Integration guide
Hermes Agent
Hermes Agent is an open-source persistent personal agent from Nous Research. Install it, connect your messaging accounts, and it grows with you over time. KeeperHub is the on-chain execution layer. When Hermes needs to transact, it hands off to KeeperHub for managed retries, private routing, smart gas, and a full audit trail.
About Hermes Agent
Hermes Agent is an open-source persistent personal agent from Nous Research. Install it, connect your messaging accounts, and it grows with you: long-term memory, cross-session context, self-hostable. Built for durability rather than throwaway task agents. Some of what Hermes does eventually lands on-chain: swaps, rebalances, claims, stakes, settlements.
What KeeperHub adds
A persistent personal agent needs a reliability layer you can trust across months or years of use. KeeperHub is that layer. Managed retries with exponential backoff, smart gas, private routing, Turnkey-backed wallets, a full exportable audit trail, and 24/7 engineering. Because Hermes is self-hosted, KeeperHub is the managed service layer that handles the parts you do not want to babysit yourself.
Where each lives in the stack
Where Hermes plugs into KeeperHub
Hermes Agent (Framework layer)
- Open-source persistent personal agent
- Built by Nous Research
- Integrates with your messaging accounts
- Long-term memory and context
- Grows with use over time
- Self-hostable
KeeperHub (Execution layer)
- Managed retries with exponential backoff
- Smart gas engine
- Private routing (MEV protection)
- Turnkey-backed non-custodial wallets
- Full audit trail (trigger to outcome)
- MCP, REST, CLI, x402, MPP, ERC-8004
- 24/7 global engineering (Managed DeFi)
- 12 EVM chains, 20+ protocol integrations
Bridge: MCP + REST + x402 / MPP. Hermes discovers and calls KeeperHub workflows natively.
Common patterns
How it plugs in
Personal DeFi agent
Hermes is your persistent assistant across messaging apps. When it decides to execute on-chain (swap, rebalance, claim, stake), KeeperHub runs the transaction reliably.
Long-lived portfolio management
Hermes remembers your preferences and targets across months or years. KeeperHub executes the rebalances and rotations with managed retries and an audit trail the agent can reference later.
Cross-app coordination with on-chain actions
Hermes bridges your messaging with DeFi. KeeperHub handles the execution path: simulation, gas, private routing, retries.
Self-hosted agent plus managed execution
Run Hermes on your own infrastructure for full control of the agent. Offload execution reliability to KeeperHub without standing up your own retry, gas, or audit stack.
Pay per execution via x402 or MPP
No pre-funded KeeperHub account needed. The agent settles per call at the moment of execution, which fits naturally with how a personal agent racks up activity over time.
Audit trail for personal records
Hermes tracks the conversational context. KeeperHub logs every trigger, simulation, tx, gas, outcome, and timestamp. Between them, there is an exportable record of what the agent did and why.
Getting started
Four steps to wire them together
Install Hermes and connect your messaging accounts
Follow the Nous Research setup at hermes-agent.nousresearch.com.
Install the KeeperHub MCP server
Integration guide at docs.keeperhub.com/ai-tools/mcp-server.
Grant Hermes access to KeeperHub actions via MCP
Hermes picks up KeeperHub triggers and actions as native tools. No invasive changes in your Hermes config.
Agent pays per call via x402 or MPP
Settlement happens at the moment of execution. No pre-funded KeeperHub account required.
Ready to get started?
Hermes gives your agent memory. KeeperHub gives it reliable hands on-chain.
