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How do I actually get my agent working without constantly prompting it? Here’s how in four easy steps. Start with one repeatable job. A cron tells Hermes when to start. A complete workflow tells it what to do, how to check the result, and when to stop. For recurring work, use cron. For one objective that needs to keep moving across turns in the same conversation, Hermes has /goal. You don’t need both for this example. 1. Pick a job with a clear finish Let’s use a release scout. Every six hours, it checks the official Hermes Agent releases. When something new appears, it prepares a short brief with the release tag, source link and explanation of what changed. The destination is a sourced brief saved in your chosen folder. Publishing it is a separate decision. 2. Give it instructions it can use without you Choose the Hermes profile that will own the job. Confirm its scheduled runs have a working model, access to the release pages and the ability to save files. Write the procedure into a Skill or workflow file, then explicitly attach it or tell the scheduled job where to read it. This matters because cron runs start in fresh sessions. Persistent memory can still load, but the conversation where you explained everything does not automatically come along. Give the workflow a separate progress file too. It should record which releases have already been processed and where their briefs were saved. That gives the next run something concrete to check instead of relying on chat history. 3. Create the schedule You can ask Hermes in normal language. Desktop users can also manage these jobs through their Bot’s Routines pane. Once the folder and procedure are prepared, a setup request could look like this: “Create a paused cron job for this profile that runs every six hours. Set its working directory to the folder we prepared and attach the release-scout procedure. Each run should read the saved progress, check the official NousResearch/hermes-agent releases, verify and save briefs for new releases, then record what was completed. On the first run, establish a baseline so existing releases aren’t reported as new. If nothing changed, finish quietly. If the check fails, report the problem without advancing the successful checkpoint. Keep output local. Show me the saved job, any missing setup and how to pause it. Leave recurring execution paused until I approve it.” 4. Test the actual job, then enable it Test through the cron configuration, not just the chat. Check that a new item produces an accurate saved brief, unchanged input doesn’t produce duplicates, and a failed source is reported as a failure. Set finite work limits and bounded retries. After testing, confirm the job’s actual enabled state, timezone and next run. Don’t treat “I’ve scheduled it” as the only proof. The scheduler also needs to stay running, through Desktop’s backend or a gateway serving that profile. A saved schedule won’t execute on a sleeping or switched-off host. That’s the starting point: one agent, one defined workflow, one result you can verify. Instead of asking for an update every six hours, you’ve configured Hermes to check, do the work and leave the result ready for you. Remove the unnecessary prompts. Keep the decisions that actually need you.