Four-Hour Workshop Outline

This is the locked structure for the longer Hermes workshop format.

Workshop shape

Phase	Time	Purpose
0. Pre-work	1 hr before workshop / async	Get Hermes installed on your machine before the workshop starts. Use the Docker backend if you want isolation. Set up Telegram ahead of time if possible.
1. Art of the possible	45–60 min	Help people understand what agents can do and choose a useful idea.
2. Hermes setup	30–45 min	Install Hermes, configure a model, run a smoke test, and set up the Telegram gateway.
3. Default build: Daily Intelligence Agent	45–60 min	Everyone builds the same baseline agent together.
4. Custom build lab	75–90 min	People build their own agent or use case.
5. Demos, voting, prize	30 min	Attendees show what they built; the room votes.

Pre-work is not mandatory, but it is strongly encouraged. Attendees who arrive with Hermes, a model, and Telegram already configured will have much more time to build.
The opening art-of-the-possible section is load-bearing. Prior runs showed that attendees need examples before setup so they know what they want to build.
Telegram is the preferred live gateway path for this version of the workshop.
The Daily Intelligence Agent is the shared baseline build. It gives everyone the same successful first loop before they branch into custom work.
The custom build lab is the heart of the longer format. Protect this time.
The demo block should be lightweight and encouraging: rough-but-real agents are welcome.