hermes-agent vs andrej-karpathy-skills
Both in the agent frameworks category. Side-by-side — pick the one that fits your stack tonight.
A personal AI agent that lives in your terminal. Memory + 40 tools out the box.
- rating
- 3★
- tested
- —
- cost
- free
- install
- drop-in
- stars
- 108,994
- updated
- 4d ago
You're happy with Claude Code and don't want a second agent running on the side.
Karpathy's coding advice, packaged as a CLAUDE.md your agent actually reads.
- rating
- 4★
- tested
- —
- cost
- free
- install
- drop-in
- stars
- 73,636
- updated
- 6d ago
You don't use Claude Code, or you'd rather write your own coding style guide from scratch.
why it matters · hermes-agent
Hermes is a standalone agent — you install it and it runs in your terminal on its own, separate from Claude Code. It ships with memory that carries across sessions, plus 40+ tools already wired up (browser, files, scripts, SMS, Telegram). If you want an agent that lives on its own instead of riding on top of Claude Code — or you want a free backup that keeps working if Anthropic pricing shifts — install this. Open-source, updated constantly.
why it matters · andrej-karpathy-skills
Andrej Karpathy (the guy who taught the world how LLMs actually work) has posted years of notes on where AI coders go wrong — overengineering, missing obvious bugs, skipping tests. Someone packaged all of it into a single CLAUDE.md file you drop into any Claude Code project. Your agent reads it on every session and stops making the mistakes Karpathy warned about. Free, no install — just copy the file in. Pairs well on top of Superpowers.