Hermes Tool Search, Free Video Studio, and Step 3.7 Flash Model

Key Takeaways

• Tool search kicks in automatically when tools fill more than 10% of the context window — agents grab only the tool they need rather than loading all definitions upfront, lifting accuracy from 49% to 74%.
• Activate Step 3.7 Flash free for 30 days: run hermes update then hermes model and select it from the menu. It supports images, video, web search, and code with a large context window.
• The new video agent integrates with Hyperframes (free, open-source) to produce fully edited videos with your avatar and voice from a single prompt, with searchable history across all past videos.
• Specialist mode splits Hermes into a dedicated planning agent and a doing agent — each builds its own skill library independently over time, improving at its specific role.
• Kanban swarms distribute large tasks across a team of agents that hand work off sequentially, running in the background while you focus elsewhere.

How Tool Search Works

The core problem Hermes solved: every tool definition you load takes up space in the context window before an agent does any actual work. With 20+ tools loaded, a significant chunk of the agent's thinking capacity is occupied just by reading tool labels. When the agent finally gets to the task, it has less room to reason — and it picks the wrong tool nearly half the time.

Tool search changes this by keeping only a few core tools loaded upfront (like web search). The rest sit on a shelf. When the agent needs a specific capability, it searches for the right tool by description and pulls just that one into context. The system triggers automatically once tools exceed 10% of the available window — the more tools you have, the bigger the benefit. No configuration required.

Commands

hermes update
hermes model