Hermes stays quiet when the daily report is all good
Gabriel points out a problem with daily AI reports: if one says "all good" every day, you stop reading it by Thursday, and then you miss the day it isn't. Hermes Agent has a fix: if the reply contains [SILENT], nothing is sent, but the output is still saved on your computer. He tells it to reply only [SILENT] when everything is fine, and failed runs still get delivered.
Copy this prompt
Every morning at 8, check [WHAT TO CHECK, e.g. my bank alerts email, my website, my package tracking]. If everything is normal, reply only [SILENT]. If anything needs my attention, send me one short message that says what changed and what I should do. If the check itself fails, always tell me.
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
- Make sure a failed check is never silent, or you won't know the report stopped working.
Where this comes from
Original post by @GabrielLumagui on X, Nov 12, 2026. We rewrote it in our own words. The result is what the poster reports.
Read the originalGuides for this job
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.