HHermes Explained

Workflow

Research Briefing Loop

A repeatable research workflow that gathers sources, extracts claims, and produces a decision brief.

intermediateweekly or on demand5 concepts

Research Briefing Loop

What it is

A repeatable research workflow that gathers sources, extracts claims, and produces a decision brief.

Operating shape

  • Difficulty: intermediate
  • Cadence: weekly or on demand
  • Category: research

Core concepts

  • Research Briefing
  • Web Search
  • Skills
  • Source Evidence
  • Knowledge Curation

Source evidence

  • vendor/hermes-agent/toolsets.py#<file> — Structural Source Map fallback for toolsets.py. A core source file in the Tool Registry and Toolsets structure within Tools, Toolsets, and MCP.
  • Ten Hermes Workflows That Turn a Chatbot into a 24/7 Assistant
  • Six Cost-Aware Hermes Workflows That Go Beyond Chat

Implementation pattern

Start with a narrow input, define the allowed actions, choose the delivery surface, run the workflow manually once, then add schedule or event triggers only after the result is easy to verify.

Core concepts

Memory

Knowledge Curation

The discipline of selecting what should become memory and what should remain transient.

Skills

Skills

Packaged working knowledge that lets Hermes repeat a process without rediscovering it each time.

Tools

Web Search

External web lookup and extraction capabilities.

Operations

Source Evidence

The rule that important claims should link back to source files, inventory nodes, articles, or transcripts.

Workflow Patterns

Research Briefing

A repeatable workflow for turning sources into concise decision-ready briefs.

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