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💻 root@agent-lab:~$ hermes --help

🤖 Hermes Agent CLI Cheatsheet ⚡

A cyberpunk-style Hermes Agent CLI reference for Linux 🐧, AI workflows 🤖, TMUX productivity 💻, cloud engineering ☁️, and secure terminal operations 🔐.

$ mission 🎯

Use Hermes Agent to accelerate repo analysis 🧠, documentation 📚, debugging 🧯, cloud workflows ☁️, and AI-assisted engineering ⚡ while maintaining strong operational awareness 🔐.

🚀 Core Commands

Start Hermes Agenthermes
Show help menuhermes --help
Show versionhermes --version
Run interactive modehermes chat
Run with modelhermes --model <model-name>
Verbose logginghermes --verbose

🤖 Model + Provider Usage

Use OpenAI providerhermes --provider openai
Use local modelhermes --provider ollama
Specify API endpointhermes --api-base http://localhost:11434
Specify model directlyhermes --model llama3
Environment variable authexport OPENAI_API_KEY=<key>

💻 Agent Workflows

Analyze repohermes analyze .
Explain codebasehermes summarize .
Generate documentationhermes docs .
Review security posturehermes security-review .
Assist with debugginghermes debug <project>

🐧 Linux + TMUX Workflows

Run Hermes in TMUXtmux new -s hermes
Launch Hermes inside sessionhermes chat
Detach session safelyCtrl+b then d
Reattach latertmux attach -t hermes
Monitor logs in second panetail -f logs/app.log

🔐 Security Practices

Never hardcode secretsUse environment variables
Review generated codegit diff
Verify dependenciesnpm audit
Validate build before deploynpm run build
Check repo status before commitgit status
🧠 Recommended Workflow

Run Hermes Agent inside TMUX 🐧 with multiple panes for GitHub workflows 🐙, Cloudflare deployments ☁️, SSH sessions 🔐, and deployment logs 📡. This creates a strong AI-assisted terminal workflow for security engineering and cloud operations ⚡.