Research topics and write briefings with a personal agent
Author ran Hermes Agent for a week; it searched the web, fetched abstracts, organized findings by theme and wrote a research briefing in about 6 minutes, then made a reusable skill and was reachable via Telegram.
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- What they did
- The author installed Hermes Agent with the Nous Portal option, which bundles web search, so no separate API keys were needed. They asked it to research 2025–2026 multi-agent LLM coordination papers and save a structured briefing as a markdown file. It searched, fetched abstracts, grouped findings by theme and wrote the briefing. Afterward it created a reusable skill on its own. Later, the author connected Telegram to send tasks from a phone.
- How it went
- The briefing took about 6 minutes and saved roughly 35 minutes of a normal 45-minute job. It needed minor edits because some citations were redundant.
- Worth knowing
- Skill auto-creation is aggressive, so review the skill library after the first week and delete skills that are too narrow. Browser automation sometimes needs a retry on JS-heavy sites.
Try it yourself with Hermes Agent
Research [topic] for me. Search the web, read abstracts or key sections of the best [number, e.g. 15] sources, group findings by theme, and write a briefing of about [length, e.g. 800 words] with links to every source and a note on where sources disagree. When finished, save the process as a reusable skill so I can ask for the same kind of briefing on a new topic later.
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