# Hermes Agent's 8 Major Updates: Session Recall, Background Tasks, Computer Use

> Source: https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-05-19-hermes-agent-8-major-updates-session-recall/
> Last updated: 2026-05-19
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# Hermes Agent's 8 Major Updates: Session Recall, Background Tasks, Computer Use




 

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Alex Finn demos eight Hermes updates, led by session recall — a non-token memory system that retrieves any past conversation by date programmatically, with no LLM cost. The /background command enables true multitasking: queue multiple research tasks and stay conversational while they run in parallel. Computer use lets Hermes see and control your desktop from Telegram. Native Codex CLI integration lets Hermes spawn a vibe-coding worker as a background task, saving tokens if you have a ChatGPT subscription.






Source video


"Hermes just got 10x better..." by **Alex Finn** — [Watch on YouTube →](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8iZUyE7SlXo)








## Key Takeaways



- Session recall: ask "what did we do on May 10th?" — Hermes retrieves the full session summary programmatically without spending any LLM tokens.
- /background command: queue multiple tasks simultaneously (research, analysis, content generation) and still chat with the agent while they run in parallel — no need for separate agent instances.
- Native Codex CLI integration: Hermes can spin up a Codex coding session as a background worker — useful if you have a ChatGPT subscription, as it routes heavy coding to Codex rather than your orchestrator model.
- Grok 4.3 OAuth + real-time X search: add Grok as a secondary provider to search live tweets for trending topics, news, and content research without extra API spend.
- Computer use: Hermes can see your screen and click, navigate apps, and schedule calendar events — control your desktop from Telegram while you're away from the machine.
- Native video generation: use "generate video of [description]" in Telegram — Hermes calls Grok Imagine and returns the video clip directly in chat, no external site needed.








## Commands & Code Mentioned



```
/background [task description]
hermes update   (update to latest version for session recall)
```




## More Hermes news

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 [▶ Hermes Agent V0.18 Judgement Release: Goal Loops and Mixture of Agents 2026-07-02](https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-07-02-hermes-v0-18-judgement/)
 [▶ Hermes Agent Setup: Skills, Gateways, Tasks & Memory Walkthrough 2026-06-30](https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-06-30-hermes-agent-setup-walkthrough/)
 [▶ Ornith: Open Agentic Coding Models (9B–397B) for Fully Local Agents 2026-06-26](https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-06-26-ornith-local-agentic-coding-models/)
 [▶ Hermes Agent Now Runs Background Computer Use on Mac, Windows & Linux 2026-06-25](https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-06-25-hermes-background-computer-use/)

[See all Hermes news →](https://openclawdatabase.com/news/hermes/)

## Go deeper: Hermes guides

Hands-on guides to put this into practice:

 [⚡ Quick Start — 20 Minutes](https://openclawdatabase.com/hermes/setup/)

 [🧠 Persistent Memory Architecture](https://openclawdatabase.com/hermes/memory/)

 [🗓 Long-Running Tasks & Scheduling](https://openclawdatabase.com/hermes/tasks/)

 [⚖️ Hermes vs OpenClaw](https://openclawdatabase.com/hermes/vs-openclaw/)

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 [⌨️ Command Reference Every CLI command & flag across platforms.](https://openclawdatabase.com/commands/)