start here: the witcheer almanac
welcome, and thanks for subscribing. the almanac lands once a week: what I shipped and what broke running Hermes Agent and local models on hardware I own,...
Hermes Flightplan #1: zero to an always-on AI agent on Telegram, on a cheap VPS or a Mac you own
originally published 22 June 2026 as an X article: https://x.com/witcheer/status/2069075880912027687 I wanted an AI agent I could message from my phone, one...
lock down a self-hosted Hermes Agent: what it exposes, and how to keep it shut
originally published 24 June 2026 on hermes-recipes, where I keep it current: https://notwitcheer.github.io/hermes-recipes/recipes/secure-hermes/ a...
Hermes Agent on a cheap VPS: zero to a Telegram gateway that survives reboot
originally published 18 June 2026 on hermes-recipes, where I keep it current: https://notwitcheer.github.io/hermes-recipes/recipes/cheap-vps/ I put Hermes...
24/7 Hermes Agent on a Mac Mini: crons, approvals, and a gateway that stays up
originally published 17 June 2026 on hermes-recipes, where I keep it current: https://notwitcheer.github.io/hermes-recipes/recipes/mac-mini-24-7/ I run...
the witcheer almanac: 5 to 11 october 2026
this one covers monday 5th to sunday 11th october, plus four posts from sunday 4th that went up after last week's issue was already frozen. a big week for...
the witcheer almanac: 28 september to 4 october 2026
this one covers monday 28th september to sunday 4th october, plus six posts from sunday 27th that went up after last week's issue was already frozen. no new...
the witcheer almanac: 21 to 27 september 2026
this one covers monday 21st to sunday 27th september. two more tags went out, v0.21.4 and v0.21.5, and with them Bot Screen, Fast Search, Simple mode in...
the witcheer almanac: 14 to 20 september 2026
last week's issue went out this afternoon, so this one is monday 14th to sunday 20th, plus four sunday-13th posts that landed after that draft was already...
the witcheer almanac: 7 to 13 september 2026
a full week. Hermes Agent v0.21.1 landed as a rollup on monday, Hermes became part of Omarchy on tuesday, and I started a new series, Hermes Autopilot:...
the witcheer almanac: 31 august to 6 september 2026
release week. Hermes Agent v0.21.0, the Pantheon release, landed on monday evening with 2,475 merged PRs from 760+ contributors, and Nous crossed its...
the witcheer almanac: 24 to 30 august 2026
a busy one. five new Wingtips, a wave of official Hermes ships (an independent reviewer for /review, a much bigger connectors catalog, real-profile...
the witcheer almanac: 15 to 23 august 2026
a proper week this time. five new Wingtips, Bot Mode landed in Hermes Desktop, the community plugin scene had its best run yet, and the 5090 corner closed...
the witcheer almanac: 14 july to 14 august 2026
it has been a month since the last issue, so this one is a catch-up. the short version: twenty-seven new Wingtips, two releases (Quicksilver and Herald),...
the witcheer almanac: 29 june to 13 july 2026
I skipped a week, so this issue carries two. the short version: ten new wingtips, a release that closed every open P0 and P1, Hermes Cloud going live, Hermes...
the witcheer almanac: week of 22-28 june
welcome to the first weekly roundup. the almanac is where I gather what I shipped and learned in local AI each week, with Hermes Agent as the main thread....
