{
  "id": 11363414,
  "title": "How I Built a 24/7 AI DevOps Coding Agent for About CAD 200",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/how-i-built-a-24-7-ai-devops-coding-agent-for-about-cad-200",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-02T05:20:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/amiri83/how-i-built-a-247-ai-devops-coding-agent-for-about-cad-200-4fgf"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Amir, a DevOps engineer, wanted to automate repetitive coding tasks in his workflow. He created a system using Hermes, Claude Code, and Telegram on a cheap always-on thin client. Hermes acts as the agentic AI harness, delegating coding tasks to Claude Code CLI when needed. Hermes handles quality assurance, Git management, and reporting through Telegram. Claude Code focuses on implementing code changes while Hermes verifies, tests, and commits the changes. The entire setup costs approximately CAD 200, primarily due to a used Dell Wyse 5070 thin client.",
  "summary": "Hermes + Claude Code + Telegram on a cheap always-on thin client. Hi, I'm Amir 👋 I'm a DevOps engineer, and a surprising amount of my time goes into work that is important but repetitive. A server needs patching. A CI/CD pipeline fails. A script needs a small change. A Terraform module needs an update. A tool I built needs one more feature. Tests need to be run, branches need to be checked, and…",
  "key_points": [
    "Amir built AI DevOps coding agent for ~CAD 200",
    "Hermes AI harness delegates tasks to Claude Code",
    "System uses Telegram for QA, Git, and reporting"
  ],
  "editors_take": "This low-cost AI-powered coding agent enables a DevOps engineer to automate repetitive tasks, freeing up focus on higher-level work, by leveraging a thin client and integrating AI tools.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}