Published: 2026-06-08

Claude + Hermes Setup: Persistent Memory and Agent OS

Chapters / key moments (click to jump — plays here on the page)

Combining Claude with Hermes Agent gives Claude persistent memory across sessions via SQLite, an auto-improving skill system, and scheduled task automation. Hermes can spawn Claude Code as a sub-agent for file and code operations, with Jarvis voice mode allowing hands-free task execution via phone. An Obsidian-based "Agent OS" dashboard ties everything together in dedicated agent rooms with shared memory.

Source video

"Claude + Hermes Setup is WILD" by Julian Goldie SEO — Watch on YouTube →

Key Takeaways

Hermes stores all conversations and skills in a persistent SQLite database that survives across sessions — Claude on its own forgets everything when you close the tab
Hermes can spawn Claude Code as a sub-agent for heavy implementation tasks, then log results back into the persistent memory system
Jarvis voice mode uses MiniMax M3 for voice commands — can schedule cron jobs, write files, and execute tasks hands-free over a phone call
Obsidian Agent OS: separate rooms for Claude and Hermes, shared memory vault, Kanban board, goals page, and content studio in one dashboard
Learning curve exists: memory configuration and Claude Code permissions integration require careful setup — not plug-and-play

What you can actually set up from this

Extracted from the video's own transcript — the specifics the original summary left out.

Reproducible steps

Let Hermes delegate heavy coding to Claude Code
Hermes handles memory, scheduling and skills, and hands implementation work to Claude Code. Hermes ships a bundled claude-code skill for exactly this ("Delegate coding to Claude Code CLI").
Import an existing Claude Code setup
hermes import-agent maps a ~/.claude setup into Hermes — CLAUDE.md/AGENTS.md instructions become memory entries and Bash(...) permission rules become the command allowlist (per the Hermes docs).
Schedule by voice
He voice-commanded a daily cron job that researches AI automation news and writes a dated JSON file each afternoon.

Gotchas

Voice wake: with the Porcupine backend the default keyword is "jarvis", not "hey hermes" (per the Hermes docs).
Browser and screen control are opt-in; understand the permissions before letting it run unattended.
Where people get stuck, per the video: memory/vault structure, and permissions between Hermes and Claude Code.