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Hermes SEO Tools: Local Agent Catalog for On-Premise Audits (2026)

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AI-generated local Hermes workstation. Raw provenance file.

Last updated: 11 September 2026

Hermes SEO tools are the installable skill catalog for Nous Hermes Agent, so you can run audits and schema jobs on a local Ollama or vLLM runtime.

TLDR

  • Hermes Agent is a self-hosted terminal agent from Nous Research. Skills live in ~/.hermes/skills/ and follow the agentskills.io pattern (skills).
  • Official install is the Desktop installer or curl …/install.sh | bash (installation). This site then adds npx @seoskillsai/cli add hermes --local.
  • Local Ollama uses http://localhost:11434/v1. Hermes documents a 64,000-token floor for agentic work; stock Ollama context is 2048 (Ollama guide).
  • First-party GSC (11 Aug–8 Sep 2026): this hub had 45 impressions and 1 click at blended position ~36. Queries hermes seo skill and hermes agent seo skill already sit around positions 7–9. Keep those as variants on this URL.
  • Agent×skill paths (/hermes/seo-audit) are install recipes. This page owns the ecosystem query.

Contents

What the catalog covers

Nous ships Hermes Agent (the harness) and separately publishes Hermes model weights. This hub is the harness plus the seoskillsai skill pack. It is not a Google ranking system named Hermes.

The agent stores conversations, memory, and skills under ~/.hermes/. Vendor FAQ states Hermes Agent does not collect telemetry; API calls go only to the LLM provider you configure (FAQ).

The skills directory is the product catalog. This page is the Hermes slice: local function calling, hermes_agent_tools.json, and recipe URLs under /hermes/{skill}.

People-first HTML still has to exist in the index. A local agent that writes files does not replace helpful content on the live site.

Install Hermes Agent then the skill pack

Vendor path (installation):

  1. macOS/Windows: Hermes Desktop installer, or CLI via install.sh / install.ps1.
  2. Reload the shell. Run hermes, then hermes model and hermes doctor.
  3. Skills land in ~/.hermes/skills/ unless you installed with --no-skills.

Then attach this catalog:

npx @seoskillsai/cli add hermes --local

That command writes hermes_agent_tools.json for the runtime listed on this page (Ollama / vLLM / local CLI). Full setup essays live under guides. Do not paste API tokens into chat logs.

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Local Ollama and on-premise runs

Engineer setting Ollama context length to 64000 on a homelab machine while Hermes Agent loads a skill file AI Edited
AI-generated Ollama context setup. Raw provenance file.

Official local setup uses a custom OpenAI-compatible endpoint at http://localhost:11434/v1 with no API key (local Ollama). Pick a tool-capable model. Chat-only weights will not run terminal jobs.

Hermes documents a 64k context floor for agentic tool use. Ollama’s default context is 2048 tokens. Raise OLLAMA_CONTEXT_LENGTH (or the matching Modelfile / num_ctx) and set the same value in Hermes model.context_length.

On-premise runs keep proprietary HTML off third-party SEO SaaS. They do not skip crawlable pages. Pair the local runtime with the SEO audit skill so findings land in files Googlebot can fetch.

Skill modules on this hub

Job Recipe URL
Technical audit /hermes/seo-audit
Topical plan /hermes/seo-plan
Schema /hermes/seo-schema
Content /hermes/seo-content
GEO /hermes/seo-geo
Image delivery /hermes/seo-images

Those rows are templates until individually authored. This hub stays the ecosystem page. Duplicate H1s on recipe URLs split the 45 impressions already on /hermes.

npx @seoskillsai/cli run seo-audit --agent hermes --target "https://example.com"

Open the skills directory

FAQ

What does this Hermes catalog include?

The seoskillsai skill pack plus Nous Hermes Agent: local install, tool calling, and recipe URLs under /hermes/{skill}.

Is Hermes Agent the same as Hermes-3?

No. Hermes Agent is the harness (CLI, skills, providers). Hermes-3 is a model family you may run behind that harness.

How do I install Hermes Agent?

Use the official Desktop installer or install.sh / install.ps1, then npx @seoskillsai/cli add hermes --local.

Can Hermes run SEO audits locally with Ollama?

Yes, when the model supports tools and context is raised to the documented 64k floor. Then run seo-audit with --agent hermes.

Does Search Console measure Hermes citations?

No. GSC measures Google Search. This hub’s GSC row is impressions for Google queries about the product, not a Hermes citation log.

Related reading

Sources

ACTIVE AGENT MODULES

Available Nous Hermes Agent SEO Skill Modules (29)

Pre-configured agentic skills optimized for Hermes-3 Local.

CONFIGURATION PROTOCOL

How to Install and Configure Nous Hermes Agent SEO Skills

Step-by-step installation instructions for Ollama / vLLM / Local CLI.

1

Install the Global CLI Package

Install the official SEO Skills AI CLI to manage agent configurations.

npm install -g @seoskillsai/cli
2

Inject Configuration into hermes_agent_tools.json

Register the MCP server or skill rules into your environment:

seoskillsai add hermes --config hermes_agent_tools.json
3

Execute Your First Autonomous Audit

Prompt Hermes-3 Local in natural language to analyze your website:

/seo:audit https://yourdomain.com --depth full
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