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Hermes Use Cases

20 practical things to do with Hermes in Discord and Telegram — from simple morning briefings to advanced multi-step pipelines. Start with the first one and work your way forward.

// Before you start

Hermes is already runningFollow the VPS Setup walkthrough first if you have not installed it yet.
Discord or Telegram is connectedAt least one of the connection walkthroughs must be completed.
A test channel or group is readyHave somewhere to post outputs while you build and test.
A place to store your promptsA notes app or text file is enough. You will build a small prompt library over time.

Beginner — Use Cases 01–06

01BeginnerDiscord + Telegram

Top 10 News in Your Niche Every Morning

Best for:People who want a morning briefing without opening ten apps

Hermes collects the latest news on a topic you choose and posts a short summary every morning to Discord or Telegram.

// Setup steps

01Pick a specific niche (e.g. AI tools, fintech, gaming)
02Choose two or three news sources or RSS feeds to watch
03Set a morning delivery time (e.g. 8 AM daily)
04Tell Hermes which channel or chat to post the digest

Example prompt

“Every morning at 8 AM, collect the top 10 news items about AI agents and summarize them in 1 sentence each for Discord.”

Common Mistakes

Using too many news sourcesMore sources means more noise. Start with two or three well-known sources and add more only when the digest feels thin.
Not narrowing the niche enoughBroad topics like 'tech news' produce too many irrelevant results. Be specific: 'AI startup funding' or 'open source AI tools' works better.
Writing a vague promptA vague prompt produces a vague digest. Tell Hermes exactly what you want — topic, format, length, and destination channel.

02BeginnerDiscord + Telegram

Weather Briefing with Outfit Suggestion

Best for:Daily personal reminders and anyone who hates checking multiple apps

Hermes sends the day's weather and a simple outfit suggestion every morning so you leave the house prepared.

// Setup steps

01Set your city or location in Hermes
02Pick a daily send time before you usually leave home
03Ask for a plain-English weather summary and outfit tip
04Send it to a private Telegram chat or a personal Discord channel

Example prompt

“Every morning at 7 AM send today's weather, rain chance, high and low temperature, and a simple outfit suggestion to my Telegram.”

Common Mistakes

Forgetting to set the city nameHermes needs a specific location. Include the city name in your prompt or store it in the config — otherwise it will guess or fail.
Asking for too much weather dataSunrise time, UV index, and pollen count are useful but overwhelming. Start with temperature, rain chance, and outfit tip. Add more later if you want.
Scheduling it too late in the dayA weather briefing sent at noon is useless. Set it at least one hour before you normally leave home.

03BeginnerDiscord + Telegram

Daily Calendar and Agenda Summary

Best for:Busy people and students who want to start the day focused

Hermes posts the day's scheduled events in a short, clean summary so you never miss a meeting or appointment.

// Setup steps

01Connect your calendar source to Hermes
02Set a weekday morning delivery time (e.g. 7:30 AM)
03Ask for a short list of events and the time of the first meeting
04Choose a private channel to keep calendar details off public channels

Example prompt

“Every weekday at 7:30 AM, send today's calendar events and my first meeting time to my private Discord channel. Keep it under five lines.”

Common Mistakes

Posting calendar details in a public channelMeetings, client names, and personal appointments should go to a private channel only. Check the destination before saving the config.
Forgetting timezone settingsIf Hermes posts the wrong times, it is almost always a timezone mismatch. Set your timezone explicitly in the prompt or config.
Making the summary too longA ten-item event list at 7 AM is hard to read. Ask Hermes to limit it to the five most important events of the day.

04BeginnerDiscord

GitHub PR and Issue Digest

Best for:Developers and small teams who want daily repo awareness without constant notifications

Hermes summarizes open pull requests, new issues, and blocked reviews from your repository and posts them each morning.

// Setup steps

01Decide which GitHub repository to watch
02Choose a Discord channel for the development team
03Ask for a compact summary of open PRs, new issues, and anything blocked
04Set a morning delivery time for the team to see before stand-up

Example prompt

“Each morning at 9 AM send open PRs, new issues, and blocked reviews from my main repo into the #dev-updates Discord channel. Keep each item to one line.”

