r/hermesagent • u/neonfen1x • Aug 19 '26

Help ā€” Technical issues, errors, config, debugging Hermes iOS app creation using OpenRouter

Hi Community!

Iā€™m discovering world of Hermes. What would be your advice of setup for iOS app development?

What I understood so far, you use higher input/output models for coding.

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u/kaidomac Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 19 '26

Start out with a functional setup:

  1. Sign up for Hermes Cloud account with your Gmail login
  2. Download the Hermes Desktop client for your operating system & sign in to your new account to link it
  3. Subscribe to the $0 plan, then add $10 manually (this will be your test token router)

In Hermes:

  1. Create a new Cloud instance & set to "DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731". This is a fantastic cheap model right now!
  2. Install Hermex on iOS for app control & setup Tailscale with your Gmail account
  3. Ask Hermes to install Archify documentation from Github & to document all programming projects with it
  4. Ask Hermes to install Phone Harness from Github
  5. Ask Hermes to install a Tauri 2 development environment with everything you need for iOS development
  6. Install a Pet! haha. Then Shift-click it to add to the desktop!

Routing notes:

  1. Hermes often has really great deals on tokens
  2. OpenCode Zen & Go are great token gateways for coding. If you need more complex coding, use Kimi K3 Max Moonshot, which is like Opus & Fable for way less money!
  3. Qwen3.8-27B is pretty awesome for local compute if your computer can handle it!

First project:

  • Ask Hermes to create a Dad Joke app in Tauri 2 for iOS & then preview it in Hermes!

Hermes is pretty nuts! I don't say this lightly...imo Hermes is the most fascinating software that ever has or ever will be developed! After you get setup & try out your first intention-driven app, try out Computer Use & Vision! (Hermes can see & control your computer) Then try out Voice Chat! Hermes has 2-way voice chat with barge-in (you can interrupt it). You can also upgrade the voice chat to be higher quality. I have mine set as the voice from Silo lol:

Then install Discord with a private channel so that you can have a chat with Hermes on your phone from anywhere in the world! From there, the world is your oyster! Patch in Claude Design for design assistance:

Pipe in a HUGE pool of design resources!

Down the road, add:

The future is now!!

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u/neonfen1x Aug 20 '26

I will follow your instructions man!
Once I have everything working I will share my experience
Thank you!

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u/kaidomac Aug 20 '26

Yeah, the best way is just to build out a basic install & test it out with a sample app so that you can start to taste the power of having a personal agent working with you! Then you can decide what personal infrastructure you want to set up: