troupe-standup/wizard-work/sol/triage.md

Triage digest: Hermes Agent local LLM free tier

Generated 2026-10-31. 15 real search results classified into HOT / FOUNDATIONAL / NOISE.

Verdict

• HOT (3): direct steps to run Hermes on a local LLM with no hosted bill.
• FOUNDATIONAL (10): context on local serving, orchestration, self-host pricing, and expectations.
• NOISE (2): generic vendor price lists, useful for cost math only.

HOT (direct answer)

#	Verdict	Source
1	Run open models fully on your own machine via llama.cpp; free inference, no hosted token bill.	https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/local-models
2	One OAuth (hermes setup --portal) yields all four Tool Gateway tools; local models plug in as a free provider.	https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/configuration
3	Point Hermes at a pre-existing local OpenAI-compatible endpoint; install script plus custom-endpoint wizard.	https://build.nvidia.com/playbooks/hermes-agent/instructions

FOUNDATIONAL (context)

#	Verdict	Source
4	Hermes memory can be self-hosted/OSS at no license cost; separate from local inference.	https://github.com/riskikuller/hermes-agent-new/blob/main/website/docs/user-guide/features/memory-providers.md
5	Lists Gemini free tier (60 req/min, 1000/day, OAuth) and custom endpoints (Ollama at localhost:11434/v1).	https://github.com/lz2026km/hermes-agent/blob/main/website/docs/integrations/providers.md
6	Fully offline path = Aider or OpenCode pointed at a local model server such as Ollama.	https://www.getorchestra.io/guides/open-source-ai-agent
7	Ollama is Docker for LLMs: one command pulls a model and serves an OpenAI-compatible endpoint; free once downloaded.	https://www.kdnuggets.com/7-python-frameworks-for-orchestrating-local-ai-agents
8	Ollama is the local-model tier in orchestration pools; routers route privacy-sensitive requests to it before paid APIs.	https://www.ayautomate.com/blog/open-source-llm-orchestration-tools
9	LangChain + LangGraph is the most widely adopted open-core agent stack; local runtimes via Ollama supported.	https://www.langchain.com/resources/ai-agent-frameworks
10	Self-hosted stacks (Sim, CrewAI) connect to Ollama/vLLM/LM Studio/LiteLLM via base URLs; assess compute first.	https://www.sim.ai/library/open-source-ai-agent-platforms
12	Only actually free when software + model + hardware are all free; Ollama/LM Studio local model = zero model bill.	https://agnt.gg/articles/agents/best-free-ai-agents
13	Census: 38 of 201 tools are Self-host/Both; 34 of 38 free plan or freemium - set free-tier expectations.	https://theagentsindex.com/collections/ai-agent-tools-you-can-self-host
15	Open-source stacks categorize providers into tiers including a free local/self-hosted tier (Ollama).	https://github.com/DevAnimecx/free-ai-agent-stack/blob/main/data/llm-apis.yaml

NOISE (cost math only)

#	Verdict	Source
11	Vendor-priced comparison table; useful for cost math, not for picking this stack.	https://infrabase.ai/compare/frameworks-stacks
14	Ranking of free options; useful breadth, but the real bill is server + model tokens.	https://resources.rework.com/tools/ai-agents/best-free-ai-agents-2026