Memory log — 2026-05-18
15 sessions captured from Hermes history.
6:00 AM — [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “google-workspace” skill, indicating they w
Source: cron · Session: cron_cb6045957bbb_20260518_060045 · Messages: 34 · Tools: 19
Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “google-workspace” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…
Early response: Backfill state advanced to 1. What mattered: - Teaching in the Age of AI — AI Exhaustion. Core takeaways: AI is now ambient and unavoidable, “forbidding” it is mostly semantic theatre once students have internet…
Subjects: General
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Clay: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “google-workspace” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name: google-workspace description: “Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets via gws CLI or Python.” version: 1.1.0 author: Nous Research license: MIT platforms: [linux, macos, windows] required_credential_files: - path: google_token.json description: Google OAuth2 token (created by setup script) - path: google_client_secret.json description: Google OAuth2 client credentials (downloaded…
Hermes: Backfill state advanced to 1. What mattered: - Teaching in the Age of AI — AI Exhaustion. Core takeaways: AI is now ambient and unavoidable, “forbidding” it is mostly semantic theatre once students have internet access, schools are still reacting to 2023-era AI, and the hidden cost this year was less content coverage because of the extra monitoring and in-class assessment. - Educating AI — Why Can’t We Be Friends? Core takeaways: the evidence that current AI implementations improve learning in existing school structures is still…
6:09 AM — [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “google-workspace” skill, indicating they w
Source: cron · Session: cron_7a54cfdca69d_20260518_060936 · Messages: 2 · Tools: 0
Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “google-workspace” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…
Early response: New unread Gmail thread: - From: IPL Roster Sync <clay.dunker@gmail.com> - Subject: [IPL] Roster drift: 13 change(s), 3 eligibility - Summary: Roster sync ran, detected drift, and auto-corrected it. It scraped 380…
Subjects: Email, Google Workspace, Fantasy football
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Clay: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “google-workspace” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name: google-workspace description: “Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets via gws CLI or Python.” version: 1.1.0 author: Nous Research license: MIT platforms: [linux, macos, windows] required_credential_files: - path: google_token.json description: Google OAuth2 token (created by setup script) - path: google_client_secret.json description: Google OAuth2 client credentials (downloaded…
Hermes: New unread Gmail thread: - From: IPL Roster Sync <clay.dunker@gmail.com> - Subject: [IPL] Roster drift: 13 change(s), 3 eligibility - Summary: Roster sync ran, detected drift, and auto-corrected it. It scraped 380 players across 12 teams and flagged eligibility changes. No reply sent.
7:02 AM — Scheduled Job Status Check
Source: discord · Session: 20260518_070222_0b3f178c · Messages: 77 · Tools: 34
Started with: [clay (he/him)] Hi how come the job didn’t run this morning?
Early response: I checked the scheduler, and the Substack newsletter daily sweep did run this morning — its last run was 2026-05-18 06:04:31 -05:00 with status ok. Its next run is tomorrow at 6:00 AM. If you meant a…
Subjects: Substack, Newsletter, Calendar, Cron
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Clay: [clay (he/him)] Hi how come the job didn’t run this morning?
Hermes: I checked the scheduler, and the Substack newsletter daily sweep did run this morning — its last run was 2026-05-18 06:04:31 -05:00 with status ok. Its next run is tomorrow at 6:00 AM. If you meant a different job, tell me the name and I’ll check that one specifically.
Clay: [clay (he/him)] Ok so it ran but I didn’t get any sort of digest from you
Clay: [System note: Your previous turn was interrupted before you could process the last tool result(s). The conversation history contains tool outputs you haven’t responded to yet. Please finish processing those results and summarize what was accomplished, then address the user’s new message below.] [clay (he/him)] Did you get kicked offline while you were checking for me?
