The latest AI news and updates of Nous Research — Open-source AI research lab; develops the Hermes family of open language models and the Hermes Agent. Covering Nous Research's latest product updates, launches, and company news from the past 90 days.
Nous Research23h agoNous Research released the Advanced Delegation plugin for Hermes Agent, adding model-route and profile-route modes to task delegation. The orchestrator now assigns a specific model or Hermes profile to each subagent based on user-defined routes. This update requires Hermes 0.22.5 or newer and keeps provider credentials out of the model's tool parameters to prevent unauthorized routing.
Nous ResearchOct 22Nous Research launched an official Meshy plugin for Hermes Agent, enabling text-to-3D, rigging, and animation through Meshy’s MCP server. Hermes Desktop renders models inline and stores them in a gallery with their prompts, while messaging apps receive short preview videos. The plugin requires a Meshy Pro API key and supports 3D print preparation and format conversion.
Nous ResearchOct 21Nous Research closed the GTC Berlin 2026 keynote with a Hermes Agent demo. Configured in one prompt on NVIDIA RTX Spark, the agent planned a robotics obstacle course using Nemotron and directed GPT-6 Astra to build it with FreeCAD, Omniverse, and Isaac Lab. It then trained thousands of simulated ducks to generate a validated policy for physical robot deployment.
Nous ResearchOct 14Nous Research launched Hermes Agent v0.22.0, the "Threshold Release," featuring accountless onboarding and one-click local model installation. The update adds connectors for hosted apps like Linear and Notion, a 600-plugin catalog, and support for the latest Claude 5.5 and GPT-6 model waves. It also introduces signed desktop packages and stable release channels to improve installation reliability.
Nous ResearchOct 10Nous Research launched MISSINGNO., a coding and agentic reasoning model designed for high token efficiency. The model is available for free for a limited time on the Nous Portal and integrates directly into the Hermes Agent for autonomous workflows.
Nous ResearchOct 9Nous Research makes StepFun's Step 5 Preview model free on Nous Portal for one week. The 600B-total / 27B-active MoE model features a 1M-token context window and vision capabilities. It achieved a 32.83 score on the Hermes Index, placing it behind GPT-6 Luna and GLM 5.3 Flash.
Nous ResearchOct 8Nous Research launched Hermes Agent on ASUS ProArt RTX Spark PCs, including the P16 and P14 laptops and GR1X Mini PC. The integration connects natural language commands to MuseTree and ComfyUI for local image and video generation. These workstations support 27B–120B parameter models using up to 128 GB of unified memory for private, unmetered creative workflows.
Nous ResearchOct 7Nous Research launched Hermes Index, a leaderboard measuring AI model performance inside Hermes Agent across four benchmark suites. The index reports mean task completion scores and average costs per task. Claude Opus 5.5 currently leads the rankings with a 63.31 score at 4.99 dollars per task, followed by GPT 6 Astra and Claude Sonnet 5.5.
Nous ResearchOct 5Nous Research published a manifesto defining core principles for AI agent ownership. The framework mandates user control over model selection, data privacy, and execution environments. It requires transparency in agent reasoning and tool access, while guaranteeing full rights to export, read, and modify the underlying agent code.
Nous ResearchSep 29Nous Research partnered with OpenAI to bring Sign in with ChatGPT to Nous Portal. The integration links Hermes Agent plans to existing OpenAI credentials, centralizing account management. Configuration occurs within ChatGPT settings under the Account Settings and Linked Accounts menu.
Nous ResearchSep 16Nous Research launched a Plugin Catalog for Hermes Agent, featuring 4 official and 96 community-contributed plugins. The directory covers tools, browsing, and desktop modifications, with every entry undergoing human review. Each plugin uses exact SHA pins and capability declarations to ensure security, allowing users to install and manage extensions through a single command.
Nous ResearchSep 16Nous Research used its Hermes Agent to autonomously refactor its own codebase. Over nineteen hours, 1,393 subagents processed one million lines of Python, reducing the codebase by 34.4%. The company estimates this task saved nearly $2 million in engineering hours, with a model spend of approximately $19,300.
Nous ResearchSep 15Nous Research launched Hermes Business and Enterprise, bringing organizational management to its Hermes Agent. Hermes Business provides shared team deployments with a central balance, per-member spend caps, and a shared skill library on Nous infrastructure. Hermes Enterprise offers the same agent capabilities for on-prem or private cloud environments, including SSO, SLAs, and white-glove onboarding.
Nous ResearchSep 10Nous Research updated Hermes Agent to display detailed, live information on all subagent activities. The update adds manual steering and stopping controls for subagents directly within the CLI and Desktop Application. These features provide visibility into parallel worker tasks and allow for immediate intervention during autonomous execution.
Nous ResearchSep 8Nous Research integrated its Hermes agent into Omarchy, DHH's Arch-based agentic Linux distribution. The Hermes desktop app is installable from the AI menu, or Hermes functions as the default terminal agent. Omarchy themes now apply automatically to the Hermes desktop app, TUI, and CLI, providing a unified visual experience across the system.
Nous ResearchSep 5Nous Research now offers OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra model through the Nous Portal. The platform provides access to the model at a 20% discount. The portal interface supports the model for agentic tasks, providing a cost-reduced path to frontier capabilities.
Nous ResearchSep 3Nous Research updated Hermes Desktop to automate local model configuration. The app now detects hardware, selects the optimal model build, downloads it, and configures the runtime in a single click. This flow is available during initial onboarding or via the Providers section in Settings, enabling private, offline model execution without manual runtime or context management.
