30 Days of Hermes Agent
The interactive-terminal edition of 30 Days of Hermes Agent.
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$ open "Your First Conversation"
Start the Personal Knowledge Vault by asking Hermes Agent to read the folder and write OVERVIEW.md.
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What you'll build
Curriculum
7 sections, 30 labs, about 4 h
- 1
Your First ConversationFree preview
Start the Personal Knowledge Vault by asking Hermes Agent to read the folder and write OVERVIEW.md.
6 min
- 2
Your First Edit
Clean up a messy note in a real terminal: add a heading, make a bullet list, fix typos.
6 min
Pro - 3
Be Specific
Write your own precise prompt in a real terminal to create a structured book-summary note.
7 min
Pro - 4
Reference Files with @
Use @file: in a real terminal to point Hermes Agent at two notes and merge them into one combined note.
7 min
Pro - 5
Make a Reusable Template
Create a daily-note template with placeholders and standard sections in a real terminal.
6 min
Pro - 6
Organize a Messy Folder
Let Hermes Agent sort loose notes into meetings/ and ideas/ subfolders in a real terminal.
7 min
Pro - 7
Undo Safely
In a real terminal, make a bold change, then undo it with plain language or /undo - and confirm the original content is back.
6 min
Pro - 8
Managing the Conversation
Type /clear in a real terminal to reset context between two unrelated tasks.
6 min
Pro - 9
Discover What Hermes Agent Can Do
Explore the live slash-command menu and /help in a real terminal; save an accurate CHEATSHEET.md.
6 min
Pro - 10
Capstone: Organize Your Vault
In a real terminal, tidy the whole vault and create an INDEX.md table of contents linking your notes.
10 min
Pro
Your instructor
Elvis Saravia
Founder, DAIR.AI
Elvis founded DAIR.AI and wrote the Prompt Engineering Guide, one of the most widely used references on working with language models. He has worked at companies like Meta AI and Elastic, and specializes in AI agents, RAG, and harness engineering.
How labs work
Live workspace
You run the real tools in a browser workspace. Nothing to install.
Checkpoints
Each lab checks your files and output, then unlocks the next one.
Your work stays
The workspace persists between labs so you finish with a project.