Hermes: No — I wasn’t kicked offline. What I found: - The Substack newsletter daily sweep did run at 6:00 AM and completed with status: ok - It consulted the saved rules/state files - It found two in-scope newsletters: - Teaching in the Age of AI — “AI Exhaustion” - Educating AI — “Why Can’t We Be Friends?” - It skipped broader AI-news roundup content and off-topic mail - The backfill state was updated successfully So the issue doesn’t look like the job dying; it looks more like **the digest didn’t surface here in a visible…
Clay: [clay (he/him)] Today’s output didn’t match what I asked for. Walking through the gaps so the next run is right. 1. Format. I don’t want a status report. I want the article content delivered. The format I want, per article: Headline: Article title, publication name, author name. Three-sentence synopsis of the article. Three actual sentences, not a comma-spliced paragraph. Cover what the author argues and why. Up to five bullets, applied through the bullet rule at /home/clay/.hermes/notes/substack_k12_edtech_bullet_rule.txt. Each bullet should…
Hermes: Re-run in the new format, with the whitelist updated. Headline: AI Exhaustion — Teaching in the Age of AI — Stephen Fitzpatrick Fitzpatrick argues that the school year ended in exhaustion because AI is now ambient, unavoidable, and still not being met with a matching school response. He says the “forbid AI” posture is mostly semantic theatre once students have internet access, and that schools are still reacting with 2023 assumptions while the models have moved on. The practical cost is curricular: more monitoring, more in-class…
Clay: [clay (he/him)] blacklist why tri ai for this feed
Hermes: Done — I blacklisted Why Try AI for this feed. Updated: - /home/clay/.hermes/notes/substack_blacklist.txt - Removed it from /home/clay/.hermes/notes/substack_whitelist.txt Current whitelist now only includes: - Stephen Fitzpatrick | Teaching in the Age of AI - Nick Potkalitsky | Educating AI
Clay: [clay (he/him)] Three more things to lock in before the re-run: 1. New post, not a reply. Each daily digest goes into the <#1505761069832863834> channel as a fresh top-level message. Not a reply to yesterday’s post, not threaded under anything. Each morning is its own standalone post. 2. Tag me at the top. Open the message with an @mention of my Discord account so I get a phone notification. Use whatever the proper user-mention syntax is for the webhook (<@USER_ID> format with my actual Discord user ID). If you don’t have my user ID saved,…
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7:44 AM — [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “google-workspace” skill, indicating they w
Source: cron · Session: cron_7a54cfdca69d_20260518_074400 · Messages: 4 · Tools: 1
Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “google-workspace” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…
Early response: Unread email: Fantasy Baseball Digest newsletter about waiver-wire must-adds, featuring Colt Emerson, Roki Sasaki, and Merrill Kelly, plus a Pitcherlist SP roundup. No reply sent.
Subjects: Newsletter, Email, Fantasy baseball
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Clay: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “google-workspace” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name: google-workspace description: “Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets via gws CLI or Python.” version: 1.1.0 author: Nous Research license: MIT platforms: [linux, macos, windows] required_credential_files: - path: google_token.json description: Google OAuth2 token (created by setup script) - path: google_client_secret.json description: Google OAuth2 client credentials (downloaded…
Hermes: Unread email: Fantasy Baseball Digest newsletter about waiver-wire must-adds, featuring Colt Emerson, Roki Sasaki, and Merrill Kelly, plus a Pitcherlist SP roundup. No reply sent.
10:08 AM — [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “google-workspace” skill, indicating they w
Source: cron · Session: cron_7a54cfdca69d_20260518_100859 · Messages: 1 · Tools: 0
Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “google-workspace” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…
Subjects: General
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Clay: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “google-workspace” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name: google-workspace description: “Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets via gws CLI or Python.” version: 1.1.0 author: Nous Research license: MIT platforms: [linux, macos, windows] required_credential_files: - path: google_token.json description: Google OAuth2 token (created by setup script) - path: google_client_secret.json description: Google OAuth2 client credentials (downloaded…
10:17 AM — [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “google-workspace” skill, indicating they w
Source: cron · Session: cron_7a54cfdca69d_20260518_101742 · Messages: 1 · Tools: 0
Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “google-workspace” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…
Subjects: General
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Clay: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “google-workspace” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name: google-workspace description: “Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets via gws CLI or Python.” version: 1.1.0 author: Nous Research license: MIT platforms: [linux, macos, windows] required_credential_files: - path: google_token.json description: Google OAuth2 token (created by setup script) - path: google_client_secret.json description: Google OAuth2 client credentials (downloaded…
2:15 PM — Switching ChatGPT Models
Source: discord · Session: 20260518_141501_645c96d7 · Messages: 9 · Tools: 2
Started with: [clay (he/him)] Can you switch to a new model of ChatGPT upon request?
