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Editor picks

Thinking, experiments, papers, and opinionated field notes first. Releases are useful, but they live downstairs now.
#01
r/hermesagent · reddit · Jul 16

I built a "world-sense" MCP that grounds your agent in the current state of the world across 6 risk domains and 10 read-only tools

Editor's read

A Reddit field report/discussion from r/hermesagent. A title-first lead about: I built a "world-sense" MCP that grounds your agent in the current state of the world across 6 risk domains and 10 read-only tools. Skim it only if that maps to current agent/tooling work. Treat it as user-signal and pain-report radar, not gospel.

Why you might care

Directly relevant to your agent stack. This can affect Hermes behavior, upgrade timing, plugins, gateway surfaces, or ideas worth stealing for OAC/DestructoR666.

Source excerpt

submitted by /u/MisterMagicmike99 [link] [comments]

reddithermesagentshermesagent
read81.8hermes, hermes, agent, agents, mcp
#02
r/hermesagent · reddit · Jul 16

how I can let my hermes agents run in autonomy my agency ?

Editor's read

A Reddit field report/discussion from r/hermesagent. Plain version: I'm pretty new to Hermes and was wondering how I can set a fully autonomous workflow where my hermes manage my agency I run an AI automation agency that serves SMB industrial businesses.

Why you might care

Directly relevant to your agent stack. This can affect Hermes behavior, upgrade timing, plugins, gateway surfaces, or ideas worth stealing for OAC/DestructoR666.

Source excerpt

Hey everyone! I'm pretty new to Hermes and was wondering how I can set a fully autonomous workflow where my hermes manage my agency I run an AI automation agency that serves SMB industrial businesses. I'd like to delegate most of my sales process to Hermes, specifically: Managing lead generation Running outreach campaigns Handling conversations until a lead…

reddithermesagentshermesagent
read68.0hermes, hermes, agents, workflow
#03
r/hermesagent · reddit · Jul 16

Showcase Thursday - Drop your Hermes projects here.

Editor's read

A Reddit field report/discussion from r/hermesagent. Plain version: Showcase Thursday — post your Hermes Agent builds, tools, workflows, and integrations.

Why you might care

Directly relevant to your agent stack. This can affect Hermes behavior, upgrade timing, plugins, gateway surfaces, or ideas worth stealing for OAC/DestructoR666.

Source excerpt

Showcase Thursday — post your Hermes Agent builds, tools, workflows, and integrations. New Post every week 6am EST. Tell us: • What it does • How it's helpful Include a link to code or demo if you have one. Rules: • No marketplace or affiliate links • Any contribution level welcome (Might be flagged by automod but will be approved, be patient) • Thread pinn…

reddithermesagentshermesagent
read67.9hermes, hermes, agents, workflow
#04
Hacker News · hn · Jul 16

Show HN: Skillful, stop maintaining the same AI workflow in five places

Editor's read

A community-submitted project/thread. A title-first lead about: Skillful, stop maintaining the same AI workflow in five places. Skim it only if that maps to current agent/tooling work. Treat it as an early smoke signal, not a verdict. HN: 1 points, 0 comments. Query: AI agents tool use.

Why you might care

HN is noisy, but comments surface implementation pain fast. Good for spotting whether a shiny thing survives contact with engineers.

Source excerpt

HN: 1 points, 0 comments. Query: AI agents tool use.

hnAI agents tool use
read59.0agent, agents, ai agent, tool use
#05
Latent Space · feed · Jul 16

[AINews] Thinky's Inkling: 975B-A41B multimodal, new best American Apache 2.0 open model (with Inkling-Small, 276B-A12B)

Editor's read

A post from Latent Space. Plain version: Thinky's first full LLM release is a banger and bonus: it's open weights!

Why you might care

Kept because it matched the radar’s AI/agent/tooling filters. Skim title + source first; open only if it lines up with current Hermes/OAC work.

