Hermes Agent is an open-source platform by Nous Research for running AI agents that can not only respond in chat, but also perform tasks independently: work with files and the internet, run tools, access external services, carry out scheduled tasks, and send…
DeepSeek Harness is an open environment for running AI agents on your computer. Unlike a regular chat with an AI model, Harness can work with project files, run commands in the terminal, modify code, verify results, use tools, and delegate individual tasks to subagents. When…
Prompt engineering isn’t going away, but it’s no longer the main way to manage AI. Instead of long instructions that have to be reinserted and fixed each time, companies can package workflows into AI skills — structured sets of rules, templates, examples, and tools. The key change is not in a new…
In short: an AI agent retains context not because it constantly keeps the entire conversation, documents, and instructions in memory. A reliable architecture separates operating rules, process state, and knowledge base search. The agent receives only the data needed for the current step, and then…
In short: A Skill is a reusable workflow with instructions, examples, and, if needed, scripts. A Plugin is an installable package that can combine skills, connections to external services, MCP tools, and other components. For a recurring task within Codex, a skill is usually enough; for working…
