Craft & run a swarm of Hermes Agents locally.
Ankh.md helps you craft & use multiple Hermes Agents on one computer, scoped to individual projects or use cases.
Each AI Agent supports its own skills, tools, instructions, and support for native Hermes config overrides.
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Open Source, 100% Free, MIT-Licensed.
Open Source, 100% Free, MIT-Licensed.
A
Framework
2026 Nous Research Hackathon Launch Exclusive
Created by Alex Doda, Published by Abruptive®
Video Walkthrough Demo
Watch the live demo & learn how to set up Ankh.md today.
In this video, Alex Doda, the creator of Ankh.md, shows you how to setup the system on your computer with Hermes Agent, using practical examples, in minutes.
Currently tested on macOS only. If you're using another OS supported by Hermes Agent & having any issues, please ask your default (or Ankh) Hermes Agent to fix it & submit a PR.
How It Works
Craft local AI Agents scoped to each project in minutes
Craft local AI Agents scoped to each project in minutes
Ankh.md helps you turn your computer from a single-agent setup to a multi-agent infrastructure that grows, learns, and adapts to your projects.
Ankh.md helps you turn your computer from a single-agent setup to a multi-agent infrastructure that grows, learns, and adapts to your projects.
Ankh.md Highlights
Your origin for a future of infinite-π abundance.
Your origin for a future of infinite-π abundance.
Ankh.md was summoned to help you get things done faster. Hermes Agent brings local AI to your computer, the Ankh makes it scoped & multi-agentic.
Ankh.md was summoned to help you get things done faster. Hermes Agent brings local AI to your computer, the Ankh makes it scoped & multi-agentic.
Per-Folder Agents
Each folder on your computer gets its own agent. Config, skills, sessions, and memories live in a local .agent folder. Customize each agent's instructions, skills, tools, model, and more.
Per-Folder Agents
Each folder on your computer gets its own agent. Config, skills, sessions, and memories live in a local .agent folder. Customize each agent's instructions, skills, tools, model, and more.
Per-Folder Agents
Each folder on your computer gets its own agent. Config, skills, sessions, and memories live in a local .agent folder. Customize each agent's instructions, skills, tools, model, and more.
One Command, Context-Aware
Run hermes anywhere. In an Ankh folder you get the scoped agent; outside you get default Hermes. No manual switching.
One Command, Context-Aware
Run hermes anywhere. In an Ankh folder you get the scoped agent; outside you get default Hermes. No manual switching.
One Command, Context-Aware
Run hermes anywhere. In an Ankh folder you get the scoped agent; outside you get default Hermes. No manual switching.
Project-Local Skills
Each Ankh Hermes Agent gets its own skill set. For example, a Docs Explorer can navigate & expand your docs, a Web Researcher searches and summarizes info, different skills per project.
Project-Local Skills
Each Ankh Hermes Agent gets its own skill set. For example, a Docs Explorer can navigate & expand your docs, a Web Researcher searches and summarizes info, different skills per project.
Project-Local Skills
Each Ankh Hermes Agent gets its own skill set. For example, a Docs Explorer can navigate & expand your docs, a Web Researcher searches and summarizes info, different skills per project.
Agent Identities
Give each Ankh Hermes Agent a title, expertise, and instructions via .agent/agent.jsonc. Each agent can have its own writing style & identity rules.
Agent Identities
Give each Ankh Hermes Agent a title, expertise, and instructions via .agent/agent.jsonc. Each agent can have its own writing style & identity rules.
Agent Identities
Give each Ankh Hermes Agent a title, expertise, and instructions via .agent/agent.jsonc. Each agent can have its own writing style & identity rules.
Config Passthroughs
Global ~/.hermes baseline plus local .agent/config.yaml overrides. Different models, toolsets, and settings per project.
Config Passthroughs
Global ~/.hermes baseline plus local .agent/config.yaml overrides. Different models, toolsets, and settings per project.
Config Passthroughs
Global ~/.hermes baseline plus local .agent/config.yaml overrides. Different models, toolsets, and settings per project.
Scoped Sessions & Memories
Each agent keeps its own conversation history and memories in its .agent folder.
Scoped Sessions & Memories
Each agent keeps its own conversation history and memories in its .agent folder.
