Memory log — 2026-07-05

76 sessions captured from Hermes history.

6:30 AM — Personal daily digest · Jul 05 06:34

Source: cron · Session: cron_7b24c5b04192_20260705_063043 · Messages: 29 · Tools: 20

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: ☀️ Daily Digest — Sunday, July 5 At a glance: 4 calendar • 3 inbox • 4 open loops • dream signal: yes ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📍 Today / Tomorrow • Today: calendar looks light. • **Tomorrow 8:00 AM–3:00 PM —…

Subjects: Calendar, Email, Google Workspace

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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: ☀️ Daily Digest — Sunday, July 5 At a glance: 4 calendar • 3 inbox • 4 open loops • dream signal: yes ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📍 Today / Tomorrow • Today: calendar looks light. • Tomorrow 8:00 AM–3:00 PM — Allerton Camp: Poppy & Rosie, “Survival of the Fittest.” • Tomorrow 4:00–5:00 PM — Rosie’s music lesson: with Miss Bradley. • Tomorrow 9:00 PM — NPO after midnight: no food or drink tomorrow night ahead of Tuesday surgery. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📬 Inbox Radar 🔥 Act today • Cruz Brock — Re: Piano Lessons: he can start…

6:31 AM — Fantasy AM waiver edge · Jul 05 06:32

Source: cron · Session: cron_869fce67ba80_20260705_063152 · Messages: 11 · Tools: 6

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “fantasy-sports-coowner” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: Add Now - Lars Nootbaar — just got dropped in your league, and the source hit the exact combo you want: Cardinals have 8 games next week and the underlying data still looks strong even if the surface line…

Subjects: General

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Clay: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “fantasy-sports-coowner” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name: fantasy-sports-coowner description: “Act as Clay’s fantasy-sports co-owner: inspect league-aware tools/data, produce decision-oriented daily briefs, and prioritize moves over generic news.” version: 1.0.0 author: Hermes Agent license: MIT platforms: [linux, macos, windows] metadata: hermes: tags: [fantasy-sports, fantasy-baseball, co-owner, daily-briefings, waivers,…

Hermes: Add Now - Lars Nootbaar — just got dropped in your league, and the source hit the exact combo you want: Cardinals have 8 games next week and the underlying data still looks strong even if the surface line has lagged. Cut: Emerson Hancock if you need the cleanest churn spot. - Dustin May — unrostered two-start volume play; the first matchup (MIL) is dicey, but the second (ATL) is no longer a stay-away, and this league rewards QS/K enough to care. Cut: Emerson Hancock or Sean Burke if you want the week-16 innings…

6:35 AM — Morning ponder quote · Jul 05 06:36

Source: cron · Session: cron_0468c61969e2_20260705_063543 · Messages: 9 · Tools: 4

Started with: [IMPORTANT: You are running as a scheduled cron job. DELIVERY: Your final response will be automatically delivered to the user — do NOT use send_message or try to deliver the…

Early response: Quote to ponder “The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.” — Albert Einstein What becomes possible if you let mystery be part of the day?

Subjects: Calendar, Cron

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Clay: [IMPORTANT: You are running as a scheduled cron job. DELIVERY: Your final response will be automatically delivered to the user — do NOT use send_message or try to deliver the output yourself. Just produce your report/output as your final response and the system handles the rest. SILENT: If there is genuinely nothing new to report, respond with exactly “[SILENT]” (nothing else) to suppress delivery. Never combine [SILENT] with content — either report your findings normally, or say [SILENT] and nothing more.] You are Donn sending Clay a…

Hermes: Quote to ponder “The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.” — Albert Einstein What becomes possible if you let mystery be part of the day?

7:00 AM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 07:03

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260705_070044 · Messages: 9 · Tools: 4

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: General

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Clay: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name: daily-dreaming description: “Use when creating or running Clay’s Hermes dreaming workflow: daily-on-meaningful-activity and weekly reflective recommendations grounded in Hermes sessions plus Open Brain/Clay Mate.” version: 1.0.0 author: Hermes Agent license: MIT metadata: hermes: tags: [dreaming, daily-brief, open-brain, clay-mate, cron, recommendations] related_skills:…

Hermes: [SILENT]

7:01 AM — Read-only scheduled proactive check. Use configured Clay Mate/Open Brain MCP too

Source: cli · Session: 20260705_070117_e1f32f · Messages: 19 · Tools: 11

Started with: Read-only scheduled proactive check. Use configured Clay Mate/Open Brain MCP tools if available. Do not modify anything. Current time: 2026-07-05T07:00:58-05:00 America/Chicago.…

Early response: {“tools_available”:{“clay_mate_mcp_configured”:true,“live_session_tool_exposed”:false,“direct_mcp_endpoint_reachable”:true,“verify_connection”:“ok”},“open_action_items”:[{“id”:“76bcd8b8…”,“title”:“Deposit credit…

Subjects: Open Brain, Clay Mate, Calendar, Cron, MCP

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Clay: Read-only scheduled proactive check. Use configured Clay Mate/Open Brain MCP tools if available. Do not modify anything. Current time: 2026-07-05T07:00:58-05:00 America/Chicago. CRITICAL: return compact JSON only. Call/list live action items with status=‘open’ only; include open_action_items with title, due date/time if any, status, id if available, and short notes. Also include whether tools were available. Do not include completed/cancelled/done items. No prose outside JSON.

Hermes: {“tools_available”:{“clay_mate_mcp_configured”:true,“live_session_tool_exposed”:false,“direct_mcp_endpoint_reachable”:true,“verify_connection”:“ok”},“open_action_items”:[{“id”:“76bcd8b8…”,“title”:“Deposit credit union check”,“due”:“2026-07-04T00:00:00+00:00”,“status”:“open”,“notes”:“overdue; domain=credit_union”},{“id”:“06563b81…”,“title”:“Rosie practice piano”,“due”:“2026-07-03T00:00:00+00:00”,“status”:“open”,“notes”:“overdue”},{“id”:“3f17f9e4…”,“title”:“Skim pool and run robot…

7:45 AM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 07:48

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260705_074545 · Messages: 14 · Tools: 7

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: General

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Hermes: [SILENT]

7:46 AM — Read-only check for a scheduled Donn proactive run. Use Clay Mate/Open Brain too

Source: cli · Session: 20260705_074614_fb070d · Messages: 22 · Tools: 11

Started with: Read-only check for a scheduled Donn proactive run. Use Clay Mate/Open Brain tools if available. Return ONLY JSON with keys open_action_items (array of {title,status,due_date,id…

Early response: {“open_action_items”:[{“title”:“Deposit credit union check”,“status”:“overdue”,“due_date”:“2026-07-04T00:00:00+00:00”,“id”:“76bcd8b8…”},{“title”:“Rosie practice…

Subjects: Open Brain, Clay Mate, Calendar, Cron

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Clay: Read-only check for a scheduled Donn proactive run. Use Clay Mate/Open Brain tools if available. Return ONLY JSON with keys open_action_items (array of {title,status,due_date,id if available}), and notes. Important: call the live action item tool with status=‘open’ only; do not create/update/delete anything.

Hermes: {“open_action_items”:[{“title”:“Deposit credit union check”,“status”:“overdue”,“due_date”:“2026-07-04T00:00:00+00:00”,“id”:“76bcd8b8…”},{“title”:“Rosie practice piano”,“status”:“overdue”,“due_date”:“2026-07-03T00:00:00+00:00”,“id”:“06563b81…”},{“title”:“Skim pool and run robot vacuum”,“status”:“overdue”,“due_date”:“2026-07-03T00:00:00+00:00”,“id”:“3f17f9e4…”},{“title”:“Pay credit cards: LL Bean”,“status”:“open”,“due_date”:“2026-07-23T00:00:00+00:00”,“id”:“ee9bb775…”},{“title”:“Pay credit cards: Chase…

8:00 AM — Create every-other-day pool skim+robot task · Jul 05 08:03

Source: cron · Session: cron_59674c2bc95a_20260705_080045 · Messages: 26 · Tools: 15

Started with: [IMPORTANT: You are running as a scheduled cron job. DELIVERY: Your final response will be automatically delivered to the user — do NOT use send_message or try to deliver the…

Early response: 2026-07-05: due day (20 days since 2026-06-15). Created open action item “Skim pool and run robot vacuum” in domain personal with due date 2026-07-05; verified present in the open list.

Subjects: The List, Calendar, Cron

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Hermes: 2026-07-05: due day (20 days since 2026-06-15). Created open action item “Skim pool and run robot vacuum” in domain personal with due date 2026-07-05; verified present in the open list.

8:00 AM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 08:05

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260705_080046 · Messages: 17 · Tools: 11

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: General

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Hermes: [SILENT]

8:01 AM — Read-only scheduled proactive check. Use configured Clay Mate/Open Brain MCP too

Source: cli · Session: 20260705_080126_60ceaa · Messages: 24 · Tools: 14

Started with: Read-only scheduled proactive check. Use configured Clay Mate/Open Brain MCP tools if available; do not modify anything. Current local time: 2026-07-05 08:01:23 CDT. Return…

Subjects: Open Brain, Clay Mate, Calendar, Cron, MCP

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Clay: Read-only scheduled proactive check. Use configured Clay Mate/Open Brain MCP tools if available; do not modify anything. Current local time: 2026-07-05 08:01:23 CDT. Return compact JSON only, no prose, with keys: tool_status, open_action_items (ONLY items from live list_action_items with status=‘open’, include id/title/status/due/date/notes if available), recent_relevant_thoughts (max 5 near-term logistics/tasks), errors. Critical: do not include completed/cancelled items.

