What the Hermes Agent Update Is and How It Works

The Hermes Agent update is a new feature that makes your Hermes AI agent portable. Before this update, everything you built—your persona, memory, skills, and schedules—was stuck on one machine. Now, you can export your entire agent setup into a single file and move it to another computer or share it with someone else.

Here's how it works. Hermes exports your profile, but it does not include any of your private credentials. API keys, login tokens, and your .mv file are stripped out automatically. So when someone imports your agent, they can use your agent's brain, but they have to authenticate with their own access. This one design choice makes the feature safe for sharing, not just for backups.

In this episode, Julian Goldie explains that this update changes how you build and use AI agents. It turns a hand-built, machine-locked agent into a packaged, portable one. That means you can take your agent with you, hand it to a teammate, or start from a shared profile instead of a blank setup.

What Is Inside the Hermes Agent Export File

The export file from the Hermes Agent update contains six pieces. Each one is important, and together they make up the whole agent. Here is what travels with the file:

  • Persona – This is the identity of your agent. It defines how your agent talks, what it cares about, and what it will or won't do. Most people spend the most time getting this right.
  • Skills – These are the reusable abilities your agent has built up over time. Before this update, they lived on one machine. Now they move with the file.
  • Memory – Hermes is built around persistent memory. It remembers your past sessions, what you asked for last week, and what worked. This is the most valuable part because it comes from your actual time together.
  • Cron jobs – Every scheduled task carries over. Import on a new machine, and your agent picks up its routine straight away.
  • Plugins and settings – Every tool you connected and every option you changed is included.
  • Desktop themes and layout – Even the way your Hermes desktop looks moves with the file.

This is not a partial backup. It is the whole agent.

How to Set Up the Hermes Agent Update with Agent OS

To get the full benefit of the Hermes Agent update, you can use it inside the Agent OS, which is part of the AI Profit Boardroom. The Agent OS is a system that plugs Hermes in alongside other AI tools like Claude, OpenClaw, and Free Claude code, all running inside one dashboard with shared memory. Here is how to get set up:

  1. Go to aiprofitboardroom.com or click the link in the description to get the Agent OS zip file.
  2. Download the zip file. Hermes is already plugged in and pre-configured, so you are not building from scratch.
  3. Watch the full video walkthrough that shows you exactly how to install it.
  4. Use the 30-day roadmap to set up your Hermes persona, build memory and skills around your actual work, and set up cron jobs that run overnight.
  5. When you are ready, use the new Hermes export feature to export your profile and move it between machines.
  6. If you want to skip setup completely, use the pre-built Hermes profile inside the Agent OS. That lets you start from a working agent on day one.

You also get access to four coaching calls every week, a prompt library built around Hermes, and a member map to connect with other Agent OS users near you.

How to Use the Hermes Agent Update with Agent OS

Once you have the Agent OS set up, the Hermes Agent update lets you do powerful things. Here are two examples shown in the episode.

First, you can create a research agent that checks new AI tools every morning. Inside the Agent OS, you set that up as a cron job that runs overnight. By the time you sit down at your desk, the agent has already done the research and compiled a summary relevant to your business and audience. You just review, act, and you're done. Work that used to take a couple of hours in the morning is waiting for you before you even open your laptop.

Second, you can set up a content workflow. You create a Hermes agent with a persona trained around your voice and your community. You point it at your content topics, schedule it, and let it run. It pulls together drafts, summaries, and post ideas without you in the room.

The Agent OS is not just one agent. It is a full system where your agents work together, share memory, and run on a schedule. And now, with the Hermes export update, you can move that whole system or hand it to a teammate in one file. You can start from a shared profile instead of a blank setup.

What the Hermes Agent Update Means for the Future

The Hermes Agent update is part of a bigger trend. Julian explains that right now, when you want an agent, you build one. Soon, when you want an agent, you will import one. Someone will have already built a version close to what you need. You start from their file and make it yours.

Think about how websites went from hand-built to template-based. Documents went from blank pages to shared formats. Agents are making the same move. They are going from hand-built and machine-locked to packaged and portable. Hermes just made that real.

This changes what you can do with your agents. Your agent becomes something you can keep, move, and build on for good. If your laptop breaks, your agent is not gone. You can share your setup with your team without walking them through every setting. You can start from a shared profile instead of a blank setup. The starting line just moved closer.

Who Should Use the Hermes Agent Update

The Hermes Agent update is for anyone who has been building with Hermes or thinking about it. If you have spent weeks building your persona, skills, memory, and cron jobs, this update makes sure none of that is locked to one machine. You can move it, back it up, and share it.

It is also for teams. Before this update, sharing your setup meant walking someone through every single setting. Now you can hand them a file. They import it, authenticate with their own keys, and they have your agent's brain.

It matters because the most valuable part of your agent is its memory. That memory came from your actual time together. You cannot rebuild it from scratch. Now it moves with the file. If you are building with AI and want to keep your work safe and portable, this update is worth your attention.

Tips, Limits, and Mistakes to Avoid with Hermes Agent Update

Here are some important tips and limits to keep in mind with the Hermes Agent update, based on what Julian shared in the episode.

  • Credentials are stripped automatically – The export never includes API keys, login tokens, or your .mv file. When someone else imports your agent, they use their own access keys.
  • Memory is the most valuable piece – It is built from your actual sessions, so treat the export file with care. That memory is what makes your agent useful.
  • You still need to authenticate after importing – Even if you get a pre-built profile, you have to authenticate with your own access before you can work.
  • Build one worth keeping – Since your agent is now portable, invest time in making your persona, skills, and memory high quality. You can move it, but the quality comes from your effort.
  • Don't assume it works everywhere – The export is designed for the Hermes ecosystem and the Agent OS, so make sure your new machine has the right setup.

Avoid the mistake of thinking the export is just a backup. It is also a sharing tool. Use it to give your team a head start, not just to protect against laptop failure.