This Hermes AI course module is the practical one — actual automations I run daily on Hermes.
No theory.
No marketing.
Real automations, real prompts, real results.
If you've installed Hermes and you're stuck on "what do I actually use it for" — this post is for you.
Automation 1 — Auto-Post To X With Generated Images
The big one.
Hermes posts to X for me daily — copy plus image — completely autonomously.
Workflow:
- Scheduled task triggers every 30 minutes during posting hours
- Hermes scrapes trending topics from a curated list of subreddits using Firecrawl
- Picks one trending topic relevant to AI/automation
- Drafts a tweet with a hook + breakdown + CTA
- Generates a matching image with Nano Banana 2
- Posts to X via the developer API
- Sends me a Telegram confirmation with the live link
Total runtime per post — about 90 seconds.
Result — I get a 1,000-view tweet on a brand-new account within hours.
The trick is the source data.
Pulling from trending Reddit posts (not just AI news sites) gives the tweets a pulse — they're about what people care about right now, not what some news editor decided was important.
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Automation 2 — Daily Competitor Analysis
Manual competitor analysis takes hours.
Hermes does it in minutes, daily.
Workflow:
- Scheduled task runs every morning at 7am
- Hermes spawns 5 sub-agents
- Each sub-agent analyses one competitor's recent activity (X, YouTube, blog)
- Each reports back with: top performing post, posting frequency, breakout topics
- Main Hermes synthesises into a single morning brief
- Telegrams me the brief at 7:30am
I read it over coffee.
I get the same intelligence I'd pay an agency for.
For free.
Daily.
If you want to see the multi-agent setup, my paperclip Hermes agent post covers the orchestration in detail — pairs naturally with this competitor analysis automation.
Automation 3 — Daily X Analytics Screenshot
Tracking analytics manually is rubbish.
Hermes tracks for me.
Workflow:
- Daily at 8pm, Hermes opens X analytics
- Screenshots the relevant dashboards
- Pulls follower count, top tweets, engagement rate, average likes
- Compares to yesterday and to 7-day average
- Writes a short summary in Telegram with the screenshots attached
I don't open X analytics anymore.
Hermes does it for me and I get the highlights.
Saves me 15 minutes a day plus mental energy.
Over a year — that's 5,500 minutes.
91 hours.
Two work weeks back.
I covered the analytics-as-skill pattern in my Hermes agent workspace post — applies to any platform you want to track.
Automation 4 — TikTok Auto-Post With Captions + Hashtags
TikTok is a different beast — but Hermes handles it.
Workflow:
- Scheduled task triggered when I drop a new video into a watched folder
- Hermes detects the new file
- Pulls the video transcript via auto-subs
- Drafts a TikTok caption (hook + value + CTA)
- Generates 8-10 relevant hashtags
- Posts via TikTok's API
- Confirms in Telegram
I drop a video.
It posts itself.
That's the loop.
The captions and hashtag selection have improved meaningfully over 2 months because the underlying skill self-improves.
Automation 5 — Instagram Auto-Post
Same pattern as TikTok but adapted for Instagram.
Different aspect ratios.
Different caption length sweet spots.
Different hashtag strategies (Instagram likes 15-20 hashtags, TikTok likes 3-5).
Hermes handles the platform-specific tuning because the skill.md captures the differences.
One trigger — drop file in folder.
Five outputs — X, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, LinkedIn.
That's the multi-platform automation.
Automation 6 — Trending Reddit News Scanner
Six times daily, Hermes scans trending posts on a curated list of AI/automation subreddits.
Workflow:
- Scheduled task every 4 hours
- Hermes hits 6 specific subreddits via Firecrawl
- Pulls posts from the last 4 hours with above-threshold upvotes
- Filters to only AI/automation-relevant posts
- Telegrams me the top 5 with summaries
I never miss breaking news in my niche.
When I see a story I want to react to, I tell Hermes "draft a tweet about this" and it pulls the original Reddit context plus my preferred posting format.
I covered the fast-news-to-content pipeline in my DeepSeek SEO post — same trending-keyword approach applied to blog content.
Automation 7 — Weekly Content Calendar Generation
Every Sunday at 8pm, Hermes generates next week's content calendar.