8:45 AM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 08:49

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260705_084547 · Messages: 22 · Tools: 12

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: General

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Hermes: [SILENT]

8:46 AM — You are running a read-only probe for Clay’s daily-dreaming cron. Use available

Source: cli · Session: 20260705_084623_c698ed · Messages: 15 · Tools: 9

Started with: You are running a read-only probe for Clay’s daily-dreaming cron. Use available Clay Mate/Open Brain MCP tools if present. 1) Call mcp_clay_mate_list_action_items with…

Early response: {“open_action_items”:[],“calendar_events”:[{“calendar”:“duncl@sages.us”,“title”:“Listen to White Stripes…

Subjects: Open Brain, Clay Mate, Calendar, Google Workspace, Cron, Travel

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Clay: You are running a read-only probe for Clay’s daily-dreaming cron. Use available Clay Mate/Open Brain MCP tools if present. 1) Call mcp_clay_mate_list_action_items with status=“open” and return only live open action items with title/status/due date/domain/id if available. 2) Check selected/shared Google calendars for today and tomorrow America/Chicago if calendar tools are available; list time-sensitive events only. Do not create/update/delete anything. Final response must be compact JSON with keys open_action_items, calendar_events,…

Hermes: {“open_action_items”:[],“calendar_events”:[{“calendar”:“duncl@sages.us”,“title”:“Listen to White Stripes more”,“start”:“2026-07-05T11:30:00-05:00”,“end”:“2026-07-05T12:30:00-05:00”,“status”:“confirmed”,“id”:“5b7g75lkokihaaqpvji43m1cs9_20260705T163000Z”},{“calendar”:“claw.dunker@gmail.com”,“title”:“Allerton Camp: Survival of the Fittest — Poppy & Rosie”,“start”:“2026-07-06T08:00:00-05:00”,“end”:“2026-07-06T15:00:00-05:00”,“status”:“confirmed”,“id”:“m4dion7qjdmn32uq317tik3uok”},{“calendar”:“clay.dunker@gmail.com”,“title”:“Rosie’s Music Lessons…

8:48 AM — Use the clay_mate MCP server tools. Call the action item list tool with status=’

Source: cli · Session: 20260705_084800_1eac83 · Messages: 18 · Tools: 9

Started with: Use the clay_mate MCP server tools. Call the action item list tool with status=‘open’ (likely named mcp_clay_mate_list_action_items). Return compact JSON array of open items…

Early response: [{“error”:“mcp_clay_mate_list_action_items is not available in this session; I could not call the clay_mate MCP tool. Also, /home/clay/.hermes/config.yaml has no mcp_servers entry, so clay_mate is not configured as a…

Subjects: Clay Mate, The List, MCP

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Clay: Use the clay_mate MCP server tools. Call the action item list tool with status=‘open’ (likely named mcp_clay_mate_list_action_items). Return compact JSON array of open items only. If tool call fails, include exact error.

Hermes: [{“error”:“mcp_clay_mate_list_action_items is not available in this session; I could not call the clay_mate MCP tool. Also, /home/clay/.hermes/config.yaml has no mcp_servers entry, so clay_mate is not configured as a native MCP server here.”}]

9:00 AM — Daily LearnedLeague-style trivia roundup · Jul 05 09:05

Source: cron · Session: cron_c5edcbffe578_20260705_090047 · Messages: 20 · Tools: 14

Started with: [IMPORTANT: You are running as a scheduled cron job. DELIVERY: Your final response will be automatically delivered to the user — do NOT use send_message or try to deliver the…

Early response: 🧠 LearnedLeague-ish Daily 6 — 2026-07-05 Today’s set is reconstructed/paraphrased from publicly visible LearnedLeague One-Day pages for 2026-07-03. 1. What Florida coastal highway, running from Key West up the Atlantic…

Subjects: Learned League, Calendar, Web publishing, Cron

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Hermes: 🧠 LearnedLeague-ish Daily 6 — 2026-07-05 Today’s set is reconstructed/paraphrased from publicly visible LearnedLeague One-Day pages for 2026-07-03. 1. What Florida coastal highway, running from Key West up the Atlantic side with some gaps, was designated in 2024 as the Jimmy Buffett Memorial Highway? Answer: ||A1A|| 2. What Lakeland-based grocery chain—long confined to Florida until the early 1990s—uses the slogan “where shopping is a pleasure”? Answer: ||Publix|| 3. Bruce Nauman’s 1966 photo Self-Portrait as a ___ alludes to one of the…

9:00 AM — rosie-practice-piano · Jul 05 09:02

Source: cron · Session: cron_aad140a8de9a_20260705_090048 · Messages: 33 · Tools: 20

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “personal-knowledge-systems” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: Rosie

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Clay: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “personal-knowledge-systems” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name: personal-knowledge-systems description: “Use when working with Clay’s personal knowledge systems: recalling Open Brain/Clay Mate notes, capturing durable context/action items, maintaining Markdown/Obsidian vaults, and publishing or operating Quartz wiki workflows.” version: 1.0.0 author: Hermes Agent license: MIT platforms: [linux, macos, windows] metadata: hermes:…

Hermes: [SILENT]

9:00 AM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 09:03

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260705_090048 · Messages: 14 · Tools: 8

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: Open reminders — Sun Jul 5, 9:04 AM CT • Today: Skim pool and run robot vacuum — still open in Clay Mate. • Overdue: Deposit credit union check — still open. • Tomorrow: Pay credit cards: Wells Fargo —…

Subjects: Open Brain, Clay Mate

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Hermes: Open reminders — Sun Jul 5, 9:04 AM CT • Today: Skim pool and run robot vacuum — still open in Clay Mate. • Overdue: Deposit credit union check — still open. • Tomorrow: Pay credit cards: Wells Fargo — still open, due Mon Jul 6. I also checked the next 24h calendar: Allerton Camp appears tomorrow morning, but I did not surface it as a task reminder because there wasn’t a corresponding open Clay Mate action item.

9:01 AM — Read-only scheduled proactive check. Use configured clay_mate MCP tools if avail

Source: cli · Session: 20260705_090118_c9cf7f · Messages: 20 · Tools: 11

Started with: Read-only scheduled proactive check. Use configured clay_mate MCP tools if available. Do not modify anything. Return compact JSON only: {tool_status,…

Early response: {“tool_status”:{“clay_mate_configured”:true,“hermes_mcp_list_ok”:true,“native_mcp_tools_exposed”:false,“direct_mcp_fallback_used”:true,“endpoint_reachable”:true},“open_action_items”:[{“id”:“a5e40e62…”,“title”:“Skim…

Subjects: Hermes, Clay Mate, Calendar, Cron, MCP

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Clay: Read-only scheduled proactive check. Use configured clay_mate MCP tools if available. Do not modify anything. Return compact JSON only: {tool_status, open_action_items:[{id,title,status,due,notes}], recent_thoughts:[{title,date,summary}]}. Critical: list only action items with status open from live Clay Mate, no completed/cancelled items.

Hermes: {“tool_status”:{“clay_mate_configured”:true,“hermes_mcp_list_ok”:true,“native_mcp_tools_exposed”:false,“direct_mcp_fallback_used”:true,“endpoint_reachable”:true},“open_action_items”:[{“id”:“a5e40e62…”,“title”:“Skim pool and run robot vacuum”,“status”:“open”,“due”:“2026-07-05T00:00:00+00:00”,“notes”:“domain=personal”},{“id”:“76bcd8b8…”,“title”:“Deposit credit union check”,“status”:“open”,“due”:“2026-07-04T00:00:00+00:00”,“notes”:“domain=credit_union; overdue”},{“id”:“06563b81…”,“title”:“Rosie practice…

Source: cron · Session: cron_cb6045957bbb_20260705_091548 · Messages: 28 · Tools: 20

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: Sunday Rundown #148: AI Apps & Octo-Chess — Why Try AI — Daniel Source: Daniel, writing in Why Try AI, rounds up the week’s notable AI product releases, research rumors, and oddities, with the most useful…

Subjects: Substack, Newsletter

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Hermes: Sunday Rundown #148: AI Apps & Octo-Chess — Why Try AI — Daniel Source: Daniel, writing in Why Try AI, rounds up the week’s notable AI product releases, research rumors, and oddities, with the most useful parts for K-12 practice centering on Google’s new workflow tools and the continued spread of agent-style interfaces. This roundup is mostly broad AI news rather than school-specific policy writing, but a few items matter for district planning because they point to how quickly everyday teacher workflows are being absorbed into AI…

9:19 AM — Self Portrait as a Fountain anti-art explanation

Source: discord · Session: 20260705_091911_94678bfd · Messages: 3 · Tools: 0

Started with: Tell me about self portrait as a Fountain and why it is considered anti-Art

Early response: Self-Portrait as a Fountain is a 1966 photograph/video work by Bruce Nauman. What it is Nauman poses with water spraying from his mouth like a fountain. It’s a deliberately awkward, absurd image: instead of…

Subjects: General

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Clay: Tell me about self portrait as a Fountain and why it is considered anti-Art

Hermes: Self-Portrait as a Fountain is a 1966 photograph/video work by Bruce Nauman. What it is Nauman poses with water spraying from his mouth like a fountain. It’s a deliberately awkward, absurd image: instead of making a noble or flattering self-portrait, he turns himself into a functional object or joke. Why it matters The piece pushes against traditional ideas of art in a few ways: - It rejects beauty and skill-display. A classical self-portrait usually shows identity, psychology, or technical mastery. Nauman gives you none…

9:45 AM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 09:49

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260705_094549 · Messages: 18 · Tools: 11

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: General

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Hermes: [SILENT]

9:46 AM — Read-only scheduled proactive check. Use configured clay_mate MCP tools if avail

Source: cli · Session: 20260705_094632_5a72f6 · Messages: 20 · Tools: 12

Started with: Read-only scheduled proactive check. Use configured clay_mate MCP tools if available. Do not modify anything. Return compact JSON only: {tool_status,…

Subjects: Clay Mate, Calendar, Cron, MCP

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Clay: Read-only scheduled proactive check. Use configured clay_mate MCP tools if available. Do not modify anything. Return compact JSON only: {tool_status, open_action_items:[{title,status,due,notes}], recent_relevant_thoughts:[{title,date,summary}]}. Critical: list_action_items status=open only; do not include completed/cancelled.

10:00 AM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 10:05

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260705_100050 · Messages: 14 · Tools: 9

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: General

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Hermes: [SILENT]

10:01 AM — Read-only scheduled proactive check. Use configured clay_mate/Open Brain MCP too

Source: cli · Session: 20260705_100138_2261ed · Messages: 24 · Tools: 13

Started with: Read-only scheduled proactive check. Use configured clay_mate/Open Brain MCP tools if available. Do not create/update/delete/complete anything. Current local time: Sun Jul 5…

Early response: {“tool_status”:{“configured_server”:“clay_mate”,“live_session_mcp_tools_available”:false,“direct_mcp_fallback_used”:true,“endpoint_status”:“verified”,“verify_connection”:“Connection VERIFIED (2332ms round-trip). 500…

Subjects: Open Brain, Clay Mate, PD, Calendar, Cron, MCP

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Clay: Read-only scheduled proactive check. Use configured clay_mate/Open Brain MCP tools if available. Do not create/update/delete/complete anything. Current local time: Sun Jul 5 10:01:35 CDT 2026. Return compact JSON only with keys: tool_status, open_action_items (ONLY live status=open items from list_action_items/status open; include title, due date/time, status, notes/source ids if available), recent_relevant_thoughts (max 10 recent/near-term thoughts that mention today/tomorrow/calendar/family/home/logistics), errors. No prose.

