Have Hermes Agent pick and play videos on your Roku TV from one prompt
A user connected his Hermes agent to his Hisense Roku TV and asked for three Hermes Agent videos and two Omarchy videos. It found them, played each one and left the last one running.
Source
@BkashJosi on X · 2026-10-18
Written in our own words. Credit to the original author. Link checked 2026-10-23.
What they did
A user connected his Hermes agent to his Hisense Roku TV and asked for three Hermes Agent videos and two Omarchy videos. It found them, played each one and left the last one running.
Result (as claimed)
Five videos played on the TV from one prompt without touching the remote.
Tools they used
Cost: Hermes Agent: free plan, paid from $20/mo. Checked 2026-10-14.
Set it up
Define the job
Say exactly what you want done and what the agent may and may not do on your behalf.
Share only what is needed
Give Hermes Agent the minimum files or access required. Avoid sharing passwords in chat when a safer login flow exists.
Review the plan
Ask the agent to show its plan or draft before it acts, and approve each step that has real consequences.
Check the result
Confirm the outcome yourself (order placed, request sent, document understood) and keep a record.
Copy the full setup prompt
Paste into your agent and it will walk you through the setup, asking before anything that sends, posts or spends.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Claude Code. Goal: Have Hermes Agent pick and play videos on your Roku TV from one prompt What the original author did: A user connected his Hermes agent to his Hisense Roku TV and asked for three Hermes Agent videos and two Omarchy videos. It found them, played each one and left the last one running. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Five videos played on the TV from one prompt without touching the remote. Source: https://x.com/BkashJosi/status/2111936100453568857 Tools they used: Hermes Agent, Roku, Hisense TV, YouTube Category: Personal & life Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Codex. Goal: Have Hermes Agent pick and play videos on your Roku TV from one prompt What the original author did: A user connected his Hermes agent to his Hisense Roku TV and asked for three Hermes Agent videos and two Omarchy videos. It found them, played each one and left the last one running. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Five videos played on the TV from one prompt without touching the remote. Source: https://x.com/BkashJosi/status/2111936100453568857 Tools they used: Hermes Agent, Roku, Hisense TV, YouTube Category: Personal & life Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Grok Bot. Goal: Have Hermes Agent pick and play videos on your Roku TV from one prompt What the original author did: A user connected his Hermes agent to his Hisense Roku TV and asked for three Hermes Agent videos and two Omarchy videos. It found them, played each one and left the last one running. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Five videos played on the TV from one prompt without touching the remote. Source: https://x.com/BkashJosi/status/2111936100453568857 Tools they used: Hermes Agent, Roku, Hisense TV, YouTube Category: Personal & life Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
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Guides for this use case
How to make faceless YouTube videos with AI · How to compare AI models on the same prompt · How to set up Hermes Agent workflows
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