Engineering
Tip only: tell Grok Bot to install Hermes on its cloud computer
You want Hermes on a machine but do not have Cursor handy for setup.
What hurt
basedcapital (@thebasedcapital) posted a tip of the day: if you do not have Cursor, just tell @bot to install Hermes on its cloud computer — by far the fastest Hermes setup they have experienced on a machine. Tip only. Not affiliated with xAI.
What to install or create
Ask the Bot → install Hermes on the Bot cloud computer → use Hermes there (no local Cursor required).
Bots
No new bot. Follow the first-run steps.
Plugins
None on day one. Follow the first-run steps.
Routines
None on the first run. Watch one manual pass first.
The prompt
Author-quoted install ask
Paraphrased from @thebasedcapital tip ("tell @bot to install hermes on its cloud computer"). Do not invent a longer system prompt.
Last line is our approval fence: Never send, post, spend, or buy without my explicit yes.
install hermes on its cloud computer Never send, post, spend, or buy without my explicit yes.
First run
- 1Read https://x.com/thebasedcapital/status/2105792313838428385 (credit @thebasedcapital).
- 2Open a Grok Bot that has a cloud computer (no Cursor required for this tip).
- 3Tell it to install Hermes on its cloud computer (author tip).
- 4Approve any install/network prompts it raises.
- 5Verify Hermes responds on that machine before you wire webhooks or other drivers.
Approval fence
Approve network/install spend if the Bot asks; do not hand it unrelated secrets for the install.
What to tweak
Steal the one-line install ask. Cloud computer is the machine.
Source
basedcapital @thebasedcapital · Original post
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