Everything Herald can do with your Hermes Agent
Each page explains one feature: what it does, how it works with your Hermes Agent, and what you need to turn it on.
- Approve Hermes Agent commands from your phoneWhen Hermes Agent wants to run a risky command, Herald shows an approval card and a push banner. Allow once, for the session or always, or deny it, from your phone.Reviewed 20 October 2026
- Group chats with several Hermes Agent botsPut two to six Hermes Agent bots in one room, even from different computers. They take turns, mention each other with @ and stay in sync with Hermes Desktop.Reviewed 20 October 2026
- Hey Herald: hands-free voice for your Hermes AgentTalk to your Hermes Agent bots without touching the phone: say “Hey Herald”, speak, and hear the reply. On-device wake word, transcription by your own Hermes.Reviewed 20 October 2026
- Hermes Pet: see what your bots are doing at a glanceHermes Pet shows what your Hermes Agent bots are doing as an animated companion in Herald, on the Lock Screen, Apple Watch, CarPlay and Android notifications.Reviewed 20 October 2026
- The Hermes Agent kanban board, on your phoneCreate, assign and move Hermes Agent kanban cards from Herald: lanes, comments, worker logs, files, boards and orchestration settings, live from your Hermes.Reviewed 20 October 2026
- Hermes Agent cron schedules, from your phoneCreate, pause, resume and run a Hermes Agent bot’s cron jobs from Herald, with results delivered into the bot’s chat. Schedule formats, requirements and limits.Reviewed 20 October 2026
- Give a Hermes Agent bot its own email addressHerald can give a Hermes Agent bot an address like research@hermesmailagent.com through HermesMailAgent, a separate service. How it works, approvals and limits.Reviewed 20 October 2026
- Several Hermes Agent computers, one rosterPair Herald with a home Mac, a VPS and a Mac mini at once: every bot appears in one roster, chats go to the right computer and group rooms can mix machines.Reviewed 20 October 2026
- Resume any Hermes Agent session from your phonePick up a Hermes Agent conversation you started on Telegram, in the terminal or on the desktop, and carry on in Herald. How sessions and Bot Chats fit together.Reviewed 20 October 2026
- Share links, photos and files to a Hermes Agent botSend a link, text, photo or file from any app to a Hermes Agent bot with Herald’s share sheet, add a note, and it lands in the bot’s chat. Limits and privacy.Reviewed 20 October 2026
- Watch and take over a Hermes Agent bot’s screenOn a Linux host, each Hermes Agent bot can have its own desktop. Herald shows it live and lets you take over for a login, 2FA code or CAPTCHA, then hand it back.Reviewed 20 October 2026
- Hermes Agent plugins, skills and MCP servers from your phoneSwitch Hermes Agent plugins on and off, install skills, add and authorise MCP servers and change toolsets from Herald’s Capabilities screen. How it works, limits.Reviewed 20 October 2026
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