How-To Guides

Curated starting points from your first agent to local self-hosting.

Choosing Your First AI Agent

A decision framework for picking the right autonomous agent based on your goals, budget, and environment.

When to run models on your own hardware vs calling cloud APIs. Cost, privacy, latency, and quality tradeoffs.

A practical checklist for choosing an agent that fits your code, team, and budget.

How to choose a coding agent when privacy, cost, or hardware constraints keep you off cloud-only tools.

Connect Hermes to Telegram, Discord, Slack, and other platforms so your agent follows you everywhere.

How to scope what your agent can touch without blocking useful work.

When to use local LLMs with your agent, and how to pick the right hardware.