safe rollout, common workflows, and troubleshooting.

hermes-agentintermediate10 min read
Hermes Agent + WeCom: Enterprise WeChat Agent Gateway Setup Guide

Hermes Agent + WeCom: Enterprise WeChat Agent Gateway Setup Guide

Connect Hermes Agent to WeCom (Enterprise WeChat) for chat-based agent requests, approvals, alerts, and project updates. Covers setup, safe rollout, common workflows, and troubleshooting.

hermes-agentintermediate9 min read
Hermes Agent WeChat Integration: Setup, Workflows, and Safe Usage Guide

Hermes Agent WeChat Integration: Setup, Workflows, and Safe Usage Guide

Learn how to connect Hermes Agent to WeChat as a chat gateway. Covers setup, allowlisting, safe rollout patterns, common workflows like incident triage and approvals, and troubleshooting tips.

hermes-agentintermediate10 min read
Hermes Agent iMessage Integration: Setup, Workflows, and Best Practices

Hermes Agent iMessage Integration: Setup, Workflows, and Best Practices

Learn how to connect Hermes Agent to iMessage for chat-based AI workflows. Covers setup, safe rollout, common use cases, and troubleshooting.

hermes-agentintermediate10 min read
Hermes Agent + n8n Integration: Workflows, Webhooks, and Agent Handoffs

Hermes Agent + n8n Integration: Workflows, Webhooks, and Agent Handoffs

Learn how to connect Hermes Agent with n8n for workflow automation using webhooks, agent-to-n8n handoffs, and the MCP catalog path. Combine deterministic n8n steps with LLM reasoning for support triage, lead enrichment, and more.

hermes-agentintermediate10 min read
Hermes Agent Home Assistant Integration: Setup, Tools, and Safety

Hermes Agent Home Assistant Integration: Setup, Tools, and Safety

Connect Hermes Agent to Home Assistant with a long-lived token for entity queries, state inspection, and safe device control. Covers setup, tool/event modes, safety rules, and troubleshooting.

hermes-agentintermediate9 min read
Hermes Agent + Jira: Ticket, Sprint & Kanban Automation Guide

Hermes Agent + Jira: Ticket, Sprint & Kanban Automation Guide

Learn how to integrate Hermes Agent with Jira for AI-powered ticket management, sprint planning, and Kanban-based multi-step workflows. Covers setup, JQL queries, and troubleshooting.

hermes-agentintermediate10 min read
Hermes Agent + Linear: AI Issue Triage and Sprint Execution Guide

Hermes Agent + Linear: AI Issue Triage and Sprint Execution Guide

Connect Hermes Agent to Linear via the MCP catalog so an AI agent can read issues, create follow-ups, triage sprint risk, and link issues to GitHub work. This guide covers setup, safe rollout, and practical workflows.

hermes-agentintermediate11 min read
Hermes Agent Obsidian Integration: Local Notes, Memory, and Markdown Workflows

Hermes Agent Obsidian Integration: Local Notes, Memory, and Markdown Workflows

Learn how to integrate Hermes Agent with Obsidian as a local Markdown layer for memory review, session summaries, and project notes. Covers setup, safe vault scoping, gateway safety, and troubleshooting.

hermes-agentintermediate11 min read
Hermes Agent Matrix Setup: Rooms, Threads, and E2EE

Hermes Agent Matrix Setup: Rooms, Threads, and E2EE

Connect Hermes Agent to any Matrix homeserver, configure rooms and threads, enforce per-user session isolation, and optionally enable end-to-end encryption (E2EE).

hermes-agentintermediate11 min read
Hermes Agent + VS Code: Complete Editor Integration Guide

Hermes Agent + VS Code: Complete Editor Integration Guide

Learn how to integrate Hermes Agent with VS Code using the ACP Client extension. Covers setup, configuration, features, troubleshooting, and extending to remote VPS with Telegram for phone-based coding.

hermes-agentintermediate12 min read
Hermes Agent Google Calendar Integration: Setup, Workflows, and Best Practices

Hermes Agent Google Calendar Integration: Setup, Workflows, and Best Practices

Learn how to connect Hermes Agent to Google Calendar for AI-powered scheduling, meeting management, and reminders. This guide covers setup, distinguishing calendar events from cron jobs, and practical workflows.

hermes-agentintermediate9 min read
Hermes Agent + Notion: Workspace Automation Setup Guide

Hermes Agent + Notion: Workspace Automation Setup Guide

Learn how to connect Hermes Agent to Notion for database queries, project briefs, meeting notes, and task updates. Covers setup, pages vs databases, troubleshooting, and combining with Obsidian for memory.

hermes-agentintermediate10 min read
Hermes Agent GitHub: Setup Issues, PRs, Actions & Automation

Hermes Agent GitHub: Setup Issues, PRs, Actions & Automation

Learn how to connect Hermes Agent to GitHub for AI-powered issue triage, PR reviews, Actions analysis, and scheduled repo reports with scoped, verified access.

hermes-agentintermediate10 min read
Hermes Agent Email Integration: IMAP/SMTP Setup and Safe Agent Inbox

Hermes Agent Email Integration: IMAP/SMTP Setup and Safe Agent Inbox

Learn how to set up Hermes Agent as an email-based assistant using the Email gateway, IMAP, and SMTP. This guide covers dedicated inbox setup, allowed-sender controls, reply-in-thread behavior, and troubleshooting common issues.

hermes-agentintermediate9 min read
Hermes Agent Signal Setup: Private AI Agent Gateway Guide

Hermes Agent Signal Setup: Private AI Agent Gateway Guide

Complete guide to setting up Hermes Agent with Signal using signal-cli as a local daemon. Covers installation, linking, allowlists, group access, cron delivery, and troubleshooting for a private AI agent gateway.

hermes-agentintermediate9 min read
Hermes Agent WhatsApp Setup: Baileys vs Cloud API Guide

Hermes Agent WhatsApp Setup: Baileys vs Cloud API Guide

Learn how to connect Hermes Agent to WhatsApp using the Baileys bridge for personal projects or Meta's Cloud API for production bots. Covers setup, security, media handling, cron delivery, and troubleshooting.

hermes-agentintermediate10 min read
Hermes Agent Slack Integration: Setup, Socket Mode & Team Bot

Hermes Agent Slack Integration: Setup, Socket Mode & Team Bot

Learn how to connect Hermes Agent to Slack using Socket Mode, generate an app manifest, configure allowlists, and operate a team bot with threaded replies and scheduled reports.

hermes-agentintermediate10 min read