You Don't Have to Learn Hermes From Scratch — I Brought My Existing Skills In

May 28, 2026 · 9:41 PM UTC ·6 min read · 0 reactions · 0 comments · 34 views

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The article discusses the author's experience integrating existing software development skills into the Hermes platform. By leveraging established workflows, the author was able to build a community coffee knowledge base in just three days without needing to learn Hermes from scratch. The piece highlights the benefits of using Hermes as a runtime while maintaining the structure of existing skills.

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▪The author created a set of agent skills and personas for software development before discovering Hermes.
▪They successfully integrated their existing workflow into Hermes without needing to rewrite or migrate their skills.
▪The project built on Hermes, Brew Guide, was completed in three days, demonstrating the efficiency of using established workflows.

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try { if(localStorage) { let currentUser = localStorage.getItem('current_user'); if (currentUser) { currentUser = JSON.parse(currentUser); if (currentUser.id === 72273) { document.getElementById('article-show-container').classList.add('current-user-is-article-author'); } } } } catch (e) { console.error(e); } sunny yuen Posted on May 28 You Don't Have to Learn Hermes From Scratch — I Brought My Existing Skills In #hermesagentchallenge #devchallenge #agents #devtools Hermes Agent Challenge Submission: Write About Hermes Agent This is a submission for the Hermes Agent Challenge: Write About Hermes Agent I Didn't Start With Hermes Six months ago I started building a set of agent skills and personas for how I build software. Not generic prompts — opinionated role files.

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