scanfi

putting local ai on old gaming PCs mostly

[scanfi @GuideboardLabs]

Your @NousResearch agent draws on the same whiteboard you do, and it can point at one of your strokes to say what it means.

You put something on the board. It reads the board, answers on the board next to your ink, labels what it adds, and when it is unsure it asks you with two or three options anchored to the object in question instead of guessing.

Every object records whose hand made it and which layer it sits on, so any session replays itself stroke by stroke with the camera following the pen. The clip above is one of those replays at full speed.

It runs locally, binds to 127.0.0.1 on its own port, and prints a token in the URL. Set CHARRETTE_BIND and CHARRETTE_PUBLIC_BASE and it serves your tailnet, which is how I draw from the couch.

Ask your agent to get to work and he’ll pop the board up in Desktop, or send hoh a headless link to use on any display on your LAN or Tailscale network!

Video made by my Hermes Agent featuring @Teknium

Open source today, and in review for the Hermes plugin store:

hermes plugins install GuideboardLabs/charrette

https://t.co/QslovUaMMF

[Nous Research @NousResearch]

The Hermes Agent Plugin Hackathon starts now!

It runs for 7 days, with $20,000 in cash prizes and more.

Plugins are the most powerful way to extend Hermes Agent, and we want this hackathon to show what they can do. A plugin can change anything from the model Hermes runs on, where it stores its memory, where it runs commands, which messaging apps it works in and what Hermes Desktop shows. Plugins in the marketplace already let Hermes do things like control a phone or turn a photo into a printable 3D model.

Every kind of plugin is eligible, so build whatever functionality you want Hermes to have. We'll list accepted entries in the new Hermes Marketplace, where every Hermes user can install them.

Prizes
1st: $10,000 + neon sign + merch + $1,000 creds
2nd: $5,000 + neon sign + merch + $1,000 creds
3rd: $2,500 + neon sign + merch + $1,000 creds
4th: $1,500 + merch + $500 creds
5th: $1,000 + merch + $500 creds
Runners up (x5): merch + $250 creds

Submissions are due 5PM EST on Nov 11th. To enter:

1. Open a pull request that adds your plugin to the Hermes plugin catalog: https://t.co/mXvYukJ0mZ
2. Post a demo video on X and tag @NousResearch
3. Submit both links through the form: https://t.co/jlduHHW3dr

Your entry is the plugin itself. Judges score it on usefulness, reliability, polish and creativity, and they favor plugins that do more than a prompt or a skill could. Keep the demo under 90 seconds and show the plugin working.

The developer guide shows how to build and test a plugin: https://t.co/FVGjSgjNoV

When submissions close, we'll open a thread for every entry in the Nous Research Discord, so you can browse all the plugins and talk to the people who built them.

You can submit the form as soon as your pull request is open. The catalog checks run once a maintainer starts them, and we review entries every few days.

If you have any questions stop by the Nous Research Discord: https://t.co/qxek9haYeb

GLHF!

[Florian E. @fl_rn_st]

New Hermes Agent for mobile beta for iOS and Android (build 44) 🪽

This one is mostly about simplifying the app: streamlined navigation, a redesigned and faster chat view, and a long list of fixes.

Thanks to everyone who reported issues and sent feedback. Please keep it coming!

Full release notes below 👇

Highlights

- Simpler, streamlined navigation: the Agents list is now the home screen, and everything opens from it.
- Redesigned and optimized chat view: a new default style, smoother loading and scrolling of long conversations, and text selection across paragraphs.

Improvements and fixes

- Audio that an agent sends plays inside the chat.
- `/steer <text>` adds to the running turn without interrupting it.
- Images and files named by a Windows path or a `file://` URL now load.
- On newer Hermes servers, attached images are now sent with the message.
- The memory constellation can now be zoomed, and it stays smooth with thousands of entries.
- [iOS] Memory updates can be turned on or off for each chat.
- [iOS] You can now mute bot chats.
- [iOS] The Agents list now loads on slow servers.
- [iOS] Live mode no longer crashes when no microphone is usable.
- [iOS] The share sheet now opens reliably, and it stays in place on iPad.
- [iOS] A link tapped while an alert is open now opens in Safari.
- [Android] On tablets and foldables, the Agents list stays beside the open chat.
- [Android] The chat now handles password manager requests to unlock, enter a verification code or save a login.
- [Android] A turn that finished while the app was in the background now shows as finished.
- [Android] Device Access now installs on Hermes servers whose profiles are on a Windows drive.
- [Android] Browser sign-in now finishes reliably after you return to the app.
- [Android] Opening an attachment's preview no longer crashes the app.
- [Android] A list that failed to load in the background no longer shows an error toast when you return.
- [Android] Routines no longer flicker when they open.
- [Android] Re-enabled notifications (still requires plugin for now).
- Many smaller fixes, plus performance and UI improvements.

