Give an agent a phone number to make and answer calls
A published walkthrough shows david Ondrej gave his Hermes Agent a phone number. The agent afterward put together calls, answered calls, and ran tasks on its own as he slept. The agent performed the calls and tasks without further input from him.
Small, repetitive tasks eat more of the week than anyone likes to admit. Cases like this show an agent taking a chore off someone's plate end to end, not just suggesting what to do. It is one of 196 sightings filed under Productivity on Agent Sightings (number 104 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.
Help me give an agent a phone number to make and answer calls. Break it into steps, show your work, and wait for confirmation before anything irreversible, paid, or outbound.
Tip: Start small: run it once on a low-stakes example, read what the agent did, and only then let it run on real work.
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