Run a 24/7 agent for email, forms and calendar tasks
Community report: one Discord someone (@monty_13277) keeps Claude for day-to-day chat and operates Hermes around the clock on a mini PC for email, web browsing, form filling, calendar updates and cron jobs. Another user (@kouff) told Hermes to manage tasks in Obsidian and cross-check them against Apple Calendar. The source gives no numbers or measured results.
- Agent or tool
- Hermes Agent
- Topic
- Email & Inbox
- Reported on
- Blog
- 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 55 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: run a 24/7 agent for email, forms and calendar tasks. 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 Blog: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-stories. Our summary is a paraphrase; details are in the source.
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