How-To Series · Episode 03 / 59 · Module 1: Get Running
Hermes · Your First Chat
An open-source command-line agent. Get a working conversation, with the banner explained and a verifiable first prompt.
After this video
You can now have a working conversation with Hermes.
Hermes is an open-source command-line AI agent. This is the first chat: what to type, what every line of the welcome banner means, how to drive the agent once it's running, and how to switch to the modern T U I when you want a richer interface.
About these resources. Most episodes distill more than one Hermes docs page into a single video. The Sources block below names every page that contributed a fact. Every command in the Commands block has a direct link to where it's documented, so you can verify any line in one click.
Sources · What this video distills
3 docs pages · every command below is traceable to one of themCommands shown · Copy and paste
each shows the source doc it came fromhermes
Check my current directory and tell me what looks like the main project file.
Ctrl+C
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hermes --tui
Going deeper · Related Hermes docs
further reading · not sources of facts shown aboveNext in the series · Episodes that build on this
E07
The Five Slash Commands You'll Actually Use
E08
Pick Your Brain (Switching Models)
E09
Sessions: Resume Anywhere