Run a 24/7 local agent for price drops, calls and email drafts
The poster runs Hermes locally around the clock to monitor price drops, place calls via Twilio with Vapi or ElevenLabs, and draft emails that send only after they press Send. ·
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- What they did
- The poster runs Hermes on a 64 GB Mac Studio 24/7 as one front door for scheduled watcher tasks, with specialist profiles behind it. For price drops, they write down each stock’s thesis, fair value, buy-in price, and triggers, and Hermes checks news and prices on a schedule, then explains why a drop happened. For calls, Hermes hands restaurant bookings to Twilio plus Vapi or ElevenLabs, waits for staff to speak first, books, and reports back; for email, it drafts through Microsoft Graph into Draft Cards, where the poster edits and presses Send.
- How it went
- It now handles recurring jobs like price watches, booking follow-ups, and approval-only email drafts without spamming. The poster says it paid for itself through better business decisions, but it never trades for them and asks before actions that cost money.
- Worth knowing
- Their stated recurring model spend is about $400/month for Claude Max and ChatGPT Pro, with cheaper tasks pushed to DeepSeek.
Try it yourself with Hermes Agent
Run in the background and watch the price of [product or link], alerting me when it drops below [price]. Also draft replies to emails from [senders or topic] and leave them as drafts for me to review. Never send an email or place a call without showing me the content and getting my go-ahead first.
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Source: Reddit · Nov 3, 2026
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