Hermes Agent Changelog
Release notes, new features, and updates tracked daily. Sourced from the official Hermes Agent changelog at github.com.
- Featurevv0.19.0
Hermes-agent routes messages to multiple profiles from a single gateway
Hermes-agent now routes specific guilds, channels, or threads from a single multiplexed gateway to different profiles with isolated configurations, skills, memory, and secrets.
Source ↗ - Featurevv0.18.0
Hermes-agent adds scale-to-zero and drain coordination to Gateway
Hermes-agent enables its gateway to scale to zero when idle and coordinate external drains before restarts, preventing dropped conversations during updates.
Source ↗ - Featurevv0.18.0
Hermes-agent adds /learn for skill distillation and /journey timeline
Hermes-agent adds /learn to distill reusable skills from directories or URLs. It also adds /journey to view, edit, or delete memories and skills in a timeline.
Source ↗ - Featurevv0.18.0
Hermes-agent adds support for background subagent delegation and fan-out
Hermes-agent enables the delegate_task command to run multiple subagents in parallel in the background. It returns a single consolidated summary without blocking the main chat.
Source ↗ - Featurevv0.18.0
Hermes-agent adds completion contracts and verification evidence for goals
Hermes-agent introduces completion contracts for /goal and a coding verification evidence ledger. The agent now verifies its work against actual project checks.
Source ↗ - Featurevv0.18.0
Hermes-agent fans out parallel subagents in the background
Hermes-agent delegates multiple tasks to background subagents simultaneously without blocking the chat and returns a single consolidated summary once all finish.
Source ↗ - Featurevv0.18.0
Hermes-agent enables drafting multi-line prompts in editor with /prompt
Hermes-agent adds a /prompt command that opens the system editor for complex multi-line markdown prompts.
Source ↗ - Featurevv0.18.0
Hermes Agent verifies work with completion contracts and evidence ledgers
Hermes Agent records verification evidence for coding tasks. The /goal command uses completion contracts to judge success against test runs rather than model assertions.
Source ↗ - Featurevv0.18.0
Hermes Agent adds /learn command to distill reusable skills
Hermes Agent now supports the /learn command. The feature points at directories, URLs, or chat history to generate reusable skills that match project guidelines.
Source ↗ - Featurevv0.18.0
Hermes-agent supports delegating tasks to parallel background subagents
Hermes-agent fans out multiple subagents in the background using delegate_task without blocking the active chat session. Results consolidate into a single clean summary after all subagents finish.
Source ↗ - Featurevv0.17.0
Hermes-agent disables routine LLM runs to optimize skill curator costs
Hermes-agent runs routine background curation at zero tokens. The LLM consolidation pass is opt-in while the deterministic inactivity sweep remains active by default.
Source ↗ - Featurevv0.17.0
Hermes-agent supports editing existing images via the image_generate tool
Hermes-agent adds image-to-image edits to the image_generate tool. Users pass a source image and prompt to modify images across supported backends.
Source ↗ - Featurevv0.17.0
Hermes-agent adds async task delegation for background subagents
Hermes-agent now supports delegate_task(background=true) to run subagents asynchronously. The main session continues uninterrupted while results return as a new turn.
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