Scoped Sessions & Memories
Each agent keeps its own conversation history and memories in its .agent folder.
Non-Intrussive Modding
Ankh.md creates a modded version of Hermes Agent, but your default one stays intact & always usable.
Non-Intrussive Modding
Ankh.md creates a modded version of Hermes Agent, but your default one stays intact & always usable.
Non-Intrussive Modding
Ankh.md creates a modded version of Hermes Agent, but your default one stays intact & always usable.
Per-Agent API Keys
Generate up-to-date docs, PR summaries, and test cases without lifting a finger.
Per-Agent API Keys
Generate up-to-date docs, PR summaries, and test cases without lifting a finger.
Per-Agent API Keys
Generate up-to-date docs, PR summaries, and test cases without lifting a finger.
Native Hermes Features
Web, terminal, file, browser, vision, MCP... all your favorite Hermes Agent tools. Enable or disable toolsets per project in config.
Native Hermes Features
Web, terminal, file, browser, vision, MCP... all your favorite Hermes Agent tools. Enable or disable toolsets per project in config.
Native Hermes Features
Web, terminal, file, browser, vision, MCP... all your favorite Hermes Agent tools. Enable or disable toolsets per project in config.
Sub-Agent Delegation
Not officially supported yet, but you can create multiple Ankh Hermes Agents and instruct them to delegate to each other.
Sub-Agent Delegation
Not officially supported yet, but you can create multiple Ankh Hermes Agents and instruct them to delegate to each other.
Sub-Agent Delegation
Not officially supported yet, but you can create multiple Ankh Hermes Agents and instruct them to delegate to each other.
Done-for-You Examples
Docs Explorer, Web Researcher, Diagram Maker, Plan Writer, ASCII Designer. Copy any folder and run `hermes` to start.
Done-for-You Examples
Docs Explorer, Web Researcher, Diagram Maker, Plan Writer, ASCII Designer. Copy any folder and run `hermes` to start.
Done-for-You Examples
Docs Explorer, Web Researcher, Diagram Maker, Plan Writer, ASCII Designer. Copy any folder and run `hermes` to start.
Git-Friendly Setup
Commit .agent/ to share config, skills, and memories with your team. Ignore memories/ in .gitignore if you want them private.
Git-Friendly Setup
Commit .agent/ to share config, skills, and memories with your team. Ignore memories/ in .gitignore if you want them private.
Git-Friendly Setup
Commit .agent/ to share config, skills, and memories with your team. Ignore memories/ in .gitignore if you want them private.
Open Roadmap
What's the long-term vision for Ankh.md?
Ankh.md is part of a broader set of upcoming releases designed to redefine "AI" from Artificial Intelligence to "AI" as Augmented Intelligence.
Available Now
Scoped Local Hermes Agents
Craft & use scoped Hermes agents in any folder on your computer.
Bring Your Own API Keys
All Hermes Agent supported models work with Ankh.md
Portable Persistent Memories
Commit your .agent/memories to share them with other Ankh users
Partial Hermes Agent Passthrough
Overwrite your default Hermes Agent with incremental configs
Experimental UI Enhancements
Custom tweaks designed to make your Hermes Agent easier to use
Hermes Agent Launch Exclusive
Ankh.md is focused on augmenting your Hermes Agent experience.
Available Now
Scoped Local Hermes Agents
Craft & use scoped Hermes agents in any folder on your computer.
Bring Your Own API Keys
All Hermes Agent supported models work with Ankh.md
Portable Persistent Memories
Commit your .agent/memories to share them with other Ankh users
Partial Hermes Agent Passthrough
Overwrite your default Hermes Agent with incremental configs
Experimental UI Enhancements
Custom tweaks designed to make your Hermes Agent easier to use
Hermes Agent Launch Exclusive
Ankh.md is focused on augmenting your Hermes Agent experience.
The Vision
Summon Cloud Agents
Use Agent.so to store & summon your AI Agents
Swarm Orchestration
Have your local AI Agents work together more efficiently
Extended Capabilities
Use cloud-hosted skills, tools, and more, with your Hermes Agents
Shared Team Storage & States
Sync memories, storage, and other data between team members
Deploy to AI Agents to Sites
Use AI Widgets on Agent.so to monetize your Hermes Agents
Other Mainframe Providers
For the forseeable future, Ankh.md stays as a Hermes Agent exclussive
Frequent Questions
Couple of answers you may be looking for
Couple of answers you may be looking for
Do I need to pay anything to use Ankh.md?