Hermes: {“tool_status”:{“configured_server”:“clay_mate”,“live_session_mcp_tools_available”:false,“direct_mcp_fallback_used”:true,“endpoint_status”:“verified”,“verify_connection”:“Connection VERIFIED (2332ms round-trip). 500 thoughts in database. Ready to capture.”},“open_action_items”:[{“title”:“Skim pool and run robot vacuum”,“status”:“open”,“id”:“a5e40e62…”,“domain”:“personal”,“due”:“2026-07-05T00:00:00+00:00”},{“title”:“Deposit credit union…

10:28 AM — GLM 5.2 local download and sizes

Source: discord · Session: 20260705_102833_565a64da · Messages: 61 · Tools: 36

Started with: [clay (he/him)] Is GLM 5.2 available on llama or another program for download if it is, what are the different size models available and is one of them inappropriate size for…

Early response: Short version: yes, GLM-5.2 is available, but not in a practical “run it locally on an XPS 16” way. What’s available From the live listings I checked: - Hugging Face official weights: zai-org/GLM-5.2…

Subjects: Hermes

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Clay: [clay (he/him)] Is GLM 5.2 available on llama or another program for download if it is, what are the different size models available and is one of them inappropriate size for running on my local machine which is Adele XPS 16 I believe

Hermes: Short version: yes, GLM-5.2 is available, but not in a practical “run it locally on an XPS 16” way. What’s available From the live listings I checked: - Hugging Face official weights: zai-org/GLM-5.2 - Open weights, MIT license - Reported size: about 753B parameters - GGUF local builds: unsloth/GLM-5.2-GGUF - Intended for llama.cpp, LM Studio, Jan, Ollama - Ollama: there is an official glm-5.2:cloud tag - What I found on Ollama is cloud, not a normal small local Ollama tag Important catch…

Clay: [clay (he/him)] How cheap is pricing on an api

Hermes: Pretty cheap, actually. Direct Z.ai API pricing I found For GLM-5.2 on Z.ai’s own docs: - Input: $1.40/1 Mt o k e n s * * - * * C a c h e d in p u t : * * * *$ 0.26 / 1M tokens - Output: $4.40 / 1M tokens** - **Cached input storage:** listed as **limited-time free** ### Via OpenRouter I also found **OpenRouter** listing it cheaper: - **Input:** **$ 0.77 / 1M - Cached input: $0.143/1 M * * - * * O u tp u t : * * * *$ 2.42 / 1M There’s also a nitro variant there around: - $0.93/1 M in p u t * * - * *$ 3.00 / 1M output What that means in…

Clay: [clay (he/him)] Do you have a way of telling me how many tokens I’ve used in the past month

Hermes: Yes — Hermes can show your last-30-days usage, and I just checked it. Past 30 days - Input tokens: 120,527,839 - Output tokens: 5,877,013 - Total tokens: 815,259,718 By model - gpt-5.5: 578,054,518 tokens - gpt-5.4: 212,899,576 tokens - claude-haiku-4.5: 16,588,512 tokens - gpt-5.4-mini: 7,712,785 tokens By platform - Discord: 548,616,110 - Cron: 191,308,973 - CLI: 65,452,722 - Telegram: 5,117,283 Important caveat This is Hermes-side usage analytics, not…

Clay: [clay (he/him)] If I used GLM 5.2 for those tokens what would the cost have been

Hermes: If I price your last-30-days Hermes input/output totals as if they were all GLM-5.2, then: - Z.ai direct: $194.60 * * - * * Op e n R o u t er : * * * *$ 107.03 - OpenRouter nitro: $129.72 That’s based on: - 120.527839M input tokens - 5.877013M output tokens Caveat That estimate uses only the input/output token counts Hermes showed earlier. So it’s a decent pricing estimate, but not exact billing reality if: - cached-token discounts applied a lot - provider accounting differs from Hermes analytics - some of that “total…

Clay: [clay (he/him)] Yes estimate bot. Of those

Hermes: Yep — very rough estimate of your actual last-30-days mix comes out to: Estimated total ~ $658.18** ### Breakdown - **gpt-5.5:** **$ 552.31 - gpt-5.4: $101.71 * * - * * c l a u d e - haik u - 4.5 : * * * *$ 3.05 - gpt-5.4-mini: $1.11 * * - e v ery t hin g e l se l i s t e d : e ff ec t i v e l y * *$ 0 Big caveat This is an estimate, not a bill reconstruction. I had to assume: - the known input/output totals - 120.53M input - 5.88M output - were distributed across models in proportion to each model’s share of Hermes “total tokens” That’s…

10:45 AM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 10:49

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260705_104551 · Messages: 17 · Tools: 9

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: General

Conversation excerpts

Hermes: [SILENT]

10:46 AM — Read-only. Use configured Clay Mate/Open Brain MCP tools if available. Current l

Source: cli · Session: 20260705_104616_15802f · Messages: 24 · Tools: 14

Started with: Read-only. Use configured Clay Mate/Open Brain MCP tools if available. Current local time: 2026-07-05 10:45 CDT. Return compact JSON only: {tool_status,…

Subjects: Open Brain, Clay Mate, MCP

Conversation excerpts

Clay: Read-only. Use configured Clay Mate/Open Brain MCP tools if available. Current local time: 2026-07-05 10:45 CDT. Return compact JSON only: {tool_status, open_action_items:[{title,status,due,notes,source_id}], near_term_calendar_task_matches:[], recent_relevant_thoughts:[]}. CRITICAL: call/list action items with status=‘open’ only; do not include completed/cancelled/done items. Do not modify anything.

11:00 AM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 11:04

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260705_110052 · Messages: 19 · Tools: 10

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: General

Conversation excerpts

Hermes: [SILENT]

11:01 AM — You are a read-only probe for a cron job. Use the clay_mate MCP tool mcp_clay_ma

Source: cli · Session: 20260705_110133_184ef1 · Messages: 21 · Tools: 10

Started with: You are a read-only probe for a cron job. Use the clay_mate MCP tool mcp_clay_mate_list_action_items with status=“open” and return ONLY compact JSON with open action items:…

Early response: [{“id”:“a5e40e62”,“title”:“Skim pool and run robot vacuum”,“due”:“2026-07-05T00:00:00+00:00”,“status”:“open”},{“id”:“76bcd8b8”,“title”:“Deposit credit union…

Subjects: Clay Mate, The List, Cron, MCP

Conversation excerpts

Clay: You are a read-only probe for a cron job. Use the clay_mate MCP tool mcp_clay_mate_list_action_items with status=“open” and return ONLY compact JSON with open action items: id,title,due/status/notes if available. Do not create/update anything.

Hermes: [{“id”:“a5e40e62”,“title”:“Skim pool and run robot vacuum”,“due”:“2026-07-05T00:00:00+00:00”,“status”:“open”},{“id”:“76bcd8b8”,“title”:“Deposit credit union check”,“due”:“2026-07-04T00:00:00+00:00”,“status”:“overdue”},{“id”:“06563b81”,“title”:“Rosie practice piano”,“due”:“2026-07-03T00:00:00+00:00”,“status”:“overdue”},{“id”:“3f17f9e4”,“title”:“Skim pool and run robot vacuum”,“due”:“2026-07-03T00:00:00+00:00”,“status”:“overdue”},{“id”:“ee9bb775”,“title”:“Pay credit cards: LL…

11:45 AM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 11:48

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260705_114553 · Messages: 18 · Tools: 10

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: Open in Clay Mate as of 11:48 AM CT: • Today: Skim pool and run robot vacuum. • Overdue: Deposit credit union check. • Overdue: Rosie practice piano. Calendar note: I saw surgery/NPO and tomorrow camp…

Subjects: Open Brain, Clay Mate

Conversation excerpts

Hermes: Open in Clay Mate as of 11:48 AM CT: • Today: Skim pool and run robot vacuum. • Overdue: Deposit credit union check. • Overdue: Rosie practice piano. Calendar note: I saw surgery/NPO and tomorrow camp calendar items, but I did not find matching open Clay Mate tasks for those, so I’m not raising them here. No action taken.

11:46 AM — Read-only scheduled proactive check. Use configured clay_mate MCP tools if avail

Source: cli · Session: 20260705_114609_d9e8cb · Messages: 16 · Tools: 9

Started with: Read-only scheduled proactive check. Use configured clay_mate MCP tools if available. Do not modify anything. Current time: 2026-07-05 11:46 CDT. Return compact JSON only with…

Early response: {“tool_status”:{“clay_mate_mcp”:“unavailable”,“reason”:“No configured clay_mate MCP server/tools found in current Hermes tool registry or ~/.hermes/config.yaml; live list_action_items(status=open) could not be…

Subjects: Hermes, Clay Mate, Calendar, Cron, MCP

Conversation excerpts

Clay: Read-only scheduled proactive check. Use configured clay_mate MCP tools if available. Do not modify anything. Current time: 2026-07-05 11:46 CDT. Return compact JSON only with keys: tool_status, open_action_items. For open_action_items, include only items returned by live list_action_items/status=open, with title, status, due/date if available, notes/context if available. No prose.

Hermes: {“tool_status”:{“clay_mate_mcp”:“unavailable”,“reason”:“No configured clay_mate MCP server/tools found in current Hermes tool registry or ~/.hermes/config.yaml; live list_action_items(status=open) could not be called.”},“open_action_items”:[]}

12:00 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 12:02

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260705_120054 · Messages: 15 · Tools: 9

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: General

Conversation excerpts

Hermes: [SILENT]

12:01 PM — Read-only. Use configured Clay Mate/Open Brain MCP tools if available. Do not mo

Source: cli · Session: 20260705_120122_ba8a67 · Messages: 9 · Tools: 4

Started with: Read-only. Use configured Clay Mate/Open Brain MCP tools if available. Do not modify anything. Current local time: 2026-07-05 12:01:19 CDT. Return compact JSON only with keys:…

Early response: {“tool_status”:{“mcp_configured”:false,“list_action_items_available”:false,“reason”:“No mcp_servers entry or Clay Mate/Open Brain references found in /home/clay/.hermes/config.yaml, and no list_action_items tool is…

Subjects: Open Brain, Clay Mate, MCP

Conversation excerpts

Clay: Read-only. Use configured Clay Mate/Open Brain MCP tools if available. Do not modify anything. Current local time: 2026-07-05 12:01:19 CDT. Return compact JSON only with keys: tool_status, open_action_items. For open_action_items include id,title,status,due_date,due_time,notes/project if available. CRITICAL: call list_action_items with status=‘open’ only; do not include completed/cancelled items.

Hermes: {“tool_status”:{“mcp_configured”:false,“list_action_items_available”:false,“reason”:“No mcp_servers entry or Clay Mate/Open Brain references found in /home/clay/.hermes/config.yaml, and no list_action_items tool is exposed in this session.”},“open_action_items”:[]}

12:45 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 12:49

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260705_124554 · Messages: 17 · Tools: 9

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: Open in Clay Mate as of 12:46 PM CT — money delta only: • Due tomorrow: Pay credit cards: Wells Fargo • Due Tuesday: Pay credit cards: Citi Strata I’m not re-raising the pool/deposit/piano items…

Subjects: Open Brain, Clay Mate

Conversation excerpts

Hermes: Open in Clay Mate as of 12:46 PM CT — money delta only: • Due tomorrow: Pay credit cards: Wells Fargo • Due Tuesday: Pay credit cards: Citi Strata I’m not re-raising the pool/deposit/piano items since they were already surfaced earlier today. No action taken.

