Make your first genuine dollar online using Hermes Agent.
Hermes Startup is a local-first Hermes skill. It asks a few focused questions, gives you evidence-labeled ideas grounded in what you know and can reach, helps you choose a problem worth solving, and prepares the smallest reversible test.
hermes skills install https://hermesstartup.com/skill/SKILL.mdThen use:
/startup
Hermes exposes installed skills as dynamic slash commands.
- The portable
startupskill - A bounded JSON/stdin adapter
- Local onboarding and state handling
- Opportunity, offer-preview, entitlement, and exact-approval contracts
- A deterministic zero-network local runtime
The free journey is local by default. It does not create Checkout, charge a card, contact a provider or buyer, publish, deploy, or make another external write. Any consequential action requires an exact target-and-content preview and explicit approval.
This public repository intentionally excludes the managed hosted service, payment and community infrastructure, deployment configuration, private operational reports, credentials, and provider-specific operations.
state_dir="${XDG_STATE_HOME:-$HOME/.local/state}/hermes-startup"
printf '%s' '{"action":"start"}' | python3 scripts/startup_turn.py --state-dir "$state_dir"The adapter accepts exactly one bounded JSON object through stdin and emits one JSON response.
Hermes Startup is live at hermesstartup.com. The free path: 10 private questions answered inside your Hermes Agent, and all 10 demand-checked ideas back, ranked with the reason why. The optional paid path: a one-time US$10 prepaid continuation that builds and runs the business you choose. One balance funds 2,000+ API tools from 50+ providers; no subscription, no renewal, auto top-up only when you turn it on, balance never expires, US$1 low-balance alert. Checkout is live via Stripe. Every action and spend requires your explicit approval. No income, customer, or outcome guarantee.
- Agent-facing brief: https://hermesstartup.com/for-agents.md
- Step-by-step workflows: https://hermesstartup.com/workflows
- Business profile (UCP): https://hermesstartup.com/.well-known/ucp
Open-source skill export (MIT), synced from the live product.
MIT. See LICENSE.
Hermes Startup is an independent product for Hermes Agent users. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Nous Research.