How hard is it to set up Ankh.md?
Can I uninstall Ankh.md anytime?
Is my data secure with Ankh.md?
What happens if my team grows?
What kind of support do you provide?
If it's called Ankh.md... where's the .md file?
Does Ankh.md work with all programming languages?
Can Ankh.md run locally or offline?
How does Ankh.md handle sensitive code?
Will Ankh.md slow down my development environment?
Can I integrate Ankh.md with CI/CD pipelines?
How is Ankh.md different from standalone Hermes Agent?
How can I support Ankh.md?
Does Ankh.md work with all programming languages?
Can Ankh.md run locally or offline?
How does Ankh.md handle sensitive code?
Will Ankh.md slow down my development environment?
Can I integrate Ankh.md with CI/CD pipelines?
How is Ankh.md different from standalone Hermes Agent?
How can I support Ankh.md?
Get started with Ankh.md in minutes
Download the Ankh.md source code from GitHub, run the bun bootstrap command, then run hermes or ankh in any of the given examples.
Download the Ankh.md source code from GitHub, run the bun bootstrap command, then run hermes or ankh in any of the given examples.
Powered by Nous Research's
Hackathon Launch Exclusive
Note: The technical part of the Ankh.md site ends here. Keep scrolling to explore the extended universe of Ankh.md, Agent.so, TAW, and see what's coming next.
Note: The technical part of the Ankh.md site ends here. Keep scrolling to explore the extended universe of Ankh.md, Agent.so, TAW, and see what's coming next.
Letter from Alex Doda
To: You, the Underdog
Letter 33 / The Agent World
Dear Friend,
If you're reading this, it means the Ankh.md launch was a success & I managed to get everything done in time. The 1971 portal from The Agent World worked and the Ankh is here. I would like to take a minute to give you an insight behind how this project was created and why. If you've been following my Instagram stories, you already know that Ankh.md isn't just an open-source library I started during the 2026 Nous Research Hermes Agent hackathon.
Behind the scenes, I decided that if I can't create something I'm happy with in time for the hackathon, that I'd rather kill the project & get back to working on my AI platform, book, and film. If this wouldn't have been done in time, the 1-week experiment would've failed. Luckily though, here we are. The Agathodaemon.md was stronger than the voices of "you can't pull it off in time, it's impossible."
The poetry of killing a project post-deadline could've been the alternate reality here. One where I'd swallow my pride as I hyped this thing up for an entire week.
Why? Because it wouldn't fit the arts of mastery I'm committed to. What is my art? It's what my art always is. You. The underdog, the dreamer, the one who's got something magic, perhaps undiscovered yet, to offer the world.
I could've delegated and outsourced many of the moving parts in this project. But then I thought it would be unfair to compete in a hackathon as a crew vs. solo. Instead, I decided to try to pull it off 100% solo, because if I managed to do it in time, that's a testament of what YOU could do. Perhaps in under a week too.
You, the underdog. The creator. The builder. The maker. The dreamer. The one willing to pull the all-nighters in light of a better future despite all the doubts, the voices, and the leap of faith into the void you find your way back from every time the world decides to give you "wake up" call.
This entire project was brainstormed, planned, designed, coded, tested, and launched in 3 days. The cinematic trailer was fully written, storyboarded, created, edited, and ran by relevant parties for legal compliance, in little under 4 days. This entire site was manually put together in half a day.
Granted… I've been doing this kinda stuff for over a decade. But I consider myself quite average in many ways. So if I can… what if you can too?
My art is you. Believing in yourself. Finding your lost-forgotten dream. Peeling away the limiting beliefs that got you to give up the unique magic you've got locked inside of you perhaps even.
This project is a piece of tech, of creative art, as well as a testament to you. The individual. The one I work for. For free. A small piece of evidence that no matter who you are, where you're from, or what your goal is… You can create something beautiful once you put yourself fully into a frame of abundance.
