AI Agent Guides for Small Businesses | Percy Kintu Blog
Written guides to putting AI agents to work in a small business, one per video: Hermes setups, memory, invoices, Instagram posting, phone answering and more.
- How to See and Edit What Your Hermes Agent Remembers (August 27, 2026) — Hermes Agent keeps a memory graph of every skill and memory it has built. Here is how to open it, read it, and delete the parts you no longer need.
- How to Run Hermes Agent for Free (Which Models Work) (August 24, 2026) — You can test Hermes Agent without paying for a model. Sign up for the free Nous Portal tier, pick a free model like OX Alpha, and build something real.
- How to Set Up Hermes Agent Bot Mode and a Team of Bots (August 19, 2026) — Hermes Agent bot mode lets you create named bots with their own personality and model, then put them in a group chat. Full setup, and a real build.
- How to Build an AI Agent That Chases Overdue Invoices (August 15, 2026) — A Hermes agent that reads QuickBooks weekly, finds overdue invoices, emails and texts a Stripe payment link, logs replies, and checks back. Full setup.
- Grok Bot vs Hermes Agent: Which Should You Use in 2026? (August 14, 2026) — Grok Bot from xAI is the easiest AI agent to set up. Hermes Agent is cheaper and far more flexible. I tested both; here is where each one wins.
- Is Hermes Agent Worth It for a Small Business? My Take (August 7, 2026) — Another creator listed six lies about Hermes Agent. I run Hermes for real businesses, so here is where he is right, where he is wrong, and what it costs.
- How to Automate Instagram Posts with an AI Agent (July 29, 2026) — Connect Instagram and Google Drive to a Hermes agent through Composio, have it create the visuals and captions, review them, and schedule daily posts.
- How My AI Agent Makes Instagram Reels from One Skill File (July 21, 2026) — A Hermes agent can script, draw, animate, voice and post a 30-second Instagram Reel from one skill document on GitHub. The setup, plus a real run.
- 6 Hermes Agent Use Cases That Actually Work for Business (July 18, 2026) — Six real Hermes Agent use cases I run today, personal and for paying clients: phone calls, content research, social posting and building apps by text.
- How to Give an AI Agent Access to Your Gmail (Hermes) (June 3, 2026) — Connect Gmail to a Hermes agent through Composio: one API key on your server, one authentication, and the agent can read, summarize and send email.
- How to Build a Voice AI Agent for a Small Business (May 24, 2026) — Give a Hermes agent a real phone number with AgentCall, write a receptionist prompt, and it answers calls for a business. Full setup and a live test call.