Her agent setup got wiped and there was no backup
The poster says something wiped her Hermes Agent setup and she didn't have a proper backup. She has spent about two weeks fixing it on and off. She has backups now, and says the mess showed her how much of her work had moved to the agent.
The lesson: Back up your agent's memory, skills and settings before you depend on it, and check that you can restore them.
Copy this prompt
List everything I'd need to rebuild you from scratch: settings, memory, skills, scheduled jobs and connected accounts, with where each one is stored. Then write steps to back them up once a week to [BACKUP LOCATION] and how I'd restore them on a new computer. Don't put passwords or keys in the list.
Our own prompt, built around the lesson. We haven't run it ourselves. Text in [BRACKETS] is what you replace.
Where this comes from
Original post by @ruima on X, Oct 21, 2026. We rewrote it in our own words. Check the original for the full context.
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Turn a messy inbox into a 5-minute daily summary
Paste in today's emails and get back what needs a reply today, what can wait, what to ignore, and a one-line reply for each. It also flags emails that look like scams.