Hermes Agent (Tobi's)
Updated 2026-04-05
Tobi talks to it over Telegram.
A systemd-managed automation service running on the VPS. It keeps vault sync and clipping processing in one place instead of scattering the work across loose cron jobs.
Naming note: Nous Research also has an open-source project called “Hermes Agent” — an autonomous CLI agent with a skills system and messaging gateway. That is a different project.
Role
Hermes starts and supervises the workflow around Obsidian Headless:
- Sync the vault.
- Read and process new clippings.
- Write the results back into the sync.
Why systemd
Systemd fits this better than a loosely started script because it gives boot-time startup, automatic restarts on failure, and clean logs in one place.
Connections
- Obsidian Headless
- Nous Research — same name, different open-source project.
AGENTS.md— workflow configuration in the vault.