A forward-deployed Katapult engineer stands up Hermes on hardware you own and sets it up around how you work, so you hand off real work and keep your data in-house.
Product · Brief
Engagement
Rapid setup team
Timeline
A few weeks+
Pricing
Setup + optional care
Best for
Data that stays in-house
What Hermes does for you
Hand it the work that eats your day, all on your own machines:
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Inbox, handledTriaged every morning, with replies drafted in your voice.
Nothing slipsDigests and urgent alerts, straight to your WhatsApp.
Answers on demandAsk in any chat and it checks your own sources.
Meetings, coveredPrepped before the call, follow-ups drafted after.
Capabilities
Nous Research’s open-source agent, on hardware you own, with the model you choose.
Runs on your own servers, secured and updated
Any model you choose, even a local one
Connected to your mail, calendar, files, and WhatsApp
Scheduled jobs, memory, and your rules
Guardrails built in: least-privilege access, nothing goes out without your approval, it signs as itself, it never touches secrets, and every action is logged.
Why Katapult
Hermes isn’t a one-click install. We take on the hardware, hosting, models, and wiring, and keep it secure and updated.
An engineer on your sideOne forward-deployed engineer rethinks your work for agents first.
Proven on ourselvesOur founders run their own inboxes this way; every guardrail started there.
Yours to keepThe hardware, the configuration, and the routines, documented and handed over.
STATUS:
Let’s put it to work.
Bring us your inbox, your processes, your systems. We’ll find what to hand over first. If it won’t clearly save you time, we’ll tell you before you spend a dollar.
One engineer, working with you directly, over a few weeks.
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
01 Understand and reimagine
02 Wire
03 Tune
04 Hand over or keep care
Paid per engagement, for setup and optional care. Hosting and model usage are billed to you directly.
Questions
What can it access?
Only what we decide to connect together in the first phase: typically mail, calendar, files, chats including WhatsApp, and the servers and tools you name, each with the narrowest permissions that do the job.
What does it never do?
It never sends anything in your name without approval, never pretends to be you (when it speaks, it signs as itself), and never touches passwords, keys, or other secrets. Every action it takes is logged.
Where does my data live?
On hardware you own: a home lab, a company server, or a private machine you control. Model calls go to the provider you choose, or to a local model if you want nothing to leave the building.
Grok Bot or Hermes, which one?
Hermes if data has to stay on hardware you own, or you want to choose the model and keep everything open source. It’s a heavier setup, and that’s the part we take on. Grok Bot if you want the fastest, most convenient start with xAI’s managed agent, and you’re comfortable with xAI hosting the work. Not sure? We’ll recommend one once we understand how you work, and we’ll tell you if neither will save you time.
What happens if we stop?
It keeps running, on your machines. The configuration, routines, and documentation are yours. We hand everything over, remove our access, and you carry on, with or without us.
How long does setup take?
Understanding and reimagining how you work comes first, then wiring, then a few weeks of tuning alongside you until delegating is the default. We scope the exact timeline after that first phase, based on your hardware and how many accounts and systems are involved. Expect Hermes to take longer to stand up than Grok Bot: hosting, models, and security are part of the job.
Hermes Agent is an open-source project by Nous Research. Katapult is an independent firm, not affiliated with or endorsed by Nous Research.
