I Built a Hermes Agent to Tell Me Which Hackathons to Enter. It Told Me to Enter This One.
The article discusses the creation of Vigil Crest, a Telegram-based agent designed to help users decide which hackathons to enter. It analyzes active challenges based on criteria such as time, learning opportunities, and stack fit. The agent aims to improve its recommendations over time by learning from user feedback.
- ▪Vigil Crest is a challenge triage agent that provides verdicts on hackathons through Telegram.
- ▪The agent evaluates challenges based on four criteria: Time, Learning, Stack fit, and Timing.
- ▪It is designed to improve its accuracy by learning from the user's judgment over time.
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| Original publisher | DEV.to (Top) |
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| Publication time | Sun, 24 May 2026 20:24:30 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-24T20:37:34.510Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-24T20:37:34.510Z |
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| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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try { if(localStorage) { let currentUser = localStorage.getItem('current_user'); if (currentUser) { currentUser = JSON.parse(currentUser); if (currentUser.id === 3683045) { document.getElementById('article-show-container').classList.add('current-user-is-article-author'); } } } } catch (e) { console.error(e); } L. Cordero Posted on May 24 I Built a Hermes Agent to Tell Me Which Hackathons to Enter. It Told Me to Enter This One. #hermesagentchallenge #devchallenge #agents #showdev Hermes Agent Challenge Submission: Build With Hermes Agent This is a submission for the Hermes Agent Challenge: Build With Hermes Agent What I Built I started AI-assisted building in July 2025. Self-taught, learning as I go.
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