Hermes Operating Model V2

Starter Kit for agent-powered execution.

Download a sanitized Operating Model V2 starter kit for Hermes Agent: idea intake, business cases, PRDs, tasklists, work-orders, evidence and safe scoped execution.

First: install Hermes Agent officially

This Starter Kit is the Operating Model layer, not the Hermes Agent app itself. New users must first complete the full official Hermes Agent installation and setup.

Install Hermes Agent from the official website

After Hermes Agent is installed and hermes setup / hermes doctor are green, download this Starter Kit and create your first Operating Model V2 project.

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What you get

Templates, scaffold generator, validation script, demo project and operating model overview.

What is excluded

No private projects, no secrets, no sessions, no memory, no customer artifacts.

Best use

Start a clean Hermes Agent governance setup for your own projects without designing the workflow from zero.

Guided implementation

The Starter Kit is free. Teams that need hands-on installation, custom governance templates, verification gates or rollout support can request a scoped setup conversation.

Important: how the connection works

How to connect Hermes Full to Operating Model V2

There is no separate API connection. Hermes Full is the agent/runtime. Operating Model V2 is the project folder structure and workflow. You connect them by starting Hermes from a project root created by this Starter Kit.

Install and verify Hermes Full

Complete the official Hermes Agent installation first. Confirm the normal Hermes commands work on your machine.

hermes setup
hermes doctor

Unzip this Starter Kit

The downloaded folder is only the template/scaffold package.

unzip hermes-operating-model-v2-starter-kit.zip
cd hermes-operating-model-v2-starter-kit

Create your actual project root

Use the Starter Kit script to generate a clean project folder. This folder becomes the Operating Model V2 workspace.

python3 scripts/create_project.py "My First Project" "$HOME/Projects/My First Project"

Start Hermes from the generated project root

This is the key step. Move into the generated project folder — the one containing project.hermes.json — and start Hermes there.

cd "$HOME/Projects/My First Project"
hermes

Tell Hermes to follow Operating Model V2

Paste the starter instruction below into Hermes on the first run.

Correct

Start Hermes inside the generated project root:

~/Projects/My First Project/

That folder contains project.hermes.json and projects/hermes/.

Avoid this

Do not start Hermes inside the downloaded template folder:

~/Downloads/hermes-operating-model-v2-starter-kit/

That is the package/template, not your real project workspace.

First prompt to paste into Hermes

You are working inside this project according to Hermes Operating Model V2.

First read:
- project.hermes.json
- README.md
- projects/hermes/state/current-status.md
- projects/hermes/inbox/ideas/

Use this workflow:
1. Idea intake
2. Business-case gate
3. PRD
4. Tasklist
5. Work-orders
6. Evidence
7. Verification
8. Release/growth

Do not write product code or deploy anything without explicit approval.
Keep all artifacts inside this project root.

Quick start

unzip hermes-operating-model-v2-starter-kit.zip
cd hermes-operating-model-v2-starter-kit
python3 scripts/create_project.py "My First Project" "$HOME/Projects/My First Project"
python3 scripts/validate_package.py .
cd "$HOME/Projects/My First Project"
hermes

Where your first idea goes

Inside your generated project, place the first idea in:

projects/hermes/inbox/ideas/first-idea.idea.md

Then ask Hermes: “Read the idea inbox and create the Operating Model V2 business-case gate first. Do not create a PRD or start execution yet.”

Commercial readiness helpers

The package now includes two non-sending commercialization templates for safe validation before public pricing or outreach is approved.

Tester feedback form

TESTER-FEEDBACK.md captures onboarding friction, template-vs-project-root confusion, value perception, and paid setup signal without collecting secrets.

Guided setup offer draft

GUIDED-SETUP-OFFER.md frames free self-serve usage plus approved-only paid setup, implementation, template, and support packaging.

Guided setup

Need help implementing the operating model?

The public Starter Kit stays free and self-serve. If you want help applying it to a real team or portfolio, request a scoped setup conversation. Pricing is not published yet; proposals are defined case-by-case after the setup scope is clear.

Free Starter Kit

Download, validate, generate a project root, and run Hermes from that root.

Setup conversation

Clarify your project structure, governance needs, provider setup and first use case.

Implementation support

Available by proposal for teams that need custom templates, validation gates, training or rollout help.

Public pricing will only be added after Jeroen approves final packages, claims and commercial terms.