Jul 2, 2026
Tech Talk: Running a Self-Improving AI Agent with Hermes on Vultr AI agents are becoming increasingly capable of operating beyond traditional chat interfaces by integrating with external tools, automating workflows, and maintaining persistent context. In this tech talk, you'll learn how to deploy the open-source Hermes Agent on Vultr using the Marketplace, connect it to Vultr Serverless Inference, integrate it with Slack, and configure an AI agent that can interact with your team, schedule recurring tasks, and serve as the foundation for autonomous workflows.
Deploy your own Hermes Agent instance on Vultr and get $250 in free credits:
https://www.vultr.com/promo/try250/
Join the Vultr Community Forum to ask questions or connect with other developers:
https://community.vultr.com/
Docs & Resources
How to Deploy Hermes Agent – Open-Source Self-Hosted AI Agent: https://docs.vultr.com/how-to-deploy-hermes-agent-open-source-self-hosted-ai-agent
Vultr’s Hermes Agent Marketplace Application: https://www.vultr.com/marketplace/apps/hermesagent/
Hermes Agent Documentation: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/
Timestamps
0:00 – Introduction
1:10 – The Rise of Self-Hosted AI Agents
2:11 – Hermes Agent on Vultr Marketplace
3:28 – Use Cases
4:45 – Demo Overview
5:17 – Provisioning Hermes Agent Instance with Serverless Inference Attached
8:00 – Exploring the Hermes Dashboard & Chatting with the Configured Model
9:10 – Generating a Slack Manifest & Creating a Slack App
10:03 – Generating Slack App-Level & Bot User Tokens
10:58 – Connecting Hermes Agent to Slack
11:30 – Setting the Slack Home Channel & Scheduling Cron Jobs
13:30 – Summary & Getting Started
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