Vibe Hermes Agent: AI agent (CLI agent) in 2026
Nous Research's self-improving terminal agent for coding and other tasks, with persistent memory, agent-made skills and a messaging gateway.
Sourced facts checked 2026-10-17 Rank 4 of 16 in CLI agent. Source: Official site or docs, checked 2026-10-17.
Key facts
| Type | AI agent |
|---|---|
| Category | CLI agent |
| Maker | Nous Research |
| Interface | CLI, desktop, messaging, SDK |
| Licence | MIT (Open source) |
| GitHub stars | 254,611 (as of 2026-10-17) |
| Supported models | Nous Portal, OpenRouter, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint |
| MCP support | Yes (per official docs) |
| Subagents | Yes |
| Headless mode | Yes |
| Sandboxing | Yes |
| Note | It's a general-purpose agent, not only a coding tool. The docs index calls it 'a terminal-native autonomous coding and task agent'. Models can come through an optional Nous Portal subscription (price not read). |
| Website | https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com |
| Repository | https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent |
| Source | https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com (checked 2026-10-17) |
| Vibe Shipped harness page | https://vibeshipped.io/harness/hermes-agent |
Install
Install
This agent is an MCP client (official docs). To give it a server from this directory, add that server in this agent's own MCP settings; every MCP server entry shows the snippet.
Source: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com (checked 2026-10-17).
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