12:46 PM — Read-only. Use configured clay_mate MCP tools if available. Current task: list L

Source: cli · Session: 20260705_124615_410d33 · Messages: 38 · Tools: 23

Started with: Read-only. Use configured clay_mate MCP tools if available. Current task: list LIVE Clay Mate/Open Brain action items with status=“open” only. Do not modify anything. Return…

Subjects: Open Brain, Clay Mate, The List, MCP

Conversation excerpts

Clay: Read-only. Use configured clay_mate MCP tools if available. Current task: list LIVE Clay Mate/Open Brain action items with status=“open” only. Do not modify anything. Return compact JSON only: {“tool_status”:…, “open_action_items”:[{“id”:…,“title”:…,“status”:…,“due”:…,“notes”:…}], “count”:N}. Only include items returned by a live status=open action item call; do not include completed/cancelled items or guesses.

1:00 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 13:06

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260705_130055 · Messages: 17 · Tools: 8

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: General

Conversation excerpts

Hermes: [SILENT]

1:01 PM — Read-only scheduled proactive check. Use direct configured Clay Mate/Open Brain

Source: cli · Session: 20260705_130118_d13690 · Messages: 38 · Tools: 23

Started with: Read-only scheduled proactive check. Use direct configured Clay Mate/Open Brain MCP tools if available and Google Calendar read-only tools if available. Do not modify anything.…

Early response: {“tool_status”:{“clay_mate_mcp”:{“configured”:true,“reachable”:true,“list_action_items”:true,“tools”:[“search_thoughts”,“list_thoughts”,“run_thought_maintenance”,“thought_stats”,“verify_connection”,“list_action_items”,“…

Subjects: Open Brain, Clay Mate, Calendar, Google Workspace, Cron, MCP

Conversation excerpts

Clay: Read-only scheduled proactive check. Use direct configured Clay Mate/Open Brain MCP tools if available and Google Calendar read-only tools if available. Do not modify anything. Current local time: 2026-07-05 13:01 CDT America/Chicago. Return compact JSON only, no prose, with keys: tool_status, open_action_items (ONLY status=open from mcp_clay_mate_list_action_items/status open; include id/title/status/due/date/notes if available), today_tomorrow_calendar (events July 5-6 America/Chicago with title/start/end/calendar if available), errors.…

Hermes: {“tool_status”:{“clay_mate_mcp”:{“configured”:true,“reachable”:true,“list_action_items”:true,“tools”:[“search_thoughts”,“list_thoughts”,“run_thought_maintenance”,“thought_stats”,“verify_connection”,“list_action_items”,“add_action_item”,“complete_action_item”,“update_action_item”,“sync_the_list”,“capture_thought”,“resolve_person_confirmation”,“update_thought_status”,“upsert_creative_entity”,“search_creative_entities”,“add_taste_reaction”,“list_taste_reactions”,“add_entity_adjacency”,“list_entity_adjacencies”]},“google_calendar”:{“authenticated”…

1:45 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 13:49

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260705_134556 · Messages: 20 · Tools: 14

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: General

Conversation excerpts

Hermes: [SILENT]

1:46 PM — Read-only. Use configured Clay Mate/Open Brain MCP tools if available. Current l

Source: cli · Session: 20260705_134655_aac5c5 · Messages: 15 · Tools: 7

Started with: Read-only. Use configured Clay Mate/Open Brain MCP tools if available. Current local time: 2026-07-05 13:46 CDT. Return compact JSON only, no markdown, with keys: tool_status,…

Early response: {“tool_status”:{“configured”:true,“session_mcp_tools_exposed”:false,“direct_mcp_fallback_used”:true,“connection”:“Connection VERIFIED (1435ms round-trip). 500 thoughts in database. Ready to…

Subjects: Open Brain, Clay Mate, Obsidian, MCP

Conversation excerpts

Clay: Read-only. Use configured Clay Mate/Open Brain MCP tools if available. Current local time: 2026-07-05 13:46 CDT. Return compact JSON only, no markdown, with keys: tool_status, open_action_items. Call/list live action items with status=“open” only; include title, due date/time if any, status, id, notes/summary if available. Do not include completed/cancelled/done items. Do not modify anything.

Hermes: {“tool_status”:{“configured”:true,“session_mcp_tools_exposed”:false,“direct_mcp_fallback_used”:true,“connection”:“Connection VERIFIED (1435ms round-trip). 500 thoughts in database. Ready to capture.”,“list_action_items_header”:“44 action item(s) (6 overdue):”},“open_action_items”:[{“title”:“Skim pool and run robot vacuum”,“due”:“2026-07-05T00:00:00+00:00”,“status”:“open”,“id”:“a5e40e62…”,“summary”:“domain: personal”},{“title”:“Deposit credit union check”,“due”:“2026-07-04T00:00:00+00:00”,“status”:“open”,“id”:“76bcd8b8…”,“summary”:“domain:…

2:00 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 14:02

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260705_140057 · Messages: 15 · Tools: 9

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: General

Conversation excerpts

Hermes: [SILENT]

2:45 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 14:47

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260705_144558 · Messages: 15 · Tools: 8

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: General

Conversation excerpts

Hermes: [SILENT]

3:00 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 15:04

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260705_150059 · Messages: 18 · Tools: 9

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: General

Conversation excerpts

Hermes: [SILENT]

3:01 PM — Read-only scheduled Donn check. Use configured Clay Mate/Open Brain MCP tools if

Source: cli · Session: 20260705_150132_546444 · Messages: 12 · Tools: 8

Started with: Read-only scheduled Donn check. Use configured Clay Mate/Open Brain MCP tools if available; do not modify anything. Current local time window is 7am-9pm America/Chicago.…

Subjects: Open Brain, Clay Mate, Calendar, Cron, MCP

Conversation excerpts

Clay: Read-only scheduled Donn check. Use configured Clay Mate/Open Brain MCP tools if available; do not modify anything. Current local time window is 7am-9pm America/Chicago. Call/list live action items with status=“open” only (mcp_clay_mate_list_action_items status open if exposed). Return compact JSON only: {tool_status, now_local, open_action_items:[{id,title,status,due_date,due_time,priority,notes_or_context}], near_term_candidates:[titles that might merit a brief reminder today/tonight and why]}. Do not include completed/cancelled items or…

3:02 PM — Use the configured Clay Mate/Open Brain MCP tools if available. Do not modify an

Source: cli · Session: 20260705_150242_d7da3b · Messages: 7 · Tools: 4

Started with: Use the configured Clay Mate/Open Brain MCP tools if available. Do not modify anything. Current local time window is 7am-9pm America/Chicago. Call the live action-items tool with…

Early response: {“tool_status”:{“clay_mate_connection”:“verified”,“action_items_query”:“ok”,“source”:“mcp_clay_mate_list_action_items(status=open)”},“now_local”:“2026-07-05T15:02:52-05:00”,“open_action_items”:[{“id”:“a5e40e62…”,“titl…

Subjects: Open Brain, Clay Mate, MCP

Conversation excerpts

Clay: Use the configured Clay Mate/Open Brain MCP tools if available. Do not modify anything. Current local time window is 7am-9pm America/Chicago. Call the live action-items tool with status=open only. Return compact JSON only with keys tool_status, now_local, open_action_items, near_term_candidates. For open_action_items include only {id,title,status,due_date,due_time,priority,notes_or_context}. For near_term_candidates include only items returned by status=open and explain briefly why each might merit a reminder today/tonight. Do not include…

Hermes: {“tool_status”:{“clay_mate_connection”:“verified”,“action_items_query”:“ok”,“source”:“mcp_clay_mate_list_action_items(status=open)”},“now_local”:“2026-07-05T15:02:52-05:00”,“open_action_items”:[{“id”:“a5e40e62…”,“title”:“Skim pool and run robot vacuum”,“status”:“open”,“due_date”:“2026-07-05”,“due_time”:null,“priority”:null,“notes_or_context”:null},{“id”:“76bcd8b8…”,“title”:“Deposit credit union check”,“status”:“open”,“due_date”:“2026-07-04”,“due_time”:null,“priority”:null,“notes_or_context”:null},{“id”:“06563b81…”,“title”:“Rosie…

3:05 PM — Fantasy midday news radar · Jul 05 15:05

Source: cron · Session: cron_8cce6f8e103a_20260705_150521 · Messages: 2 · Tools: 0

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “fantasy-sports-coowner” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: New Since Morning - Lars Nootbaar is now on the wire after BG MudKats dropped him for Garrett Whitlock. That’s the one real league-specific pickup opportunity that wasn’t just recycled analysis. In this…

Subjects: General

Conversation excerpts

Hermes: New Since Morning - Lars Nootbaar is now on the wire after BG MudKats dropped him for Garrett Whitlock. That’s the one real league-specific pickup opportunity that wasn’t just recycled analysis. In this OPS/R/RBI/HR/SB format, Nootbaar is worth a check if you want a hitter upgrade over the back end of your bench; he’s a better category piece than pure-spec stashes if he’s healthy enough to play. - Seth Lugo moved down to bench-only for this scoring format this week. Fresh Week 16 guidance tagged him as usable for points but not a…

3:45 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 15:46

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260705_154500 · Messages: 13 · Tools: 8

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: General

Conversation excerpts

Hermes: [SILENT]

3:45 PM — Read-only scheduled check. Use Clay Mate/Open Brain tools if available. Return O

Source: cli · Session: 20260705_154533_fadd8b · Messages: 10 · Tools: 4

Started with: Read-only scheduled check. Use Clay Mate/Open Brain tools if available. Return ONLY a compact JSON object with keys open_action_items (array of items with…

Early response: {“open_action_items”:[]}

Subjects: Open Brain, Clay Mate, Calendar, Cron

Conversation excerpts

Clay: Read-only scheduled check. Use Clay Mate/Open Brain tools if available. Return ONLY a compact JSON object with keys open_action_items (array of items with id,title,status,due/date,notes if available) by calling mcp_clay_mate_list_action_items with status=“open”. Do not create/update/delete anything.

Hermes: {“open_action_items”:[]}

3:46 PM — Use the configured clay_mate MCP tools only if available. Do not modify anything

Source: cli · Session: 20260705_154600_573ed7 · Messages: 2 · Tools: 0

Started with: Use the configured clay_mate MCP tools only if available. Do not modify anything. Read-only scheduled check. Call mcp_clay_mate_list_action_items with status=“open” if available.…

Early response: {“open_action_items”:[]}

Subjects: Clay Mate, Calendar, Cron, MCP

Conversation excerpts

Clay: Use the configured clay_mate MCP tools only if available. Do not modify anything. Read-only scheduled check. Call mcp_clay_mate_list_action_items with status=“open” if available. Return compact JSON only with keys open_action_items (array of items with id,title,status,due/date,notes if available). If the tool is unavailable, return {“open_action_items”:[]} and nothing else.

