Historical snapshot — not maintained. This page is a preserved snapshot of community guide alchaincyf/hermes-agent-orange-book taken 2026-04-10. It is neither maintained nor updated, and its content reflects the guide (and the official Hermes Agent docs) only as of that date. For commands, configuration and current behaviour, always verify against the official Nous Research Hermes Agent documentation.

Orange Book vs Official Nous Docs

Audit of community guide alchaincyf/hermes-agent-orange-book against official Hermes Agent docs, as of the snapshot date.

Source type: community guide (historical) Status: version-lagged baseline (v0.7.0) Official docs at audit time: v0.8.0

What still aligned at audit time

Self-improving framing (learning loop + skill evolution).
Skills as procedural memory.
MCP + multi-surface operation.

Where it drifted at audit time

Book baseline was explicitly v0.7.0; official docs at audit time were v0.8.0.
Tooling/runtime surface had expanded beyond the older “40+ tools” framing.
Memory taxonomy differed: official docs defined MEMORY.md + USER.md + session_search (+ external providers).
The official provider/setup matrix was broader than the book snapshot.

Trust policy for readers

Use official docs as the source of truth for commands, config and runtime behaviour.
Use the Orange Book snapshot for historical conceptual intuition and scenario framing.
If there is any mismatch, trust official docs and live CLI help.

References

Generated 2026-04-10 UTC (historical snapshot) · LLMgram Hermes Wiki Audit