# AGENTS.md

## Research/Analysis Folder for hermes

This is the research and analysis folder for the **hermes** coding harness.

### Folder Structure

```
hermes/
  repo/           - NousResearch/hermes-agent source code
  feedback/
    localllm/     - Community feedback and performance data for local models
    frontier/     - Community feedback and performance data for frontier models
```

### What's Inside

- **repo/**: The hermes-agent repository (agent that grows with you by Nous Research)
- **feedback/localllm/**: Feedback, benchmark results, and observations from using hermes with smaller/local LLMs
- **feedback/frontier/**: Feedback, benchmark results, and observations from using hermes with frontier models

### Feedback Format

Each feedback file should include:
- Model used (name, size, provider)
- Benchmark results or task performance
- Issues encountered
- What worked well
- **Source reference**: URL or site where the feedback came from (community posts, Discord, GitHub issues, etc.)

### Research Focus

This folder collects data on:
- Tool handling and capabilities
- Skills system effectiveness
- Prompt engineering strategies
- Context management
- Performance on benchmarks (terminal-bench, etc.)

### Goal

Extract best practices specifically for smaller/local models and document what works vs. what doesn't for the hermes harness.