Who it is forSomeone who wants a daily summary, a nightly backup check or a weekly audit without writing cron jobs.
The problemRecurring chores need scripts, crontabs and a place to send the output.
The outcomeA scheduled task that runs on its own and posts its result to your chat app.
What you need first
- macOS, Linux, WSL2 or Windows
- An account or API key for a model provider (Nous Portal, OpenRouter, OpenAI or a custom endpoint)
- Optional: bot tokens for the messaging apps you connect
Steps
- Connect at least one messaging platform with
hermes gateway - Describe the job in chat, for example a daily report every morning
- Let Hermes create the schedule with its built-in cron scheduler
- Check the first few runs and adjust the wording if the output is off
Prompt for your agent
Using NousResearch/hermes-agent's built-in scheduler, create a job that every weekday at <time> <does task> and sends the result to my <platform> chat. Show me the schedule it created and how to pause it.
Caveat.
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