Prepared on: 2026-05-27 (Europe/London)
This workspace contains a researched design and an inactive deployment pack for
placing Hermes Agent alongside the existing n8n project GCE workload.
llm-wiki first, then QMD or gbrain only after benchmark evidence.v0.14.0 / tag v2026.5.16, released 2026-05-16.admin@34.27.189.109 using the existing
easier_validation_gce_ed25519 key. Hermes is staged at
/srv/easier-hermes but remains inactive: no image build, container, port,
gateway, connector, provider credential or cron job was started.docs/00-roadmap.md: staged roadmap from inert prep to controlled autonomy.docs/01-agent-org-design.md: Easier-specific agent organisation design.docs/02-first-agent-founder-ea.md: superseded future specialist profile.docs/03-memory-layer-evaluation.md: retrieval and memory benchmark plan.docs/04-connector-risk-register.md: Slack, Fathom, Airtable, Notion and
other connector risk boundaries.docs/05-gce-activation-runbook.md: exact activation sequence for the GCE
host.docs/06-vault-governance.md: vault rules, sensitivity classes and migration
policy.docs/07-open-questions.md: questions for Anthony before live agent usage.docs/08-soul-md-design.md: current Hermes SOUL.md best-practice notes
and Easier design implications.docs/09-easier-ai-operating-model.md: agency capability model and revised
COO / AI Ops Manager first-profile recommendation.docs/10-memory-filter-and-digest-cadence.md: how raw artifacts become
useful memory without bloating context.docs/11-coo-ai-ops-agent.md: first-agent design for the COO / AI Ops
Manager.docs/12-metaswarm-gbrain-inspiration.md: what to adopt from metaswarm and
gbrain, and what to delay.docs/13-anthony-decisions-2026-05-28.md: latest answered product and
operating decisions from Anthony.docs/14-coo-v0-dry-run-plan.md: how to test the COO packet before any live
connectors.research/hermes-obsidian-second-brain-recommendation-2026-05-27.md:
research dossier, recommended design, rollout and risk analysis.research/repository-and-deployment-strategy.md: private GitHub repository
boundary, live-vault exclusion and Google Cloud deployment route.research/8figureagency-hermes-field-notes-review.md: review of Jordan
Ross's Hermes field notes and what to adopt or delay for Easier.deployment/README.md: infrastructure status and controlled activation
sequence.deployment/prepare-hermes-host.sh: inert host preparation script. It stages
pinned Hermes source and empty storage; image build is opt-in with
HERMES_BUILD_IMAGE=1, and it does not start an agent or connect services.deployment/compose.yaml: intentionally profile-gated container definition.deployment/config/config.yaml.template: conservative Hermes configuration
with autonomous maintenance disabled.deployment/config/hermes.env.example: non-secret, inactive environment
template.deployment/vault-template/: proposed Obsidian/Hermes vault governance
skeleton.deployment/vault-template/SOUL.md: first Easier Hermes soul draft for
review before copying into a live Hermes profile..gitignore: protection against accidentally committing live vault content,
secrets, sessions or retrieval indexes.