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A step-by-step guide to building a production AI assistant with the Mastra framework: file tools, shell, live web search, browser automation, Discord streaming, and persistent memory. Full code on GitHub.
A beginner-friendly guide to Vercel Eve. Scaffold a durable AI agent as plain files, add a tool, connect it to Slack and Discord, swap in open source models, then deploy on Vercel or your own VPS with Dokploy.
8 affordable models for Hermes Agent — DeepSeek V4 Flash at $0.10/M tokens, MiMo V2.5, MiniMax M2.7, and more. Pricing benchmarks and which to pick for coding vs chat.
Compare 7 Hermes Agent dashboards — Hermes WebUI (14k stars), Workspace, Ekko, the new built-in admin panel, and native macOS app Scarf. Features, install, and which to pick.
Discover the top 6 open source language models that can replace Claude Fable 5, Opus 4.8, or GPT-5.5 for coding tasks at a fraction of the cost: GLM-5.1, Kimi K2.6, Qwen 3.6 Plus, MiniMax M3, MiMo V2.5 Pro, and Mistral Medium 3.5.
The Codex app works with more than OpenAI models. Point it at GLM 5.1, MiniMax M3, MiMo V2.5 Pro, or OpenCode Go with a few lines of config.toml and keep coding when your ChatGPT plan runs out.
Install Hermes Agent v0.16 on Linux with free models from OpenRouter. Covers Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, and the built-in web dashboard. Updated June 2026.
Run the Hermes Agent web dashboard on your VPS with SSH tunneling, Caddy reverse proxy, Docker, or systemd. Includes Basic Auth config and security risks of exposing AI agents.
OpenCode Go bundles 14 models including DeepSeek V4 Pro, Qwen 3.7, and MiniMax M3 for $10/mo. Rate limits, model list, and how to use it with any AI coding tool.
Step-by-step guide to installing Pi coding agent, connecting cheap models like MiniMax M2.7 and Qwen 3.6, and setting up the most useful extensions. Covers LazyPi one-command setup and the Rust port alternative.