Workflow:
- Pulls last week's top performing content (X, YouTube, blog)
- Analyses what topics resonated
- Looks at trending topics from this week's Reddit scans
- Drafts a 7-day content calendar with topic + format for each day
- Outputs to a Google Doc I can edit
I take the calendar.
Edit lightly.
Approve.
Done.
Sunday content planning went from 2 hours to 10 minutes.
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Automation 8 — Inbox Triage
Every morning at 8am, Hermes scans my newsletters and pulls the most relevant stories.
Workflow:
- Reads through 30+ newsletters in my inbox
- Filters to AI/automation/SEO/business
- Summarises top 5 stories
- Drops a digest in Telegram
I've stopped reading newsletters directly.
Hermes filters them for me.
Saves an hour a day, easily.
Automation 9 — Weekly Performance Report
Every Friday at 6pm, Hermes generates a weekly performance report.
Workflow:
- Pulls metrics from X, YouTube, blog, Skool community
- Compares to last week and 4-week average
- Highlights what's working and what isn't
- Drafts a one-page summary in Notion
- Telegrams me when it's ready
I get a weekly business dashboard for free, in my pocket, every Friday.
If you want to see the multi-source metrics pattern, my Hermes agent mission control post covers the analytics architecture.
Automation 10 — SEO On-Page Analysis (Coming Soon)
This one I'm still building.
Plan:
- Hermes pulls a list of my top 50 ranking pages
- Re-runs on-page analysis weekly (titles, headers, internal linking, schema)
- Flags pages that have drifted (rankings dropped, technical issues)
- Recommends fixes
- Drafts updated copy
Estimated time saving — 4-6 hours per week.
I'll write the full breakdown when this is live.
How To Build Your Own Hermes Automation
Same pattern every time:
- Define the trigger — what kicks it off (schedule, event, command)
- Define the data sources — what APIs/feeds Hermes needs
- Define the action — what gets produced
- Test once — manually run the workflow and verify output
- Schedule — turn it into a recurring task
- Monitor and refine — watch the first 7 days, give feedback
Six steps.
Master once.
Apply to anything.
I went deeper on the build pattern in my Claude Code AI SEO post — same six-step pattern applied to a different toolchain.
Practical Tips From 6 Months Of Daily Use
Always ask for a draft first before posting on the first 7 days. Auto-post sounds nice but the early skill quality is rough.
Backup skill.md files weekly. Sometimes Hermes loses track. Git is your friend.
Don't over-automate week 1. Build one automation, get it right, then build the next.
Watch your token bill. Even Hermes can run up costs at scale. Use Quen 3.6 Plus (free) for cheap workflows, paid models for premium ones.
Refactor monthly. Your skill tree gets messy. Spend 30 mins a month cleaning it up.
Hermes Daily Automations FAQ
How long did it take to build all 10 automations?
Cumulative — about 12 hours over 4 months. The first one took 4 hours. The tenth took 30 minutes because the patterns repeat.
Do they ever break?
Yes — APIs change, rate limits hit, edge cases appear. Maybe one breaks per week on average. Hermes self-heals about half the time.
What's my total token cost per month?
Around £50/month across all automations using Quen 3.6 Plus + occasional Claude calls for premium tasks.
Can I run these on a VPS?
Yes — and recommended once you have more than 3 always-on automations. $5-10/month VPS handles all 10.
Do you ever turn them off?
The auto-post automations run 24/7. Analytics and reports run on schedule. Inbox triage runs daily. Nothing is off.
What's the ROI?
Conservative estimate — 25 hours/week saved. At my consulting rate, that's serious money. The Hermes setup pays itself back about 200x over.
Related Reading
- Paperclip Hermes agent — orchestration layer
- Hermes agent workspace — analytics architecture
- Hermes agent mission control — gateway setup
Final Take
Hermes Agent's value compounds with the number of automations you run.
One automation — meh.
Five automations — meaningful.
Ten automations — life-changing.
The marginal effort to add automation #10 is way less than #1 because you've built the patterns.
Start with one this week.
Build one a week for the next 10 weeks.
By June you'll have a personal AI system most consultancies couldn't match.
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This hermes ai course automation module is the practical playbook — go and ship your first daily automation tonight.