Common Mistakes

Watching too many repos at onceOne repo per digest is much easier to scan. If you have multiple repos, create one digest per repo and post to different channels.
Posting raw data instead of a summaryHermes should summarize, not dump. Ask it to write one sentence per PR or issue, not paste the full ticket body.
Missing repo access permissionsIf Hermes cannot see your repo, it will return an empty result or an error. Make sure the access token used has read access to the repository.

05BeginnerTelegram

Lead Follow-Up Reminders for Freelancers

Best for:Freelancers and solo agencies who forget to follow up with potential clients

Hermes checks your lead list and reminds you which leads need a follow-up message this week.

// Setup steps

01Keep a simple lead list with names, status, and last contact date
02Set follow-up intervals for each lead stage (e.g. 3 days, 1 week)
03Send reminders to a private Telegram chat — never a public one
04Update the list each time you reach out so Hermes tracks the right dates

Example prompt

“Every Monday morning remind me which leads need a follow-up this week. Include the lead name, last contact date, and next step. Send to my private Telegram.”

Common Mistakes

Using a public channel for private lead infoClient names and deal status are private. Always use a personal chat or private group — never a public server channel.
Not tagging lead status clearlyIf every lead is marked 'in progress' Hermes cannot tell which ones are cold. Use clear labels: new, replied, hot, closed.
Forgetting to update completed leadsIf you close a deal or remove a lead, update the list. Old leads that stay active in the list will keep appearing in reminders.

06BeginnerDiscord + Telegram

Customer Support FAQ Helper

Best for:Small businesses and community managers who answer the same questions every day

Hermes suggests pre-approved answers to common customer questions in Discord or Telegram, reducing the time you spend on repeated support.

// Setup steps

01Collect the top ten questions your customers ask most often
02Write or approve short, clear answers for each one
03Tell Hermes to match incoming questions against the FAQ list
04Keep the responses polite, short, and consistent

Example prompt

“When a customer asks about pricing, reply with the approved FAQ answer and include a link to the pricing page. Keep the reply under three sentences.”

Common Mistakes

Letting Hermes guess sensitive policy answersFor questions about refunds, legal terms, or account access, always use only pre-approved answers. Never let Hermes improvise on policies.
Skipping an approved answer listWithout a reference list, Hermes will give generic answers that may contradict your actual policies. Build the FAQ list first.
Making replies sound too roboticReview the approved answers before using them. A reply that reads like a legal document will frustrate customers. Keep the tone human and direct.

Intermediate — Use Cases 07–16

07IntermediateDiscord

Discord Welcome and Onboarding Bot

Best for:Community builders and creators who want new members to feel welcomed automatically

Hermes posts a friendly welcome message when someone new joins and shows them the most important channels and rules — without you having to do it manually every time.

// Setup steps

01Set up a dedicated welcome channel in your Discord server
02Write a short, warm welcome message with the server name and purpose
03Add a three-step checklist: introduce yourself, read the rules, join a channel
04Tell Hermes to trigger this when a new member joins

Example prompt

“When a new member joins the server, post a friendly welcome message in #welcome with the three most important server rules and links to #introductions and #rules.”

Common Mistakes

Writing a welcome message that is too longA wall of text is the last thing a new member wants to read. Keep it to a name, one line about the server, and three action steps.
Not linking the important channelsTell new members exactly where to go. Include clickable channel links in the welcome message, not just channel names.
Using a cold or robotic toneNew members decide in seconds whether they want to stay. Make the welcome message feel human and friendly, not like a legal disclaimer.

08IntermediateTelegram

Telegram Community Assistant

Best for:Telegram group admins and hobby community owners who want light automation without full moderation bots

Hermes posts weekly announcements, answers basic questions using the pinned FAQ, and sends event reminders to keep the group active.

// Setup steps

01Add Hermes to your Telegram group as a member
02Pin the group FAQ so Hermes can reference it
03Decide what the bot is allowed to post (events, reminders, answers)
04Start simple — one scheduled announcement per week before adding more

Example prompt

“In my Telegram group, post a weekly reminder every Sunday at 6 PM about the upcoming Monday event. Also answer basic questions using the pinned FAQ.”

Common Mistakes

Giving the bot too many permissions at onceStart with just message permissions. Add admin features only when you are confident the automations work correctly.
Forgetting to pin the FAQIf the FAQ is not pinned, Hermes may not find or use it reliably. Pin the message and reference it explicitly in the bot config.
Posting too often and annoying the groupAn assistant that posts five times a day feels like spam. Start with one scheduled message per week and increase only if the group asks for more.

