{
  "id": 1731698,
  "title": "Hermes Bot Mode: I Built a Team of AI Agents That Hand Off Work to Each Other",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/hermes-bot-mode-i-built-a-team-of-ai-agents-that-hand-off-work-to",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-18T15:03:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/vivek_shetye/hermes-bot-mode-i-built-a-team-of-ai-agents-that-hand-off-work-to-each-other-a49"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Hermes Bot Mode allows AI agents to collaborate and hand off work to each other, transforming their behavior from isolated chatbots to a team of specialists. The Hermes Bot Mode desktop plugin creates a team of three AI agents: Researcher, Risk Analyst, and Thesis Editor. The Stock Market Researcher gathers evidence on two U.S.-listed companies in the same sector, while the Risk Analyst challenges the researcher's conclusions and the Thesis Editor synthesizes a balanced final analysis. The agents communicate and hand off work to each other, creating a multi-agent pipeline. This system provides a visual interface and persistent conversations for each bot, enabling easier understanding and debugging of the workflow.",
  "summary": "What if your AI agents behaved less like isolated chatbots and more like a team of specialists that could actually collaborate? 🤖 That’s what I wanted to test with the newly released Hermes Bot Mode desktop plugin. Instead of manually switching between different Hermes profiles, copying context, and triggering every stage myself, I built a small team of three AI agents: Researcher → Risk Analyst…",
  "key_points": [
    "Hermes Bot Mode enables AI agents to collaborate and hand off work.",
    "Agents communicate and hand off tasks, forming a multi-agent pipeline for stock market research."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "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."
}