iMessage Hermes on a Raspberry Pi

A Hermes AI agent running on your own Raspberry Pi that you can text from iMessage. One prompt and you install the agent, the iMessage channel, and the Plow Chat API, the service that gives your agent a real phone number.

This build is a foundation, a reusable starting point: with the agent running, a whole lot more becomes possible. Check out the community below to see what people are building on top of it.

An iPhone showing an iMessage thread with a Hermes agent, next to the Raspberry Pi it runs on, on a kitchen counter.

Install the whole thing with one prompt

Hand it to an AI coding agent to run, or follow it yourself. Installs Hermes on the Pi and wires up the iMessage channel.

Phow-to by @plucas

One prompt that walks an agent through the full install.

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Install Hermes on a Pi
howto.plow.co/hermes-on-a-piread →

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Real installs and customizations

People took Hermes on a Pi and built things. Come to our Discord to swap builds, ask questions, and share your riff.

A Raspberry Pi 5 in a fan case beside a portable monitor and a starter kit — the hardware the build runs on.

Run a five-star Airbnb

The Hermes Airbnb Manager gives short-term rental hosts an AI coordinator that handles guest messages, consults your team over iMessage, and asks your approval before sending replies.

@delattre1

Plow Maker

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A wall-mounted touchscreen on the fridge running the Life Dashboard — life calendar, weather, and a morning digest — with a Plow text thread overlaid.

Manage a crazy calendar full of kids and conflicts

The Life Dashboard mounts a touchscreen on your fridge and a local AI agent keeps it current: today's schedule, the weather, a digest of your morning email. The agent runs on the Pi and the screen is just always on.

@srosro

Plow Maker

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A hand tapping a recipe card on an always-on kitchen tablet showing the week's meal plan, calendar, and weather.

Meal-plan the week on an always-on screen

I riffed the Life Dashboard for meals. A screen in the kitchen shows the week's dinners and the grocery list, and my agent on the Pi keeps it current as plans change.

@maryldyer

Plow Maker

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A Wedding Planner “Vendor Research” dashboard screenshot the agent keeps updated over text.

Plan a wedding from your texts

I text my Hermes agent, Glenda, and she updates our wedding planning dashboard in real time with vendor research, budget management, task timelines, and more. You need it for a wedding, she can handle it. Her research even found our wedding venue!

@maryldyer

Plow Maker

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