Early response: Not in the middle of this chat, no — I can’t swap my underlying model on demand. If you want a different ChatGPT model, you’d need to: - start a new chat/session with that model, or - change the model in your…
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Clay: [clay (he/him)] Can you switch to a new model of ChatGPT upon request?
Hermes: Not in the middle of this chat, no — I can’t swap my underlying model on demand. If you want a different ChatGPT model, you’d need to: - start a new chat/session with that model, or - change the model in your client/settings if it supports that. If you mean Hermes Agent specifically, the model can be changed with: - hermes model - or /model in an interactive Hermes session If you want, I can also tell you the exact way to switch models in Hermes on your setup.
Clay: [clay (he/him)] Yes, tell me - so if i send you a new message on Discord, what would I say to prompt a new model at the start of that thread
Hermes: If you’re starting a fresh Discord thread and want Hermes to use a different model, the cleanest prompt is usually: text /model <model-name> <your request> Example: text /model gpt-5.4-mini Help me draft a concise project update. A few notes: - Use the exact model slug Hermes recognizes in your setup. - The model switch has to happen at the start of the new thread/session — not mid-thread. - If /model doesn’t work in that Discord channel, the model is probably controlled in Hermes config instead of by message text.…
2:17 PM — Available GPT Models
Source: discord · Session: 20260518_141757_eb753794 · Messages: 31 · Tools: 14
Started with: [clay (he/him)] list the gpt models I can use
Early response: Your current default is gpt-5.4-mini. The live GPT models available in your Codex auth right now are: - gpt-5.5 (GPT-5.5) - gpt-5.4 (gpt-5.4) - gpt-5.4-mini (GPT-5.4-Mini) - gpt-5.3-codex…
Subjects: General
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Clay: [clay (he/him)] list the gpt models I can use
Hermes: Your current default is gpt-5.4-mini. The live GPT models available in your Codex auth right now are: - gpt-5.5 (GPT-5.5) - gpt-5.4 (gpt-5.4) - gpt-5.4-mini (GPT-5.4-Mini) - gpt-5.3-codex (gpt-5.3-codex) - gpt-5.3-codex-spark (GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark) - gpt-5.2 (gpt-5.2) If you want, I can also rank them by “best for coding”, “fastest”, or “best all-around.”
2:20 PM — Explaining Uranus Basics
Source: discord · Session: 20260518_142008_6f975428 · Messages: 71 · Tools: 31
Started with: [clay (he/him)] Explain Uranus to me
Early response: Uranus is the 7th planet from the Sun and one of the four giant outer planets. Quick version: - It’s an ice giant, not a rocky planet - It’s made mostly of hydrogen, helium, and “ices” like water, ammonia, and methane…
Subjects: Hermes, Model switching
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Clay: [clay (he/him)] Explain Uranus to me
Hermes: Uranus is the 7th planet from the Sun and one of the four giant outer planets. Quick version: - It’s an ice giant, not a rocky planet - It’s made mostly of hydrogen, helium, and “ices” like water, ammonia, and methane - The methane in its atmosphere gives it that pale blue-green color - It’s huge: about 4 times wider than Earth - A day on Uranus is about 17 hours long - A year on Uranus is about 84 Earth years long One weird thing makes it famous: it spins on its side. Its tilt is about 98 degrees, so it basically rolls around the Sun instead…
Clay: [clay (he/him)] WHat model did you use to write this?
Hermes: I’m running as gpt-5.4-mini in this chat, via the openai-codex provider.
Clay: [clay (he/him)] Did I change the model incorrectly [Image attached at: /home/clay/.hermes/image_cache/img_c2e5d064da4b.png] [screenshot]
Hermes: You probably didn’t break it, but the screenshot shows two important caveats: 1. The model name was auto-corrected - You entered something like gpt5.5 - It was corrected to gpt-5.5 2. The change was session-only - The screenshot explicitly says: “session only — add --global to persist” - So the switch affected this session/chat only, not your permanent default. Also, the earlier line says your current default was gpt-5.4-mini, and the later bot text still says it’s running as gpt-5.4-mini in…
Clay: [Note: model was just switched from gpt-5.4-mini to gpt-5.5 via OpenAI Codex. Adjust your self-identification accordingly.] [clay (he/him)] Is the dead sea dead?
