Test: using Grok Bot to install and drive Hermes Desktop remotely
The author has Grok Bot install Hermes Desktop and a screen recorder on its computer, then directs it from phone chat to run a task and capture the result, though step-by-step instructions were still needed.
I asked Grok Bot to install Hermes Desktop—and record it doing a task. 👀 Could I set up and operate Hermes on Grok Bot’s computer from my phone? That would let me test a desktop workflow without sitting at my own laptop. Here’s the run: 1. Hermes started with MissingNo. I asked Grok Bot to switch to Astra Medium using my ChatGPT login. 2. It installed ScreenPolish, the recording app I built. 3. It sent commands to Hermes Desktop, ran the task, and captured the result. Watch the clip: a Quick Entry question goes into Hermes, and a list of 12 PDFs comes back from the demo folder. One agent setting up and operating another agent’s desktop app. Me directing it from chat. It needed my instructions along the way, and ScreenPolish’s capture was choppy on that machine. @elonmusk and @grok, what would you hand this setup first: a folder of invoices or a folder of research notes? Hermes Desktop docs in the first reply.