Changelog

What's new in ReadyHermes

Everything we add to your agent and your dashboard, newest first, with how to use each one.

Last update 2 November 202631 changes since launch

Highlights of NovemberThe biggest changes this month

NewBotsPaid plans

Extra bots

Run more than one agent from one account. Each extra bot is a separate computer with its own memory, chats, apps and AI allowance, on its own subscription.

How to use it ↓Bot menu › New instance
NewBotsFree trial · Lite · Pro

Sub-bots

Give separate jobs to separate helpers, like a bookkeeper and a social media writer. Each sub-bot has its own memory and chats, and shares your agent's computer and AI allowance.

How to use it ↓Bot menu › Add sub-bot
NewApps & skillsFree trial · Lite · Pro

Connect apps with an API key

Apps that have no sign-in page can now be connected with your own API key, access token or login details. You add them in Apps, not in chat.

How to use it ↓Dashboard › Apps
NewAI modelFree trial · Lite · Pro

More model keys

Use your own key from xAI, Nous Portal, Ollama Cloud or Agnes. Your agent then runs on your own account, billed by that provider.

How to use it ↓Dashboard › Model key

November 2026

BotsPaid plans

Extra bots

Run more than one agent from one account. Each extra bot is a separate computer with its own memory, chats, apps and AI allowance, on its own subscription.

How to use it
  1. Click your bot's name at the top of the dashboard.
  2. Choose New instance and type an Instance name.
  3. Pick Lite or Pro and pay at checkout.
$3.99 / $6.99a month each, on Lite or Pro
Up to 5extra bots per account
Its owncomputer, memory and AI allowance

You can add extra bots once your main plan is paid. Deleting your account also ends every extra bot's subscription.

Bot menu › New instance
BotsFree trial · Lite · Pro

Name your bots

Give any bot or sub-bot its own name. Renaming your main bot also changes how it introduces itself in chat.

How to use it
  1. Click your bot's name at the top of the dashboard.
  2. Click the pencil next to the bot you want to rename.
  3. Type the New name and click Save.
40 / 60characters, main bot / sub-bot

Product names can't be used as a bot name. Type "Hermes" to go back to the default name.

Bot menu
Apps & skillsFree trial · Lite · Pro

Connect apps with an API key

Apps that have no sign-in page can now be connected with your own API key, access token or login details. You add them in Apps, not in chat.

How to use it
  1. Open Apps and search for the app.
  2. Click Connect. A short form opens instead of a sign-in page.
  3. Fill in what it asks for (Where to find these details shows how) and connect.
4 kindsAPI key, access token, username and password, or client ID and secret

Your agent never asks for keys in chat. If it needs an app, it points you to Apps.

Dashboard › AppsBrowse all apps →
AI modelFree trial · Lite · Pro

More model keys

Use your own key from xAI, Nous Portal, Ollama Cloud or Agnes. Your agent then runs on your own account, billed by that provider.

How to use it
  1. Open Model key and pick the provider.
  2. Paste your key, click Load models and choose one.
  3. Click Check and switch. Your agent restarts and is back in about a minute.
16providers, plus any other endpoint
About 1 minuteto switch over

We send one tiny test message first, so a mistyped key can't leave your agent silent.

Dashboard › Model key
ImprovedChatFree trial · Lite · Pro

Replies finish after a dropped connection

If the connection drops while your agent is answering, the chat picks the reply back up and shows it to the end. You can even leave or reload the page: the answer is there when you come back.

BotsFree trial · Lite · Pro

Sub-bots

Give separate jobs to separate helpers, like a bookkeeper and a social media writer. Each sub-bot has its own memory and chats, and shares your agent's computer and AI allowance.

How to use it
  1. Click your bot's name at the top of the dashboard.
  2. Choose Add sub-bot and type a Sub-bot name.
  3. Click Add, then switch between bots from the same menu.
Up to 5sub-bots
Includedno extra cost, on the free trial too

Channels, Bot tools and Usage still belong to your main bot. Removing a sub-bot deletes its memory and chats.

Bot menu › Add sub-bot
BillingCard subscribers

Turn auto-renew off or on

Switch auto-renew off or on yourself in Billing. Before it turns off, we show the exact date your plan ends.

How to use it
  1. Open Billing.
  2. Switch Auto-renew off and confirm with Turn off auto-renew.
  3. Changed your mind? Switch it on again before that date.
Until the end dateyour plan keeps working
7 days laterthe agent is deleted unless you subscribe again

It can't be changed while a renewal payment is going through. Try again a little later.

Dashboard › Billing › Auto-renew

October 2026

BillingEveryone

Pricing page

Lite and Pro side by side, with a full comparison table, on the pricing page.

ImprovedChatFree trial

A clear notice when trial AI runs out

When a free trial's included AI is used up, the chat says so and lets you pick a plan, instead of showing a bare error. Your agent keeps its memory and connected apps.

Apps & skillsFree trial · Lite · Pro

294 business skills

Ready-made skills your agent can learn, grouped by the kind of work. Browse them all in the skills library.

How to use it
  1. Open Skills.
  2. Search, or pick a group.
  3. Click Add. If an open chat doesn't see it yet, start a New chat.
294skills
13groups
Dashboard › Skills
LanguagesEveryone

Deutsch

The site and your dashboard are now in German.