Source excerpt

Thinky's first full LLM release is a banger and bonus: it's open weights!

aiindustryagents
read52.6agent, agents

Articles / research / opinions

The stuff people are thinking, trying, arguing, and building with the tech. This is the main read pile.
#06
Simon Willison · feed · Jul 15

Mermaid to Unicode box art (grok-mermaid)

Editor's read

A post from Simon Willison. Plain version: Tool: Mermaid to Unicode box art (grok-mermaid) While exploring the codebase for the newly open-sourced Grok CLI coding agent I came across xai-grok-markdown/src/mermaid.rs , a "self-contained terminal rendere…

Why you might care

Kept because it matched the radar’s AI/agent/tooling filters. Skim title + source first; open only if it lines up with current Hermes/OAC work.

Source excerpt

Tool: Mermaid to Unicode box art (grok-mermaid) While exploring the codebase for the newly open-sourced Grok CLI coding agent I came across xai-grok-markdown/src/mermaid.rs , a "self-contained terminal renderer for Mermaid diagrams" written in Rust. I figured it would be fun to try that out in a browser via WebAssembly. Here's the prompt I ran in Claude Cod…

llmtoolspractical
read52.2agent, coding agent
#07
Hacker News · hn · Jul 15

Show HN: Vendo (YC S26) – Let your users add their own features to your product

Editor's read

A community-submitted project/thread. A newly surfaced project/tool lead: Let your users add their own features to your product Treat it as an early smoke signal, not a verdict. HN: 2 points, 4 comments. Query: AI agents tool use.

Why you might care

HN is noisy, but comments surface implementation pain fast. Good for spotting whether a shiny thing survives contact with engineers.

Source excerpt

HN: 2 points, 4 comments. Query: AI agents tool use.

hnAI agents tool use
read50.9agent, agents, ai agent, tool use
#08
Hacker News · hn · Jul 14

Launch HN: Agnost AI (YC S26) – Extract user feedback from agent conversations

Editor's read

A community-submitted project/thread. A newly surfaced project/tool lead: Extract user feedback from agent conversations Treat it as an early smoke signal, not a verdict. HN: 84 points, 48 comments. Query: AI agents tool use.

Why you might care

HN is noisy, but comments surface implementation pain fast. Good for spotting whether a shiny thing survives contact with engineers.

Source excerpt

HN: 84 points, 48 comments. Query: AI agents tool use.

hnAI agents tool use
read48.8agent, agents, ai agent, tool use
#09
Simon Willison · feed · Jul 15

xai-org/grok-build, now open source

Editor's read

A post from Simon Willison. Plain version: xai-org/grok-build, now open source xAI's grok CLI tool faced severe community backlash yesterday when it became apparent that running the command in a directory could upload that entire directory to xAI's Goo…

Why you might care

Potentially useful for keeping your stack cheaper, more private, and less dependent on cloud APIs. Worth a skim if it looks practical.

Source excerpt

xai-org/grok-build, now open source xAI's grok CLI tool faced severe community backlash yesterday when it became apparent that running the command in a directory could upload that entire directory to xAI's Google Cloud buckets. One user reported running it in their home directory and seeing it upload "my SSH keys, my password manager database, my documents,…

llmtoolspractical
read45.2open source
#10
OpenAI News · feed · Jul 15

The US is advancing AI safety through state and federal action

Editor's read

A post from OpenAI News. Plain version: OpenAI outlines a “reverse federalism” approach to AI governance, where state laws help build a national framework for safe, democratic AI.

Why you might care

Kept because it matched the radar’s AI/agent/tooling filters. Skim title + source first; open only if it lines up with current Hermes/OAC work.

Source excerpt

OpenAI outlines a “reverse federalism” approach to AI governance, where state laws help build a national framework for safe, democratic AI.

openaimodelsagents
read44.3agents
#11
OpenAI News · feed · Jul 15

GPT-Red: Unlocking Self-Improvement for Robustness

Editor's read

A post from OpenAI News. Plain version: Explore GPT-Red, OpenAI’s automated red teaming system that uses self-play to improve AI safety, alignment, and prompt injection robustness.

Why you might care

Kept because it matched the radar’s AI/agent/tooling filters. Skim title + source first; open only if it lines up with current Hermes/OAC work.

