Run your Hermes agent from your phone with an open-source app
Rasul is a free, open-source phone app for Hermes Agent: get pictures and files from the agent, set up Telegram and WhatsApp, update Hermes, read logs and check the PC, with pinned chats and drafts.
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@Agff_ on X · 2026-10-19
Written in our own words. Credit to the original author. Link checked 2026-10-20.
What they did
Rasul is a free, open-source phone app for Hermes Agent: get pictures and files from the agent, set up Telegram and WhatsApp, update Hermes, read logs and check the PC, with pinned chats and drafts.
Result (as claimed)
Version 0.2.8 released.
Tools they used
Cost: Hermes Agent: free plan, paid from $20/mo; Telegram Bot API: from See pricing.
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 Bot API, WhatsApp. 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: Run your Hermes agent from your phone with an open-source app What the original author did: Rasul is a free, open-source phone app for Hermes Agent: get pictures and files from the agent, set up Telegram and WhatsApp, update Hermes, read logs and check the PC, with pinned chats and drafts. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Version 0.2.8 released. Source: https://x.com/Agff_/status/2112078250650292360 Tools they used: Hermes Agent, Telegram Bot API, WhatsApp 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: Run your Hermes agent from your phone with an open-source app What the original author did: Rasul is a free, open-source phone app for Hermes Agent: get pictures and files from the agent, set up Telegram and WhatsApp, update Hermes, read logs and check the PC, with pinned chats and drafts. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Version 0.2.8 released. Source: https://x.com/Agff_/status/2112078250650292360 Tools they used: Hermes Agent, Telegram Bot API, WhatsApp 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: Run your Hermes agent from your phone with an open-source app What the original author did: Rasul is a free, open-source phone app for Hermes Agent: get pictures and files from the agent, set up Telegram and WhatsApp, update Hermes, read logs and check the PC, with pinned chats and drafts. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Version 0.2.8 released. Source: https://x.com/Agff_/status/2112078250650292360 Tools they used: Hermes Agent, Telegram Bot API, WhatsApp 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 build Telegram, Discord and WhatsApp bots with AI · How to set up Hermes Agent workflows · How to control coding agents from your phone
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