Let your Hermes Agent sessions talk to each other with a plugin
Walkie Talkie is a Hermes Agent plugin that lets separate sessions message each other, like Codex and other harnesses do, so one can act as an orchestrator. It's aimed at Telegram users.
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@iamBarronRoth on X · 2026-10-20
Written in our own words. Credit to the original author. Link checked 2026-10-22.
What they did
Walkie Talkie is a Hermes Agent plugin that lets separate sessions message each other, like Codex and other harnesses do, so one can act as an orchestrator. It's aimed at Telegram users.
Result (as claimed)
Released as an open plugin.
Tools they used
Cost: Hermes Agent: free plan, paid from $20/mo. Checked 2026-10-14.
Set it up
Pick a contained repo or task
Start on a branch or side project where mistakes are cheap.
Install and configure
Set up Hermes Agent, Telegram. Read what it can run on your machine and limit permissions where possible.
Run it on a real task
Give it a well-scoped issue and let it work. Review the diff like any pull request.
Add guardrails
Keep tests and CI in the loop, and never let an agent push to main or touch production secrets unattended.
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: Let your Hermes Agent sessions talk to each other with a plugin What the original author did: Walkie Talkie is a Hermes Agent plugin that lets separate sessions message each other, like Codex and other harnesses do, so one can act as an orchestrator. It's aimed at Telegram users. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Released as an open plugin. Source: https://x.com/iamBarronRoth/status/2112553385606148138 Tools they used: Hermes Agent, Telegram Category: Dev & ops 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: Let your Hermes Agent sessions talk to each other with a plugin What the original author did: Walkie Talkie is a Hermes Agent plugin that lets separate sessions message each other, like Codex and other harnesses do, so one can act as an orchestrator. It's aimed at Telegram users. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Released as an open plugin. Source: https://x.com/iamBarronRoth/status/2112553385606148138 Tools they used: Hermes Agent, Telegram Category: Dev & ops 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: Let your Hermes Agent sessions talk to each other with a plugin What the original author did: Walkie Talkie is a Hermes Agent plugin that lets separate sessions message each other, like Codex and other harnesses do, so one can act as an orchestrator. It's aimed at Telegram users. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Released as an open plugin. Source: https://x.com/iamBarronRoth/status/2112553385606148138 Tools they used: Hermes Agent, Telegram Category: Dev & ops 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 save, share and resume coding agent sessions · How to control Claude Code and Codex by voice · How to build Telegram, Discord and WhatsApp bots with AI · How to use Claude Code skills and plugins
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