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Matthew Berman
"The best thing since OpenClaw" (Hermes Tutorial)
⏱ 12 min video · 2 min read30 Jun 2026Worth watching
TL;DR
Matthew Berman walks through a full setup and feature tour of Hermes Agent, an AI agent platform hosted on Hostinger, positioning it as a more capable and user-friendly alternative to OpenClaw. The video covers installation in under 2 minutes, skills, scheduled tasks, memory, multi-provider model routing, plugins, and Telegram integration.
Key points
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Hermes Agent can be installed and running in under 2 minutes via Hostinger, using an OpenAI API key for the inference provider.
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It ships with a large library of pre-built skills (Claude Code, Excalidraw, Manim video, and more) that can be enabled/disabled per toggle, and new skills can be added from GitHub with a copy-paste workflow.
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A self-healing capability lets Hermes detect errors mid-task, diagnose the root cause, and apply a patch to itself without user intervention.
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The Tasks feature enables scheduled automations (e.g. a daily calendar brief every 24 hours) and a Profiles feature lets you maintain separate agents with different skill sets for different roles.
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Hermes supports a wide range of inference providers out of the box (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Deepseek, Mistral, LM Studio, and more) with per-task model routing, plus gateway integrations for Telegram, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, and others.
Actionable insights
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Use code MATTHEWB on Hostinger for an extra 10% off on top of the advertised 73% discount on Hermes Agent Hosting; the 24-month plan gives the largest savings.
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To add a community skill, copy the raw skill.md file from its GitHub repo, open the Skills panel in Hermes, click the plus button, paste, and save — the agent will self-heal if dependent files are missing.
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Set up a Telegram gateway in minutes via the CLI command 'hermes gateway setup', using BotFather to generate a bot token and @userinfobot to retrieve your user ID, giving you a mobile-accessible agent on the go.
Notable quotes
“Self-healing. That is what I am talking about. Very, very nice.”
“Since Hermes is ambiguous, I am scoping it to Hermes agent based on this chat context, not the fashion brand or mythology — which is exactly what I was talking about.”
“Because it is hosted on Hostinger, I do not have to worry about keeping an isolated laptop or Mac Mini or anything like that.”
Worth watching?
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Worth watching the full video?
Watch if you want to see the live walkthrough and visual UI — but the key setup steps, feature breakdowns, and configuration details are all captured here, so skip the video if you just needed the overview.
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