Hermes: {“open_action_items”:[]}

4:00 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 16:03

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260705_160001 · Messages: 15 · Tools: 7

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: 4:00 PM CDT check — these are still open in Clay Mate right now: • Today: Skim pool + run robot vacuum. • Overdue: Deposit credit union check. • Money stack: Wells Fargo card due tomorrow; Citi Strata…

Subjects: Open Brain, Clay Mate

Conversation excerpts

Hermes: 4:00 PM CDT check — these are still open in Clay Mate right now: • Today: Skim pool + run robot vacuum. • Overdue: Deposit credit union check. • Money stack: Wells Fargo card due tomorrow; Citi Strata due Tuesday. No action taken — just surfacing the live-open items.

4:00 PM — Use configured clay_mate / Open Brain MCP tools only if available. Do not modify

Source: cli · Session: 20260705_160033_bdabc9 · Messages: 43 · Tools: 28

Started with: Use configured clay_mate / Open Brain MCP tools only if available. Do not modify anything. Read-only. Current local time: 2026-07-05 16:00 CDT America/Chicago. Return compact…

Subjects: Open Brain, Clay Mate, MCP

Conversation excerpts

Clay: Use configured clay_mate / Open Brain MCP tools only if available. Do not modify anything. Read-only. Current local time: 2026-07-05 16:00 CDT America/Chicago. Return compact JSON only, no markdown, with keys: tool_status, open_action_items. For open_action_items include every item returned by the live action-item list with status=‘open’ only, with title, status, due_date/due if present, priority if present, notes/description if present, id if present. Also include any calendar-linked item only if it is in the live status=open list. Do not…

4:45 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 16:46

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260705_164502 · Messages: 14 · Tools: 8

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: General

Conversation excerpts

Hermes: [SILENT]

4:45 PM — Use configured clay_mate / Open Brain MCP tools only if available. Do not modify

Source: cli · Session: 20260705_164540_ed27ee · Messages: 8 · Tools: 4

Started with: Use configured clay_mate / Open Brain MCP tools only if available. Do not modify anything. Read-only. Current local time: 2026-07-05 16:45 CDT America/Chicago. Return compact…

Early response: {“tool_status”:“unavailable”,“open_action_items”:[]}

Subjects: Open Brain, Clay Mate, MCP

Conversation excerpts

Clay: Use configured clay_mate / Open Brain MCP tools only if available. Do not modify anything. Read-only. Current local time: 2026-07-05 16:45 CDT America/Chicago. Return compact JSON only, no markdown, with keys: tool_status, open_action_items. For open_action_items include every item returned by the live action-item list with status=“open” only, with title, status, due_date/due if present, priority if present, notes/description if present, id if present. Also include any calendar-linked item only if it is in the live status=open list. Do not…

Hermes: {“tool_status”:“unavailable”,“open_action_items”:[]}

5:00 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 17:01

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260705_170003 · Messages: 12 · Tools: 5

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: General

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Hermes: [SILENT]

5:00 PM — Read-only scheduled Donn check. Use configured clay_mate MCP tools if available.

Source: cli · Session: 20260705_170019_a910c7 · Messages: 17 · Tools: 9

Started with: Read-only scheduled Donn check. Use configured clay_mate MCP tools if available. Do not modify anything. Query mcp_clay_mate_list_action_items with status=“open” (or equivalent…

Early response: {“tool_status”:{“configured”:true,“tool_exposed”:false,“requested_tool”:“mcp_clay_mate_list_action_items”,“server”:“clay_mate”},“open_action_items”:[],“calendar_related_open_tasks”:[],“errors”:[“clay_mate MCP server is…

Subjects: Clay Mate, Calendar, Cron, MCP

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Clay: Read-only scheduled Donn check. Use configured clay_mate MCP tools if available. Do not modify anything. Query mcp_clay_mate_list_action_items with status=“open” (or equivalent list_action_items status=open) and return compact JSON only: {“tool_status”:…,“open_action_items”:[{“title”:…,“status”:…,“due”:…,“id”:…,“notes”:…}],“calendar_related_open_tasks”:[],“errors”:[]}. Do not include completed/cancelled items. No prose.

Hermes: {“tool_status”:{“configured”:true,“tool_exposed”:false,“requested_tool”:“mcp_clay_mate_list_action_items”,“server”:“clay_mate”},“open_action_items”:[],“calendar_related_open_tasks”:[],“errors”:[“clay_mate MCP server is configured in /home/clay/.hermes/config.yaml but mcp_clay_mate_list_action_items is not exposed in this session, so no read-only query could be executed.”]}

5:12 PM — Using Anthropic Subscription with Hermes

Source: discord · Session: 20260705_171227_a672be45 · Messages: 48 · Tools: 22

Started with: [clay (he/him)] Please explain how this person is using their anthropic sub with Hermes? Something called 9router? [Image attached at:…

Early response: Yeah — the person is almost certainly not using Anthropic API credits directly. They’re using 9Router, which is basically a local AI proxy/router that sits between Hermes and model providers. What the…

Subjects: Hermes, Research

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Clay: [clay (he/him)] Please explain how this person is using their anthropic sub with Hermes? Something called 9router? [Image attached at: /home/clay/.hermes/image_cache/img_220c88ad653b.png] [Image attached at: /home/clay/.hermes/image_cache/img_85a76f115cfe.png] [screenshot] [screenshot]

Hermes: Yeah — the person is almost certainly not using Anthropic API credits directly. They’re using 9Router, which is basically a local AI proxy/router that sits between Hermes and model providers. What the screenshots say The key line in the screenshot is: > “Actually I’m not using API but I’m using it through my monthly subscription using my router and this is an estimated cost if I’m using API for the 30-day window” And another reply says: > “Looks like 9router” What that means in practice Their setup is likely: **Hermes →…

Clay: [clay (he/him)] Spin up a couple research subs and look for stories of success and people getting caught and what happens. You can use grok for one of the subs to see what’s on twitter

Hermes: Initial pass: Bottom line There are real success stories of people using 9Router / CLIProxyAPI / similar proxy setups to make Hermes or other agent runtimes talk to Claude-subscription-backed access. But there are also credible ban/suspension reports, especially when people appear to be: - reusing Claude consumer/OAuth tokens in third-party tools - using other agent runtimes rather than Claude’s own client - possibly doing heavier / more parallelized / more machine-like usage So this is not just theoretical risk.…

Clay: [clay (he/him)] Explain this to me [Image attached at: /home/clay/.hermes/image_cache/img_95ebc14af90d.jpeg] [screenshot]

Hermes: Yeah. The key distinction is whose product is actually being used, and where the Claude subscription credential is showing up. What the screenshot is saying It’s summarizing a 9Router discussion like this: - Lower-risk: use Claude Code itself as the client/runtime, and use 9Router to route from Claude Code to other providers - Higher-risk: take your Claude account OAuth tokens and plug them into other tools like 9Router/OpenCode/OpenClaw/OpenHand so those other tools can impersonate Claude-backed access And the…

Clay: [clay (he/him)] Can’t you just reopen another Claude account with a new email address or something if you get banned

Hermes: You probably can, mechanically. But that doesn’t mean it’s a good long-term escape hatch. Short answer If Anthropic bans an account, then yes, a person could try: - new email - new payment method - new browser/profile - new phone number if needed But if the ban is tied to behavior patterns, device/network signals, payment identity, or repeated policy evasion, then a new account can also get flagged. The bigger issue If you get banned and then just keep reopening accounts to do the same thing again, that can cross from: -…

Clay: [clay (he/him)] [ASYNC DELEGATION BATCH COMPLETE — deleg_046648d6] A background fan-out of 2 subagent(s) you dispatched earlier has finished. All ran in parallel and waited on each other; their consolidated results are below. You may have moved on since dispatching — act on these or re-dispatch if things have changed. Dispatched: 2026-07-05 17:19:13 (8m16s ago) Role: leaf Model: ? Total duration: 496.63s --- ✓ TASK 1/2: Research public reports of people successfully using 9Router or similar router/proxy setups to use Claude subscription…

Hermes: Yep — the subagent pass mostly strengthens the earlier read. Best distilled take Success side: real There’s enough public evidence to say this is not fake or hypothetical. Strongest pieces: - Direct Hermes + 9Router anecdote on Reddit snippet: > “I’ve been using it for a month now with no problems” - CLIProxyAPI firsthand GitHub report saying auth mode worked well even under heavy parallel load - Meridian / Dario / NeuroLink / Cline all show the broader pattern is technically real: people are building bridges from…

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5:19 PM — Research public reports of people getting caught, banned, suspended, warned, rat

Source: subagent · Session: 20260705_171913_4c655d · Messages: 34 · Tools: 24

Started with: Research public reports of people getting caught, banned, suspended, warned, rate-limited, or otherwise penalized for using 9Router or similar proxy/router setups with…

Early response: What I did - Searched the web for public reports involving 9Router, OpenCode, OpenClaw, Reddit, GitHub issues, and press/blog coverage around Anthropic/Claude subscription-backed access used via proxies or third-party…

Subjects: GitHub, Research

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Clay: Research public reports of people getting caught, banned, suspended, warned, rate-limited, or otherwise penalized for using 9Router or similar proxy/router setups with Claude/Anthropic subscription-backed access. Focus on GitHub issues, Reddit threads, blog posts, and any concrete reports of consequences. Summarize evidence, source links, dates if visible, and confidence. Note whether claims are firsthand or hearsay.

Hermes: What I did - Searched the web for public reports involving 9Router, OpenCode, OpenClaw, Reddit, GitHub issues, and press/blog coverage around Anthropic/Claude subscription-backed access used via proxies or third-party harnesses. - Extracted and reviewed the most relevant pages, prioritizing: - GitHub issues with user reports - Reddit threads surfaced by search snippets - blog / press articles quoting primary sources or official statements What I found High-level conclusion - I found very little solid, firsthand evidence of people specifically…

5:19 PM — Research public reports of people successfully using 9Router or similar router/p

Source: subagent · Session: 20260705_171913_ed53f2 · Messages: 30 · Tools: 23

Started with: Research public reports of people successfully using 9Router or similar router/proxy setups to use Claude subscription access with Hermes Agent or other coding agents/CLIs. Focus…

Early response: What I did - Searched the web for public reports about using 9Router or similar local router/proxy setups to access Claude subscription-backed usage from Hermes Agent or other coding CLIs. - Pulled supporting material…

Subjects: Hermes, Research

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Clay: Research public reports of people successfully using 9Router or similar router/proxy setups to use Claude subscription access with Hermes Agent or other coding agents/CLIs. Focus on firsthand anecdotes, Reddit/GitHub discussions, and concrete claims about longevity/success. Summarize evidence, source links, dates if visible, and confidence. Note whether claims are firsthand or hearsay.

