@finitopotatoes: Most people are comparing Hermes vs Grok Bot like they’re two versions of the same product. They’re not. And that distinction matters more than which model scores higher on a benchmark. Hermes is for building your own AI system. You control the model, memory, skills, tools, project context, scheduled jobs and even separate agent profiles. It’s designed to improve over time: Hermes can persist what it learns, turn repeated procedures into reusable skills, and keep different agents isolated with their own memory and configuration. Think: researcher
→ knows your sources + research process coder
→ knows your repositories + engineering rules operator
→ knows your recurring workflows + automations That’s where Hermes becomes interesting. Not because it gives you another chatbot. Because you can slowly build an AI operating system around how you work. A few setup rules matter a lot: Memory = facts.
Your environment, preferences, project locations, decisions. Skills = procedures.
How to deploy, research, review code, create reports, etc. AGENTS.md = project rules. SOUL.md = stable behavior/personality. And if a workflow takes 5+ steps and you’ll repeat it, turn it into a skill instead of rewriting the prompt every time. That separation is straight from Hermes’ current best-practice guidance. Grok Bot is almost the opposite philosophy. Instead of spending time engineering the agent system… you give it work. Grok Bots have their own computer, can sign into apps and websites, run in parallel, continue working while your laptop is closed, and can learn a workflow by watching you do it once and saving it as a routine. That makes it extremely interesting for things like: → support queues
→ repetitive operations
→ reporting
→ web research
→ outbound workflows
→ work spread across multiple SaaS tools You don’t necessarily want to spend hours designing the agent architecture. You want: “Here is the job. Go do it.” That’s where Grok Bot makes more sense. So the simple rule I’d use: Pick HERMES if you want to BUILD the system. More control.
Reusable skills.
Custom memory.
Different models.
Project-specific agents.
Automation you own. Pick GROK BOT if you want to DELEGATE the work. Less infrastructure.
Real browser/app usage.
Parallel workers.
Fast time-to-value. And for a lot of founders, the best setup may actually be: BOTH. Hermes as the deeper intelligence layer: research → knowledge → coding → recurring internal systems Grok Bot as the execution layer: support → reporting → app work → repetitive operations System where you need control.
Bot where you need throughput. That’s the part I think people will increasingly understand about agents. There probably won’t be one AI that does everything. You’ll have a small team of specialized agents with different levels of autonomy, memory, permissions and cost. And your advantage won’t just be having the smartest model. It’ll be designing the best system around the models. Save this before you start building your agent stack. Comment “AGENTS” and I’ll send the setup checklist + the Hermes configuration I’d start with. Follow @finitopotatoes for more practical AI systems, tools and repos worth using before they become obvious. #AIAgents #HermesAgent #Grok #AITools #AIWorkflow

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