01What Hermes Agent Minimax M3 Is and How It Works

Hermes Agent Minimax M3 is a powerful combination where Hermes acts as an AI agent and Minimax M3 serves as the brain. Together, they create a system that can generate images, videos, and voiceovers while working autonomously for hours. This setup turns AI from a simple chat tool into a full production studio.

In this episode, Julian Goldie demonstrates how these two technologies work together. Hermes provides the body that can open files, run tools, and execute tasks. Minimax M3 provides the intelligence, holding a million words in memory at once.

When combined, they form a team that can handle complex jobs without constant supervision.

02Main Features of Hermes Agent and Minimax M3

  • Million-token context window: M3 remembers about a million words, like a stack of books taller than you.
  • Multimodal creation: You can generate images, videos, and voiceovers in one place.
  • Autonomous operation: M3 can work for 24 hours straight, making over 1,959 moves without help.
  • Goal mode: You can set a goal and let the agent work on its own until it finishes.
  • Open source availability: M3 will be released on Hugging Face, and you can test it with Olama.
  • Integration with agent OS: It works inside a dashboard with other agents like Claude, sharing memory.

03How to Set Up Hermes Agent with Minimax M3

Setting up this system is easier than you might think, and you don't need to be technical. Here are the steps Julian showed in the episode:

  1. Get access to Hermes Agent and Minimax M3. You can test M3 for free with Olama.
  2. Install the necessary tools like OpenClaude, Codex, or Claude Code, depending on your setup.
  3. If you have a good local setup, download M3 from Hugging Face when it's released. Otherwise, use the cloud version.
  4. Log into Hermes with your Minimax M3 credentials.
  5. Open your agent operating system dashboard, where you can see all your AI agents side by side.
  6. Set up folders for your projects so everything saves neatly.

Julian warns that doing this on your own can be messy with tokens and settings. That's why he created a 30-day roadmap inside his AI Profit Wardroom, but you can start with the free Olama version.

04How to Use Hermes Agent with Minimax M3

Once set up, using this system is straightforward. In the episode, Julian shows a mission control dashboard where you can type what you want and click generate. For example, he typed "create a dragon flying over Tokyo" and an image appeared quickly.

To create a video, you type something like "a cinematic aerial flyover of a dragon flying over a growing futuristic city at night." Then hit generate, and the video is produced. You can also generate voiceovers in the same interface.

All your files are saved automatically into folders. You can preview them later in the workspace section. This means you can write a script, make a voiceover, and create images all in one place, without switching between apps.

You can also use goal mode. Give the agent a task like sorting a year of invoices, and it will work on its own for hours without supervision.

05Results and Tests of Minimax M3

Julian shares impressive results from Minimax's own benchmarks. M3 ran autonomously for 24 hours, making 1,959 moves and trying 147 different times without human help. Its best answer came at attempt number 145.

Most other models quit after about 30 tries, according to Minimax. M3 kept going, hitting walls and getting stuck but never giving up. This makes it a marathon runner compared to other AIs that are sprinters.

Julian also compared video quality. He says he tested Grok for generating videos and images with Hermes, and he believes Minimax looks a lot better. The images and videos shown in the episode look high quality and beautiful.

06Tips, Limits, and Mistakes to Avoid

Here are some tips and warnings from the episode:

  • Don't use Hermes as a chatbot: Most people just chat with it, but you can do much more by connecting it to an agent OS.
  • Don't switch between 10 apps: That's the old way and it's inefficient. Use one dashboard.
  • Be aware that benchmarks come from Minimax: They are not independently verified, so take them with a grain of salt.
  • M3 is cloud-based: It's quick to set up even without a strong local machine.
  • You don't need to code: None of the setup requires programming knowledge.
  • Don't wait for things to settle: AI changes fast, and early adopters get ahead.

07Who Should Use Hermes Agent and Minimax M3

This combo is for anyone who wants to automate their content creation and business tasks. Freelancers can drop in every client brief they've ever written and ask M3 to find commonalities. Business owners can sort through messy invoices overnight.

It's especially useful for people who are tired of juggling multiple AI tools. Instead of running between Hermes, Claude, and ChatGPT, you have one system that works as a team.

Even total beginners can use it, as shown by the 3,300 businesses in Julian's community. Many of them never touched AI before joining. With the 30-day roadmap and coaching, anyone can set up their own agent operating system.

08Why This Combination Matters for Your Business

The combination of Hermes Agent and Minimax M3 changes how you think about AI. Instead of a vending machine that gives answers and forgets you, you get a team member that remembers everything and works around the clock.

This matters because the jobs that eat up your week are the long, grindy ones. Tasks like sorting years of data or cleaning up huge documents need a worker who won't quit at try number 30. M3 fits that role.

With the agent OS, you can orchestrate different agents to work together. You set the task, and the team handles it. The studio interface makes it easy to create and store all your media in one place.

Julian stresses that this is the new way. Those who learn now will be miles ahead when it becomes simpler. The only question is whether you learn to use it or keep working the old way.