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In this video, I walk through the complete setup of Hermes Agent — a self-hosted AI agent you can run on your own VPS or local machine, control from Telegram, and extend with custom skills, web search, voice output, and scheduled tasks.By the end of this tutorial you'll have a fully working 

Hermes Agent instance talking to you over Telegram, running skills on command, searching the web, speaking back with TTS, and executing tasks on a schedule — all running on infrastructure you own and control.

🚀 Tools I Use
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Openclaw setup: https://www.hostinger.com/techwithtim
VPS setup: https://www.hostinger.com/techwithtim10 
Wispr Flow (Best AI Dictation): https://ref.wisprflow.ai/techwithtim

Voice Mode Docs: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/guides/use-voice-mode-with-hermes
Firecrawl: https://www.firecrawl.dev/

⏳ Timestamps ⏳
00:00 | Overview
00:35 | What is Hermes Agent
02:00 | Security & Risks
03:05 | VPS Setup
04:24 | Running on Your Own Device
05:11 | VPS Provisioning
06:30 | Model Configuration
07:20 | Telegram Setup
10:45 | TUI & Commands
12:00 | Running the Gateway
15:01 | Skills
16:35 | Adding Web Search
21:20 | Voice & Text to Speech
24:31 | Scheduled Tasks
27:36 | Important Details

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A beginner-friendly walkthrough for setting up Hermes Agent, a self-improving AI agent platform. Covers installation via Hostinger VPS or manual curl command, configuring an OpenAI model provider, connecting a Telegram bot for messaging, adding web search via Firecrawl, enabling voice messaging, and scheduling recurring tasks with cron jobs. Also discusses security best practices like using dedicated hardware and restricting bot access to sensitive data.

Hermes Agent Full Tutorial for Beginners | FULL Setup Guide