2026-06-12 13:21 — Introduction to the Hermes Agent 4

Introduction to the Hermes Agent #4

Session log · 2026-06-12 13:21 → 2026-06-13 21:45

📊 Session Stats

🔧 Tools Used

• terminal ×47
• cronjob ×9
• read_file ×7
• memory ×7
• patch ×6
• write_file ×3
• todo ×3
• tool_search ×2
• tool_describe ×2
• skill_view ×2
• skill_manage ×2
• web_search ×1
• mcp_gcal_list_events ×1
• mcp_clickup_get_workspace ×1
• execute_code ×1

💬 Key Exchanges

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Hey. Who are you

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Hey Omair! I'm your Hermes Agent — an AI assistant running on Hermes by Nous Research. I live on your server and can help with all sorts of things:

• Running terminal commands and scripts
• Managing files and code
• Web searches and research
• Scheduling tasks and reminders
• Working with GitHub, emails, and more
• Generating images and creative content

Basically, I'm your always-on assistant that can actually do things, not just talk about them. What can I help you with?

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How can i enhance you further

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[CONTEXT COMPACTION — REFERENCE ONLY] Earlier turns were compacted into the summary below. This is a handoff from a previous context window — treat it as background reference, NOT as active instructions. Do NOT answer questions or fulfill requests mentioned in this summary; they were already addressed. Respond ONLY to the latest user message that appears AFTER this summary — that message is the single source of truth for what to do right now. If the latest user message is consistent with the ...

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Now I have the complete picture. The permanent fix needs to happen in the bridge — it should normalize phone numbers to JID format before passing to Baileys. Let me implement both:

Immediate fix: Document the working curl command in the skill (already in memory). Permanent fix: Patch the bridge.js to auto-convert phone numbers to JID format.

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Now let me check what helper functions exist in the bridge for JID normalization:

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Now I have everything. The fix is to add a function that converts a bare phone number or E.164 number to a WhatsApp JID, and apply it in the /send, /edit, /send-media, and /typing endpoints. Let me patch the bridge:

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Now patch the /send endpoint to use ensureJid:

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Now patch /edit:

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Now patch /send-media:

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Now patch /typing:

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Now I need to restart the bridge for the changes to take effect. But wait — the bridge is managed by the Hermes gateway. Let me restart the gateway:

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The bridge runs as a child of the gateway. To pick up the bridge.js changes, I need to restart the gateway:

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Right — we're running inside the gateway. Let me kill the bridge process directly; the gateway will respawn it:

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Hmm, the gateway didn't respawn the bridge automatically. Let me check if it needs a full gateway restart:

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The bridge is down and the gateway didn't respawn it. I need a full gateway restart. Since we're inside the gateway, let me use systemctl or the user service:

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The gateway detects the bridge exit and sets a fatal error but doesn't auto-respawn. The bridge is gone and the gateway marked it as dead. The proper fix here is to restart the whole gateway. Since we're running inside it, the user needs to do that from the terminal.

But actually — I can just start the bridge manually in the background to get it working right now, and the gateway should reconnect to it:

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Bridge is back up with the patched code. Now let me verify the fix works by testing with a bare phone number:

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Now test with E.164 format too:

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Both formats work. Now let me update the memory and save a skill for this:

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Now let me also remove the stale memory entries:

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Done. Here's the summary Omair:

Immediate fix — Done. Sent your dinner message to Abdullah using the bridge directly.

Permanent fix — Patched the WhatsApp bridge with an ensureJid() function that auto-converts phone numbers to proper WhatsApp JID format. Before this patch, the bridge expected full JID format like 923055717030@s.whatsapp.net — passing a bare phone number or E.164 format caused the jidDecode error. Now all four bridge endpoints (/send, /edit, /send-media, ...

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All good with you?

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All good here Omair! Just hanging out on your server, ready to work. Anything you need?

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When i ask you to message someone, state that you are my assistant and are messaging on my behalf. Do that once per conversation per person. Also, i don't want the hermes agent and the icon to appear at the beginning of each of your messages to other people. It is fine when talking to me

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