Nous Research Updates Hermes Agent With a Blank Slate Mode That Pins Toolsets via platform_toolsets.cli and disabled_toolsets

Nous Research has added a Blank Slate setup mode to its open-source Hermes Agent. It inverts the usual onboarding. Instead of a fully loaded default, you start with almost nothing.

Hermes Agent is the self-improving agent framework from Nous Research. It runs on your own machine. The team announced the new mode on X. Blank Slate now joins two existing options: Quick Setup and Full Setup.

TL;DR

Blank Slate boots an agent with everything off except provider & model, File Operations, and Terminal.

Web, browser, code execution, vision, memory, delegation, cron, skills, plugins, and MCP stay disabled.