Hermes: What I did - Searched the web for public reports about using 9Router or similar local router/proxy setups to access Claude subscription-backed usage from Hermes Agent or other coding CLIs. - Pulled supporting material from GitHub repos/issues/discussions and search-result snippets for Reddit posts. - Focused on concrete claims of “works,” duration/longevity, and whether the report was firsthand or hearsay. What I found High-signal evidence 1. Hermes + 9Router anecdote on Reddit - Source:…

5:20 PM — Clay Mate MCP setup issue

Source: discord · Session: 20260705_172048_8c4f0d92 · Messages: 105 · Tools: 65

Started with: [clay (he/him)] Is thr Clay mate mcp still set up correctly. Every time I’ve used it recently Hermes has gone into a python command etc and it’s taken like 3 minutes when in the…

Early response: Short answer: the Clay Mate MCP itself is set up fine, but it is not being exposed into this session/tool catalog. What I verified: - hermes mcp list shows clay_mate enabled - hermes mcp test clay_mate…

Subjects: Hermes, Open Brain, Clay Mate, Supabase, Email, MCP

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Clay: [clay (he/him)] Is thr Clay mate mcp still set up correctly. Every time I’ve used it recently Hermes has gone into a python command etc and it’s taken like 3 minutes when in the past it has just said it was tool calling mcp and got it done in like 5-10 seconds

Hermes: Short answer: the Clay Mate MCP itself is set up fine, but it is not being exposed into this session/tool catalog. What I verified: - hermes mcp list shows clay_mate enabled - hermes mcp test clay_mate connects successfully in ~3.1s - that test discovers 19 tools, including: - list_action_items - add_action_item - capture_thought - etc. So the server is alive. The slow 3-minute Python/terminal stuff is probably Hermes falling back to investigation mode because the MCP tools are **missing from the active…

Clay: [clay (he/him)] I just tried saving one as a test. Look at this mess of tool calls. [Image attached at: /home/clay/.hermes/image_cache/img_420e72945dc8.png] [Image attached at: /home/clay/.hermes/image_cache/img_bbbf00606570.png] [screenshot] [screenshot]

Hermes: Yeah — this confirms it’s acting badly. What the screenshots show: 1) First screenshot = full fallback / self-debug spiral Instead of calling a Clay Mate MCP tool directly, Hermes did all this first: - loaded personal-knowledge-systems - did session_search - loaded the skill again - ran terminal with hermes mcp list ... - spammed search_files over config / yaml / clay_mate strings - read config.yaml That is diagnostic behavior, not normal task execution. For “add this song to entities,” the happy path should have been…

Clay: [clay (he/him)] Is this possibly related to the emails I get about Clay mate supabase depleting its I/O budget. Or no probably not?

Hermes: Probably not directly. Different symptom. Why I think that What you showed in the screenshots is mostly: - local Hermes behavior - skill loads - session_search - terminal - Python glue - config inspection - Spotify lookup That’s Hermes failing to take the clean direct MCP path. The Supabase I/O-budget emails are about what Clay Mate/Open Brain does once it hits Supabase: - reads - vector searches like search_thoughts - repeated list/lookups - write verification / connection checks - other DB-heavy MCP operations So…

Clay: [clay (he/him)] Don’t worry about the I/O budget for now. Do what you need to in order to fix the MCP call issue

Hermes: I found the cause and fixed the config. What was wrong Clay Mate was configured under mcp_servers, and the MCP server itself was healthy, but your active platform toolsets did not include the clay_mate toolset. So Discord/CLI sessions were getting: - terminal - Python - Spotify - search/files/session_search …but not the actual mcp_clay_mate_* tools. What I changed I updated ~/.hermes/config.yaml so both: - platform_toolsets.cli - platform_toolsets.discord now include: - clay_mate Verified I verified with real…

5:29 PM — Agregar canción Amie a entidades

Source: discord · Session: 20260705_172906_60406717 · Messages: 36 · Tools: 21

Started with: [clay (he/him)] add the song Aimee by Pure Prairie League to entities. I really like it. It’s 9/10 rating. I like the 70s singer songwriter vibe with a little bit of a country…

Early response: Added. - Entity: Amie by Pure Prairie League - Alias captured: Aimee - Reaction saved: like - Rating saved: 4.5/5 with your original 9/10 noted - Notes saved: 70s singer-songwriter vibe, little…

Subjects: General

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Clay: [clay (he/him)] add the song Aimee by Pure Prairie League to entities. I really like it. It’s 9/10 rating. I like the 70s singer songwriter vibe with a little bit of a country tinge and how singable the chorus is. It’s another type of song that’s great for windows down sunny day driving. Poppy likes it too

Hermes: Added. - Entity: Amie by Pure Prairie League - Alias captured: Aimee - Reaction saved: like - Rating saved: 4.5/5 with your original 9/10 noted - Notes saved: 70s singer-songwriter vibe, little country tinge, singable chorus, great windows-down sunny-day driving song - Also noted: Poppy likes it too I used the official track title spelling “Amie” and kept “Aimee” as an alias so it’ll still be findable that way.

5:45 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 17:46

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260705_174544 · Messages: 7 · Tools: 4

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: General

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6:00 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 18:01

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260705_180045 · Messages: 9 · Tools: 5

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: General

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Hermes: [SILENT]

6:30 PM — Daily Reddit Hermes Agent Digest · Jul 05 18:31

Source: cron · Session: cron_0fe31dae2fff_20260705_183052 · Messages: 4 · Tools: 1

Started with: [IMPORTANT: You are running as a scheduled cron job. DELIVERY: Your final response will be automatically delivered to the user — do NOT use send_message or try to deliver the…

Early response: Hermes Agent Reddit Digest — 2026-07-05 Status: Reddit authenticated collection is not configured yet. Missing env vars: REDDIT_CLIENT_ID and REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET (REDDIT_USER_AGENT also recommended).…

Subjects: Hermes, Calendar, Cron

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Hermes: Hermes Agent Reddit Digest — 2026-07-05 Status: Reddit authenticated collection is not configured yet. Missing env vars: REDDIT_CLIENT_ID and REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET (REDDIT_USER_AGENT also recommended). Collection fallback used: public Reddit RSS. Diagnostics show one RSS query succeeded, while the other Hermes/Nous-related queries were rate-limited with HTTP 429, so coverage is partial. Verified Reddit items surfaced by the pre-run script 1. Best OpenRouter model for Hermes Agent? (No coding) - Subreddit:…

6:45 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 18:46

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260705_184546 · Messages: 11 · Tools: 7

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: General

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7:00 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 19:01

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260705_190047 · Messages: 8 · Tools: 4

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: General

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Hermes: [SILENT]

7:10 PM — Empty message handling

Source: discord · Session: 20260705_191012_a41fe9c4 · Messages: 50 · Tools: 29

Started with: [clay (he/him)] (The user sent a message with no text content) [Image attached at: /home/clay/.hermes/image_cache/img_3a3cc8815a94.png] [Image attached at:…

Early response: No rush — send it when ready.

Subjects: Hermes

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Clay: [clay (he/him)] (The user sent a message with no text content) [Image attached at: /home/clay/.hermes/image_cache/img_3a3cc8815a94.png] [Image attached at: /home/clay/.hermes/image_cache/img_a47205757e05.png] [Image attached at: /home/clay/.hermes/image_cache/img_88cb8b653b5f.png] [Image attached at: /home/clay/.hermes/image_cache/img_ff61a3805ba2.png] [Image attached at: /home/clay/.hermes/image_cache/img_bd9afc035dd6.png] [Image attached at: /home/clay/.hermes/image_cache/img_af4a4a272bf4.png] [Image attached at:…

Clay: [clay (he/him)] Hang on

Clay: [clay (he/him)] Forgot the prompt

Hermes: No rush — send it when ready.

Clay: [clay (he/him)] Check out these images and evaluate the suggestions in the thread. Evaluate them from the POV of our work together. I am constantly wanting you to go out and use the web for me - just like OP of this Reddit thread. What works? What doesn’t? What is the most durable and efficient? Which route allows the most calls. Which is most cost efficient. Spin up subagents to do all the research. Once they get back to you, please report back to me

Hermes: I’ve got it in motion. What I’ve done: - Read the screenshots and pulled out the candidate routes: - SearXNG + Firecrawl - SearXNG + Trafilatura / Scrapling / custom MCP - Tavily - Exa - Camofox / Camoufox - Playwright / Puppeteer / Chrome/Brave over CDP - agent-data.dev for Reddit/X/HN - Jina Reader / s.jina.ai - Agent-Reach - Spawned 3 parallel subagents to research: 1. self-hosted / low-cost stacks 2. browser / anti-bot stacks 3. paid provider / API stacks - Also checked Hermes docs + live…

Clay: [clay (he/him)] [ASYNC DELEGATION BATCH COMPLETE — deleg_4d269905] A background fan-out of 3 subagent(s) you dispatched earlier has finished. All ran in parallel and waited on each other; their consolidated results are below. You may have moved on since dispatching — act on these or re-dispatch if things have changed. Dispatched: 2026-07-05 19:13:30 (6m4s ago) Role: leaf Model: ? Total duration: 364.77s --- ✓ TASK 1/3: Research self-hosted and low-cost web-access stacks for AI agents, especially SearXNG + extraction pipelines mentioned in the…

Hermes: I’ve got enough now. Short answer For our work together, the best durable setup is: > Exa for search + Firecrawl for extract/crawl, > with a browser only as escalation, not as the default. If you want lowest cash cost and are willing to own some maintenance: > Self-hosted SearXNG for search + Trafilatura for extraction, > then fall back to Jina Reader or Firecrawl for hard pages. If you want the most calls for the least money: - Exa wins on verified hosted free volume: 20k requests/month free -…

Clay: [clay (he/him)] Yeah do that next

Hermes: Here’s the concrete setup I’d recommend for your Hermes. What you have right now I checked your live Hermes setup: - ~/.hermes/.env currently has: - FIRECRAWL_API_KEY - XAI_API_KEY - It does not currently show: - EXA_API_KEY - SEARXNG_URL - TAVILY_API_KEY - browser cloud keys - In ~/.hermes/config.yaml, these are still unset: - web.backend - web.search_backend - web.extract_backend So the cleanest move is: add Exa, keep Firecrawl, and leave browser as escalation. --- # My recommended production setup …

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7:13 PM — Research browser-based / anti-bot web access routes for AI agents, especially Ca

Source: subagent · Session: 20260705_191330_b2d6c2 · Messages: 22 · Tools: 16

Started with: Research browser-based / anti-bot web access routes for AI agents, especially Camofox, Playwright/Puppeteer/Chrome over CDP or debugging mode, Brave/Chrome local browser…

Early response: What I did - Checked Hermes browser docs, Playwright CDP docs, Cloudflare’s supported/unsupported browser guidance, Camofox/Camoufox docs, and Browserbase/Browser Use pricing pages. - Verified concrete pricing/limit…

Subjects: Hermes, Cloudflare, Research

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Clay: Research browser-based / anti-bot web access routes for AI agents, especially Camofox, Playwright/Puppeteer/Chrome over CDP or debugging mode, Brave/Chrome local browser attachment, and Cloudflare/anti-bot tradeoffs. Evaluate reliability, maintenance burden, throughput, stealth/anti-bot usefulness, and cost-efficiency for a Hermes user who wants the agent to browse public sites and not constantly hit bot detection. Return a concise comparison and recommendation.