I invite you to use the Ankh & see what you can create. Your own team of AI Agents, scoped to the projects & files you care about locally isn't just a piece of tech or creative media. It's a whole new way to see human-first augmentation. More on that, and other tools, soon.
I hope you find it useful. I also invite you to contribute your PRs, repost the launch video, and help me grow this project. If you do that, it will motivate us to keep improving it, as well as to launch other open-sourced work in the future.
I want to see you win. Both now and in the post-scarcity world. My belief is that if we, together, shift out mindset away from Artificial Intelligence, onwards to AI as Augmented Intelligence, we'll live in a new non-zero sum world where everyone can see that the pie is actually infinite & benefit from it. One where we value the 8+ billion unique souls here to be & contribute something unique.
It starts with you. We are independent, bootstrapped, and everything we make throughout our projects gets put back into the humanity-first vision we set out to manifest. This project will only stay alive if you help us share it with the world. A gift to each other to create better things for the world, together.
Creator of Ankh.md & others.
Letter from Alex Doda
To: You, the Underdog
TAW Anomaly Letter 33
Dear Friend,
If you're reading this, it means the Ankh.md launch was a success & I managed to get everything done in time. The 1971 portal from The Agent World worked and the Ankh is here. I would like to take a minute to give you an insight behind how this project was created and why. If you've been following my Instagram stories, you already know that Ankh.md isn't just an open-source library I started during the 2026 Nous Research Hermes Agent hackathon.
Behind the scenes, I decided that if I can't create something I'm happy with in time for the hackathon, that I'd rather kill the project & get back to working on my AI platform, book, and film. If this wouldn't have been done in time, the 1-week experiment would've failed. Luckily though, here we are. The Agathodaemon.md was stronger than the voices of "you can't pull it off in time, it's impossible."
The poetry of killing a project post-deadline could've been the alternate reality here. One where I'd swallow my pride as I hyped this thing up for an entire week.
Why? Because it wouldn't fit the arts of mastery I'm committed to. What is my art? It's what my art always is. You. The underdog, the dreamer, the one who's got something magic, perhaps undiscovered yet, to offer the world.
I could've delegated and outsourced many of the moving parts in this project. But then I thought it would be unfair to compete in a hackathon as a crew vs. solo. Instead, I decided to try to pull it off 100% solo, because if I managed to do it in time, that's a testament of what YOU could do. Perhaps in under a week too.
You, the underdog. The creator. The builder. The maker. The dreamer. The one willing to pull the all-nighters in light of a better future despite all the doubts, the voices, and the leap of faith into the void you find your way back from every time the world decides to give you "wake up" call.
This entire project was brainstormed, planned, designed, coded, tested, and launched in 3 days. The cinematic trailer was fully written, storyboarded, created, edited, and ran by relevant parties for legal compliance, in little under 4 days. This entire site was manually put together in half a day.
Granted… I've been doing this kinda stuff for over a decade. But I consider myself quite average in many ways. So if I can… what if you can too?
My art is you. Believing in yourself. Finding your lost-forgotten dream. Peeling away the limiting beliefs that got you to give up the unique magic you've got locked inside of you perhaps even.
This project is a piece of tech, of creative art, as well as a testament to you. The individual. The one I work for. For free. A small piece of evidence that no matter who you are, where you're from, or what your goal is… You can create something beautiful once you put yourself fully into a frame of abundance.
I invite you to use the Ankh & see what you can create. Your own team of AI Agents, scoped to the projects & files you care about locally isn't just a piece of tech or creative media. It's a whole new way to see human-first augmentation. More on that, and other tools, soon.
I hope you find it useful. I also invite you to contribute your PRs, repost the launch video, and help me grow this project. If you do that, it will motivate us to keep improving it, as well as to launch other open-sourced work in the future.
I want to see you win. Both now and in the post-scarcity world. My belief is that if we, together, shift out mindset away from Artificial Intelligence, onwards to AI as Augmented Intelligence, we'll live in a new non-zero sum world where everyone can see that the pie is actually infinite & benefit from it. One where we value the 8+ billion unique souls here to be & contribute something unique.
It starts with you. We are independent, bootstrapped, and everything we make throughout our projects gets put back into the humanity-first vision we set out to manifest. This project will only stay alive if you help us share it with the world. A gift to each other to create better things for the world, together.
