How-To Series · Episode 30 / 59 · Module 5: Everywhere You Are
Hermes · On SMS
Via Twilio. Text it from any phone, even a flip phone.
After this videoYou can now reach Hermes from any phone by text.
Twilio bridges SMS to Hermes: someone texts your Twilio number, Twilio POSTs a webhook to your server, and Hermes replies via the Twilio API. Unlike Slack, SMS needs a public webhook URL. Install pip install 'hermes-agent[sms]', grab three Twilio values (Account SID, Auth Token, phone number), and set them plus SMS_ALLOWED_USERS. Point the Twilio console at /webhooks/twilio (tunnel with cloudflared or ngrok if local), and set SMS_WEBHOOK_URL to match, it is required for signature validation. Plain text only, 1600-char split. SMS is not encrypted, prefer Signal or Telegram for sensitive work.
About these resources. Every command in this video comes from the SMS (Twilio) messaging doc.
New words here · Plain English
one sentence each · full glossarySMSRegular text messages on a phone. Hermes can send and receive them via Twilio.
TwilioA service that lets programs send and receive text messages programmatically.
Sources · What this video distills
1 docs page · every command below traces to one of themCommands shown · Copy and paste
each shows the source doc it came frompip install 'hermes-agent[sms]'hermes gateway setup && hermes gatewaycloudflared tunnel --url http://localhost:8080TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID=AC... TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN=... TWILIO_PHONE_NUMBER=+1... SMS_WEBHOOK_URL=https://your-server/webhooks/twilioGoing deeper · Related Hermes docs
further reading · not sources of facts shown aboveNext in the series · Episodes that build on this
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