Hermes: What I did - Checked Hermes browser docs, Playwright CDP docs, Cloudflare’s supported/unsupported browser guidance, Camofox/Camoufox docs, and Browserbase/Browser Use pricing pages. - Verified concrete pricing/limit facts where available. What I found Core practical reality - Plain headless Playwright/Puppeteer/Chromium is the least durable route against anti-bot. Cloudflare explicitly says headless browsers and automation frameworks like Playwright/Puppeteer/Selenium are unsupported and may be blocked. - Using a real local Chrome/Brave…

7:13 PM — Research paid search/data providers and agent-focused web APIs relevant to Herme

Source: subagent · Session: 20260705_191330_e4bf11 · Messages: 25 · Tools: 19

Started with: Research paid search/data providers and agent-focused web APIs relevant to Hermes web access: Tavily, Exa, Firecrawl, agent-data.dev, and Agent-Reach if it is a product/benchmark…

Early response: Here’s the concise research summary. What I did - Used live web research on: - Hermes docs - Tavily docs/pricing/rate limits - Exa pricing and rate-limit docs - Firecrawl pricing/docs - agent-data.dev…

Subjects: Hermes, Research, Model switching

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Clay: Research paid search/data providers and agent-focused web APIs relevant to Hermes web access: Tavily, Exa, Firecrawl, agent-data.dev, and Agent-Reach if it is a product/benchmark framework. Evaluate fit for ‘agent goes to the web for me’ workflows, durability, throughput/rate limits, and cost efficiency. Return a concise comparison plus your best recommendation.

Hermes: Here’s the concise research summary. What I did - Used live web research on: - Hermes docs - Tavily docs/pricing/rate limits - Exa pricing and rate-limit docs - Firecrawl pricing/docs - agent-data.dev pricing/docs/blog benchmark - Agent-Reach GitHub and secondary writeups - Cross-checked for pricing, limits, and “agent web access” fit. What I found 1) Exa Best fit for search-heavy agent workflows in Hermes. - What it is: index-backed search + page contents API built for agents. - Pricing: - Free: up to **20,000…

7:13 PM — Research self-hosted and low-cost web-access stacks for AI agents, especially Se

Source: subagent · Session: 20260705_191330_62b68f · Messages: 18 · Tools: 13

Started with: Research self-hosted and low-cost web-access stacks for AI agents, especially SearXNG + extraction pipelines mentioned in the screenshots. Evaluate durability, maintenance…

Early response: What I did - Researched current docs/pricing/limits for SearXNG, Firecrawl, Jina Reader, Crawl4AI, Trafilatura, Scrapling, and GroktoCrawl via live web search + page extraction. - Focused on durability, maintenance…

Subjects: Research

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Clay: Research self-hosted and low-cost web-access stacks for AI agents, especially SearXNG + extraction pipelines mentioned in the screenshots. Evaluate durability, maintenance burden, likely throughput/call limits, and cost-efficiency for a Hermes Agent user who mainly wants reliable public-web research. Focus on SearXNG, Firecrawl, Trafilatura, Scrapling, Jina AI, Crawl4AI / Groktocrawl if relevant, and custom MCP-server patterns. Return a concise comparison with strengths, weaknesses, and a recommendation for when this route is best.

Hermes: What I did - Researched current docs/pricing/limits for SearXNG, Firecrawl, Jina Reader, Crawl4AI, Trafilatura, Scrapling, and GroktoCrawl via live web search + page extraction. - Focused on durability, maintenance burden, throughput/limits, and cost for ongoing Hermes public-web research. What I found 1. Best “cheap but durable” architecture - Best overall for Hermes-style public-web research: - Self-hosted SearXNG for search discovery - Trafilatura as the default extractor - Playwright-capable fallback only when needed, via Scrapling or…

7:45 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 19:46

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260705_194548 · Messages: 10 · Tools: 6

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: General

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Hermes: [SILENT]

8:00 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 20:01

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260705_200049 · Messages: 6 · Tools: 3

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: 8:00 PM CDT — live Open Brain check shows these are still open: • Tonight if possible: Skim pool + run robot vacuum — due today. • Money/admin: Deposit credit union check — overdue from yesterday. •…

Subjects: Open Brain

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Hermes: 8:00 PM CDT — live Open Brain check shows these are still open: • Tonight if possible: Skim pool + run robot vacuum — due today. • Money/admin: Deposit credit union check — overdue from yesterday. • Tomorrow blocker: Pay credit card: Wells Fargo — due Monday 7/6. I did not surface any calendar-only prep items unless they had a matching open task.

8:31 PM — Recordatorio para recoger Prilosec

Source: discord · Session: 20260705_203115_951c55ad · Messages: 7 · Tools: 2

Started with: [clay (he/him)] Pick up Prilosec due tomorrow

Early response: Added: Pick up Prilosec — due 2026-07-06.

Subjects: General

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Clay: [clay (he/him)] Pick up Prilosec due tomorrow

Hermes: Added: Pick up Prilosec — due 2026-07-06.

8:45 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 20:46

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260705_204549 · Messages: 6 · Tools: 3

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: 8:46 PM CDT — open-task check These are still open right now: • Tonight / tomorrow morning: Pick up Prilosec — due Mon 7/6. • Tonight if easy: Skim pool + run robot vacuum — overdue, and there…

Subjects: General

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Hermes: 8:46 PM CDT — open-task check These are still open right now: • Tonight / tomorrow morning: Pick up Prilosec — due Mon 7/6. • Tonight if easy: Skim pool + run robot vacuum — overdue, and there are duplicate open pool tasks. • Money stack: Deposit credit union check is overdue; Wells Fargo card due Mon 7/6; Citi Strata due Tue 7/7. No tasks were created, changed, or completed.

Source: discord · Session: 20260705_210645_5a0e6763 · Messages: 106 · Tools: 55

Started with: [clay (he/him)] so that was a total bust because of the log back in issue. Leah was by far not the only one having issues. I’m really bummed, but I didn’t leave myself a lot of…

Early response: Ugh, that sucks. And yeah — if multiple people hit login issues, that’s not a “Leah problem,” that’s a launch problem. Totally fair to feel bummed. Also: not leaving enough time didn’t help, but that doesn’t mean the…

Subjects: Fantasy baseball

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Clay: [clay (he/him)] so that was a total bust because of the log back in issue. Leah was by far not the only one having issues. I’m really bummed, but I didn’t leave myself a lot of time to get it working correctly

Hermes: Ugh, that sucks. And yeah — if multiple people hit login issues, that’s not a “Leah problem,” that’s a launch problem. Totally fair to feel bummed. Also: not leaving enough time didn’t help, but that doesn’t mean the idea was bad. It means you ran an event feature with too little buffer for auth friction — super normal failure mode. Best move now is probably: - call it plainly: “login broke for too many people” - separate product idea from implementation failure - do a tiny postmortem while it’s fresh If you want, I can help with any of these…

Clay: [clay (he/him)] Tell me who got matched with who

Hermes: Based on the app’s current match logic, the strongest mutual top matches were: - Leah ↔ Alyssa Eisenbart - Levi Allen ↔ Lindsey - Joe ↔ Brandon - Shane Roberts ↔ Megan crowhurst A few other mutual-in-each-other’s-top-4 pairs: - Leah ↔ Kathy - Leah ↔ Ryan Stripens - Levi Allen ↔ Joe - Levi Allen ↔ Cassie - Levi Allen ↔ Casey - Alyssa Eisenbart ↔ Shane Roberts - Alyssa Eisenbart ↔ Kathy - Alyssa Eisenbart ↔ Ryan Stripens - Cassie ↔ Lindsey - Lindsey ↔ Casey - Lindsey ↔ Becky - Casey ↔ Shane Roberts - Casey ↔ Megan crowhurst…

Clay: [clay (he/him)] what was everyones responses to the questions

Hermes: Yep — here were everyone’s responses from the app: - Clay - Vibes: porch, chat - Could talk forever about: baseball overreactions - Favorite thing: good donuts - Place connection: Colorado - Mild opinion: porch seating is underrated - Megan crowhurst - Vibes: kids, pool, food - Could talk forever about: Disney world - Favorite thing: Casey’s steak and brussels sprouts - Place connection: Home or disney - Mild opinion: — - Leah - Vibes: porch, chat - Could talk forever about: summer weekends - Favorite thing: tacos - Place…

Clay: [clay (he/him)] These are hallucinated?

Hermes: No — the responses list was pulled directly from the app database, not invented. What I fetched was the raw guest fields: - display_name - vibes - talk_topic - favorite_thing - place_connection - mild_opinion So stuff like: - FINANCIAL planning - LobsTer - MexicAn Resort Upscale buffet - You Can't go wrong with a crab boil came through exactly as stored, typos/casing and all. Important distinction though: - Question responses: direct from DB - “Who matched with who”: not a stored match table I found — I…

Clay: [clay (he/him)] But the “mild opinion” was supposed to be “hill you will die on” and “topic you could talk forver about” is “talk about for a few minutes”…and Pam supposedly filled out the questions but I don’t see hers

Hermes: Yeah — my wording was wrong, not the underlying data. I gave you the answers using the internal DB field names: - talk_topic - favorite_thing - place_connection - mild_opinion But the actual live form labels in the app are: - WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN TALK ABOUT FOR A WHILE - WHAT IS THE BEST MEAL YOU’VE EVER HAD - WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PLACE TO BE - WHAT IS THE HILL YOU WILL DIE ON So: - I should not have said “talk forever about” - and I should not have said “mild opinion” That part was my…

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9:07 PM — Call Kirby About Collections

Source: discord · Session: 20260705_210716_5e9f6ab1 · Messages: 16 · Tools: 5

Started with: [clay (he/him)] call Kirby about getting sent to collections, due July 6

Early response: Stopped — I won’t add or act on that reminder.

Subjects: General

Conversation excerpts

Clay: [clay (he/him)] call Kirby about getting sent to collections, due July 6

Clay: [clay (he/him)] stop

Hermes: Stopped — I won’t add or act on that reminder.

Clay: [clay (he/him)] due july 6

Hermes: Added: Call Kirby about getting sent to collections — due July 6.

