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Step-by-step guide for using Hermes Agent (NousResearch) with ATOM as the local inference backend via the OpenAI-compatible API. Covers installation, configuration, and troubleshooting.
Use custom_providers config to register ATOM as a named provider, so hermes shows "atom" instead of "custom" as the provider.
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Add a step-by-step guide for using Hermes Agent with ATOM as the local inference backend.
Hermes Agent is an open-source AI agent by Nous Research with a built-in learning loop, multi-platform messaging (Telegram, Discord, Slack, CLI), and tool execution. It works with any OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
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docs/hermes_agent_guide.mdcovering:provider: custom)Verified end-to-end with ATOM serving Kimi-K2.5-MXFP4 on MI355X.