Hermes: Kind of — but not completely. The Dead Sea is called “dead” because it’s extremely salty, so most fish, plants, and normal aquatic animals can’t live there. Its salinity is roughly 10 times saltier than typical ocean water, which makes it a very hostile environment for most life. But it is not totally lifeless. Some microscopic life can survive there, especially: - salt-loving microbes called halophiles - certain bacteria - some algae during rare periods when the water becomes temporarily less salty So: **dead for fish and…
Clay: [Note: model was just switched from gpt-5.4-mini to gpt-5.5 via OpenAI Codex. Adjust your self-identification accordingly.] [clay (he/him)] Do you ever switch models on your own — for cost, speed, fallback, or any other reason — without me running a /model command? List every situation where that can happen, including silent fallbacks if a model is rate-limited or unavailable.
Hermes: Yes, but with an important distinction: Hermes does not normally decide “this answer should use a cheaper/faster model” on its own. For the main assistant turn, it uses the session/configured model unless a configured recovery path or a separate subsystem routes elsewhere. For this chat right now, you told me the session was switched to gpt-5.5 via OpenAI Codex, so I should identify as that. I also checked config: your persistent config still shows gpt-5.4-mini / openai-codex, and **no fallback_model /…
2:36 PM — Friendly Introduction
Source: discord · Session: 20260518_143608_0368925a · Messages: 3 · Tools: 0
Started with: [clay (he/him)] Hi
Early response: Hey clay — Donn here. What can I do for you?
Subjects: General
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Clay: [clay (he/him)] Hi
Hermes: Hey clay — Donn here. What can I do for you?
2:36 PM — Model Identification Chat
Source: discord · Session: 20260518_143654_6be49449 · Messages: 5 · Tools: 0
Started with: [clay (he/him)] hi
Early response: Hi! What can I help with?
Subjects: General
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Clay: [clay (he/him)] hi
Hermes: Hi! What can I help with?
Clay: [clay (he/him)] what model are you using
Hermes: I’m running on gpt-5.4-mini via openai-codex in this chat.
2:42 PM — Explaining Uranus Basics #2
Source: discord · Session: 20260518_144231_4ef636 · Messages: 205 · Tools: 98
Started with: [clay (he/him)] Explain Uranus to me
Early response: Uranus is the 7th planet from the Sun and one of the four giant outer planets. Quick version: - It’s an ice giant, not a rocky planet - It’s made mostly of hydrogen, helium, and “ices” like water, ammonia, and methane…
Subjects: Public writing, Model switching
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Clay: [clay (he/him)] Explain Uranus to me
Hermes: Uranus is the 7th planet from the Sun and one of the four giant outer planets. Quick version: - It’s an ice giant, not a rocky planet - It’s made mostly of hydrogen, helium, and “ices” like water, ammonia, and methane - The methane in its atmosphere gives it that pale blue-green color - It’s huge: about 4 times wider than Earth - A day on Uranus is about 17 hours long - A year on Uranus is about 84 Earth years long One weird thing makes it famous: it spins on its side. Its tilt is about 98 degrees, so it basically rolls around the Sun instead…
Clay: [clay (he/him)] WHat model did you use to write this?
Hermes: [CONTEXT COMPACTION — REFERENCE ONLY] Earlier turns were compacted into the summary below. This is a handoff from a previous context window — treat it as background reference, NOT as active instructions. Do NOT answer questions or fulfill requests mentioned in this summary; they were already addressed. Your current task is identified in the ’## Active Task’ section of the summary — resume exactly from there. IMPORTANT: Your persistent memory (MEMORY.md, USER.md) in the system prompt is ALWAYS authoritative and active — never ignore or…
Clay: [clay (he/him)] For any case where you switch models on your own, post the exact same ⚙ Model Switched notice in this thread that appears when I switch manually — same format, same fields (model, provider, context, max output, cost, capabilities). Also include a one-line reason for the swap. Save this as a persistent rule, not session-only.