Source excerpt

Explore GPT-Red, OpenAI’s automated red teaming system that uses self-play to improve AI safety, alignment, and prompt injection robustness.

openaimodelsagents
read44.1agents
#12
arXiv · paper · Jul 15

Benchmarking trigonometric continuous-variable gate primitives with trapped ions

Editor's read

A research paper. In human terms: Hybrid continuous-discrete-variable quantum processors can represent bosonic degrees of freedom directly in oscillator modes, or qumodes, while using qubits for control, readout, and nonlinear operations.

Why you might care

This maps directly onto OAC: what agents remember, what they should forget, and how not to build a cursed context landfill.

Source excerpt

Hybrid continuous-discrete-variable quantum processors can represent bosonic degrees of freedom directly in oscillator modes, or qumodes, while using qubits for control, readout, and nonlinear operations. Recently proposed trigonometric continuous-variable (CV) gate sets promote periodic functions of oscillator quadratures to elementary operations, making them natural primitives for compact variables, rotor models,…

paperlarge language model agents memoryquant-ph
paper shelf41.7agent, agents, memory, benchmark
#13
arXiv · paper · Jul 15

Leveraging unlabelled data for generalizable neural population decoding

Editor's read

A research paper. In human terms: Robust and accurate neural decoders are integral to neurotechnologies such as brain-computer interfaces and closed-loop experiments.

Why you might care

Evals are how we avoid vibes-only agent work. Useful if it suggests tests we can adapt for Hermes/OAC reliability.

Source excerpt

Robust and accurate neural decoders are integral to neurotechnologies such as brain-computer interfaces and closed-loop experiments. Recent work has shown that tokenizing neural data at the spike level facilitates multi-session pretraining and delivers state-of-the-art decoding performance. However, current spike-based models are restricted to supervised learning (SL), limiting training to datasets with paired behav…

paperLLM evaluation benchmark agentscs.LGq-bio.NC
paper shelf38.7agent, agents, eval, benchmark
#14
arXiv · paper · Jul 15

Building Shor's Algorithm in Lean: An Agentic Formalization of Quantum Attacks on RSA-2048 and P-256

Editor's read

A research paper. In human terms: Large language models are increasingly assisting with demanding formal theorem-proving tasks, particularly when grounded in machine-checked libraries such as Lean.

Why you might care

Evals are how we avoid vibes-only agent work. Useful if it suggests tests we can adapt for Hermes/OAC reliability.

Source excerpt

Large language models are increasingly assisting with demanding formal theorem-proving tasks, particularly when grounded in machine-checked libraries such as Lean. Agentic systems further amplify this process by searching, reusing, and extending existing formal developments to uncover new discoveries. In quantum computing, Shor's algorithm and its variants present such a demanding case for Lean formalization. In thi…

paperLLM evaluation benchmark agentsquant-ph
paper shelf38.7agent, agents, eval, benchmark

Releases / software updates

Important for staying current, but intentionally below the longform material. Changelogs are seasoning, not dinner.
#01
GitHub · release · Jul 7

Hermes Agent: Hermes Agent v0.18.2 (2026.7.7.2)

Release note

A new release/update from Hermes Agent. Plain version: --- ## What's in this patch - fix(whatsapp): unpin Baileys from git commit, use published 7.0.0-rc13 ([#60643](

Why you might care

Directly relevant to your agent stack. This can affect Hermes behavior, upgrade timing, plugins, gateway surfaces, or ideas worth stealing for OAC/DestructoR666.

Source excerpt

# Hermes Agent v0.18.2 (v2026.7.7.2) **Release Date:** July 7, 2026 > Same-day patch on top of v0.18.1, picking up the WhatsApp Baileys dependency fix needed for tagged-release Docker builds. --- ## What's in this patch - **fix(whatsapp): unpin Baileys from git commit, use published 7.0.0-rc13** ([#60643](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/60…

hermesagent-opsNousResearch/hermes-agent
watch release48.0hermes, hermes
#02
GitHub · release · Jul 7

Hermes Agent: Hermes Agent v0.18.1 (2026.7.7)

Release note

A new release/update from Hermes Agent. Plain version: , hardening, and in-progress feature work — into a stable tagged release for downstream consumers (Docker images, hosted deployments, PyPI installs).

