# Daily Hermes + AI Research Brief — 2026-05-23

## Important updates

- **Hermes v0.14.0 is the big local-agent upgrade to test next.** The latest GitHub release (May 16) says Hermes added SuperGrok OAuth with 1M-token Grok 4.3 context, an OpenAI-compatible local proxy for OAuth-authed providers, first-class `x_search`, Microsoft Teams plumbing, lighter/lazy installs, PyPI install support, ~19s faster cold start, 180x faster browser CDP calls, LINE/SimpleX gateways, `/handoff`, LSP diagnostics on writes, improved `computer_use`, Windows beta, OpenRouter Pareto Code router, and trusted Hugging Face skills taps. This directly affects Atlas provider routing, gateway reach, browser automation, and local coding-agent ergonomics. Source: [Hermes releases](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/releases).

- **Hermes v0.13.0’s durable Kanban board is still the most relevant architectural feature for Atlas/swarm work.** The release notes describe Kanban as a durable multi-agent board with heartbeat, reclaim, zombie detection, auto-block, dependency DAGs, dispatch daemon, and worker-gated tools. That maps closely to Will’s local swarm / Pi agent harness needs: durable task state beats fragile background chats. Source: [Hermes v0.13 release](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/blob/main/RELEASE_v0.13.0.md).

- **OpenAI Codex is moving toward long-running, remote, cross-device agents.** The May 21 Codex changelog says Goal mode is now available across the app, IDE extension, and CLI for objectives that can run “hours or even days”; Codex also added Appshots, remote computer use after a Mac locks, plugin marketplace sharing with skills/MCP/hooks bundles, and browser-use reliability/structured extraction improvements. Useful pattern for Hermes/Atlas: explicit goal mode + remote host continuity + shareable tool bundles. Source: [Codex changelog](https://developers.openai.com/codex/changelog).

- **Codex now supports trusted non-interactive automation tokens.** OpenAI’s May 5 changelog entry says Enterprise admins can allow members to create Codex access tokens for scripts, schedulers, and private CI runners. Even if Will does not use Codex Enterprise, this is a strong signal: scheduled/CI agent auth is becoming a first-class surface, and Hermes cron/gateway auth should keep separating human OAuth, job identity, and least-privilege automation tokens. Source: [Codex changelog](https://developers.openai.com/codex/changelog).

- **Agent traffic gateways are converging around LLM + MCP + A2A + Kubernetes in one data plane.** Agentgateway positions itself as a Linux Foundation project for “LLM, MCP, A2A, and HTTP in one data plane,” with integrations for Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Hermes, MCP servers, OpenTelemetry, Kubernetes, and major providers. For CoreWeave-style GPU/k8s work, watch this class of gateway as the possible control plane between local agents, hosted inference, MCP tools, and observability. Source: [agentgateway](https://agentgateway.dev/).

## Actionable ideas for us

- **[quick] Upgrade-check Hermes locally** with `hermes update` / `hermes doctor`, then specifically smoke-test v0.14 features that matter: PyPI/lazy deps, browser CDP speed, LSP diagnostics, `/handoff`, and the OpenRouter Pareto Code router.
- **[experiment] Prototype a small Hermes Kanban board** for Atlas jobs: one dispatcher task, two worker profiles, heartbeat/reclaim enabled, and Obsidian note output as the completion artifact.
- **[experiment] Test Hermes’ OpenAI-compatible local proxy** as a unifying endpoint for Codex/Aider/Cline/Continue against existing OAuth-backed providers; compare latency, context caching, and failure modes.
- **[watch] Track agentgateway’s MCP/A2A routing model** for whether it can front local MCP servers and GPU-hosted inference without overcomplicating Atlas’ current setup.

## Worth ignoring

- Generic “Claude Code vs Codex” comparison posts unless they include reproducible benchmarks, config details, or concrete failure cases.
- Broad “top LLMOps tools” listicles; most are vendor SEO unless they show real routing, eval, cost, or Kubernetes deployment examples.
- Consumer-only agent demos that do not expose tool permissions, auth, logs, or recoverability.
