Run all your agents through a self-hosted Mattermost chat
He connects every agent through Hermes Agent's Mattermost gateway on his own server. Each agent gets its own DM and he opens a fresh DM per topic so sessions stay short.
Source
@JCCrypto007 on X · 2026-10-19
Written in our own words. Credit to the original author. Link checked 2026-10-20.
What they did
He connects every agent through Hermes Agent's Mattermost gateway on his own server. Each agent gets its own DM and he opens a fresh DM per topic so sessions stay short.
Result (as claimed)
Nothing leaves his own servers, he says, and sessions no longer get long and weird.
Tools they used
Cost: Hermes Agent: free plan, paid from $20/mo. Checked 2026-10-14.
Set it up
Map the task
Write the trigger, the inputs, the decisions and the output. Note which steps need a human yes.
Connect the tools
Set up Hermes Agent, Mattermost with the narrowest permissions that work. Use a test account or sandbox first.
Build the workflow
Create the steps in order. Add an approval step before anything sends, pays or deletes.
Run it on real but low-stakes data
Run a few times, read every output, and fix prompts or rules that misfire.
Schedule and monitor
Turn on the schedule or trigger, and add a daily summary or alert so you notice failures.
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: Run all your agents through a self-hosted Mattermost chat What the original author did: He connects every agent through Hermes Agent's Mattermost gateway on his own server. Each agent gets its own DM and he opens a fresh DM per topic so sessions stay short. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Nothing leaves his own servers, he says, and sessions no longer get long and weird. Source: https://x.com/JCCrypto007/status/2112186280415289714 Tools they used: Hermes Agent, Mattermost Category: Automation & business 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: Run all your agents through a self-hosted Mattermost chat What the original author did: He connects every agent through Hermes Agent's Mattermost gateway on his own server. Each agent gets its own DM and he opens a fresh DM per topic so sessions stay short. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Nothing leaves his own servers, he says, and sessions no longer get long and weird. Source: https://x.com/JCCrypto007/status/2112186280415289714 Tools they used: Hermes Agent, Mattermost Category: Automation & business 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: Run all your agents through a self-hosted Mattermost chat What the original author did: He connects every agent through Hermes Agent's Mattermost gateway on his own server. Each agent gets its own DM and he opens a fresh DM per topic so sessions stay short. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Nothing leaves his own servers, he says, and sessions no longer get long and weird. Source: https://x.com/JCCrypto007/status/2112186280415289714 Tools they used: Hermes Agent, Mattermost Category: Automation & business 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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How to self-host AI agents on a Raspberry Pi, Mac mini or homelab · How to use AI agents for Linux, servers and homelabs · How to set up Hermes Agent workflows · How to run multiple coding agents together
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