09IntermediateDiscord + Telegram

RSS and Blog Roundup

Best for:Readers and researchers who follow several blogs or newsletters

Hermes watches a list of RSS feeds or blogs and posts a daily or weekly roundup of the most interesting new articles.

// Setup steps

01Choose three to five RSS feeds or blogs to follow
02Pick a summary format: headline only, one-sentence summary, or short paragraph
03Set how often to check for new posts (daily or weekly works well)
04Tell Hermes to skip duplicate stories it already posted

Example prompt

“Every morning scan these three RSS feeds and post the five most important new articles in Telegram. Write one sentence summary for each and skip anything posted in the last 24 hours.”

Common Mistakes

Watching feeds that are too noisyHigh-volume news sites can produce fifty items a day. Limit the feed list to focused sources and filter by keyword if needed.
Not summarizing enoughPosting only headlines gives no context. Ask Hermes for a one-sentence summary so readers know whether to click.
Duplicating the same story every dayWithout deduplication, the same popular article can appear in the roundup for days. Tell Hermes to skip anything it already posted in the last 24 hours.

10IntermediateDiscord + Telegram

Reddit and Forum Digest

Best for:People who follow niche communities but do not want to scroll through entire forums

Hermes summarizes the best threads from a subreddit or forum and posts a short digest so you catch the important discussions without opening the site.

// Setup steps

01Choose one or two subreddits or forums to watch
02Define what a 'good post' looks like for you (score threshold, keyword filter)
03Ask for a short evening digest — one line per thread
04Set the delivery time to a low-activity period so it does not get buried

Example prompt

“Every evening at 8 PM, post the top 5 threads from r/productivity with a one-line summary each. Only include posts with more than 50 upvotes.”

Common Mistakes

Choosing a subreddit with too much spamLow-quality or meme-heavy subreddits will flood the digest with noise. Pick focused communities with clear topic rules.
Posting the raw thread textLong forum posts are hard to read in a chat channel. Always ask Hermes to compress each thread to one sentence.
Not filtering by qualityWithout a minimum upvote or engagement filter, the digest will include brand-new posts with no community validation. Set a threshold.

11IntermediateDiscord + Telegram

Product Price Tracker and Deal Alerts

Best for:Shoppers and deal hunters who are waiting for a price drop on specific items

Hermes watches a product or a short list of products and sends an alert the moment the price drops below your target.

// Setup steps

01Pick the products you want to track (keep the list short to start)
02Set a price threshold for each item
03Choose a private chat for the alerts so deal messages stay organized
04Ask Hermes to include the product link and current price in every alert

Example prompt

“Alert me in Discord when this product drops below $100. Include the current price, the product link, and whether it is a sale or a regular price drop.”

Common Mistakes

Watching too many products at onceA list of fifty products is hard to maintain and produces noisy alerts. Track five to ten items and remove ones you are no longer interested in.
Setting the wrong price thresholdIf the threshold is too close to the current price, you will get constant alerts for small fluctuations. Set it at a price you would actually buy at.
Missing shipping or tax in the final priceA great-looking deal can disappear when shipping is added. Ask Hermes to note whether the price includes delivery or is subject to tax.

12IntermediateDiscord + Telegram

Crypto or Stock Watch Brief

Best for:Market watchers and casual traders who want a morning overview without information overload

Hermes posts a short daily briefing with price changes for the assets you follow plus a headline from market news.

// Setup steps

01Pick three to five assets to track
02Set a weekday morning delivery time (before market open works well)
03Ask for percentage change, current price, and one headline
04Keep the format simple — one line per asset

Example prompt

“Every weekday at 8 AM send a short crypto watch brief with price changes for BTC, ETH, and SOL, plus the top market headline. One line per asset.”

Common Mistakes

Treating the summary as financial adviceHermes gives information, not investment guidance. Never make buy or sell decisions based solely on an automated digest.
Watching too many assets at onceA twenty-asset daily digest becomes hard to act on. Stick to the assets you actually care about and monitor a focused list.
Asking for too many technical indicators early onRSI, MACD, and Bollinger Bands can wait. Start with price, daily change, and one news headline. Add more when you know what you need.

13IntermediateDiscord + Telegram

Job Alert Digest

Best for:Job seekers who want new opportunities delivered without checking job boards every day

Hermes filters job listings by your saved criteria and sends a daily or weekly digest of the newest matches.

