Retain the right context
Study persistent memory when a workflow needs information from earlier sessions, with a way to correct or retire it.
Hermes Agent
Use Hermes Agent as a reference for workflows that continue across sessions. Study how memory, procedural Skills, tool connections, and scheduling can help organize reusable task knowledge and recurring work in your own environment.
About Hermes Agent
Hermes Agent is an open-source agent system from Nous Research. Its official documentation brings together persistent memory, reusable Skills, tools, context files, and scheduling. These capabilities place it in the category of an independent agent application rather than a single prompt or Skill.
The value for a Floatboat user is in deciding what a continuing workflow needs to retain: facts, preferences, decisions, or a procedure. Hermes provides a reference for separating those concerns and combining them with tools and schedules. The design still needs task-specific review and an independently verified integration path.
Hermes also documents MCP integrations, execution controls, and scheduled tasks. Each connected tool or delivery channel adds its own setup and permissions. The MIT license covers the source, while models, remote systems, and hosted services remain separate choices.
Workflow Mechanisms to Learn From
Understand what the project demonstrates, then decide which mechanism addresses a real gap in your own workflow.
Keep procedures separate
Use procedural Skills as a reference for storing how a task should be done separately from facts about a particular user or project.
Connect continuity and timing
Evaluate how recurring work should receive context, use tools, and deliver a result at a planned time.
Apply the Ideas to Your Workflow
Use these scenarios as design references for work organized in Floatboat. Any software integration needs its own compatibility and permission checks.
A recurring research brief
Design how a repeated research task obtains fresh inputs while retaining its scope, sources, and output requirements.
A reusable working method
Turn an established procedure into reviewed task knowledge, with an owner and a way to update outdated assumptions.
A task resumed later
Identify the minimal decisions and evidence a later session needs instead of preserving an entire conversation without structure.
From Reference to a Workflow Experiment
Start with a task and a small testable change, whether that means better instructions, a new tool connection, or a runtime component.
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Classify what should persist
Separate temporary context, durable facts, decisions, and procedures before adding a memory mechanism.
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Define correction and delivery
Give stored knowledge an update process and recurring tasks an explicit schedule, output destination, and failure path.
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Evaluate repeated runs
Check whether the workflow stays accurate as inputs change, rather than judging it from one successful run.
Related Agent Projects
Compare independent agents through their interfaces, extension models, and approach to carrying work forward.
Hermes Agent FAQ
How is Hermes Agent different from a Skill collection?
Hermes is the running agent system. Skills are one way it represents reusable task knowledge alongside memory, tools, and scheduling. A collection of instructions alone does not supply that surrounding application.
Is persistent memory the same as chat history?
No. The project documents persistent memory and conversation context as distinct concerns. When evaluating it, inspect what is stored, how it is reused, and how you can correct or remove information.
Does saving a Skill make it trustworthy?
No. Reusable procedures can contain outdated assumptions or task-specific mistakes. Review their source, dependencies, and results before treating them as a reliable routine.
Can Hermes connect to MCP tools?
The official documentation includes MCP integration. The actual services available depend on configured servers, credentials, and access policies; a supported protocol does not grant access to every service.
Must I switch products to use these workflow ideas?
No. You can first use Hermes Agent as a reference for task structure, tool boundaries, and result review in your existing workflow. Reusing software is a separate choice that requires compatibility, permissions, and license checks; applying the design ideas does not automatically connect the software to Floatboat.
Who maintains Hermes Agent and its source license?
The official repository is published by Nous Research and identifies the source license as MIT. Connected model services and external systems have their own access and commercial conditions.