A Hermes plugin answers 'is everything at home OK?'
For the Hermes Agent plugin hackathon, the poster made Homelab Watch, which lets Hermes keep an eye on the gear in a home network: servers, the router and Wi-Fi, a rented server, websites and any device you add. When one thing fails and takes others down with it, it reports one root cause instead of a pile of alarms, and it can post to Telegram only when a problem starts or clears. It is a hackathon entry, so expect rough edges.
Copy this prompt
Every [15] minutes, check that these devices and sites respond: [ROUTER ADDRESS], [HOME SERVER], [SMART HOME HUB], [MY WEBSITE]. If one stops responding, work out whether something it depends on, like the router, is the real cause, and message me once on [TELEGRAM] with the likely cause and what to try first. Message me again when it's back. Don't restart or change anything yourself.
Our own prompt, written from what the source describes. We haven't run it ourselves. Text in [BRACKETS] is what you replace.
Watch out for
- Install plugins only from sources you trust, and read what access they ask for. A plugin runs with your agent's permissions.
- Keep the agent read-only on your network gear unless you really need it to change settings.
Where this comes from
Original post by @plubtcm on X, Nov 11, 2026. We rewrote it in our own words. The result is what the poster reports.
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