// Setup steps

01Define your filters: job title, location, remote or on-site, salary range
02Choose daily or weekly delivery (daily works best for active searches)
03Send to a private channel — not a shared team channel
04Ask Hermes to flag jobs that exactly match all criteria versus partial matches

Example prompt

“Every evening send me the newest remote product manager roles in Southeast Asia that match my experience level. Include the company, location, and link for each.”

Common Mistakes

Leaving the filters too broadA filter for 'manager' will return hundreds of irrelevant roles. Be specific: job title, seniority level, industry, and whether remote is required.
Posting old listings again and againJob digests without deduplication will show the same listings every day. Ask Hermes to skip any listing it has already sent in the last seven days.
Forgetting to check location rulesRemote-friendly postings often still have location restrictions for tax or legal reasons. Ask Hermes to include the hiring location in every result.

14IntermediateDiscord + Telegram

Meeting Notes Summary to Discord or Telegram

Best for:Teams and solo operators who want clean action items from messy meeting notes

You paste your meeting notes into Hermes and it turns them into a short summary and a clear action item list, then posts them to the right channel.

// Setup steps

01After a meeting, copy your raw notes into a message or file
02Ask Hermes to produce a five-bullet summary and extract all action items
03Tell it which channel to post the action items to
04Assign owners to each task before posting or ask Hermes to highlight unassigned items

Example prompt

“Turn these meeting notes into a 5-bullet summary and a numbered action item list. Post the action items to #team-updates in Discord and flag any tasks with no assigned owner.”

Common Mistakes

Sharing confidential notes in a public channelMeeting notes often contain sensitive business information. Always post to a private or team-restricted channel.
Letting the summary get too longAsk Hermes to keep the summary to five bullets. If the notes are long, ask for the three most important decisions only.
Forgetting to assign task ownersA list of actions with no names attached is difficult to follow up on. Either assign owners yourself or ask Hermes to flag any unassigned item.

15IntermediateDiscord + Telegram

Daily Content Ideas and Scheduling Prompt

Best for:Creators and marketers who need a fresh starting point every day without spending an hour brainstorming

Hermes delivers one or two content ideas every morning, tailored to your topic and audience, so you always have something to create.

// Setup steps

01Tell Hermes your content topic and target audience
02Set a daily morning delivery time
03Ask for one main idea plus one backup idea, each with a suggested hook
04Keep the format short — headline + one sentence is enough

Example prompt

“Every morning send me two content ideas for my tech channel. Include a suggested hook for each. Keep it to two lines per idea.”

Common Mistakes

Asking for ten ideas when you only need oneMore ideas do not mean better output. Two focused ideas are more actionable than a ten-item brainstorm list you will ignore.
Making the prompt too broadA prompt that says 'give me content ideas' returns generic results. Include your niche, audience, and platform in the prompt for relevant suggestions.
Not tailoring ideas to the audienceContent that works on Twitter may not work on YouTube. Tell Hermes which platform the content is for so the format and hook style match.

16IntermediateTelegram

Habit Tracker and Accountability Check-In

Best for:Personal productivity and anyone building a new routine who wants a lightweight check-in without a full habit app

Hermes checks in on your habits at a set time each day, records your answer, and keeps a simple running log you can review.

// Setup steps

01Pick one or two habits to track (not five — start small)
02Set a daily check-in time after you would normally complete them
03Keep the reply format simple: yes, partial, or no
04Ask Hermes to log the answer and give a short weekly summary on Sundays

Example prompt

“Every night at 9 PM ask me whether I completed my workout and my reading goal. Log the answer and send me a weekly summary every Sunday morning in Telegram.”

Common Mistakes

Trying to track too many habits at onceMore than two or three check-ins per day becomes a chore and you will start ignoring them. Start with one habit and add more after two weeks.
Making the check-in feel like homeworkA long-form check-in at 9 PM is hard to maintain. Keep the question short and the expected answer simple — yes or no is enough to start.
Forgetting to keep the answers consistentIf you answer 'yes', 'done', 'completed' on different days, Hermes may have trouble tracking trends. Decide on a format and stick to it.

Advanced — Use Cases 17–20

17AdvancedDiscord + Telegram

Research Brief and Competitor Scan

Best for:Founders, analysts, and builders who need a regular summary of their competitive landscape

Hermes scans sources on a schedule and generates a short, structured research brief covering topics, competitors, or market changes you define.

