Setting Up a Personal Assistant in Your Messaging Apps with Hermes and Upstash Box
Blog post from Upstash
Hermes is an open-source AI agent from Nous Research that uses a single messaging gateway to connect an assistant with WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Signal, and other communication platforms, allowing users to interact with it from familiar chats rather than a separate application. The setup described runs Hermes on an always-on Upstash Medium Box, an isolated Linux environment costing $16 monthly, which provides sufficient resources for the agent while keeping its shell access, file operations, memory, skills, and scheduled tasks separate from a user’s personal computer. After installing Hermes through SSH and configuring a model provider, local terminal backend, and user allowlists, WhatsApp can be linked by running a pairing command and scanning a QR code, either for self-chat or as a separate bot account. The gateway can be launched in the background and configured as an init script so it restarts after crashes or reboots while preserving the WhatsApp session. Other supported platforms follow a similar process involving platform setup, account pairing or API tokens, allowlists, and a gateway restart, with all channels sharing the same agent memory and capabilities. Potential uses include automated daily briefings, mobile research requests, repository or log-management tasks, and handling images or voice messages.
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