AI Notes

Hermes Bot deployments: what we've learned shipping 60+

Patterns that determine whether a bot ships value or becomes shelfware.

Murphy Consulting December 19, 2025 8 min read

The bot is only as useful as the workflow around it. The highest-performing installs have clear intake goals, constrained handoff rules, and a CRM destination before the first prompt is written.

Most failed AI installs fail because nobody defined what a qualified lead is, who receives it, or what should happen next.

Hermes Bot work is scoped as an install, not vague AI strategy, because agencies need something they can resell and support.