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Hermes-Agent is a self-improving autonomous agent by Nous Research, driven from the terminal. The hosted version gives you a dedicated, always-on instance without running your own server: DeepInfra provisions the VM, installs Hermes, and pre-configures it with a dedicated DeepInfra API key. Hermes-Agent instances are SSH only — the framework runs without a web dashboard, so you connect over SSH after creation.
Want to run Hermes on your own machine instead? See Hermes Agent integration for using DeepInfra as a custom provider in a self-hosted setup.

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Plans

Hermes-Agent instances are available on the budget (2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM) and tiny (2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM) plans. See plans and billing for details; current per-hour pricing is shown in the Create Instance dialog.

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Create an instance

  1. Make sure your public SSH key is registered at Dashboard → SSH Keys — it’s your only way in
  2. Go to Dashboard → Hosted Agents and click Create Instance
  3. Enter a Name, choose Hermes-Agent as the instance type, and pick a plan
  4. Click Create — setup is fully automated and takes a few minutes

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Connect and run

Once the instance is running, click SSH in the Connect column to get the exact command, or use the public IP from the details page:
Then start the agent:
That’s it — the instance ships with a working configuration, so Hermes is ready to go on first login.
The instance gets a new public IP address on every restart. Grab the current one from the details page.

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Configuration

Hermes keeps its configuration in ~/.hermes/:
  • ~/.hermes/config.yaml — model, provider, and agent settings. See the Hermes configuration docs.
  • ~/.hermes/.env — secrets. The DEEPINFRA_API_KEY line is managed by DeepInfra and refreshed on every instance start, so don’t edit it — manual changes to that line are overwritten. The rest of the file is yours: other secrets you add (for example a third-party API key for a tool) stay untouched.
You can point Hermes at any model from our catalog — for example deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Flash — either by editing config.yaml or interactively with hermes model. The agent’s model calls are billed as regular inference usage against your account.

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FAQ

Why is there no dashboard link for my instance? By design — Hermes-Agent is a terminal-driven framework with no web UI. SSH in and run hermes. Does my work survive stop/start? Yes. The whole filesystem — Hermes state, your files, installed packages — is captured in a snapshot on stop and restored on start. Only the public IP changes. Can I install extra tools on the instance? Yes, it’s your VM — install packages and customize freely over SSH. Automatic backups cover your changes.