01What Is the Hermes Agent Update?
The Hermes agent update is a new version of the Hermes AI agent system that makes your agents run multiple tasks at the same time. Before, agents worked like a slow line at a store – one job at a time. Now, safe jobs fire off together, so you get faster results without breaking anything.
This update is part of Julian Goldie’s Agent OS, a complete system that runs your business on autopilot. It uses a new method called Segmented Tool Batch Dispatch. That’s a fancy name for a simple idea: your agent no longer waits for each job to finish before starting the next one.
Instead, it groups tasks that don’t depend on each other and runs them all at once. Only risky jobs – ones that other steps need – hold back. You get the same correct result, but much faster.
02Key Features of the Hermes Update
The update brings a major speed boost to the whole Agent OS. Here are the main features explained in the episode:
- Parallel job execution – Safe jobs run at the same time, not one by one.
- Risk detection – Hermes checks each job to decide if it can run next to others.
- Swarm system – All safe jobs fire together, like a swarm, instead of a line.
- Token minimization – Uses fewer tokens, and you can even run on free local models.
- Easy update – Just run Hermes update to get the latest version.
These features make the entire Agent OS feel smoother. Multi-step jobs – like research, editing files, and making reports – are a big part of what agents do. Cutting the wait time on each one changes how fast you can ship work.
03How to Install the Hermes Update
Getting the update is simple. Julian shows that you just need to run a single command in your terminal:
- Open your terminal or command prompt.
- Type Hermes update.
- Press Enter and wait for the update to finish.
- Restart your Hermes agent if needed.
- Start using your agent – it should now run safe jobs in parallel.
That’s it. The update is free, and if you installed Hermes yourself, you can get this speed boost without paying anything. Julian emphasizes that there’s nothing stopping you from trying it right now.
04How to Use the Speed Boost in Your Agent OS
Julian shows a real example using his AI Profit Boardroom community. He asks his Hermes agent to do several things at once:
- Read his top blog post.
- Search what’s trending in AI.
- Pull his best content ideas.
- Draft three social posts about AI automation saving time.
- Check his calendar for the best time to post.
Before the update, the agent did these one by one – slow. Now, all the safe jobs fire off together. The risky job, like checking the calendar, waits if needed.
Julian says the whole process finishes in a fraction of the time, letting him grow his community faster.
He also explains how the speed works with a simple example. If each job takes two seconds, five jobs take ten seconds the old way. With the new update, they all run at once, so it takes just two seconds.
Same result, five times faster.
05Results and Comparisons from the Episode
Julian compares the old way to the new way. The old way is like a line – one person at a time. The new way is like a swarm – everybody moves together.
He calls the old problem the 'one at a time problem' and says it slowed down every agent in his Agent OS.
He also addresses the fear that running jobs together might break things. The answer is no because Hermes checks each job. If it’s safe, it runs.
If it changes something other jobs need, it waits. So you get speed without breaking anything.
There are no hard test numbers in the episode, but the example is clear: five 2-second jobs go from 10 seconds to 2 seconds. That’s a 5x speed increase for that case. Julian notes that real jobs don’t take exactly 2 seconds, but the principle holds.
06Tips, Limits, and Mistakes to Avoid
One important tip is to let the agent decide which jobs are risky. Don’t try to force everything to run at once – some steps need to wait. That’s built into the system, so trust it.
Another tip: don’t wait to learn Hermes. Julian says that people who start now get better every day, and if you wait, you fall behind. Start even a little bit today.
Limit: running many jobs at once might seem like it uses more tokens, but Julian says the token minimization playbook keeps usage low. You can also run on free local models – many support agents now.
Mistake to avoid: thinking the update is just a small tweak. Multi-step jobs are most of what agents do, so cutting wait time on each one changes your whole workflow speed.
07Who Should Use the Hermes Update and Why It Matters
This update is for anyone using AI agents to run a business – especially if you use Julian’s Agent OS. It’s built for people who want to save time on repetitive tasks like research, content creation, and scheduling.
Why it matters: faster agents mean you can ship more work, share more value, and stay ahead. Julian says you can’t compete with someone who’s moving this fast if you’re still waiting one job at a time.
If you want the full Agent OS, Julian mentions it’s available as a zip file inside the AI Profit Boardroom. That includes the Hermes swarm system, voice agent (Hermes Apollo), news tool (Hermes Oracle), keyword watcher (Hermes Astros), memory, and a Kanban board.
08What You Get with the Full Agent OS
Julian offers the complete Agent OS as a zip file, ready to install. It comes with several tools:
- Hermes swarm system – built-in parallel speed.
- Hermes Apollo – voice agent.
- Hermes Oracle – pulls trending news and sorts by hot topics.
- Hermes Astros – watches keywords and gives fresh content ideas.
- Memory system – connects to all agents.
- Kanban board – keeps everything flowing.
You also get model routing playbooks, 10,000 pre-built agents, new model briefings, and weekly coaching calls. Julian also mentions the AI Success Lab, a free community with over 38,000 members and 100+ AI use cases.
