Schedule watchdog scripts that alert Slack without an LLM
For checks that need no reasoning, such as stock levels, site uptime or failed payments, Hermes runs your script on a schedule and posts the output to Slack, Telegram or SMS, so nothing is spent on a model.
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- Section
- Local Models
- Responsibility
- Monitoring
- Setup difficulty
- Easy
- Added
- Oct 14, 2026
Tools
Main tool: Hermes Agent official site ↗
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Write a Python script that checks [CONDITION] and prints an alert only when it fails. Schedule it with: hermes cron create "*/15 * * * *" --no-agent --script check.py --deliver slack:#alerts
Replace [BRACKETS] with your details. {{double braces}} are fields your automation tool fills in.
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