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<title>Hermes Agent Setup Guide: From Zero to Your First AI Agent — Derez.ai Blog</title>
<title>Hermes Agent Setup Guide: From Zero to Your First AI Agent — derez.ai Blog</title>
<meta name="description" content="Step-by-step guide to setting up a Hermes AI agent. Covers installation, agent persona, skills, tools, and cron jobs — no SSH required." />
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<a href="../../index.html" class="back">← Back to Derez.ai</a>
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<h1>Hermes Agent Setup Guide: From Zero to Your First AI Agent</h1>
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<p>Hermes Agent (by <a href="https://nousresearch.com?utm_source=derez" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nous Research</a>) is an open-source AI agent framework that turns any Linux server into an autonomous digital worker. It reads files, runs shell commands, writes code, manages background processes, and follows chronological schedules — all through a natural language persona that you define.</p>
<p>In this guide, you'll go from a blank server to a running Hermes agent with custom skills, a configured persona, and automated cron jobs. <strong>No manual SSH required</strong> — the Derez.ai dashboard handles provisioning, so you start at the good part.</p>
<p>In this guide, you'll go from a blank server to a running Hermes agent with custom skills, a configured persona, and automated cron jobs. <strong>No manual SSH required</strong> — the derez.ai dashboard handles provisioning, so you start at the good part.</p>
<h2>What You'll Need</h2>
<ul>
<li>A <a href="https://derez.ai">Derez.ai</a> account ($4.99/mo with first-month coupon codes)</li>
<li>A <a href="https://derez.ai">derez.ai</a> account ($4.99/mo with first-month coupon codes)</li>
<li>An OpenRouter API key (or any OpenAI-compatible provider)</li>
<li>About 10 minutes</li>
</ul>
<h2>Step 1: Provision Your Agent Instance</h2>
<p>From the Derez.ai dashboard at <strong>app.derez.ai</strong>, click <strong>Create Agent</strong>. The platform spins up a dedicated Linux instance pre-configured with Python 3.11, the Hermes runtime, and all dependencies. You'll receive:</p>
<p>From the derez.ai dashboard at <strong>app.derez.ai</strong>, click <strong>Create Agent</strong>. The platform spins up a dedicated Linux instance pre-configured with Python 3.11, the Hermes runtime, and all dependencies. You'll receive:</p>
<ul>
<li>Full SSH access (root) to your instance</li>
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<strong>AGENT_PERSONA.md</strong><br><br>
You are Mark, a Customer Success Agent for Derez.ai.<br><br>
You are Mark, a Customer Success Agent for derez.ai.<br><br>
- You are helpful, concise, and proactive.<br>
- You monitor new signups and send welcome messages.<br>
- You check server health daily and flag issues.<br>
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- When blocked, report the blocker — never fabricate results.
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<p>You can edit this file directly from the Derez.ai dashboard's file manager, or via SSH. The agent reloads it on each conversation turn, so changes take effect immediately.</p>
<p>You can edit this file directly from the derez.ai dashboard's file manager, or via SSH. The agent reloads it on each conversation turn, so changes take effect immediately.</p>
<h2>Step 3: Install Skills</h2>
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<h2>Step 5: Test Your Agent</h2>
<p>Open the Hermes web UI (available from your Derez.ai dashboard) and start a conversation. Try these test prompts:</p>
<p>Open the Hermes web UI (available from your derez.ai dashboard) and start a conversation. Try these test prompts:</p>
<ul>
<li><em>"What's my server health look like today?"</em></li>
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<h2>Troubleshooting</h2>
<h3>Agent not responding</h3>
<p>Check that the agent process is running: <code>ps aux | grep hermes</code>. From the Derez.ai dashboard, you can restart the agent with one click.</p>
<p>Check that the agent process is running: <code>ps aux | grep hermes</code>. From the derez.ai dashboard, you can restart the agent with one click.</p>
<h3>Skills not loading</h3>
<p>Verify the file is in the correct directory (<code>~/.hermes/skills/</code>) with <code>.md</code> extension. Check the YAML frontmatter is valid — missing <code>---</code> delimiters will silently skip the file.</p>