[scanfi @GuideboardLabs]

Don’t let them win

[Jensen Huang @JensenHuang]

For my first post, I’m sharing a letter @NVIDIA signed on why open models matter.

AI will transform every industry, power every company, and be built by every country.

Open models strengthen safety and cybersecurity, accelerate innovation and diffusion, and enable sovereignty.

The world needs both frontier closed models and frontier open models.

https://t.co/AUKzoQ5Ikb

[Ahmad @TheAhmadOsman]

You guys don’t understand how evil and malicious Anthropic really is

Their witch hunt against Jensen is just another chapter in the long book of a very misaligned company

Necessary read to fight back against this malicious corporation

[hamsters🌐🐹 @sigmahamster2]

No AI data center is worth losing this.

[scanfi @GuideboardLabs]

One shot in Hermes with Deepseek

[scanfi @GuideboardLabs]

@NousResearch How Jensen should've been moving

[scanfi @GuideboardLabs]

Your @NousResearch agent draws on the same whiteboard you do, and it can point at one of your strokes to say what it means.

You put something on the board. It reads the board, answers on the board next to your ink, labels what it adds, and when it is unsure it asks you with two or three options anchored to the object in question instead of guessing.

Every object records whose hand made it and which layer it sits on, so any session replays itself stroke by stroke with the camera following the pen. The clip above is one of those replays at full speed.

It runs locally, binds to 127.0.0.1 on its own port, and prints a token in the URL. Set CHARRETTE_BIND and CHARRETTE_PUBLIC_BASE and it serves your tailnet, which is how I draw from the couch.

Ask your agent to get to work and he’ll pop the board up in Desktop, or send hoh a headless link to use on any display on your LAN or Tailscale network!

Video made by my Hermes Agent featuring @Teknium

Open source today, and in review for the Hermes plugin store:

hermes plugins install GuideboardLabs/charrette

https://t.co/QslovUaMMF

[scanfi @GuideboardLabs]

@elder_plinius @LYSIOS Anyone brought on yet or super early? You're already abliterating models so hopefully this means you are planning on training your own?

[scanfi @GuideboardLabs]

@Teknium Was a blast

[scanfi @GuideboardLabs]

https://t.co/gvVME3kuoQ

[scanfi @GuideboardLabs]

One shot in Hermes with Deepseek

[matthew @mhamilton3141]

flowers in html, so beautiful

[scanfi @GuideboardLabs]

@DJLougen @GeminiApp Beautiful work brother

[scanfi @GuideboardLabs]

@Wronglebowsk @NousResearch Thanks!

Inspired by a specific room from university during my discrete mathematics class group meet ups

[scanfi @GuideboardLabs]

Your @NousResearch agent draws on the same whiteboard you do, and it can point at one of your strokes to say what it means.

You put something on the board. It reads the board, answers on the board next to your ink, labels what it adds, and when it is unsure it asks you with two or three options anchored to the object in question instead of guessing.

Every object records whose hand made it and which layer it sits on, so any session replays itself stroke by stroke with the camera following the pen. The clip above is one of those replays at full speed.

It runs locally, binds to 127.0.0.1 on its own port, and prints a token in the URL. Set CHARRETTE_BIND and CHARRETTE_PUBLIC_BASE and it serves your tailnet, which is how I draw from the couch.

Ask your agent to get to work and he’ll pop the board up in Desktop, or send hoh a headless link to use on any display on your LAN or Tailscale network!

Video made by my Hermes Agent featuring @Teknium

Open source today, and in review for the Hermes plugin store:

hermes plugins install GuideboardLabs/charrette

https://t.co/QslovUaMMF

[Nous Research @NousResearch]

The Hermes Agent Plugin Hackathon starts now!