Why you might care

Directly relevant to your agent stack. This can affect Hermes behavior, upgrade timing, plugins, gateway surfaces, or ideas worth stealing for OAC/DestructoR666.

Source excerpt

# Hermes Agent v0.18.1 (v2026.7.7) **Release Date:** July 7, 2026 > Patch release. This tag rolls up the ~660 PRs merged since v0.18.0 (July 1) — bug fixes, hardening, and in-progress feature work — into a stable tagged release for downstream consumers (Docker images, hosted deployments, PyPI installs). --- ## About this release This is an infrastructure-dr…

hermesagent-opsNousResearch/hermes-agent
watch release48.0hermes, hermes
#03
GitHub · release · Jul 10

OpenAI Agents Python: v0.18.2

Release note

A new release/update from OpenAI Agents Python. Plain version: feat: support GPT-5.6 request controls by @seratch in * feat: add hosted multi-agent beta support by @seratch in * fix(sandbox): own Daytona PTY worker tasks by @seratch in

Why you might care

Competitive intel: how OpenAI thinks agent SDKs should work, where Hermes is ahead/behind, and patterns we might borrow without joining the mothership.

Source excerpt

## What's Changed * feat: support GPT-5.6 request controls by @seratch in https://github.com/openai/openai-agents-python/pull/3794 * feat: add hosted multi-agent beta support by @seratch in https://github.com/openai/openai-agents-python/pull/3788 * fix(sandbox): own Daytona PTY worker tasks by @seratch in https://github.com/openai/openai-agents-python/pull/…

agentssdkopenai/openai-agents-python
skim changelog39.3agents, ai agent, openai agents
#04
GitHub · release · Jul 14

MCP Python SDK: v2.0.0b2

Release note

A new release/update from MCP Python SDK. Plain version: Pre-releases are opt-in only; pip install mcp still resolves to the stable 1.x line.

Why you might care

MCP is becoming the plumbing layer for agent tools. Worth watching because it shapes what Hermes/OAC can connect to without bespoke glue code.

Source excerpt

Second v2 beta. Pre-releases are opt-in only; `pip install mcp` still resolves to the stable 1.x line. ```bash pip install mcp==2.0.0b2 # or uv add "mcp==2.0.0b2" ``` The [documentation](https://py.sdk.modelcontextprotocol.io/v2/) has the full tutorial and API reference, and the [migration guide](https://py.sdk.modelcontextprotocol.io/v2/migration/) covers…

mcptoolsmodelcontextprotocol/python-sdk
skim changelog38.8mcp
#05
GitHub · release · Jul 9

OpenAI Agents Python: v0.18.1

Release note

A new release/update from OpenAI Agents Python. Plain version: feat: add GPT-5.6 model defaults and migrate examples by @seratch in * fix: support cache-write usage across OpenAI Python versions by @seratch in * fix(realtime): make session cleanup deterministic by @seratch in

Why you might care

Competitive intel: how OpenAI thinks agent SDKs should work, where Hermes is ahead/behind, and patterns we might borrow without joining the mothership.

Source excerpt

## What's Changed * feat: add GPT-5.6 model defaults and migrate examples by @seratch in https://github.com/openai/openai-agents-python/pull/3774 * fix: support cache-write usage across OpenAI Python versions by @seratch in https://github.com/openai/openai-agents-python/pull/3773 * fix(realtime): make session cleanup deterministic by @seratch in https://git…

agentssdkopenai/openai-agents-python
skim changelog37.3agents, ai agent, openai agents
#06
GitHub · release · Jul 13

MCP TypeScript SDK: @modelcontextprotocol/node@2.0.0-beta.4

Release note

A new release/update from MCP TypeScript SDK. Plain version: Patch Changes - Updated dependencies [7c49b47, e0a0ab7, [8e1d2e9](

Why you might care

MCP is becoming the plumbing layer for agent tools. Worth watching because it shapes what Hermes/OAC can connect to without bespoke glue code.

