Hermes Agent v0.3.0 added a first-class plugin system, live browser attach via CDP, real-time streaming, and VS Code, Zed, and JetBrains integration through ACP. Update if you want shareable skills, browser control, and a more stable long-running agent setup.
~/.hermes/plugins/ to add tools, commands, and hooks, and early community posts like the Android plugin repost show existing integrations already being repackaged as plugins./browser connect can attach browser tools to an already-open Chrome session over CDP.Hermes v0.3.0 is a broad platform update, not a single feature drop. Nous says the release bundles "real-time token-by-token delivery" across the CLI and gateway platforms, a rebuilt provider layer, smart approvals, voice mode with local Whisper, and more than 50 bug fixes in addition to the headline plugin and IDE features in the changelog screenshot.
The provider stack changed in ways that matter for integration. The same release notes call out a native Anthropic provider with Claude Code credential auto-discovery, OAuth PKCE, and prompt caching, plus a centralized router with a unified /model command and provider auto-detection on model switch. Hermes also added a Vercel AI Gateway path, which the project link post points developers toward through the hosted project page at Hermes Agent.
The new plugin system is the release's clearest workflow shift. Instead of forking the project to add custom behaviors, the changelog screenshot says developers can package and share tools, commands, and hooks as plugins, and Teknium's skill-config tip shows that installed skills can be enabled or disabled from the CLI with hermes skills config.
That extensibility is already spilling into the ecosystem. In the Android plugin repost, Teknium boosted a post saying hermes-android was converted into a plugin with "zero" friction, which is a practical sign that prior one-off integrations can move into the new packaging model quickly.
Browser and editor support also got much tighter. Hermes can now use /browser connect to attach to a live Chrome instance through CDP, so the agent can inspect and interact with pages you already have open rather than launching a fresh controlled browser, according to the release notes. For IDEs, the ACP server lets VS Code, Zed, and JetBrains connect to Hermes as the backend with slash command support, and Teknium's summary describes that as "a GUI code editor experience in VSCode with ACP support."
A lot of the release is operational plumbing. the highlights say independent tool calls now run concurrently via ThreadPoolExecutor, shell state can persist across local and SSH tool calls, and PII redaction can automatically scrub context before it is sent upstream when enabled.
The browser tool surface also expanded beyond the built-in connector. Teknium's browser note says Browser Use is now an official provider backend for Hermes' browser tool, configurable through hermes tools, which gives teams another integration path if they already use that service.
The early user signal is mostly about stability. Teknium said the last five days brought Hermes to a "much more stable" state with many edge-case fixes in his update, and a repost from Nous highlights one user saying they had been running Hermes for three days without needing a restart in the operator quote. That's anecdotal, but it matches the release's emphasis on long-running, less brittle agent sessions.
Agent Computer launched cloud desktops that boot in under half a second and expose persistent disks, shared credentials, SSH access, and ACP control for agents. It gives coding agents a faster place to run tools and reuse auth, but teams still need to design safe session and credential boundaries.
releaseOpenClaw shipped version 2026.3.22 with ClawHub, OpenShell plus SSH sandboxes, side-question flows, and more search and model options, then followed with a 2026.3.23 patch. Teams get a broader plugin surface, but should patch quickly and review plugin trust boundaries as the ecosystem grows.
releaseCursor shipped Instant Grep, a local regex index built from n-grams, inverted indexes, and Bloom filters that drops large-repo searches from seconds to milliseconds. Faster candidate retrieval shortens the coding-agent loop, especially when ripgrep-style scans become the bottleneck.
breakingChatGPT now saves uploaded and generated files into an account-level Library that can be reused across conversations from the web sidebar or recent-files picker. It removes repetitive re-uploading and makes past PDFs, spreadsheets, and images part of a persistent working context.
breakingEpoch AI says GPT-5.4 Pro elicited a publishable solution to one 2019 conjecture in its FrontierMath Open Problems set, with a formal writeup planned. Treat it as an early milestone worth reproducing, not blanket evidence that frontier models can already automate math research.
Hermes Agent v0.3.0 ☤ 248 PRs. 15 contributors. 5 days. • Real-time streaming across CLI and all platforms • First-class plugin architecture, package and share tools+commands+skills • /browser connect to live Chrome via CDP • @vercel AI Gateway model provider • Show more
Browser Use is now an official provider for the browser tool in Hermes-Agent - Update to try it out ;) Use `hermes tools` to set the browser backend. (Note: this requires an API key with them)
Hermes agent is insane I gave Hermes access to Browser Use so it has access to my social media accounts. It retains context about my codebase, tone, and workflows. Now i just ask it to post on X for me...
Tons of great upgrades in the last 5 days - much more stable, a bunch of quality of life upgrades, some cool new things (like taking over your live browser session, a GUI code editor experience in VSCode with ACP support), and tons of stability improvements for edge cases!
Hermes Agent v0.3.0 ☤ 248 PRs. 15 contributors. 5 days. • Real-time streaming across CLI and all platforms • First-class plugin architecture, package and share tools+commands+skills • /browser connect to live Chrome via CDP • @vercel AI Gateway model provider •
