# Hermes

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## Summary

An AI agent [[harness]] built **entirely around [[skills-as-memory|skills]]** — it not only uses skills but creates and curates them autonomously. Central to [[konstantin]]'s talk; also referenced by [[eugene]] among his tools.

## Current Understanding

Hermes is the concrete demonstration of "skills as memory": it auto-creates a skill when a task costs >5 tool calls, and runs a two-layer **curator** — pruning skills unused for 30 days (deactivate) / 90 days (archive) and consolidating small skills weekly so their short-descriptions don't eat context. Konstantin reports it grew from 56 → 100 skills and kept working — impossible with classic tools.

## Evidence

- Konstantin's talk: auto-improvement mechanism, curator, Telegram access to shared git skills — [[2026-07-14-skills-based-on-git]].
- Eugene lists it among his harness tools ("open clock, Hermes, paperclip") — [[2026-07-14-sebastian-eugene-interview]].

## Related Pages

- Entity: [[konstantin]], [[eugene]]
- Concepts: [[skills-as-memory]], [[harness]], [[agentic-loops]], [[context-as-scarce-resource]]
- Related tools: [[claude-code]], OpenClaude, Codex CLI

## Contradictions / Uncertainty

- The curator thresholds are Hermes-specific heuristics, not validated standards. Status: tentative.

## Next Questions

- How do Hermes' auto-consolidation decisions avoid merging skills that should stay distinct?
