Run Hermes Fully Locally with QVAC

Short summary

An advanced 45-minute guide for deploying a Hermes AI agent fully locally using QVAC for offline inference. It covers separating the agent loop from model inference, setting up a sandboxed lab directory, and running an acceptance test that verifies generation, tool calling, durable memory, and offline operation after network disconnection. No cloud API key is required during operation.

• •Deploy Hermes agent with QVAC for fully local, offline AI inference
• •Separation of concerns: Hermes controls agent loop, QVAC handles model weights and inference
• •Acceptance test verifies generation, tool calling, memory persistence, and offline operation

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