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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 Agent hermes
Show help menu hermes --help
Show version hermes --version
Run interactive mode hermes chat
Run with model hermes --model <model-name>
Verbose logging hermes --verbose

🤖 Model + Provider Usage

Use OpenAI provider hermes --provider openai
Use local model hermes --provider ollama
Specify API endpoint hermes --api-base http://localhost:11434
Specify model directly hermes --model llama3
Environment variable auth export OPENAI_API_KEY=<key>

💻 Agent Workflows

Analyze repo hermes analyze .
Explain codebase hermes summarize .
Generate documentation hermes docs .
Review security posture hermes security-review .
Assist with debugging hermes debug <project>

🐧 Linux + TMUX Workflows

Run Hermes in TMUX tmux new -s hermes
Launch Hermes inside session hermes chat
Detach session safely Ctrl+b then d
Reattach later tmux attach -t hermes
Monitor logs in second pane tail -f logs/app.log

🔐 Security Practices

Never hardcode secrets Use environment variables
Review generated code git diff
Verify dependencies npm audit
Validate build before deploy npm run build
Check repo status before commit git 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 ⚡.