// Setup steps

01Define the research topic or competitor set clearly
02Tell Hermes what comparison points matter most (pricing, product, positioning)
03Ask for a clean summary with key takeaways — not a dump of raw data
04Schedule it weekly or bi-weekly rather than daily to keep quality high

Example prompt

“Every Friday send a competitor brief on the top 3 companies in my niche. Include any pricing changes, new product launches, and major news in the last 7 days. Post to my private Discord channel.”

Common Mistakes

Making the research question too bigAsking Hermes to 'research the entire AI market' will produce a shallow result. Pick three to five companies or a narrow topic and go deep.
Not naming the comparison pointsWithout specific dimensions to compare, Hermes will summarize randomly. Tell it exactly what matters: pricing, feature changes, team news, or launches.
Reusing stale sources foreverData sources go stale. Review and refresh your source list monthly so the brief stays relevant and accurate.

18AdvancedDiscord

Incident and Status Page Watcher

Best for:Developers and ops teams who need fast alerts when a third-party service goes down

Hermes watches a service status page and sends an immediate Discord alert when an outage, degradation, or incident is reported.

// Setup steps

01Pick the service or services you depend on (e.g. your cloud host, payment provider)
02Set the alert condition: outage only, or also degraded performance
03Send alerts to a fast-moving ops channel — not a general channel
04Test the alert route by simulating a known status event before going live

Example prompt

“Watch the status page for this service and send me a Discord alert immediately if there is an outage or degraded performance. Include the incident title and the affected services.”

Common Mistakes

Alerting too often for low-priority eventsIf every minor maintenance window triggers an alert, the channel becomes noisy and people stop reading it. Filter to critical and major incidents only.
Forgetting to test the alert routeSet up a test event before you rely on this in production. Many alert setups have correct config but fail silently when an actual event happens.
Sending alerts to the wrong channelIncident alerts in a general or public channel create panic. Use a dedicated #incidents or #ops channel and control who has access.

19AdvancedDiscord + Telegram

Study Buddy and Learning Coach Workflow

Best for:Students and self-learners who want structured daily reminders and active recall practice

Hermes sends study reminders, generates quiz questions based on recent material, and tracks your progress over time through a daily check-in.

// Setup steps

01Define the subject and the current lesson or topic
02Set a study reminder time and a separate evening quiz time
03Ask Hermes to generate one quiz question per session and give feedback on the answer
04Ask for a weekly progress summary and areas to revisit

Example prompt

“Every evening at 8 PM quiz me on today's lesson topic. Give me one question, wait for my answer, then give feedback and one follow-up question. Keep the tone encouraging.”

Common Mistakes

Making the quiz too hard at firstStarting with advanced questions leads to frustration. Tell Hermes the difficulty level and the material covered so far — let it calibrate to where you are.
Setting an unrealistic study scheduleA daily one-hour quiz at 10 PM is hard to maintain. Start with a short five-minute check-in and build the habit first.
Forgetting to keep the tone supportiveA cold or overly critical tone makes learning feel like a test. Tell Hermes to be encouraging and frame mistakes as learning moments.

20AdvancedDiscord + Telegram

Advanced Multi-Step Automation Pipeline

Best for:Power users and builders who want to chain multiple workflows into a single automated sequence

You build a pipeline where Hermes completes several steps in order: collecting data, filtering or sorting it, summarizing the output, and posting only the final result to a channel.

// Setup steps

01Break your goal into three to four discrete stages (collect, filter, summarize, post)
02Build and test each stage individually before connecting them
03Define clear success criteria for each stage so failures are easy to spot
04Start with a simple two-stage pipeline and add complexity only after the basics work

Example prompt

“Every morning: collect AI news from three sources, filter out anything published more than 24 hours ago, summarize the top 5 items in one sentence each, and post only the final digest to #ai-news in Discord. Skip duplicates.”

Common Mistakes

Trying to automate everything at onceBuilding a five-stage pipeline on day one almost always fails. Build stage one first, test it until it is reliable, then add stage two.
Skipping the test stepEach stage of a pipeline needs to be tested in isolation before you chain them together. A broken middle stage will silently corrupt every output that follows.
Using a prompt that mixes too many goalsA single prompt that collects, filters, summarizes, formats, and posts at the same time is hard to debug. Separate each goal into its own clear instruction.

Where to go next

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