Nous ResearchSep 2Nous Research updated Hermes Agent v0.21.0 with persistent multi-gateway connections for the desktop app. This feature enables simultaneous connections to any combination of remote Hermes Cloud instances or local agents. The desktop interface now surfaces every bot and chat across all connected gateways in a single view, centralizing management for distributed agent deployments.
Nous ResearchAug 31Nous Research launched Hermes Agent v0.21.0, introducing Bot Mode to enable a society of named agents with group chats and bot-to-bot communication. The release adds persistent memory for cron jobs, live subagent steering, and an integrated MCP command center. It also expands model support and enables the agent to directly drive the desktop browser.
Nous ResearchAug 30Nous Research added an official Box skill to Hermes Agent, which acts as the user to manage files, versions, and metadata in bulk. The skill uses Box AI for content analysis, keeping source files within Box’s governed environment. It supports searching, extracting document data, and querying the cloud file system directly through the agent.
Nous ResearchAug 27Nous Research updated Hermes Agent with real-profile browsing, allowing the agent to act with a user's existing logins and cookies. The feature creates a managed snapshot of the active browser profile, enabling authenticated web interaction. This mode is consent-gated, off by default, and automatically deletes the snapshot when disabled to ensure credential security.
Nous ResearchAug 27Nous Research added 44 new connections to the Hermes Agent built-in MCP Connectors Catalog, enabling one-click setup for services like Cloudflare, Datadog, Metabase, GitLab, Railway, and DeepWiki within the Hermes Desktop App. The update includes a Tool Search feature that prevents activated connectors from consuming context window space during agent tasks.
Nous ResearchAug 22Nous Research makes the Ox Alpha model available for free via the Nous Portal for a limited time. The platform supports a capacity of one quadrillion tokens per day. This access provides resources for reasoning and coding workloads through the portal interface.
Nous ResearchAug 22Nous Research launched Hermes Cloud, an always-on remote environment for Hermes Agent that maintains agent activity when local devices are offline. The platform supports bot mode, custom model connections, and self-improving execution. It provides a cost-efficient infrastructure for running multiple agent instances 24/7 at a fraction of standard monthly subscription costs.
Nous ResearchAug 22Hermes Agent now runs NVIDIA's SkillEvaluator on skill installs to detect PII, leaked secrets, Unicode smuggling, licensing, and security issues before confirmation. This integration provides an advisory scan of file-line findings during the installation flow. Nous Research also applied these checks to its own bundled skills, identifying and resolving issues in 11 of them.
Nous ResearchAug 22Nous Research introduced Bot Mode for Hermes Desktop, transforming agent profiles into specialized, named bots. Each bot maintains its own role, model, memory, skills, and avatar. These bots operate independently, support custom model selection, and communicate directly with one another to coordinate complex tasks.
Nous ResearchAug 15Nous Research added a /loop slash command to Hermes Agent, enabling recurring prompt execution within active sessions. The feature supports fixed intervals or a self-paced mode that automatically adjusts cadence based on output changes. It includes configurable stop conditions like task completion, run counts, or specific evidence-based criteria to manage token usage during unattended monitoring tasks.
Nous ResearchAug 13Nous Research is offering free access to Meituan’s LongCat-2.0 model on the Nous Portal for one week. This 1.6-trillion-parameter Mixture-of-Experts model features a native 1-million-token context window and is optimized for agentic coding. It achieves a 70.8 score on Terminal-Bench 2.1, supporting the autonomous execution of repository-level software engineering tasks.
Nous ResearchAug 12Nous Research updated Hermes Agent to support portable, shareable profiles. The new /export command saves a profile as a single file containing skills, memory, persona, crons, plugins, settings, and desktop layouts, while automatically stripping sensitive credentials. The /import command restores these profiles on new machines or shared setups, enabling consistent agent configurations across environments.
Nous ResearchAug 10Nous Research updated Hermes Agent with a new Browser Use mode that replaces twelve individual browser tools with a single script-driven harness. Powered by the Browser Use CLI 3.0, this update allows the agent to execute web tasks via scripts rather than per-click tool calls, reducing token consumption by 48–66% without sacrificing accuracy.
Nous ResearchAug 10Nous Research is extending its 90% discount on the DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 model for an additional three days. The promotion remains available through the Nous Portal, providing continued access to the model at the reduced rate.
Nous ResearchAug 2Nous Research, in partnership with Novita Labs, is offering DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 at a 90% discount on the Nous Portal for the next seven days. The model is priced to be over 1000x cheaper than Anthropic’s Fable 5 on comparable tasks, while outperforming it on the Terminal-Bench 2.1 benchmark.
Nous ResearchJul 31Nous Research released the Hermes Desktop Plugin SDK for building native app extensions. The SDK supports adding pages, sidebar navigation, hotkeys, and status bar items through single ESM files without a build step. The company also shipped its first official plugin, a desktop-native Kanban board that provides persistent task management directly within the agent workspace.
Nous ResearchJul 31Nous Research now offers free access to the Black Forest Labs FLUX 3 Preview for all Portal users, including the free tier. This update removes the previous subscription requirement for the 48-hour preview period. The model is available for testing directly through the Hermes Agent platform without a paid account.
Nous ResearchJul 30Nous Research makes a preview of Black Forest Labs’ FLUX 3 model available on the Hermes Agent platform for the next 48 hours. The integration is free for paid Portal subscribers and includes a short film contest running until August 1. The contest awards generation credits and merchandise to the top three film entries submitted by the deadline.
Nous ResearchJul 30Nous Research Hermes Agent now integrates with Buzz, Block's open-source, self-hostable workspace built on Nostr. The integration offers three connection paths: local runtime via Buzz Desktop, a relay bridge for hosted agent identities, or a native gateway platform. The native gateway enables full Hermes functionality, including memory, skills, approvals, and cron delivery, within shared messaging channels.
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