Appreciate that you actually walk through setup instead of skipping to the demo — with agents, the config and permissions layer is where most people bounce off, not the reasoning. The advanced section is where it earns its keep: knowing when to hand an agent a tool vs. letting it improvise is basically the whole skill. Bookmarking this one to send to people who ask me "so how do I actually run it."
the part about openclaw being buggy and spending more time fixing than working hits close to home. switched to hermes about two months ago for my digital products business and the difference isn't just stability — it's that the skills system lets you build real workflows instead of one-off tasks. the maintenance tax is still there though. cron jobs drift, skills go stale, and you don't notice until the output stops. worth it but not zero-cost
Through Hermes' gateway, mate. Run hermes gateway setup, pick WhatsApp, then pair it. I put it on a cheap second number (Hushed, about $6/mo) so it stays separate from my personal WhatsApp. Full steps are in the walkthrough :)
Nice thanks, I actually run This same stack but using Claude code as the agent and telegram - do you think there’s any meaningful benefit of this setup using an API an tokens + Hermes ? Over just getting the same benefits but using your pro / max subscription (which is probably cheaper) ??
Love doing these collabs with you brate
Appreciate that you actually walk through setup instead of skipping to the demo — with agents, the config and permissions layer is where most people bounce off, not the reasoning. The advanced section is where it earns its keep: knowing when to hand an agent a tool vs. letting it improvise is basically the whole skill. Bookmarking this one to send to people who ask me "so how do I actually run it."
It was so cool to work on this with you guys! 🔥🫶
the part about openclaw being buggy and spending more time fixing than working hits close to home. switched to hermes about two months ago for my digital products business and the difference isn't just stability — it's that the skills system lets you build real workflows instead of one-off tasks. the maintenance tax is still there though. cron jobs drift, skills go stale, and you don't notice until the output stops. worth it but not zero-cost
How did you connect to WhatsApp?
Through Hermes' gateway, mate. Run hermes gateway setup, pick WhatsApp, then pair it. I put it on a cheap second number (Hushed, about $6/mo) so it stays separate from my personal WhatsApp. Full steps are in the walkthrough :)
Nice thanks, I actually run This same stack but using Claude code as the agent and telegram - do you think there’s any meaningful benefit of this setup using an API an tokens + Hermes ? Over just getting the same benefits but using your pro / max subscription (which is probably cheaper) ??
Thanks
Ahhh WhatsApp web with QR code