Behind the Craft

Peter Yang × Karan Malhotra

Hermes differentiates itself with persistent prompts, memories and skills that let the same model perform differently for each user, plus a customizable cleanup loop to limit accumulated slop.Malhotra says Hermes Agent is the most active contributor to its own repo; the business pairs a free harness with optional routing and enterprise customization.Portable model access may matter more if subsidies fade, and Hermes is preparing for a future where users can switch freely among models.