Local Qwen3.6 Hermes Agent automates Windows chores

The author used a local AI model running on their PC through Hermes Agent to automate tedious maintenance chores, including listing and running app updates via winget, creating automated project folder backups with robocopy and Windows scheduled tasks, and running network diagnostic checks. By utilizing a local model, the setup avoids cloud API costs, subscription credits, and data privacy concerns associated with frontier cloud models. Open article →