Hermes Agent v2026.7.20 slashed cold-start time by 80% and now streams reasoning live. Smart approvals replace manual review with independent LLM assessment. Manage your Nous subscription directly in the terminal with /subscription. Plug Bitwarden and 1Password into Hermes for secrets. Watch subagents work via live transcripts and durable background delegation. Route Discord guilds to isolated profiles from one gateway. Added GPT-5.6, grok-4.5, Claude Sonnet 5, and reasoning effort tiers. Export sessions as Markdown, HTML, or Hugging Face traces.