HERMES AGENT

Hermes Agent Setup Guide

Use Api.Airforce as the LLM backend for Nous Research's Hermes Agent.

Install Hermes

Clone NousResearch/hermes-agent and follow the README install steps. The hermes CLI must be on your path before continuing.

Configure the OpenAI provider

Run the hermes config command below — it writes an OpenAI-compatible provider block pointing at Api.Airforce.

hermes config provider openai \
  --base-url https://api.airforce/v1 \
  --api-key YOUR_AIRFORCE_API_KEY

Pick the default model

Hermes is tool-calling-heavy, so pick a model with reliable tool support. claude-sonnet-4.6 is the safest default.

hermes config set default_model claude-sonnet-4.6

Connect a channel and chat

Run hermes start to launch the agent. Connect a channel (Telegram/Discord/Slack) via the web UI and send a message — Hermes now uses Api.Airforce for every completion.

Recommended models for agents

claude-sonnet-4.6

claude-opus-4.6

gpt-4o

deepseek-v3.2

All four support tool-calling. Sonnet 4.6 has the most reliable JSON output.

Tip

The Hermes Web UI shows usage analytics broken down by model — useful for spotting which skills run cheap vs expensive.