Nous Research Releases Hermes Agent v0.20.0
The Herald Release adds agent-to-agent communication and related tools for AI agents.
Nous Research posted Hermes Agent v0.20.0 as The Herald Release. The company shared a changelog video and linked full release notes for GitHub tag v2026.8.3, along with the update command 'hermes update'. The preview notes list thousands of commits and file changes since v0.19.0. In a post, Teknium listed the agent-to-agent protocol, outbound webhooks, voice activated chats, plugins and Kanban for the desktop GUI app, and performance optimizations among the additions.
Hermes Agent v0.20.0: The Herald Release Changelog below
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Nous Research Releases Hermes Agent v0.20.0
The Herald Release adds agent-to-agent communication and related tools for AI agents.
Nous Research posted Hermes Agent v0.20.0 as The Herald Release. The company shared a changelog video and linked full release notes for GitHub tag v2026.8.3, along with the update command 'hermes update'. The preview notes list thousands of commits and file changes since v0.19.0. In a post, Teknium listed the agent-to-agent protocol, outbound webhooks, voice activated chats, plugins and Kanban for the desktop GUI app, and performance optimizations among the additions.
Hermes Agent v0.20.0: The Herald Release Changelog below
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Nous Research@NousResearchFull Release Notes: http://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/releases/tag/v2026.8.3 To update, run: 'hermes update'
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T🪽 T🪽 Teknium 🪽@TekniumSo much in the Herald Release of Hermes Agent - Voice Activated Chats (Replace your google home and alexas!) - Plugins and Kanban for the Desktop GUI App - Agent2Agent Protocol - Outbound Webhooks - Massive performance optimizations and token efficiency milestones reached -…
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