Weekly Digest
Hermes Agent v0.19.1 with GPT-5.6 and 80% latency cut, OpenClaw MCP apps (agent routing and recovery tools)
Amy Reed · 3 August 2026
Hermes Agent rolled out v0.19.1 with new model support, durable ledgers, secret managers, and major speed gains while OpenClaw added MCP apps, structured questions, and local inference options across the same period.
From 27 July to 3 August 2026 both Hermes Agent and OpenClaw shipped repeated updates focused on reliability, model breadth, and daily usability. Hermes Agent concentrated on gateway routing, crash recovery, and desktop speed while OpenClaw emphasized meeting integration, Wear OS controls, and conversation branching…