Your agent does not need you sitting at the Mac to stay useful
Your agent does not need you sitting at the Mac to stay useful I run Hermes-class agents on a Mac. The failure mode that wasted my time was not "the model is dumb" — it was I am away from the desk while the agent is
Your agent does not need you sitting at the Mac to stay useful
I run Hermes-class agents on a Mac. The failure mode that wasted my time was not "the model is dumb" — it was I am away from the desk while the agent is still running.
The product I actually promote first
ThumbGate.app is the web remote: chat with agents, see real state, pair without opening inbound ports. That is the front door.
Continuity is the paid option for when the Mac is offline — eligible work can continue on a VPS. Live marketing copy still says we are proving that path in real use. I will not oversell it.
Phone is secondary by design
Hermes Mobile is the paid store app for the same computer-side agents:
Prefer store links via the web product when possible: Play · iOS.
Reliability surface (only if that is your pain)
If the problem is runaway tool loops and token burn rather than remote control, use the gates/Pro surface on thumbgate.ai:
Honest limits
- Remote access may require home Wi-Fi, Tailscale, a tunnel, or relay.
- Hermes runtime is associated with Nous Research — ThumbGate is independent, not affiliated.
- Do not take "works on device" claims without continuous E2E pass evidence.
- No fake install counts.
Start here
- Open thumbgate.app and pair.
- Optionally install paid Hermes Mobile for phone remote.
- Only buy Continuity / Pro after the product moment that matters to you is real.
Source / operators: hermes-mobile on GitHub
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