01What Hermes Agent Swarms Is and How It Works

Hermes agent swarms is a free update inside Hermes Workspace that lets you run a team of AI agents at the same time. Instead of one agent doing everything step by step, you can have agents working on different jobs in parallel, all coordinated automatically.

In this episode, Julian Goldie shows how the swarm works. You set a mission, and an orchestrator agent routes it to the right specialists. Each agent gets a role, a model, a mission, and memory.

All outputs land locally on your computer.

The swarm fixes a common problem: agents getting stuck or slowed down when they had to handle tasks one at a time. With swarms, one agent plans, one builds, and one reviews all at once. It is a big upgrade for anyone using Hermes Workspace to manage AI agents.

02Main Features of the Agent Swarm Update

The new update adds several useful tools inside Hermes Workspace. Here are the main features Julian shows in the episode:

  • Swarm section on the left menu bar to manage all your workers.
  • Orchestrator Chat to talk to your swarm and give it goals.
  • Multi-Agent Control Plane to coordinate multiple agents at once.
  • Kanban Taskbar to see tasks visually.
  • Office view to see your agents in a round table or grid layout.
  • Terminal view to watch each agent's output in real time.
  • Mobile access so you can control your agents from your phone.
  • Automatic routing that figures out a plan from your goal.

There are also preset roles like builder, reviewer, triage, lab, sage, and scribex. Each preset comes with pre-loaded skills and system prompts. You can add custom agents too and change everything.

03How to Set Up Hermes Agent Swarms Step by Step

Setting up Hermes agent swarms is simple. Julian walks through it in the episode. Follow these steps:

  1. Install the free plugin by running the command in your terminal.
  2. Set up Hermes Workspace if you have not already.
  3. Run the Hermes Gateway to start the backend.
  4. Start the Workspace UI and open it on the local host.
  5. If you already had Hermes Workspace, click the update button to get the latest version.
  6. Go to the left menu and click on the swarms section.
  7. Add swarm agents by clicking the add swarm button in the top right.
  8. Pick a preset role or create a custom agent.
  9. Set up mobile access if you want to use it from your phone.

If you have issues during setup, Julian recommends asking Claude Code or Hermes locally for help. He says they communicate well with the system.

04How to Use Agent Swarms With a Real Mission

Julian shows a real example in the episode. He gave the swarm a goal: create a new AI automation blog for SEO, plan the keyword strategy, and create content to rank for AI agent community terms and send traffic to a specific URL.

First, he described the mission at the top of the swarm section. He chose the option for an automatic team of agents. The orchestrator started routing the mission to the right specialists.

He noticed one agent was blocked, so he clicked on it and changed the settings. It turned out the agent was on the wrong API. After fixing that, the swarm ran smoothly.

He routed a task to build an SEO team to create a blog and SEO content about Hermes agent. The agents began working. In the office view, he could see each agent's tasks.

In terminal view, he watched one agent build HTML for a blog post.

He also checked the directory of the blog being built. The team created keyword research, competitor analysis, content brief templates, and a 90-day content plan. Everything was written in markdown.

05Results and Speed of the Swarm in Action

The results in the episode were impressive. The swarm built a whole content plan in about five to ten minutes. Julian set a simple prompt about building an SEO strategy, and the agents did the rest.

The output included a content calendar for 90 days. Each post had titles, target keywords, word count, content type, and persona. The agents also added featured snippet targets and an internal linking strategy.

They planned inbound and outbound links for each blog post. For post number one, the plan showed outbound links, inbound links, and a summary table for the whole link building strategy. There was also an implementation checklist with tasks like adding internal links, adding CTAs, setting up nofollow links, monitoring click-through rates, and refreshing anchor text.

All five blog posts were created and formatted nicely. Julian pointed out that the swarm did all of this in less time than a single agent would take for one small task.

06Tips, Limits, and Mistakes to Avoid

Julian shares some important tips and warnings in the episode. Here are the key ones:

  • Update Hermes Workspace first if you already have it installed.
  • If an agent is blocked, check its settings. The problem is often the wrong API.
  • The swarms feature can be a little buggy sometimes. Use Claude Code or Hermes locally to fix problems.
  • You can see conversation history, manage agent profiles, skills, and memory in the workspace.
  • Start with a simple mission. Julian used a basic prompt and got great results.
  • Use markdown preview to see what agents are creating, since they write in markdown by default.

Avoid the mistake of not checking blocked agents. Julian found that fixing one agent's API solved the whole routing issue. Also, keep in mind that this is a new feature, so expect some bugs and be ready to troubleshoot.

07Who Should Use Hermes Agent Swarms

Hermes agent swarms are for anyone who uses AI agents for content creation, SEO, or automation. If you are tired of waiting for one agent to finish a task before starting the next, this feature is for you.

It is especially useful for building websites and blogs. The episode showed how a small team of agents can plan and create an entire SEO content strategy. Freelancers, marketers, and business owners can save hours of work.

Since it is free, it is a great option for people just starting with AI agents. Julian also mentions his AI automation community, called AI Profit Boarding, for more training. But the core feature works without that.

If you want to access your agents from anywhere, the mobile access is a bonus. You can run your agent team 24-7 from your pocket.