# Hermes V0.16: Email MCP, Voice Mode, Jarvis, and Multi-Agent Kanban

> Source: https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-06-07-hermes-v016-email-voice-jarvis-kanban-agents/
> Last updated: 2026-06-07
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# Hermes V0.16: Email MCP, Voice Mode, Jarvis, and Multi-Agent Kanban

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Walkthrough of Hermes V0.16 capabilities demonstrated inside a custom agent dashboard: connecting Gmail via MCP for 24/7 email management, enabling real-time voice conversations using MiniMax M3, using the Hermes Jarvis voice-command interface for hands-free computer control, and orchestrating multiple Hermes profiles through a Kanban-style task board with a built-in goal-achievement judge.

Source video

"NEW Hermes Agent OS is INSANE!" by **Julian Goldie SEO** — [Watch on YouTube →](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Td5hFq1Shw4)

## Key Takeaways

- Connect email to Hermes via MCP: add an email-inbox MCP in the MCPs tab and your agent can send, read, and organize messages as a persistent 24/7 assistant — the video shows a real email sent from Hermes to a separate agent-managed inbox
- MiniMax M3 (launched June 2026, 1M token context) powers the live voice Talk Mode — select it as the active model and switch to Talk mode for real-time back-and-forth conversation with your agent
- Hermes Jarvis is a voice-command overlay trained to respond in a configured voice and perform computer-use actions — say "open Google" and it opens your browser; it can also type commands and manage the OS hands-free
- Goal mode lets you assign a long-horizon task; Hermes gets up to 50 turns to complete it and a built-in judge skill keeps iterating until it confirms the goal is achieved — useful for overnight or background tasks
- The Kanban board view supports multi-agent orchestration: the primary Hermes profile triages a task, then delegates sub-tasks to other profiles, with progress visible across board columns in real time

## More Hermes news

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 [▶ GPT-5.6 in Hermes Agent: Setup, Reasoning Level & 3 Use Cases 2026-07-15](https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-07-15-gpt-5-6-in-hermes-setup/)
 [▶ Hermes Cloud: Deploy an Always-On 24/7 Agent in 60 Seconds 2026-07-13](https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-07-13-hermes-cloud-always-on-agent/)
 [▶ 9 Hermes Agent Lessons From 100+ Hours: Models, Failover, Tailscale, Crons 2026-07-08](https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-07-08-hermes-agent-9-lessons/)
 [▶ Screenshot to Working App in Hermes: One-Prompt Clone Test 2026-07-07](https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-07-07-hermes-screenshot-to-app-fugu/)
 [▶ Hermes Agent Update: Mixture of Agents, /learn, /journey & Fable 5 Setup 2026-07-06](https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-07-06-hermes-update-mixture-of-agents/)

[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/)

 [🧭 Compare Agents Which agent fits your use case — side-by-side.](https://openclawdatabase.com/compare/)

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