Lattice Agent Setup · Hermes
Skip the hand-built YAML, profile files, and installation guesswork. Lattice creates your Hermes identity, skills, safe defaults, and local profile—then verifies what actually works.
Preview free. $29 one time. Provider, hosting, and third-party costs are separate.
What Lattice handles
Your generated profile stays reviewable. Your secrets and runtime-owned state stay out of Lattice.
Choose its name, working style, boundaries, provider path, skills, memory preferences, and approval posture.
Lattice installs the reviewed release and applies a local profile distribution with SOUL.md and conservative config defaults.
Enter model-provider and channel credentials in official Hermes setup. Lattice does not collect or place them in generated files.
Lattice distinguishes installed, configured, connected, and verified stages instead of treating a download as success.
Platform setup
Windows 10 / 11
The transparent launcher uses built-in PowerShell and does not require Node, WSL, or administrator access for the supported native path. Windows may still show a SmartScreen warning because this first release is not a signed application.
macOS / Linux
Lattice provides one copy-and-paste command plus literal instructions for opening Terminal. A terminal step remains required; Lattice does not describe this path as a no-technical-steps installer.
Supported outcome
Lattice uses separate status labels so you can tell whether Hermes and the profile exist, provider setup validates, requested channels connect, and the full selected scope passes.
Runtime comparison
Hermes is strongest when profiles, persistent skills, memory, and provider choice matter. OpenClaw remains a strong fit for messaging-first personal agents and its existing ecosystem.
Messaging-first agent
A self-hosted personal agent built around messaging channels and the OpenClaw ecosystem.
Profile-first agent
A desktop and multi-profile agent with persistent skills, memory, and broad model-provider choice.
There is no universal “best” runtime. Choose based on where you want to use the agent, how you want profiles and memory organized, and the isolation available on your device.
Hermes' local terminal backend runs with your user account's permissions. Approval prompts and command scanning are guardrails, not containment. Choose Docker, a remote host, or another OS-level boundary when you need stronger isolation and the environment supports it.
Provider keys, bot tokens, and OAuth credentials are entered directly in Hermes. Lattice does not include them in the profile distribution, manifest, analytics, or installation receipt.
No. Hermes Agent is an independent open-source project from Nous Research. Lattice is not affiliated with or endorsed by Nous Research.
No. The one-time price covers one personalized Lattice setup and installer. Hermes, model-provider, hosting, API, channel, and other third-party costs are separate.
No. You enter provider and channel credentials directly in Hermes' official setup. They are not included in the Lattice manifest, generated profile, analytics, or receipt.
Not automatically. Local commands run with your user account's permissions. Approval prompts are guardrails; Docker, a remote host, or another OS-level boundary provides stronger isolation when selected and available.
Preview the generated identity, skills, memory seed, and safety settings for free. Pay $29 only when you are ready to unlock and run one personalized setup.
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