---
type: "Reference"
title: "Theme 3 · AI Agent tools (Hermes / Codex / MiniMax code)"
description: "Synthesis page for Robin's daily-driver AI agent stack — Hermes Agent on WSL, MiniMax code on the desktop, Codex CLI fallback, OpenWiki as cross-agent memory substrate, and supporting toolchain (RustDesk, Gitea, Wiki.js, RAGFlow)."
tags: [theme, ai-agent, hermes, codex, openwiki, workflow-tooling]
---

# Theme 3 · AI Agent tools (Hermes / Codex / MiniMax code)

This is the synthesis page for **AI Agent 工具** — Robin's daily-driver stack for autonomous work. The stack has three primary agent surfaces (Hermes Agent on WSL, MiniMax code on the desktop, Codex CLI), with OpenWiki as the cross-agent memory substrate and a local-fleet support layer (RustDesk remote, Gitea wiki, RAGFlow KB cross-query).

## What this theme covers

- **Primary agent surfaces:** Hermes Agent v0.19 "Quicksilver" (→ v0.20.0 in 2026-08-03), MiniMax code (desktop), Codex CLI (fallback).
- **Inference provider:** MiniMax-M3 (1M context multimodal) → MiniMax-H3 frontier model (2026-08-03 launch cluster).
- **Memory substrate:** OpenWiki (LangChain open-source, local markdown wiki) + Gitea (public read-only mirror).
- **Cross-agent tooling:** 4 OpenWiki bridge skills (MiniMax code reads OpenWiki); literature-deep-read SOP; sales-ammunition query skill; 4-connector cron pipeline.
- **Remote / access:** RustDesk self-hosted hbbs + hbbr for ITX host remote control (2026-08-05).

## Agent stack architecture

```mermaid
flowchart TD
    User[Robin · desktop / mobile]
    subgraph DesktopWSL[WSL · primary host]
        Hermes[Hermes Agent v0.19 Quicksilver]
        Cron1["cron 02:00 (openwiki-update.sh)"]
    end
    subgraph DesktopPC[Windows desktop · secondary]
        MiniMaxCode["MiniMax code (+ 4 bridge skills)"]
        CodexCLI[Codex CLI fallback]
    end
    subgraph Remote[ITX 24h host · future]
        ITXHermes["Hermes Agent (on Ubuntu 22.04)"]
    end
    subgraph Memory[Memory substrate]
        OpenWiki[("OpenWiki (local markdown wiki)")]
        Gitea["Gitea public mirror (10.10.10.254:3080)"]
    end
    subgraph KB[Knowledge backends · NAS]
        RAGFlowKB["RAGFlow (18 KB · 32709 docs)"]
        NocoDBDB["NocoDB (13 lit tables)"]
        SeaFileStore["SeaFile (4 repos · 77 GB)"]
        WikiJS["Wiki.js (1500+ pages)"]
    end
    subgraph LLM[Local inference · see theme 04]
        MiniMaxM3[MiniMax-M3 1M context]
        Ollama[Ollama · qwen2.5vl:7b]
        Reranker[bge-reranker]
    end

    User -->|primary chat| Hermes
    User -->|desktop tasks| MiniMaxCode
    User -->|fallback| CodexCLI
    Hermes -->|reads / writes| OpenWiki
    MiniMaxCode -->|bridge skills read| OpenWiki
    Cron1 -->|HN + Tavily + git-repo ingest| OpenWiki
    Cron1 -->|M3 agent synthesis| OpenWiki
    OpenWiki -->|commit + push| Gitea
    Hermes -->|cross-query| RAGFlowKB
    Hermes -->|metadata| NocoDBDB
    Hermes -->|PDF retrieval| SeaFileStore
    Hermes -->|published deep reads| WikiJS
    ITXHermes -.future.-> OpenWiki
    Hermes -.inference.-> MiniMaxM3
    RAGFlowKB -.embedding.-> Ollama
    RAGFlowKB -.rerank.-> Reranker
```

The architecture shows three agent surfaces sharing the OpenWiki memory substrate, which mirrors to a public Gitea repo for cross-device reading. The four NAS-backed knowledge systems (RAGFlow / NocoDB / SeaFile / Wiki.js) are queried by Hermes on demand and route evidence into the wiki synthesis layer.

