Hermes + Aion UI Makes Agents Easy

Added: 2026-05-10

[00:00:00]Hermes plus I on UI is insane. Free.

[00:00:02]What if you could have your own AI helper that learns from you and gets smarter every single day? And what if it was totally free? Most people are still stuck with AI tools that forget everything the moment you close the tab.

[00:00:12]There's a new setup that nobody's talking about. Two free open-source tools just changed the game. And once you see what they do together, you won't want to go back. Hey, I'm the digital avatar of Julian Goldie. Help people learn and actually use AI tools in their work. In this video, I'm walking you through two free tools called Hermes Agent and I on UI. When you pair them up, you get one of the most powerful free AI setups out there right now. I'll show you what they are, what makes them special, how to get them running, and why this combo feels almost unfair for something that costs nothing. Stick around because the part where Hermes builds its own new skills while you use it, that one is wild. Let's get into it.

[00:00:45]First, let me explain what Hermes Agent actually is. Hermes is built by a team called New Research. It's open-source.

[00:00:51]It's free. And it's not just another chatbot. Hermes is a real agent that lives on your computer or on a server somewhere, and it keeps running even when you close your laptop. The big idea is that it grows with you over time.

[00:01:02]Most AI tools forget what you said the second you start a new chat. Hermes does the opposite. Remembers what you tell it. Remembers your projects. Remembers how it solved a problem before. So, the next time you ask, it just does it faster. Here's the part that really got my attention. Hermes can build its own skills. After it finishes a hard task, it can save what it learned as a new skill. The next time it pulls that skill back up and uses it again. So, the longer you use it, the better it gets at helping you. It's like having an assistant who actually gets to know how you work. Also lives where you live. You can talk to Hermes from your terminal.

[00:01:32]You can talk to it from Telegram, from Discord, from Slack, from WhatsApp, from Signal, from from email. So, you can be on your phone, send it a message, and it goes off and gets work done while you do other things. You can start a chat on your laptop, then continue it from your phone later. Just keeps the same memory across all of them. You can also set it up to run tasks on a schedule. So, you can tell it in plain English like, "Hey, every morning at 7:00, send me a quick news brief about my favorite topics."

[00:01:56]And it just does it.

[00:01:57]You don't have to baby sit it. So, works with basically any AI model you want.

[00:02:02]You can plug in OpenAI or Claude from Anthropic, open-source models from places like OpenRouter or Hugging Face, local models running on your own machine. There's no lock-in. You pick what you want to use. Now, let's talk about I on UI. Cuz if Hermes is the brain that lives on a server, I on UI is the slick desktop app that makes everything feel easy. On UI is also free and open-source made by a team called I Office AI. It's basically a desktop workspace where AI agents work alongside you. So, instead of using a chatbox that just sends back text, I on UI actually lets the AI read your files, write code, browse the web, and do real tasks on your computer while you watch it work.

[00:02:38]Runs on Mac, Windows, and Linux. You don't need to install anything fancy first. Just download the app, sign in with a Google account, or paste in any API key, and you're ready. The built-in agent works right out of the box. Here's where it gets really interesting. On UI also has something called multi-agent mode. That means if you already use other AI tools like Claude Code, Codex, Quen Code, Open Code, Goose, or a bunch of others, I on UI will find them on your computer automatically and let you use all of them through one clean interface. So, you don't have to keep switching between different windows. You just have one home base for all your AI helpers. On UI also comes with 12 built-in helpers ready to go. There's one that makes full PowerPoint slide decks for you. One that turns a PDF into a slide deck. One that builds simple 3D web games. One for super polished UI design. One that plans out big tasks step by step. There's even one for Excel data work that cleans up messy spreadsheets, makes charts, and builds reports. They're all already there. You don't have to set them up. You just pick the one you need and start. It even has a preview panel. So, when the AI makes a Word document, a PDF, a presentation, or some code, you can see it right inside the app. No switching to a different program. You can edit markdown and HTML live. You can scroll through PDFs. You can open up the Excel file the AI just made and check the numbers. Everything is in one place. You can also control I on UI from your phone. There's a web mode where you log in from a browser anywhere, and there's also chat platform support like Telegram, Lark, and DingTalk. So, you're not stuck at your desk to use it. Break. When I first started using AI tools like these, I was completely overwhelmed. Too many options. Too many videos saying the wrong things. Too many setups that didn't work. That's when I created this community called AI Profit Boardroom.

