We are thrilled to announce the winners of the Hermes Agent Challenge! Over the past few weeks, the DEV community dove headfirst into one of the most exciting open-source agentic systems on the scene, and the submissions absolutely delivered.
The range of what people built and wrote left us genuinely impressed — Hermes' memory architecture got a thorough cognitive-science breakdown, the cost curve of a self-improving agent got stress-tested in production, someone built a full immune system for stress-testing AI agent safety, and a Linux desktop HAL was shipped entirely by AI agents. These are just a few of the standout submissions that made judging genuinely hard.
Now, without further ado, let's celebrate our winners! 🎉
Build With Hermes Agent Winners 🏆
From an offline-first emergency response platform to a 25-agent legislative simulation, the Build submissions pushed Hermes into genuinely ambitious territory. What stood out across the board was how purposefully each project used Hermes' agentic capabilities — not as a wrapper around a chat model, but as the actual load-bearing infrastructure. Parallel task delegation, persistent memory, scheduled autonomy, and model-agnostic routing all showed up in real, working builds.
Write About Hermes Agent Winners 🏆
The Write submissions gave us useful breakdowns and genuine perspective. The strongest pieces ranged from practical setup guides to sharp critical arguments — about the self-trust issue baked into Hermes' skill architecture, what persistent memory actually changes about the developer experience, and when local agents earn their complexity. Whether you're just getting started with Hermes or already running it in production, there's something here for you to sink your teeth into.
Prizes
All eight winners will each receive:
- $125 USD
- DEV++ Membership
- Exclusive DEV Badge
All participants with a valid submission will receive a completion badge.
What's Next?
Check out the June Solstice Game Jam happening now:
Thank you once more to everyone who participated.
Happy coding! 💙
Top comments (13)
Good work @ujja, @msadlok, @eschmechel, and @arqamwd for building good stuff with Hermes Agent!
Also good work @mxguru1, @paimon_573760ccaa1b3492b4, @piwe and @pvishalkeerthan on writing about Hermes Agent!
Good work guys! Well deserved :D
Thank you so much for selecting my submission 🙏🏼. This project started as a GovHack idea nearly two years ago, so it's incredibly rewarding to finally bring it to life with Hermes Agent ♥️
Congratulations Ujja.
😍👏😍
Thank you for the kind words!
Honored to be selected.Really enjoyed participating in the challenge, and congratulations to the other winners👏.
ty dude <3
Congrats @ujja, @msadlok, @eschmechel, @arqamwd, @mxguru1, @paimon_573760ccaa1b3492b4, @piwe, @pvishalkeerthan 🎉
Well deserved. Great work, everyone!
Big congratulations to all the winners! 🎉
Shoutout to @ujja, @msadlok, @eschmechel, and @arqamwd for creating impressive projects with Hermes Agent, and to @mxguru1, @paimon_573760ccaa1b3492b4, @piwe, and @pvishalkeerthan for the excellent articles and insights shared throughout the challenge.
The creativity and effort on display made this a fun challenge to follow. Enjoy the win—you've earned it! 🚀👏
Way to go everyone! Congrats!
Congratulations all winners 🏆🎊🏆
Congratulations 🎉 guys you did great
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