Build a personal assistant for email, briefings and planning
According to the write-up, marc installed Hermes Agent from Nous Research as a chat interface. He added more than 50 capabilities himself, such as email triage, daily briefings, calendar and task planning, meeting notes, and research radars. The agent became an operating layer across Marc's work, research, personal organisation and family life within 15 days.
- Agent or tool
- Hermes Agent
- Topic
- Email & Inbox
- Reported on
- X
- Added
- 2026-10-15
Why it matters
Email is where a lot of admin quietly piles up. An agent that can read, sort, draft and follow up turns an inbox from a to-do list into something closer to a summary. It is one of 106 sightings filed under Email & Inbox on Agent Sightings (number 17 by interest), and one of 21 involving Hermes Agent.
How you could try it
Here is a reusable prompt, written by us in our own words, that captures the task. Paste it into Hermes Agent or any similar agent and adjust the details to your situation.
Go through my mail for this goal: build a personal assistant for email, briefings and planning. Propose labels, drafts, and unsubscribes as a checklist; change nothing until I approve.
Tip: Start with read-only access or 'draft, don't send', and check a few drafts before trusting it to send anything.
Source
Read the original first-hand account on X: https://x.com/marc_bara/status/2099052224496140593. Our summary is a paraphrase; details are in the source.