Nous Research released Hermes Agent in February 2026. It solves the biggest AI assistant problem: they forget everything between sessions. Persistent memory, self-generating skills, fully open-source.
Persistent Memory
Built-in learning loop. Creates skills from experience, searches past conversations, builds a model of who you are across sessions.
Self-Generating Skills
Solves a hard problem, writes a reusable skill document. Skills are searchable and compatible with agentskills.io.
40+ Built-In Tools
Web search, browser automation, vision, image generation, text-to-speech, multi-model reasoning.
Multi-Platform
Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, CLI – same persistent memory everywhere.
Our Verdict
Most ambitious open-source AI agent. If you want AI that gets smarter over time, this is it.
Rating: 8.5/10
