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retrieved: 2026-06-25
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# Hermes Full Course: Build Your 24/7 AI Chief of Staff in 45 Minutes (Peter Yang, 24.06.2026)

## Overview & Chapters
Peter Yang provides a complete, 45-minute structured crash course on setting up and personalizing Hermes Agent as a 24/7 AI Chief of Staff.

### Chapters:
- 0:00 Why Hermes is the best 24/7 AI chief of staff
- 1:16 Where and how to install Hermes safely
- 2:55 The best AI model to pick for Hermes
- 5:04 Connect to Telegram for mobile chats
- 11:08 How Hermes uses tools, memory, and skills
- 12:39 How to personalize Hermes by editing its user and soul files
- 15:49 Two best ways to troubleshoot Hermes
- 18:15 Set up Hermes to respond via voice
- 22:47 Connect Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Drive, and Sheets step by step
- 38:25 Create routines like morning briefing, health check, and more

## Key Takeaways:
- **Value Prop:** Explains why Hermes is a leading open-source alternative for personal assistants (runs on cheap VPS like $5/mo, persistent memory, self-evolving skills via closed learning loop).
- **Personalization:** Guides the user through editing `user.yaml` / `soul.yaml` equivalent configs to define tone, preferences, and identity.
- **Routines & Automations:** Shows how to configure morning briefings, health checks, and scheduled events leveraging Hermes' internal scheduling/cron systems.
- **Integrations:** Practical walk-through of the bundled Google Workspace tool-suites (Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets) allowing Hermes to act as an office/personal manager.
