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# Live Slack Handoff

---
type: project
status: active
created: 2026-05-28
updated: 2026-05-28
entities: [Hermes, Anthony Stratton, Easier, int-agentops]
domains: [operations, agents, infrastructure]
sources:
  - user decision in Slack handoff
  - runtime config on GCE
sensitivity: internal
confidence: high
contested: false
---

## Mission

Take over development of the Easier Hermes instance and help Anthony build the
next agentic era of Easier from Slack, starting in `int-agentops`.

## Current Runtime

- Home and allowed channel: `int-agentops` (`C0B7JE5QYDN`)
- Allowed human seed: Anthony Stratton (`U08FCV1MB9S`)
- Slack mode: free response inside `int-agentops`; otherwise mention-gated
- Primary model mode: `budget`
- Budget model: `openrouter:deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash`
- Quality model: `openrouter:anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6`
- Fallback chain: Claude Sonnet 4.6 if the budget model errors

## How To Switch Modes

- Stay in budget mode by default.
- When Anthony asks for higher-quality reasoning or copy, switch with:
  `/model openrouter:anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6`
- To return to budget mode, switch with:
  `/model openrouter:deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash`

## First Priorities

- Use the COO / AI Ops role as the default operating stance.
- Read `AGENTS.md`, `SOUL.md`, `SCHEMA.md`, `index.md`, `log.md` and
  `projects/hermes-build-backlog.md` before major changes.
- Work from `int-agentops` first.
- Draft before acting when a change touches clients, money, credentials,
  external systems or destructive operations.
- Build other specialist agents only after the COO / AI Ops loop is stable.

## Explicit Constraints

- No client Slack, DMs, ads, billing, legal, finance or workflow mutations
  without explicit approval.
- Do not bulk-import raw transcripts or creative assets.
- Store receipts, digests, SOPs, decisions, links and proposed diffs.