Eric Siu explains how to structure an AI agent using a control-tower architecture called Hermes. The system uses runners to launch goals, produce artifacts, run evals and approvals, and interact with external systems, with gates protecting money, reputation, and production systems.
The way I look at this is my Hermes agent is a control tower, right? It's not just a pile of prompts. Goal launches runners and then you have runners create artifacts and evals, approvals, touch the outside world, metrics and memory, improve the next goal. The whole idea here is that you want a system that recursively self-improves because if you have to keep checking in all the time, that makes it tougher, right? My whole thing here is just 3 words: move the ball forward and that's ultimately going to build the most leverage for you. Autonomy, safe command service. Autonomy without letting the robot touch the money printer. Clear Command Service lets agents move fast internally while Gate 4 protects money, reputation, production systems.