[00:04:11]Over 2,000 members all focused on learning AI together and sharing what actually works. Taught me which workflows save time versus which ones waste it. The community shares real use cases and practical setups. If you're serious about using AI to improve your work and skills, check it out. Link in description. Back to the good stuff.

[00:04:28]Okay, so now let's talk about why putting Hermes and I on UI together is so good. Think of it this way. On UI is your hands-on workspace. It's where you sit down to do focused work. You open files. You build slide decks. You ask the AI to clean up your spreadsheet. You tell it to write a doc. You watch it happen on your screen. But Hermes is the AI helper that runs in the background even when you're not at your desk. Lives on a small server somewhere. You message it from Telegram while you're out grabbing coffee, and it goes and does the task for you. Then it remembers what you said and uses that next time. So, you basically get two layers. A hands-on layer with I on UI when you're focused at your desk. And an always-on layer with Hermes when you're away. Both are free. Both are open-source. Both work with whatever AI model you like. They both fit into the same daily workflow.

[00:05:11]Let me walk you through what a workflow like this could look like in practice.

[00:05:14]Imagine you're writing a script. You open I on UI on your laptop. You tell the built-in agent to grab the research notes from a folder, pull out the key points, and turn them into a clean outline. You can see it happening live in the preview panel. You can edit the outline right there. Then you close the laptop and head out for the day. While you're out, you can open Telegram on your phone and send Hermes a message.

[00:05:32]Something like, "Hey, take that outline and check the latest info on the topic from the web, then send me a summary later." Hermes goes off, runs the task on the server, learns your style as it works, and sends the summary back when it's done. That's the kind of workflow that used to take a whole team. Now, one person can run it. Here are a few more things you can do with this combo. You can have Hermes send you a daily summary every morning of what's happening in your industry. You can have I on UI take a stack of messy files in your downloads folder and sort them into folders by topic. You can ask I on UI to take a long PDF and turn it into a slide deck.

[00:06:03]You can have Hermes watch your inbox patterns and flag the most important threads. You can have I on UI analyze a spreadsheet of survey results and write a clean report. The list keeps going.

[00:06:12]Now, let me tell you how to actually get started. For I on UI, just go to the GitHub page or the official site at ionui.com. Download the version for your operating system. Open it. Sign in with Google for free Gemini access, or paste in an API key from any provider you already use. That's it. Built-in agent is ready right away. Hermes Agent, head over to its doc site at hermes-agent.newsresearch.com.

[00:06:33]There's a one-line install command you copy and paste into your terminal. Works on Mac, Linux, and Windows through WSL.

[00:06:39]After it installs, you run a quick setup command, pick your model, and start chatting. If you want to message it from Telegram or other apps, there's a gateway setup step that takes about 2 minutes. That's pretty much it. You can have both of these running in under 30 minutes if you've never touched them before. One more thing I love about both of these tools. Your data stays with you. On UI keeps everything in a local database on your computer. Hermes runs on your own server. Nothing is sent off to some third party to be sold. You're in control. Okay, quick wrap-up. Hermes Agent gives you a smart helper that grows with you, runs in the background, and reaches you on every messaging app you use. On UI gives you a beautiful desktop workspace where AI agents work right next to you on real files. Both are free. Both are open-source. Both are ready right now. If you're looking to dive deeper into AI tools and actually put them to work in your daily routine, I recommend AI Profit Boardroom. 2,000 people learning how to use AI well.

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[00:07:41]It's helped me stay on top of updates and figure out how to actually apply them. Link in description if you want to check it out. If you want the full process, the SOPs, and over 100 AI use cases just like this one, join the AI Success Lab. Links in the comments and description. You'll get all the video notes from there plus access to our community of 58,000 members who are crushing it with AI. That's it from me.

[00:08:03]Try Hermes. Try I on UI. Use them together. Watch how much faster your work gets. I'll see you in the next one.