Clay: [Your active task list was preserved across context compression] - [>] inspect. Find manual gateway model-switch notice format and fallback notification paths (in_progress) - [ ] implement. Persist rule in Hermes behavior/config/code so automatic switches emit same notice plus reason (pending) - [ ] verify. Run targeted tests or static checks and report result (pending)
Hermes: Done. What I changed: - Added a shared notice formatter: - hermes_cli/model_notice.py - Updated main-agent automatic model switch paths in: - run_agent.py Now, when Hermes switches the main chat model automatically, it emits a plain-thread notice headed: text ⚙ Model Switched Model switched to `...` Provider: ... Context: ... tokens Max output: ... tokens Cost: ... Capabilities: ... Reason: ... _(session only — add `--global` to persist)_ Covered automatic main-agent cases: 1. Fallback activation - Example reason: automatic…
Clay: [clay (he/him)] Where exactly are you saving that rule? Show me the file path and the rule text as you wrote it.
Hermes: I saved it in two persistent places: 1. Long-term memory file Path: text /home/clay/.hermes/memories/MEMORY.md Rule text as written: text Hermes main-agent automatic model switches should emit the canonical “⚙ Model Switched” notice in the originating thread with the same model/provider/context/max output/cost/capabilities fields as manual /model switches, plus a one-line Reason field. 2. Hermes Agent skill reference Path: ```text…
Clay: [clay (he/him)] Run a test: pretend you just auto-switched from your current model to a cheaper fallback. Post the notice you’d post. I want to see it before it ever happens for real.
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4:19 PM — Task marked done
Source: discord · Session: 20260518_161951_a789b478 · Messages: 7 · Tools: 2
Started with: [clay (he/him)] Mark as done
Early response: Done.
Subjects: General
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Clay: [clay (he/him)] Mark as done
Hermes: Done.
4:20 PM — Connect Custom MCP Server
Source: discord · Session: 20260518_162038_75839e15 · Messages: 66 · Tools: 37
Started with: [clay (he/him)] Todo: Connect my MCP memory server. Send me an email with instructions of how to connect to a custom MCP
Early response: I can help with the instructions, but I can’t actually send email from this chat because no email account/platform is connected here. Also, I checked your Hermes config and there’s no mcp_servers entry yet, so the…
Subjects: The List, Email, Google Workspace, MCP
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Clay: [clay (he/him)] Todo: Connect my MCP memory server. Send me an email with instructions of how to connect to a custom MCP
Hermes: I can help with the instructions, but I can’t actually send email from this chat because no email account/platform is connected here. Also, I checked your Hermes config and there’s no mcp_servers entry yet, so the custom MCP isn’t configured on this machine. Here’s a ready-to-send email draft: Subject: How to connect a custom MCP server in Hermes Hi, To connect a custom MCP server in Hermes: 1. Make sure the MCP SDK is installed: bash pip install mcp 2. Add your server to ~/.hermes/config.yaml under mcp_servers. **For a local…
Clay: [clay (he/him)] You’re a very forgetful about Gmail sometimes. You have access to claw.dunker
Hermes: Got it — I’ll treat claw.dunker as your Gmail identity going forward. And thanks for the correction.
Clay: [clay (he/him)] No, no no no that needs to change. Your email address is claw.dunker@gmail.com. we used oauth and API’s and set you up so that you can control that. My email is clay.dunker@gmail.com
Hermes: Understood — corrected. - My email: claw.dunker@gmail.com - Your email: clay.dunker@gmail.com I’ll use that going forward.
Clay: [clay (he/him)] So send me an email with the MCP instructions
Hermes: Sent — I emailed you the MCP setup instructions. Message ID: 19e3d00f8ea51042
6:55 PM — [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “google-workspace” skill, indicating they w
Source: cron · Session: cron_7a54cfdca69d_20260518_185516 · Messages: 2 · Tools: 0
Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “google-workspace” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…
Early response: New unread email from Clay Dunker: YouTube notification titled “Watch ‘Hermes Agent just got 10X Better (Agentic OS)’ on YouTube.” No reply sent.
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Clay: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “google-workspace” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name: google-workspace description: “Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets via gws CLI or Python.” version: 1.1.0 author: Nous Research license: MIT platforms: [linux, macos, windows] required_credential_files: - path: google_token.json description: Google OAuth2 token (created by setup script) - path: google_client_secret.json description: Google OAuth2 client credentials (downloaded…
Hermes: New unread email from Clay Dunker: YouTube notification titled “Watch ‘Hermes Agent just got 10X Better (Agentic OS)’ on YouTube.” No reply sent.