Run an agent fleet with results verified in source systems
The poster runs a Hermes agent fleet for a small product and counts tasks done only after checking the sent email folder or CRM record. ·
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- What they did
- The poster runs work through multiple Hermes agents with narrow roles, tracked on a board where each task has one card, one owner, and one place for proof. They do not accept an agent’s summary alone: the agent must show a file, count, or live page, and commenters say the real check is reading the result back from the source system itself, like the sent email folder, CRM record, platform post record after 60 seconds, or an opened deployed URL.
- How it went
- The reported gain was operational discipline: fewer duplicate tasks, less time wasted reviewing stale counts, and fewer false "done" statuses after source-system checks caught removals or missing results. The source gives no performance totals or business metrics.
- Worth knowing
- The main catch is that a task only counts when a human or follow-up check verifies it in the system of record, not in the agent’s own logs or status file.
Try it yourself with Hermes Agent
Act as my task agent for [small product or business]. For each task I give you, such as [sending a follow-up email or updating a CRM record], do the work, then check the source system yourself, for example the Sent folder or the [CRM name] record, and only mark it done if you can see the result there. Give me a short report listing each task as verified or not verified, with what you saw as evidence. Pause and show me any email or record change before you send or save it.
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Source: Reddit · Nov 5, 2026
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