Source excerpt

### Patch Changes - Updated dependencies [[`7c49b47`](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/commit/7c49b47fb3a58b51cec8fd0b337f656515f1a2b7), [`e0a0ab7`](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/commit/e0a0ab74d9baed74572c9f435313fb6daef1b989), [`8e1d2e9`](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/commit/8e1d2e92b…

mcptoolsmodelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk
skim changelog37.1mcp
#07
GitHub · release · Jul 13

MCP TypeScript SDK: @modelcontextprotocol/server-legacy@2.0.0-beta.4

Release note

A new release/update from MCP TypeScript SDK. Plain version: Minor Changes - #2477 8e1d2e9 Thanks @felixweinberger!

Why you might care

MCP is becoming the plumbing layer for agent tools. Worth watching because it shapes what Hermes/OAC can connect to without bespoke glue code.

Source excerpt

### Minor Changes - [#2477](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/pull/2477) [`8e1d2e9`](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/commit/8e1d2e92b1720d2520122b3a5f20ea084edaf3c4) Thanks [@felixweinberger](https://github.com/felixweinberger)! - Move the schema source modules (spec schemas, OAuth schemas, protocol constants) int…

mcptoolsmodelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk
skim changelog37.1mcp
#08
GitHub · release · Jul 15

Pydantic AI: v2.11.0 (2026-07-15)

Release note

A new release/update from Pydantic AI. Plain version: Fix MistralStreamedResponse streamed number/integer validation to accept int-valued numbers and reject bools by @pydanty[bot] in

Why you might care

Competitive intel: how OpenAI thinks agent SDKs should work, where Hermes is ahead/behind, and patterns we might borrow without joining the mothership.

Source excerpt

## What's Changed ### 🚀 Features * feat: export `HistoryProcessor` and add actionable hints to usage-limit and tool-retry errors by @DouweM in https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic-ai/pull/6346 ### 🐛 Bug Fixes * Fix `MistralStreamedResponse` streamed number/integer validation to accept int-valued numbers and reject bools by @pydanty[bot] in https://github.co…

agentspythonpydantic/pydantic-ai
skim changelog34.3agents
#09
GitHub · release · Jul 14

Pydantic AI: v2.10.0 (2026-07-14)

Release note

A new release/update from Pydantic AI. Plain version: Fix…

Why you might care

Competitive intel: how OpenAI thinks agent SDKs should work, where Hermes is ahead/behind, and patterns we might borrow without joining the mothership.

Source excerpt

## What's Changed ### 🚀 Features * Make `message_history` provider-valid out of the box (repair tool-call/result pairing) by @DouweM in https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic-ai/pull/6319 * Add support for OpenAI background mode and handle Anthropic `stop_reason=pause_turn` by @DouweM in https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic-ai/pull/6303 ### 🐛 Bug Fixes * Fix…

agentspythonpydantic/pydantic-ai
skim changelog32.5agents
#10
GitHub · release · Jul 10

LangGraph: langgraph-cli==0.4.31

Release note

A new release/update from LangGraph. Plain version: cli==0.4.30 * chore(cli): allow langgraph-api versions up to 1.0.0 (#8319) * chore(deps): bump the minor-and-patch group in /libs/cli with 5 updates (#8251) * chore(deps): bump the minor-and-patch group in /libs/cli/js-examples w…

Why you might care

Useful as a contrast model for workflow/stateful agents. Even if we do not adopt it, it exposes design patterns and footguns for OAC-style continuity.

Source excerpt

Changes since cli==0.4.30 * chore(cli): allow langgraph-api versions up to 1.0.0 (#8319) * chore(deps): bump the minor-and-patch group in /libs/cli with 5 updates (#8251) * chore(deps): bump the minor-and-patch group in /libs/cli/js-examples with 6 updates (#8246) * chore(deps): bump the minor-and-patch group in /libs/cli/js-monorepo-example with 7 updates…

agentsworkflowlangchain-ai/langgraph
skim changelog32.1agents, workflow

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Editorial stance

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