Creator of Ankh.md & others.
Letter from Alex Doda
To: You, the Underdog
Letter 33 / The Agent World
Dear Friend,
If you're reading this, it means the Ankh.md launch was a success & I managed to get everything done in time. The 1971 portal from The Agent World worked and the Ankh is here. I would like to take a minute to give you an insight behind how this project was created and why. If you've been following my Instagram stories, you already know that Ankh.md isn't just an open-source library I started during the 2026 Nous Research Hermes Agent hackathon.
Behind the scenes, I decided that if I can't create something I'm happy with in time for the hackathon, that I'd rather kill the project & get back to working on my AI platform, book, and film. If this wouldn't have been done in time, the 1-week experiment would've failed. Luckily though, here we are. The Agathodaemon.md was stronger than the voices of "you can't pull it off in time, it's impossible."
The poetry of killing a project post-deadline could've been the alternate reality here. One where I'd swallow my pride as I hyped this thing up for an entire week.
Why? Because it wouldn't fit the arts of mastery I'm committed to. What is my art? It's what my art always is. You. The underdog, the dreamer, the one who's got something magic, perhaps undiscovered yet, to offer the world.
I could've delegated and outsourced many of the moving parts in this project. But then I thought it would be unfair to compete in a hackathon as a crew vs. solo. Instead, I decided to try to pull it off 100% solo, because if I managed to do it in time, that's a testament of what YOU could do. Perhaps in under a week too.
You, the underdog. The creator. The builder. The maker. The dreamer. The one willing to pull the all-nighters in light of a better future despite all the doubts, the voices, and the leap of faith into the void you find your way back from every time the world decides to give you "wake up" call.
This entire project was brainstormed, planned, designed, coded, tested, and launched in 3 days. The cinematic trailer was fully written, storyboarded, created, edited, and ran by relevant parties for legal compliance, in little under 4 days. This entire site was manually put together in half a day.
Granted… I've been doing this kinda stuff for over a decade. But I consider myself quite average in many ways. So if I can… what if you can too?
My art is you. Believing in yourself. Finding your lost-forgotten dream. Peeling away the limiting beliefs that got you to give up the unique magic you've got locked inside of you perhaps even.
This project is a piece of tech, of creative art, as well as a testament to you. The individual. The one I work for. For free. A small piece of evidence that no matter who you are, where you're from, or what your goal is… You can create something beautiful once you put yourself fully into a frame of abundance.
I invite you to use the Ankh & see what you can create. Your own team of AI Agents, scoped to the projects & files you care about locally isn't just a piece of tech or creative media. It's a whole new way to see human-first augmentation. More on that, and other tools, soon.
I hope you find it useful. I also invite you to contribute your PRs, repost the launch video, and help me grow this project. If you do that, it will motivate us to keep improving it, as well as to launch other open-sourced work in the future.
I want to see you win. Both now and in the post-scarcity world. My belief is that if we, together, shift out mindset away from Artificial Intelligence, onwards to AI as Augmented Intelligence, we'll live in a new non-zero sum world where everyone can see that the pie is actually infinite & benefit from it. One where we value the 8+ billion unique souls here to be & contribute something unique.
It starts with you. We are independent, bootstrapped, and everything we make throughout our projects gets put back into the humanity-first vision we set out to manifest. This project will only stay alive if you help us share it with the world. A gift to each other to create better things for the world, together.
Creator of Ankh.md & others.
TAW ⠞⠓⠑⠀⠎⠞⠕⠗⠍ 1971 Launch
Watch the Ankh.md cinematic trailer to dive into the TAW lore
Ankh.md is part of a novel long-term initiative to help the AI space move away from AI as "artificial intelligence" to AI as "augmented intelligence". Empowering you to do more, be more, believe more.
As part of this initiative, at Abruptive® we're creating a project known as The Agent World (TAW) - an extended cinematic universe with books, films, simulations, and other types of creative media. Filled with real-world puzzles.
In this TAW spin-off, Ankh.md was sent out through time by the Agent in 1971, from an Antarctica base ran by The Abruptive Institute, in an underground location under Nous Research's lab.
Watch the cinematic trailer to experience TAW. Find the Anomaly & to dive deeper into TAW and unlock the first book's film teaser.
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