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A Hermes Agent user has built HermesOBD, an open-source macOS dashboard for monitoring a 2005 Mustang live, according to a post by Witcheer on X. The community project connects to a Bluetooth car adapter to display OBD-II readings.
Why it mattersIt is a handy example of an AI agent helping turn a practical request into a working software project, though the post does not say what readings the app displays or how the build process worked.
Discuss: Would you trust an agent to build a tool for your car, or would you want to inspect every line before plugging it in?
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Nous/Hermes Watch
Nous/Hermes Watch Update What changedWitcheer’s description of HermesOBD gives a fuller picture of what the community-built macOS dashboard can do: it displays live engine readings including RPM, speed and coolant temperature, reads stored and pending trouble codes, and logs drives to CSV.
The app sends a summary to Hermes Agent every 30 seconds for commentary on changing readings, and users can ask questions about the data inside the app. That turns the dashboard from a display into a way to discuss what the car is reporting, without mistaking it for a mechanic in a window.
Witcheer says the project is read-only by design: commands pass through an allowlist, with no tuning or reflashing. The description also says the trouble-code features were tested on a Mustang using an Innova 3210RS adapter, and that the app requires macOS 14 or later and connects through Hermes Agent’s built-in API server.
Sources and evidence
- a Hermes Agent user took on a neighbour's 2005 Mustang and asked his agent to build him a Mac app to watch the car live. HermesOBD is the result, a new open-source community build: Witcheer describes HermesOBD as showing live engine data, reading stored and pending trouble codes, logging drives to CSV, sending Hermes Agent summaries every 30 seconds, and operating read-only through an allowlist.
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