Personal AI assistant setup

FOCUS AREA

Add Messaging and Daily Workflows

Bring Hermes into Discord, Telegram, scheduled jobs, and repeatable tasks once the base assistant is stable.

HOW I THINK ABOUT IT

The useful frame is usually context, constraints, system design, and what the next practical move should be.

After the base setup works, bring Hermes closer to your daily flow. Messaging platforms make the assistant easier to reach. Scheduled jobs let it do recurring work without being prompted every time.

Messaging setup

Hermes can run through Discord, Telegram, Slack, Email, Matrix, WhatsApp, Signal, and other platforms. Start here: Messaging platform docs.

hermes gateway setup
hermes gateway run

Scheduled work

Use cron jobs for daily summaries, recurring reminders, website checks, saved searches, or simple monitoring.

hermes cron list
hermes cron create "every 1d"

Good first workflows

  • Summarise a link and save the useful points.
  • Clean up a document or extract action items.
  • Run a recurring check and report only when something changes.
  • Turn a repeated task into a skill after it works twice.