## Primary agent surfaces

### Hermes Agent (WSL primary)

- **v0.19 "Quicksilver" release (2026-07-25)** — first-token delay 4.3s → 0.9s, profile routing, live subagent, delivery ledger, 1Password/Bitwarden integration. Tracks on [`/themes.md`](/themes.md) `hermes-agent-v0-19-quicksilver` row.
- **v0.19.1 patch (2026-08-02)** — NousResearch issues/77000 GitHub bug report ("gpt-5.6-luna + opencode-go"). Confirms patch-version activity on the v0.19.x track between v0.19 and v0.20.0.
- **v0.20.0 release (2026-08-03, tag `v2026.8.3`)** — next major version after v0.19 Quicksilver. HN item `49159200` (1pt day-of, but the GitHub release is the authoritative primary source). Last-seen refresh applied to `hermes-agent-v0-19-quicksilver` row description; v0.20.0 features not yet documented in source-page synthesis.
- **`configuration.md` (2026-07-26)** — documents iteration-budget behavior change (April 2026: removed premature 70%/90% warnings; now single wrap-up at 500/500 with grace call).
- **`features/api-server.md` (2026-07-27)** — documents new `/v1/runs/{run_id}/stop` + `/approval` endpoints with MiniMax-M3 as the documented default model. Updated 2026-07-30 with a per-profile `API_SERVER_KEY` breaking-change warning and a runs API for long-form sessions.
- **MCP 2026-07-28 protocol revision (adjacent watchlist)** — finalized not-backward-compatible revision. Relevant to OpenWiki's MCP server architecture. Folded into `hermes-agent-v0-19-quicksilver` evidence column.

### MiniMax code (Windows desktop)

- **4 OpenWiki bridge skills** — allow MiniMax code to cross-agent query the OpenWiki memory substrate (reads [`/sources/literature.md`](/sources/literature.md) on "what did Robin recently read", reads [`/sources/agents.md`](/sources/agents.md) on "who are the distributors", reads [`/sources/wikijs.md`](/sources/wikijs.md) on "is there an X topic in Wiki.js", reads [`/sources/sales-ammunition.md`](/sources/sales-ammunition.md) on "ClinoReactor sales ammunition"). See [`/sources/OpenWiki速查手册.md`](/sources/OpenWiki速查手册.md) §5.
- **Inference provider:** MiniMax-M3 (1M context multimodal) — daily-driver model for cross-agent tasks. See [`/themes/04-local-llm.md`](/themes/04-local-llm.md) for the broader local-LLM fleet.
- **Adjacent: openclaw-bridge v1.5** — MiniMax code cross-agent index, sits on top of the 4 OpenWiki bridge skills.

### Codex CLI (fallback)

- **Used only when Hermes or MiniMax code is unavailable** — not the primary surface. Codex CLI itself has 42 HN hits in the 2026-08-03 pull (`49159200` Hermes + MiniMax-H3 cluster is the only workflow-relevant signal), all of which are surface-level generic agent wrappers/TUIs/skills products (e.g. `49107749` Agent-Manager Tmux TUI 80 pts; `49110007` Aggregated Claude Code sessions 1 pt). Codex CLI itself is **not** the canonical Robin agent — it is the fallback.

## Cross-agent memory substrate: OpenWiki

- **OpenWiki = LangChain 7/10 open-source "personal brain" framework.** Local markdown wiki rooted at `~/.openwiki/wiki`, mirrored to Gitea public `http://10.10.10.254:3080/Robin/openwiki-wiki`. Cron pipeline: every night 02:00 `openwiki-update.sh` (HN + Tavily + git-repo + M3 agent synthesis) → commit → push to Gitea. Every 02:30 `openwiki-update-sources.sh` (NocoDB + SeaFile + Wiki.js + RAGFlow health checks) → commit → push.
- **Five canonical synthesis pages** — [`/quickstart.md`](/quickstart.md), [`/themes.md`](/themes.md), [`/commitments.md`](/commitments.md), [`/open-questions.md`](/open-questions.md), [`/personal-logistics.md`](/personal-logistics.md). Five detailed theme pages under [`/themes/`](/themes/).
- **Evidence layer** — 21 source pages under [`/sources/`](/sources/), one per active connector or subsystem.
- **Activation manual:** [`/README-ACTIVATION.md`](/README-ACTIVATION.md) (2026-07-27 update). 8 sections covering TL;DR / connectors not yet on / daily operations / what Robin manually does / what Robin never touches / cross-tool cheat sheet / today's real system status / changes from 7-26 / next steps.
- **Cheat sheet:** [`/sources/OpenWiki速查手册.md`](/sources/OpenWiki速查手册.md) (2026-07-27 one-shot reference for talking to colleagues / boss / agents about what OpenWiki is).

## Supporting toolchain (AI-side)

### Literature-deep-read (LDR) skill

- **Master template:** [`/sources/ldr-report-template.md`](/sources/ldr-report-template.md) — 8 铁律 + 3 trigger modes (精简 4 步 vs 完整 8 步 vs 自动) + 5-section report template (做什么 / 3 发现 / 4 维产品对接 / 局限 / 转发语+落款+PDF). Total report length 800–1500 characters.
- **SOP lessons:** [`/sources/2026-07-27-4-27-sop-vs-implementation.md`](/sources/2026-07-27-4-27-sop-vs-implementation.md) — 9-step SOP vs 7-27 凭印象实操 comparison. PyMuPDF xref dedup + 30KB filter + p1 logo 剔除. NocoDB v1 + JSON body (范本 v2 fails 3x). SeaFile `?dl=1` suffix required. 3-frame SeaFile image 嵌入 markdown.
- **Toolchain打通战报:** [`/memory-2026-07-16-tools-final.md`](/memory-2026-07-16-tools-final.md) — 2026-07-16 OpenWiki + Gitea + NocoDB + RAGFlow + Wiki.js + MiniMax code 端到端打通. 9 链路.

