Setup guides

AI agents for finance teams on Hermes

Month-end is a chain of copy-paste: forecasts rolled by hand, variances re-explained, packs rebuilt from last month's file. These four agents produce the same outputs from the same approved rows every period, with sources linked.

The four agents, on Hermes

Cash Flow Forecast Agent for Hermes

It rolls your approved receivable, payable and planned cash rows into a transparent 13-week forecast: week, opening cash, inflows, outflows, closing cash and the assumption behind each line.

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Budget Variance Agent for Hermes

It maintains your approved budget sheet and explains budget-to-actual variance with the source row linked: account, budget, actual, variance, source, explanation.

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Management Reporting Agent for Hermes

It produces a period-consistent finance pack from your approved metrics: metric, period, value, source, commentary and open questions, in a Google Doc.

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Spend Request Agent for Hermes

It normalizes incoming spend requests and runs your policy and evidence checks: request, amount, policy check, evidence, approver and status.

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How setup works on Hermes

Give Hermes the three files in its workspace: skill.md becomes the standing skill, then run the setup prompt and approve the fictional-data test. Because Hermes is open-source and local-first, your prompts and outputs stay under your control.

Honest limits

Hermes is a young, fast-moving open-source project. Expect rough edges, and verify its current file-handling in its own docs before a big setup.

Questions people ask

Which AI agents for finance teams run on Hermes?

All four: Cash Flow Forecast Agent, Budget Variance Agent, Management Reporting Agent, Spend Request Agent. Each is $19 one-time - three plain-text files that live in your Hermes workspace.

Why run finance teams agents on Hermes?

Give Hermes the three files in its workspace: skill.md becomes the standing skill, then run the setup prompt and approve the fictional-data test. Because Hermes is open-source and local-first, your prompts and outputs stay under your control.

Is this affiliated with Hermes?

No. AI Agent Skills is an independent store, not affiliated with or endorsed by Hermes or its makers.

AI Agent Skills is an independent store, not affiliated with Hermes or its makers.