For People In A Hurry: How to Set Ollama with Hermes Agent for Local & Privacy-Focused Coding Agent

README.md

Note

This is a quick copy-paste-observe guide for people in a hurry to quickly set up a local coding agent at no additional costs using Hermes Agent and Ollama.

Instructions 📘

1. Install Ollama using the command below:

curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh

2. Download ollama LLM model by using the command below:

ollama pull <model_name>
#Eg. ollama pull gemma4:12b

Warning

Note that, if you use any models with the cloud tag, it means it would not be fully local as it would be using Ollama's cloud models.

3. Install Hermes Agent using the command below:

curl -fsSL https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.sh | bash

Run 🚀

hermes setup

For ease of use, you can start up Hermes Agent with models defined.

hermes config edit

References 📚

1. Ollama Installation - https://ollama.com/
2. Hermes Agent Installation - https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/
3. Hermes Agent GitHub Repository - https://github.com/nousresearch/hermes-agent

Enable Web Search for Hermes Agent

Note

Reference Link: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/web-search#searxng-free-self-hosted

Instructions 📘

Set the web_search property as searxng.

hermes tools

Set SEARXNG_URL as the self-hosted url for searxng:

Eg. http://localhost:8080

SEARXNG_URL=http://localhost:8080

Tip

Depending on what port you wish to use, replace 8080 above.

Warning

Please set up searxng, either following the reference link or using your own.

TODO

• Web Search MCP
• Custom Skills
• Custom Commands

• Need To Update Ollama? - https://gist.github.com/cardboardcode/5282e7e794b6d7757d4c8c983167f5db?permalink_comment_id=6163807#gistcomment-6163807
• Fingers Cramping From Typing Too Much? - https://gist.github.com/cardboardcode/3391a501fc9a1066485f61dc6e06d6dc?permalink_comment_id=6158697#gistcomment-6158697
• Low on Memory Storage? - https://gist.github.com/cardboardcode/5282e7e794b6d7757d4c8c983167f5db?permalink_comment_id=6050648#gistcomment-6050648