It runs for 7 days, with $20,000 in cash prizes and more.

Plugins are the most powerful way to extend Hermes Agent, and we want this hackathon to show what they can do. A plugin can change anything from the model Hermes runs on, where it stores its memory, where it runs commands, which messaging apps it works in and what Hermes Desktop shows. Plugins in the marketplace already let Hermes do things like control a phone or turn a photo into a printable 3D model.

Every kind of plugin is eligible, so build whatever functionality you want Hermes to have. We'll list accepted entries in the new Hermes Marketplace, where every Hermes user can install them.

Prizes
1st: $10,000 + neon sign + merch + $1,000 creds
2nd: $5,000 + neon sign + merch + $1,000 creds
3rd: $2,500 + neon sign + merch + $1,000 creds
4th: $1,500 + merch + $500 creds
5th: $1,000 + merch + $500 creds
Runners up (x5): merch + $250 creds

Submissions are due 5PM EST on Nov 11th. To enter:

1. Open a pull request that adds your plugin to the Hermes plugin catalog: https://t.co/mXvYukJ0mZ
2. Post a demo video on X and tag @NousResearch
3. Submit both links through the form: https://t.co/jlduHHW3dr

Your entry is the plugin itself. Judges score it on usefulness, reliability, polish and creativity, and they favor plugins that do more than a prompt or a skill could. Keep the demo under 90 seconds and show the plugin working.

The developer guide shows how to build and test a plugin: https://t.co/FVGjSgjNoV

When submissions close, we'll open a thread for every entry in the Nous Research Discord, so you can browse all the plugins and talk to the people who built them.

You can submit the form as soon as your pull request is open. The catalog checks run once a maintainer starts them, and we review entries every few days.

If you have any questions stop by the Nous Research Discord: https://t.co/qxek9haYeb

GLHF!

[scanfi @GuideboardLabs]

@HermesAgentTips Every minute

[scanfi @GuideboardLabs]

@HermesAgentTips Got done with some time to spare

https://t.co/5ivMGkPzkC

[scanfi @GuideboardLabs]

Your @NousResearch agent draws on the same whiteboard you do, and it can point at one of your strokes to say what it means.

You put something on the board. It reads the board, answers on the board next to your ink, labels what it adds, and when it is unsure it asks you with two or three options anchored to the object in question instead of guessing.

Every object records whose hand made it and which layer it sits on, so any session replays itself stroke by stroke with the camera following the pen. The clip above is one of those replays at full speed.

It runs locally, binds to 127.0.0.1 on its own port, and prints a token in the URL. Set CHARRETTE_BIND and CHARRETTE_PUBLIC_BASE and it serves your tailnet, which is how I draw from the couch.

Ask your agent to get to work and he’ll pop the board up in Desktop, or send hoh a headless link to use on any display on your LAN or Tailscale network!

Video made by my Hermes Agent featuring @Teknium

Open source today, and in review for the Hermes plugin store:

hermes plugins install GuideboardLabs/charrette

https://t.co/QslovUaMMF

[scanfi @GuideboardLabs]

@witcheer Just in time 🫡

https://t.co/5ivMGkP1v4

[scanfi @GuideboardLabs]

Your @NousResearch agent draws on the same whiteboard you do, and it can point at one of your strokes to say what it means.

You put something on the board. It reads the board, answers on the board next to your ink, labels what it adds, and when it is unsure it asks you with two or three options anchored to the object in question instead of guessing.

Every object records whose hand made it and which layer it sits on, so any session replays itself stroke by stroke with the camera following the pen. The clip above is one of those replays at full speed.

It runs locally, binds to 127.0.0.1 on its own port, and prints a token in the URL. Set CHARRETTE_BIND and CHARRETTE_PUBLIC_BASE and it serves your tailnet, which is how I draw from the couch.

Ask your agent to get to work and he’ll pop the board up in Desktop, or send hoh a headless link to use on any display on your LAN or Tailscale network!

Video made by my Hermes Agent featuring @Teknium

Open source today, and in review for the Hermes plugin store:

hermes plugins install GuideboardLabs/charrette

https://t.co/QslovUaMMF

[scanfi @GuideboardLabs]

In app example

[scanfi @GuideboardLabs]

@boneGPT Probably a lot of marketing people that are happy with the platform because they don’t know any better. fal + comfyui is superior