A 17-person data startup (Artie) runs Hermes on one self-hosted machine with a separate profile per team. Its BizOps profile handles pipeline reviews, reconciliation and tracker updates, and flags exceptions for a human; staff mostly use it through Slack.
- First reported
- x.com · 16 Sept 2026
- Added
- 11 Oct 2026
- Source checked
- 11 Oct 2026
What they did
Artie, a 17-person data startup, runs a family of Hermes profiles on one self-hosted machine in Germany, one per team, each with its own access and with skills kept in a shared Git repo. The BizOps profile handles recurring operational work: pipeline reviews, reconciliation and tracker updates.
What happened
The company says the profile surfaces the exceptions that need a human, and that because the agents already have the docs, CRM and internet, they work proactively; most staff use them through Slack.
Keep in mind
A person reviews anything before it reaches production, docs or a customer. The post gives no figures for BizOps specifically, and the company says Hermes is roughly 85 to 90 percent of the way there.
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Every Friday, review the open deals in <your CRM> and compare them with <your finance or billing records>. Update <your tracker sheet> with stage changes, flag deals that have stalled for more than <number> days, and list any payments, invoices or contract records that do not match. Post a short summary in <team chat channel> with only the exceptions that need a person.
Replace the <angle brackets> with your own details.
Original source
x.comUser storySomeone who uses the agent described their own setup. Figures are theirs.
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