Hermes Agent
Hermes Agent is the private, persistent architect layer in Forza’s automation architecture.
It runs in WSL2 on the mini PC and maintains full, long-term memory of the Forza UKB, escalation rules, approval thresholds, margin floors, and operational patterns. Its primary role is to design, refine, and improve automation workflows over time through a self-improving loop.
Key Principle: Hermes is a thinking and policy layer only. It designs rules and workflows but never executes any actions that write to production systems (QuickBooks-Online, Microsoft-365 / Microsoft-365, MVMNT, HaulPay, Highway, etc.).
Status: Going live 2026-04-28 — installation in progress (Hermes + OpenRouter + n8n being installed today). Planned for private use only during the build phase. The team will not have direct access to Hermes.
Relationship to n8n: Hermes designs and generates n8n workflows. All actual execution and writes to company systems are handled exclusively by n8n.
Safety Rule: “all writes to anything on company systems have to go through n8n” + human-in-the-loop approval for any financial actions.
See also: Automation Architecture
Vendor support
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Type | Self-hosted (Nous Research) |
| Portal | hermes-agent.nousresearch.com |
| Forza contact | Casey (admin) |
| See also | Vendor Contacts, Architecture |
| Last verified | April 30, 2026 |