Running Hermes Agent in Telegram and Discord

Melvin Vivas · X post · 2026-07-04 · Open on X

Topics: AI Agents, Tool Use & MCP, AI Dev Tools & Productivity · Level: beginner

Summary

The creator installed Hermes Agent in both Telegram and Discord. He prefers Discord because the agent creates threads by default, which keeps conversations organized.

Key points

• Hermes Agent can run inside chat apps such as Telegram and Discord.
• In Discord, Hermes creates threads by default, which keeps separate tasks apart.

Resources mentioned

• Hermes Agent · tool · github.com · free
  Nous Research's open-source AI agent with CLI, TUI and desktop interfaces. It now supports hands-free activation with a wake word.
  Also in: Inspecting Coding-Agent Traces Live with JSONL Viewer (Codex, Claude Code) (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Hermes Agent: each bot is its own profile (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), An X research bot built with Hermes (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Run Your Hermes Agent on Free LFM2.5-2.6B via OpenRouter (Melvin Vivas on X · notes) and 55 more
• Discord · tool · discord.com · free
  Chat platform with servers and threads, used here as a client for Hermes Agent.
  Also in: Coworker: An Open-Source Desktop Agent App for Local and Cloud Models (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Coworker v0.6.0 Adds Discord Integration for AI Agents (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Using Hermes Agent with Discord vs Telegram as Chat Clients (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Set Up MaxClaw in MiniMax Agent and Connect It to Telegram (Melvin Vivas on X · notes)
• Telegram · tool · telegram.org · free
  Messaging app that can be connected to MaxClaw so you chat with the agent there.
  Also in: Coworker: An Open-Source Desktop Agent App for Local and Cloud Models (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Coworker: Free Local-First Desktop App for Running AI Agents (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Coworker v0.3.1: Telegram Streaming Sync, Built Fast with Codex (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Coworker v0.3.1: Streaming Sync Between Telegram and Coworker (Melvin Vivas on X · notes) and 3 more

Try this

• Connect Hermes Agent to Discord to get thread-based conversations.