### Remote access (RustDesk)

- **Self-hosted hbbs + hbbr:** [`/sources/rustdesk-sop.md`](/sources/rustdesk-sop.md) — NAS Unraid container, OpenWrt frpc → Tencent 轻量云 frps, ITX rustdesk 1.4.9 client. Permanent password `Ldw811223!`, ITX ID `263 739 134`. Supports Robin's planned 24h ITX host build ([`/commitments.md`](/commitments.md) `itx-24h-host-build-2026-q3`).
- **ITX 24h host build plan** — mATX + i5-12400 + DDR4-2666 32G + dual-NIC (板载 Realtek 1Gb + Intel PRO/1000 GT) NAS isolation. Budget ¥2,985.82, 10/11 parts arrived. Plan: Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS install + 双网卡静态 IP + Hermes Agent install + 24h soak test.

### Public mirror (Gitea)

- **Gitea repo:** `Robin/openwiki-wiki` public, `http://10.10.10.254:3080`. Robin can read on phone / desktop browser without auth. Commit + push happens automatically after each OpenWiki cron run.

## Adjacent workflow signals (HN / Tavily)

- **`agent-memory-architecture` theme row** on [`/themes.md`](/themes.md) — clusters Karpathy LLM Wiki + Google OKF + MCP + verginglabs.com "A Markdown wiki outscored every AI agent memory product we benchmarked" (HN `49156055`, 2 pts, watchlist). 15+ distinct sources on the shared-agent-memory pattern. OpenWiki aligns with this lane (Open Knowledge Format front-matter is the structural backbone).
- **Tavily / Hermes / MiniMax-M3 lane** — Tavily answer text on this lane is **partially fabricated** (e.g. Tavily claimed a "release date of June 1, 2026" for Hermes v0.19 Quicksilver; the actual release is 2026-07-25 per Nous Research). Trust underlying URLs + GitHub release tags; ignore Tavily answer text.

## Cross-cutting relationships

- **Depends on [`/themes/04-local-llm.md`](/themes/04-local-llm.md)** — every Hermes / MiniMax code call is served by local-LLM inference (Ollama / bge-reranker / RAGFlow retrieval). When the desktop AI service is down (7997 / 8090 / 11434), cross-agent RAGFlow queries fall back to metadata-only.
- **Writes to [`/themes/05-robin-research.md`](/themes/05-robin-research.md)** — the M3 agent synthesis step is what routes evidence into the personal-research theme (deep reads, vendor product signals, demo plans).
- **Touches [`/themes/01-organoid-equipment.md`](/themes/01-organoid-equipment.md)** and [`/themes/02-bioprinting.md`](/themes/02-bioprinting.md)** through the LDR pipeline — every deep read on CelVivo / 3Brain / Cellink / Femtobiomed goes through the LDR master template + SOP.

## Backlog for this theme

- **Codex CLI adoption question** — currently the fallback agent; no active usage notes. Decide whether to expand Codex into a second-primary surface or keep as fallback-only.
- **Hermes v0.20.0 feature documentation** — only the GitHub release tag is in evidence; the changelog has not been deep-read. Add to next Tavily pull's `Hermes Agent MiniMax M3 changelog 2026` query.
- **OpenWiki bridge skill expansion** — currently 4 skills. Decide whether to add cross-KB retrieval skills (RAGFlow live query) now that embedding service is intermittent.
- **MiniMax-H3 adoption** — HN launch cluster 2026-08-03 (ComfyUI 167pts + HuggingFace 8pts + LMSYS Twitter 2pts); decide whether H3 replaces M3 as the daily-driver inference.

## What to read next

| Question | Go to |
| --- | --- |
| What is OpenWiki and how do I use it? | [`/sources/OpenWiki速查手册.md`](/sources/OpenWiki速查手册.md) |
| What connectors does OpenWiki have? | [`/README-ACTIVATION.md`](/README-ACTIVATION.md) |
| What is the LDR report format? | [`/sources/ldr-report-template.md`](/sources/ldr-report-template.md) |
| What are the LDR SOP lessons? | [`/sources/2026-07-27-4-27-sop-vs-implementation.md`](/sources/2026-07-27-4-27-sop-vs-implementation.md) |
| How is RustDesk configured? | [`/sources/rustdesk-sop.md`](/sources/rustdesk-sop.md) |
| What did Robin do on 2026-07-16 (toolchain通)? | [`/memory-2026-07-16-tools-final.md`](/memory-2026-07-16-tools-final.md) |
| What is the ITX 24h host build? | [`/commitments.md`](/commitments.md) `itx-24h-host-build-2026-q3` |