What is Hermes Agent v0.12 Curator?

Hermes Agent v0.12 shipped April 30, 2026 by Nous Research. The Curator autonomously grades, consolidates, and prunes the skill library on a 7-day cycle.

How does the Curator grade skills?

Evaluates usage frequency, success rate, execution time, and user satisfaction. Promotes, consolidates, or archives based on grades.

How fast does Hermes v0.12 start?

Approximately 1.2 seconds, 57% faster than v0.11.

Can I migrate from OpenClaw to Hermes?

Yes, built-in hermes claw migrate command transfers configuration and settings.

How many GitHub stars does Hermes Agent have?

110,000+ stars in 10 weeks after initial release.

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Hermes Agent v0.12 Curator: Autonomous Skill Library That Grades, Consolidates, and Prunes on 7-Day Cycles

Nous Research ships Hermes Agent v0.12 'The Curator Release' on April 30, 2026. The Curator autonomously grades every skill across usage frequency, success rate, execution time, and user satisfaction, then promotes, consolidates, or archives skills on a 7-day cycle. Hermes starts in 1.2s (57% faster than v0.11). Built-in hermes claw migrate command for OpenClaw users.

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A CLI tool that converts agent configurations, skills, and memory between OpenClaw, Hermes Agent, and Claude Code bi-directionally with zero manual rewriting

Developers are fragmenting across three dominant AI agent platforms (OpenClaw at 372K stars, Hermes Agent at 110K, Claude Code native) with incompatible config formats, skill schemas, and memory systems. Each platform ships one-way migration tools that handle basic config transfer but lose skill logic, memory context, and provider settings. Teams evaluating alternatives face 2-5 days of manual rewriting per migration. This tool parses the full agent workspace from any of the three platforms, translates skills into the target format preserving logic and dependencies, migrates memory and conversation history, and validates the output against the target runtime before committing.

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