Hermes Agent Crash Course: VPS Setup (EASY)
Learn how to set up Hermes Agent as an always-on AI assistant running on a VPS. In this crash course, we cover what Hermes is, how to provision and secure a VPS, how to let an AI coding agent install Hermes for you, and how to connect it to Telegram, workflows, cron jobs, and the built-in dashboard. --- 🔗 Links - Written version: https://alejandro-ao.com/hermes-agent-vps/ - VPS Setup Skill: https://github.com/alejandro-ao/skills/blob/main/skills/hermes-vps-setup/SKILL.md - Hermes docs: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs --- 👋 Connect with me - My website: https://alejandro-ao.com/ - X (Twitter): https://x.com/_alejandroao - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alejandro-ao/ - Courses: https://aibootcamp.dev/ --- 🤓 Topics Covered - Hermes Agent VPS setup - Telegram AI assistant workflow - Skills, cron jobs, and dashboard --- ⏱️ Timestamps 0:00 Hugging Face intro 0:03 Intro & roadmap 1:45 What is Hermes Agent? 4:37 VPS setup 10:07 Agent setup 26:03 Telegram integration 30:53 Brain dump workflow 32:25 Cron jobs 34:14 Dashboard and conclusion