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Advanced Hermes with Gemma and MLX

Hermes, Gemma, and MLX form one of the most talked-about stacks for local agents on Mac. The key isn't just speed: it's designing skills, memory, limits, and tests so the agent doesn't drift.

  • Understand what MLX brings to Apple Silicon.
  • Use Hermes skills as reusable operational memory.
  • Separate fast agent, verifier, and hybrid escalation.
Terminal
workflow:
  planner:
    provider: "ollama"
    model: "local-fast"
    max_steps: 4
  verifier:
    provider: "local"
    model: "qwen-coder"
    can_edit: false
  escalation:
    trigger:
      - "same_error_twice"
      - "tests_fail_after_patch"
      - "missing_context"

Workflow pattern

  • Create a narrow skill for the repeated task.
  • Test it in a small repo.
  • Record decisions and frequent errors.
  • Let Hermes reuse the skill, not the full history.
  • Escalate to MoA only when a task justifies it.
Terminal
skill:
  name: "review-nextjs-page"
  purpose: "Review Aulafy Next.js pages"
  when_to_use:
    - "new lesson"
    - "landing SEO"
  checks:
    - "metadata with canonical"
    - "official sources"
    - "correct ChapterNav"
    - "no secrets or personal data"

Official sources

  • Hermes Agent documentation
  • Hermes Skills System
  • Hermes Mixture of Agents
  • MLX documentation
  • MLX LM
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