Hermes /goal — Set It And Walk Away

One command. Hermes works until it's done. No babysitting. No "keep going." No hand-holding. Build, write, research, and deploy while you sleep.

How It Works

You type /goal [your task]. After every action, a judge AI checks: "Is it done?" If NO — Hermes keeps going automatically. If YES — it stops. 20-turn safety budget. You can pause, resume, or clear at any time.

Commands

/goal [task]
Start a new goal — Hermes begins immediately
/goal status
Check progress — turns used, current status
/goal pause
Pause the loop without losing progress
/goal resume
Pick up where you left off (resets turn counter)
/goal clear
Cancel the goal entirely

Real Examples

/goal Write 5 SEO blog posts about AI automation and save them as files
→ 5 .md files with full articles, keywords, meta descriptions
/goal Research top 10 AI agent tools in 2026 and write a comparison report
→ Report with pros/cons, pricing, use cases — saved as a file
/goal Build a landing page for my product and deploy it
→ Full HTML/CSS page, deployed to production
/goal Draft 7 days of email sequences for my course launch
→ 7 emails with hooks, body, CTAs, saved individually

We Use /goal Every Day

🏆 Our 8 Agents — All /goal Powered

  • Content Drafter — /goal generates 3 social posts by 6am
  • AI News Monitor — /goal finds top 5 stories by 7am
  • Site Health Check — /goal checks 100+ pages at 8am
  • Trend Scanner — /goal scans Reddit at noon
  • Competitor Watch — /goal monitors 5 competitors weekly
  • Pricing Monitor — /goal checks UK prices Mon/Wed/Fri
  • VulnWatch — /goal scans CVEs + SSL Sundays
  • Checkout Recovery — /goal follows up abandoned carts every 4hrs

    • SOP — Quick Setup

    1. Install Hermes Agent from nousresearch.com
    2. Open terminal → type hermes
    3. Type /goal [your task]
    4. Walk away
    5. Check /goal status anytime
    6. Goal paused at 20 turns? /goal resume

    30-Day Roadmap

    Week 1: Foundation

  • Install + first goal
  • Research task
  • Content task
  • Learn pause/resume
  • Review outputs
  • Start prompt library

    • Week 2: Production

  • Week of social content
  • Multi-file goals
  • Competitor research
  • Judge behaviour
  • Overnight goal
  • Calculate hours saved

    • Week 3: Integration

  • Top 3 tasks mapped
  • Team member onboard
  • Content sprint
  • Technical goals
  • Reduce costs
  • Business audit (10+ tasks)

    • Week 4: Scale

  • Top 3 goal prompts
  • Team prompt library
  • Overnight automation
  • Replace weekly process
  • Document best prompts
  • Calculate total ROI

    • Deploy your own 24/7 agents →

    Agents · 8 running now — content, leads, monitoring, recovery