Hermes Agent Tutorial: The Self-Improving AI Assistant with DeepSeek v4

#HermesAgent #AIAssistant #Supabase #AIAutomation #opensource Supabase: https://supabase.plug.dev/8yz082B Railway One-Click Deploy: https://railway.com/deploy/hermes-agent-by-no-1 Hermes Agent GitHub: https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent Supabase MCP Server: https://mcp.supabase.com/mcp OpenRouter (DeepSeek V4): https://openrouter.ai 📧 FREE Weekly AI Automation Newsletter: Get weekly tutorials, free workflow templates, and the latest AI news straight to your inbox 👉 https://aifornoncoders.com/newsletter In this tutorial I set up Hermes Agent — the open-source, self-improving AI assistant with 116K GitHub stars — and connect it to a real Supabase database using MCP. No code, no dashboards. Just text messages. What separates Hermes from tools like OpenClaw is that it learns. After every task it decides what's worth keeping and writes a persistent skill. Next time a similar task comes up, it loads that skill instead of starting from scratch. The more you use Hermes Agent, the faster and more personalized it gets. In this video I'll walk you through deploying Hermes Agent on Railway with one click, choosing DeepSeek V4 on OpenRouter as the cost-effective model backbone, connecting it to Supabase MCP in a single message, and building a working CRM entirely through Telegram — creating tables, adding data, running queries, and setting up automated daily reminders. The full stack costs about $10 a month. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Hermes Agent Demo: Build a Database Table from Telegram 0:30 - What is Hermes Agent + Nous Research Background 1:30 - Self-Improving Learning Loop Explained 3:45 - Connecting Hermes Agent to Supabase via MCP 5:45 - Live Demo: Building a CRM from Telegram 8:00 - Full Stack Pricing (~$10/Month) 9:15 - One Thing to Know (It's Still v0.x) 9:45 - Outro + Resources FREE RESOURCE: Download the Hermes Agent Quick-Start Config Pack (Railway config, Supabase MCP setup guide, CRM schema): https://github.com/derekcheungsa/ai-automation-resources/blob/master/Hermes_Agent_QuickStart_Config_Pack.pdf 📧 FREE Weekly AI Automation Newsletter: Get weekly tutorials, free workflow templates, and the latest AI news straight to your inbox 👉 https://aifornoncoders.com/newsletter 🤝 Join the AI Automation Engineering Community: Go deeper — interact with me and the community, get feedback on your builds, and stay ahead of the curve 👉 https://www.skool.com/ai-automation-engineering-3014