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Turn Hermes Agent Into Your Chief of Staff In 18 Mins

Jack Roberts29 July 2026Watch on YouTube

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Ep. 9 · Agentic Hermes Insane

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🔥 Glaido: https://bit.ly/4eGoI3R (use code: WHSAAKXO for 1 FREE month) 📈 ALL Systems: https://bit.ly/4kol0y5 🩵 Free Resources: https://bit.ly/3RNNDLa *👋 Howdy* Hey, I'm Jack, I built and sold my last tech startup with a Gazillion customers, now I'm building AI startups and I share stuff that works. I quit my corporate job to do my start-up and have never looked back since. *💬 Overview* Hermes agent just got the Quicksilver update, and it turns the thing from a chatbot you babysit into a proper chief of staff that works while you sleep. This walkthrough goes through four levels. Level one is knowledge: dropping YouTube links and ideas into Hermes so it summarises them into five bullets and saves everything to Obsidian memory, with separate profiles for team or family over Telegram. Level two sorts your admin by connecting the core three, your calendar, email and Granola call notes, then using smart approvals so safe tasks just get done. Level three brings in Kimi K3 through OpenRouter for genuinely beautiful HTML pages and presentations, borrowing the pricey model for one turn only. And the bonus level uses cron audit history to set up a daily self improvement loop. It works for anyone running Hermes as their daily agent. *Links* ⚡ Hermes: https://nousresearch.com/ 🔀 OpenRouter: https://openrouter.ai/ ☁️ Claude: https://claude.ai/ 🧠 Granola: https://go.granola.ai/jack-roberts 🧊 GLM: https://z.ai/ 🌙 Kimi K3 🤖 Grok: https://grok.com/ ⚙️ Zapier MCP: https://zapier.com/ ⌚️ *Stamps:* 0:00 - The Quicksilver Upgrade Revealed 0:10 - Level 1 0:26 - What Quicksilver Actually Does 1:32 - Pick Your Model 2:51 - YouTube Videos Saved To Memory 3:17 - Your Team Feeds The Agent 3:39 - Multiple Profiles, One Agent 4:32 - Ideas Captured Instantly 4:42 - Level 2 4:48 - Agent Learns Your Daily Life 5:01 - Calendar, Email And Calls Connected 5:50 - Unlock Every Platform Via Zapier 6:24 - Your Morning Brief Arrives Automatically 7:16 - Agent Runs Without Asking 7:44 - Smart Approvals Explained 7:54 - No More Babysitting Your Agent 8:35 - Dangerous Actions Blocked Automatically 8:49 - Level 3 9:17 - Kimmy K3 Tops The Leaderboard 10:08 - Hermes Masterclass Resource 10:24 - Cheap Models Via Open Router 10:46 - Images And Videos On Demand 11:22 - Live Design Demo Begins 11:46 - Kimmy K3 Clones A Brand 13:00 - GPT Builds A Meeting Deck 13:23 - Stunning Results, Zero Direction 13:59 - One Link, Perfect Brand Match 14:58 - Borrow Premium Models Once 15:32 - Bonus Level 15:47 - Agent Improves While You Sleep 15:53 - Failures Turned Into Better Skills 16:18 - Agent Rewrites Its Own Code 16:38 - Build Your Self-Improving System 17:51 - What's Next Learn how to set up Hermes agent as your AI chief of staff using the Quicksilver update, smart approvals, Kimi K3 via OpenRouter, Granola meeting notes, Obsidian memory and a self evolving cron audit workflow for daily briefs and admin automation. #HermesAgent #AIAgents #KimiK3 #OpenRouter #AIAutomation #ChiefOfStaff

What you'll learn

  • Hermes AI agent with Quicksilver update transforms your chatbot into a fully autonomous chief of staff that executes tasks while you sleep
  • Connect your calendar, email and meeting notes (via Granola) to set up daily briefings and automatic approvals for safe tasks
  • Build knowledge management by sending YouTube links and ideas to Hermes, which summarizes and stores them in Obsidian with team or family profiles
  • Integrate Kimi K3 via OpenRouter to generate professional HTML pages and presentations on demand without paying for the expensive model directly
  • Create a self-improving loop using cron audit history so your agent automatically learns from failures and rewrites its own code

Frequently asked questions

How does Hermes store knowledge materials and make them available to teams?
Hermes summarizes YouTube links and ideas into five key points and stores everything in Obsidian. You can set up multiple profiles per agent for team and family, sharing information via Telegram so everyone can access the same knowledge base.
What are smart approvals and how do they prevent dangerous actions from being executed?
Smart approvals allow the agent to automatically execute safe tasks without asking first, while dangerous actions are automatically blocked. This means you no longer babysit your agent and admin is handled efficiently.
How do you integrate Kimi K3 via OpenRouter without constantly paying for the most expensive model?
You connect Kimi K3 via OpenRouter and have Hermes invoke the model only once for specific tasks like design and presentations. For other tasks, Hermes uses cheaper models, so you only pay for premium quality when needed.
How does the self-improving loop work and what happens with failures?
The cron audit history loop checks daily what the agent got wrong and converts failures into improved skills. The agent analyzes its own code, learns from mistakes, and automatically rewrites itself better.

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