LanguagesEveryone

Español, Français, Português

The site and your dashboard now come in Spanish, French and Portuguese. Pick one from the language menu at the top. Your choice is remembered.

Details
6languages in all
Bot toolsFree trial · Lite · Pro

My assistant

See your agent's real status, plan, computer, storage, AI model and connected chat apps in one place, with Restart and Start buttons.

How to use it
  1. Click the status at the top right of the dashboard, for example Online now.

Restarting keeps your conversations, memory and connected apps.

Dashboard › Status at the top right
Bot toolsFree trial · Lite · Pro

Live Browser and Logs

Two new Bot tools tabs: watch the browser your agent is using, live, and read its recent activity log.

How to use it
  1. Open Bot tools, then Live Browser, and click Open Live Browser.
  2. Or open Logs, choose how many Lines, then Refresh or Copy.
100 to 500log lines
Hiddenkeys, passwords and addresses in the log
Dashboard › Bot tools
AI modelLite · Pro

Choose your included AI model

If your plan includes more than one AI model, pick which one your agent uses. Larger models use the included AI up faster.

How to use it
  1. Open Model key, choose under Included model and click Switch model.
Dashboard › Model key
ChatFree trial · Lite · Pro

Slash commands

Type / in the chat for quick commands:

  • /new starts a new chat and keeps the old one
  • /stop stops the reply
  • /history opens past chats
  • /usage shows what you have used
  • /help lists them all
ChatFree trial · Lite · Pro

A much better chat

The chat in your dashboard got a big update:

  • See what your agent is doing while it works
  • Attach, paste or drop files
  • Formatted replies, with tables and code
  • Stop a reply, copy any reply, and try again if one fails
  • New chat, with your last 15 chats kept under Past chats
  • Type your next message while it answers. It sends when the reply finishes
Details
5 filesper message, up to 25 MB each
15past chats kept
Apps & skillsFree trial · Lite · Pro

Apps in your dashboard

Connect your apps from the sidebar, then just ask your agent to use them. The full list of 1,400+ apps is in the apps directory.

How to use it
  1. Open Apps and click Connect on an app.
  2. Sign in and approve in the tab that opens, then come back.
  3. You can disconnect any app there at any time.
Dashboard › Apps
ChannelsFree trial · Lite · Pro

Telegram group replies

Choose whether your agent answers every message in a Telegram group, or only when someone @mentions it.

How to use it
  1. Open Channels, then Telegram.
  2. Choose Only when @mentioned or To every message.
  3. Click Save. Your agent restarts, which takes about a minute.

For every message, also turn off Group Privacy in @BotFather (Bot Settings, then Group Privacy), then add the bot to the group again.

Dashboard › Channels › Telegram
ImprovedAI modelFree trial

Your own AI key on the free trial

You can now use your own AI key during the free trial, not only on a paid plan. It stays in place when you pick a plan.

Dashboard › Model key
Channels

Hermes Desktop

Connect the free Hermes Desktop app for Mac, Windows and Linux to your hosted agent. Your agent keeps running when your computer is off.

How to use it
  1. Open Channels, then the Hermes Desktop card, and click Get connection details.
  2. In the app, go to Settings, then Gateway, choose Remote gateway and paste the address.
  3. Sign in with the username and password shown.
30 daysbefore the connection password expires
Dashboard › Channels › Hermes DesktopHermes Desktop guide →
ImprovedAccount & helpEveryone

One-tap Google sign-in

Sign in with your Google account in one tap, right on the page.

ChannelsFree trial · Lite · Pro

Who can message your agent on WhatsApp

Once WhatsApp is connected, choose only you, specific numbers, or anyone.

How to use it
  1. Open Channels, then WhatsApp.
  2. Pick Only me, Specific numbers or Anyone.
  3. For numbers, add one per line with the country code, then click Save.
Up to 50numbers

With Anyone, strangers can reach everything your agent is connected to, so connect only what a customer-facing assistant should use.

Dashboard › Channels › WhatsApp
ImprovedAccount & helpEveryone

Sign up without leaving the page

Sign up and log in now open in a window over the page you are on.

ImprovedBillingLite · Pro

Lower prices

Lite is now $3.99 a month and Pro $6.99, and you keep that price when you renew. Compare them on the pricing page.

Details
$3.99Lite a month, was $5
$6.99Pro a month, was $10
AI modelFree trial · Lite · Pro

Use your own AI key

Connect your own AI provider key instead of the included AI. Switch back any time with Use included AI.

Dashboard › Model key
Account & helpFree trial · Lite · Pro

Live chat with us

Help & support in your dashboard opens a live chat with a real person. Replies show up in the same panel.

Dashboard › Help & support
ImprovedBotsFree trial · Lite · Pro

Ready in seconds, with a new look

A new agent is now ready in about 10 seconds, and the dashboard and sign-in pages match the rest of the site.

September 2026

Account & helpEveryone

Continue with Google

Sign up and log in with your Google account.

BotsFree trial · Lite · Pro

ReadyHermes launches

A hosted Hermes Agent you can chat with on the web, Telegram, WhatsApp, Discord, WeChat or Feishu, with a free trial and Lite and Pro plans.

Want to try it?

Every change above is live for every new agent, ready in about 10 seconds.