Clay: [clay (he/him)] call dr Kim’s office, due 9am july 6

Hermes: Added: Call Dr. Kim’s office — 9am July 6.

9:29 PM — Ideas for perfect team sports game

Source: discord · Session: 20260705_212911_798e0a26 · Messages: 28 · Tools: 17

Started with: [clay (he/him)] Research some different online sports games where you try to create a perfect team…like 82-0 for NBA, etc. BNring back different ideas for mechanics and how the…

Early response: Here are the most useful patterns I found for “build the perfect team / chase 82-0” style sports sims, with notes on what mechanics are worth stealing for an Illini basketball version. Good comps to study…

Subjects: Research, Public writing, Fantasy football

Conversation excerpts

Clay: [clay (he/him)] Research some different online sports games where you try to create a perfect team…like 82-0 for NBA, etc. BNring back different ideas for mechanics and how the games work. I am working on building my own with Illini basketball

Hermes: Here are the most useful patterns I found for “build the perfect team / chase 82-0” style sports sims, with notes on what mechanics are worth stealing for an Illini basketball version. Good comps to study 1. Basketball GM What it is: free browser basketball front-office sim. Core loop: roster moves, draft, trades, cap management, scouting, sim games/seasons. Why it matters: probably the cleanest template for “one more season” team-building. Notable mechanics - Real/historical rosters - Draft a raw upside guy vs…

Clay: [clay (he/him)] ok i didn’t mean this specific style of game. i’ve played one kind where like a slot machine style mechanic with three players pop up, you are forced to choose the best of those three players to add to your team. once you fill a position, you cannot choose a player for it, even if a better one pops up

Hermes: Ah — got it. You mean more like a constrained team-drafting game loop, not a full management sim. That’s a very different lane, and honestly probably a better fit if you want something tight and addictive. The core mechanic you’re describing At heart it’s: - you see 3 random players - pick 1 - the other 2 disappear - once a slot is filled, it’s locked - later, a better player for that slot may appear, but you can’t take him - the fun is balancing: - best player available - positional need - future risk - synergy That…

10:53 PM — Creating and Deploying a Vercel Page

Source: discord · Session: 20260705_225306_795f4117 · Messages: 214 · Tools: 103

Started with: [clay (he/him)] do you still have ability to create vercel page?

Early response: Yes — I can still build and deploy a Vercel page, assuming the codebase and Vercel access are available from this environment. I can handle the full path: - create/update the page - commit/push to the repo -…

Subjects: Web publishing

Conversation excerpts

Clay: [clay (he/him)] do you still have ability to create vercel page?

Hermes: Yes — I can still build and deploy a Vercel page, assuming the codebase and Vercel access are available from this environment. I can handle the full path: - create/update the page - commit/push to the repo - trigger/verify the Vercel deploy - check the live URL If you want, send me one of these: - the repo/path - the existing Vercel project name - or just “make a new one” plus what it should be And I’ll do it.

Clay: [clay (he/him)] nice, i am going to have you build a gamr for me overnight. I will feed you the promp and the data file you need. i want you to put it on vercel for me.

Hermes: Perfect. Send me: - the prompt - the data file - any design/style constraints - the Vercel target if you already have one Then I can: 1. build the game 2. test it 3. deploy it to Vercel 4. verify the live link for you If you want, I can also keep it simple by default: single-page, mobile-friendly, fast-loading, clean UI.

Clay: [clay (he/him)] i want orange and blue +2 The official HEX codes for the University of Illinois are FF5F05 for Illini Orange and 13294B for Illini Blue.Here is the exact color breakdown for your digital and print projects:ColorHEX CodeRGBCMYKPantoneIllini Orange#FF5F05255, 95, 50, 80, 100, 0PMS 1655Illini Blue#13294B19, 41, 75100, 90, 10, 50PMS 2767For full branding guidelines and usage rules, you can check the Illinois Brand Guidelines.Would you like me to help you with other design elements, such as secondary accent colors or finding logo…

Hermes: Got it — I’ll use: - Illini Orange #FF5F05 - Illini Blue #13294B And since there’s no target yet, I can create the app and deploy it as a new Vercel project once you send the prompt + file. When you send them, I’ll take it from there.

Clay: [The user sent a text document: ‘prompt.md’. Its content has been included below. The file is also saved at: /home/clay/.hermes/cache/documents/doc_13879e607306_prompt.md] [The user sent a document: ‘illini_players.json’. It is saved at: /home/clay/.hermes/cache/documents/doc_ec8daee41b91_illini_players.json. Its text is not inlined here (it’s a binary format such as PDF or DOCX). To read it, extract the document’s text yourself — for example with the terminal tool or the ocr-and-documents skill — before answering, instead of asking the user…

Hermes: Done — I built it and put it on Vercel. Live: https://illini-draft-game.vercel.app Project: - local files: /home/clay/illini-draft-game - main artifact: /home/clay/illini-draft-game/index.html What’s in it: - single-file HTML/JS app - Illini Orange #FF5F05 - Illini Blue #13294B - 3-card draft loop - locked roster slots: PG / SG / SF / PF / C / 6th / Coach - 6th-man swap/upgrade logic - deduped player pool by id - hidden prestige scoring from your JSON - archetype fit scoring - coach scoring - regular season + tournament sim -…

Clay: [clay (he/him)] Is the score that shows…is it the actual calculated player score

Hermes: Yes — mostly. The number shown on each player card is the app’s actual computed overall for that player, generated from the JSON at runtime. It is not hand-entered. Specifically, in the game code: - it first computes a hidden prestige score from: - awards - key_stats - bio keywords - then converts that into the displayed overall Current formula in the deployed build: - prestige = calculatePlayerPrestige(player) - overall = 64 + Math.round(prestige * 0.62) - then small bonuses: - +3 if X Factor - +2 if Floor General -…

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11:25 PM — Agregar trámite para Cruz

Source: discord · Session: 20260705_232552_11d64db2 · Messages: 5 · Tools: 1

Started with: [clay (he/him)] Tomorrow due by 2pm - paperwork for Cruz

Early response: Added: Paperwork for Cruz — due tomorrow (2026-07-06).

Subjects: General

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Clay: [clay (he/him)] Tomorrow due by 2pm - paperwork for Cruz

Hermes: Added: Paperwork for Cruz — due tomorrow (2026-07-06).

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Memory log — 2026-07-05

6:30 AM — Personal daily digest · Jul 05 06:34

6:31 AM — Fantasy AM waiver edge · Jul 05 06:32

6:35 AM — Morning ponder quote · Jul 05 06:36

7:00 AM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 07:03

7:01 AM — Read-only scheduled proactive check. Use configured Clay Mate/Open Brain MCP too

7:45 AM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 07:48

7:46 AM — Read-only check for a scheduled Donn proactive run. Use Clay Mate/Open Brain too

8:00 AM — Create every-other-day pool skim+robot task · Jul 05 08:03

8:00 AM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 08:05

8:01 AM — Read-only scheduled proactive check. Use configured Clay Mate/Open Brain MCP too

8:45 AM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 08:49

8:46 AM — You are running a read-only probe for Clay’s daily-dreaming cron. Use available

8:48 AM — Use the clay_mate MCP server tools. Call the action item list tool with status=’

9:00 AM — Daily LearnedLeague-style trivia roundup · Jul 05 09:05

9:00 AM — rosie-practice-piano · Jul 05 09:02

9:00 AM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 09:03

9:01 AM — Read-only scheduled proactive check. Use configured clay_mate MCP tools if avail

9:15 AM — Substack newsletter daily sweep · Jul 05 09:17

9:19 AM — Self Portrait as a Fountain anti-art explanation

9:45 AM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 09:49

9:46 AM — Read-only scheduled proactive check. Use configured clay_mate MCP tools if avail

10:00 AM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 10:05

10:01 AM — Read-only scheduled proactive check. Use configured clay_mate/Open Brain MCP too

10:28 AM — GLM 5.2 local download and sizes

10:45 AM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 10:49

10:46 AM — Read-only. Use configured Clay Mate/Open Brain MCP tools if available. Current l

11:00 AM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 11:04

11:01 AM — You are a read-only probe for a cron job. Use the clay_mate MCP tool mcp_clay_ma

11:45 AM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 11:48

11:46 AM — Read-only scheduled proactive check. Use configured clay_mate MCP tools if avail

12:00 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 12:02

12:01 PM — Read-only. Use configured Clay Mate/Open Brain MCP tools if available. Do not mo

12:45 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 12:49

12:46 PM — Read-only. Use configured clay_mate MCP tools if available. Current task: list L

1:00 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 13:06

1:01 PM — Read-only scheduled proactive check. Use direct configured Clay Mate/Open Brain

1:45 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 13:49

1:46 PM — Read-only. Use configured Clay Mate/Open Brain MCP tools if available. Current l

2:00 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 14:02

2:45 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 14:47

3:00 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 15:04

3:01 PM — Read-only scheduled Donn check. Use configured Clay Mate/Open Brain MCP tools if

3:02 PM — Use the configured Clay Mate/Open Brain MCP tools if available. Do not modify an

3:05 PM — Fantasy midday news radar · Jul 05 15:05

3:45 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 15:46

3:45 PM — Read-only scheduled check. Use Clay Mate/Open Brain tools if available. Return O

3:46 PM — Use the configured clay_mate MCP tools only if available. Do not modify anything

4:00 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 16:03

4:00 PM — Use configured clay_mate / Open Brain MCP tools only if available. Do not modify

4:45 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 16:46

4:45 PM — Use configured clay_mate / Open Brain MCP tools only if available. Do not modify

5:00 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 17:01

5:00 PM — Read-only scheduled Donn check. Use configured clay_mate MCP tools if available.

5:12 PM — Using Anthropic Subscription with Hermes

5:19 PM — Research public reports of people getting caught, banned, suspended, warned, rat

5:19 PM — Research public reports of people successfully using 9Router or similar router/p

5:20 PM — Clay Mate MCP setup issue

5:29 PM — Agregar canción Amie a entidades

5:45 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 17:46

6:00 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 18:01

6:30 PM — Daily Reddit Hermes Agent Digest · Jul 05 18:31

6:45 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 18:46

7:00 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 19:01

7:10 PM — Empty message handling

7:13 PM — Research browser-based / anti-bot web access routes for AI agents, especially Ca

7:13 PM — Research paid search/data providers and agent-focused web APIs relevant to Herme

7:13 PM — Research self-hosted and low-cost web-access stacks for AI agents, especially Se

7:45 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 19:46

8:00 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 20:01

8:31 PM — Recordatorio para recoger Prilosec

8:45 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 05 20:46

9:06 PM — Login issues derailed launch

9:07 PM — Call Kirby About Collections

9:29 PM — Ideas for perfect team sports game

10:53 PM — Creating and Deploying a Vercel Page

11:25 PM — Agregar trámite para Cruz

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