A 24/7 personal agent setup points to a practical Hermes pattern
A self-hosted 24/7 personal agent is running on a Mac mini and handling both media-server work and everyday admin tasks. It manages an Unraid media stack with Plex, Sonarr, Radarr, FileBot, and live TV channels, runs , and downloads useful material from archive.org. It also helps with personal and work tasks such as concert alerts, backpacking trip planning, nonprofit support, long-running ancestry research, and an RSS news feed.
The agent is meant to work in the background all day and only interrupt for real decisions. Conversation happens through a private Discord server, while high-priority alerts are sent through Telegram. The target workflow is one priority-ranked project tracking list for everything active or pending, plus one separate “waiting on me” list for decisions the agent needs from the person.
The agent keeps working through the project list, asks questions or drafts proposals when blocked, and the person periodically reviews the to unblock more work. The setup is still early and may be rebuilt on OpenClaw or moved to Hermes.
Key points
- A Mac mini runs a self-hosted personal agent that manages both an Unraid and daily admin work.
- Discord is used for private chat with the agent, while Telegram is used for high-priority alerts.
- The planned workflow separates a priority-ranked project list from a separate list of decisions that need human input.
- For Hermes, this suggests a practical setup: let the agent keep moving on safe tasks and ask only when judgment is needed.
- Start with low-risk repeat work before giving an agent control over server or tasks.