https://blog.javapapo.com/series/hermes-agent-journey/Recent content in Hermes Agent Journey on Javapapo's blogHugo -- gohugo.ioenjavapapo@mac.com (Paris Apostolopoulos)javapapo@mac.com (Paris Apostolopoulos)Copyright © 2003–2026, Paris Apostolopoulos; all rights reserved.Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://blog.javapapo.com/posts/2026/07/07/Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100javapapo@mac.com (Paris Apostolopoulos)https://blog.javapapo.com/posts/2026/07/07/ <h2 id="the-overlord">The overlord</h2> <p><figure> <picture> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" alt="Overlord agent posting a cron job response in Telegram" class="image_figure image_internal image_unprocessed" src="https://blog.javapapo.com/posts/2026/07/07/images/overlord.png" /> </picture> </figure> </p> <p>In <a href="https://blog.javapapo.com/posts/2026/07/04/">the first part of this post</a>, I talked about how, to get the most out of my agents, I decided to federate them — essentially creating a fleet of different agents — making use of the <code>profiles</code> mechanism offered out of the box by Hermes.</p> <p>As the number of specialists grew, so did the effort of managing them all — configuring them, updating them, and making sure they kept a consistent structure. That's what led me to build yet another agent: the <code>overlord</code>.</p>https://blog.javapapo.com/posts/2026/07/04/Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100javapapo@mac.com (Paris Apostolopoulos)https://blog.javapapo.com/posts/2026/07/04/ <h2 id="how-it-started">How it started</h2> <p>Like many people out there, I do have a thing for chatbots and assistants. I cannot remember how my professional and digital life was prior to Slack and things. Before bots, I was (and still am) really into chat applications: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo_Messenger">Yahoo Messenger</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICQ">ICQ</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSN">MSN</a> — all the usual suspects. So it kind of makes sense that in the era of LLMs, where chatbots are now super-powered, I am incredibly excited about the possibilities of the overall ecosystem.</p>