telephony Skill
Give Hermes phone capabilities without core tool changes. Provision and persist a Twilio number, send and receive SMS/MMS, make direct calls, and place AI-driven outbound calls through Bland.ai or Vapi. Published by NousResearch in hermes-agent.
What is telephony Skill?
Give Hermes phone capabilities without core tool changes. Provision and persist a Twilio number, send and receive SMS/MMS, make direct calls, and place AI-driven outbound calls through Bland.ai or Vapi. Published by NousResearch in hermes-agent. This profile combines repository metadata with install, compatibility, and usage signals so developers can quickly decide whether it fits their agent workflow before opening the source repository.
Automated repository signals based on public metadata such as recency, license, installation evidence, and adoption. These are not a security audit or endorsement.
Key capabilities
- Includes SKILL.md support
- Reusable instructions support
- Research
- Research use cases
Technical details
- Install or run with Copy skill directory
When to use telephony Skill
- Use it for research.
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Source
- Creator: NousResearch
- Repository: NousResearch/hermes-agent
- Skill file: optional-skills/productivity/telephony/SKILL.md
What it does
Give Hermes phone capabilities without core tool changes. Provision and persist a Twilio number, send and receive SMS/MMS, make direct calls, and place AI-driven outbound calls through Bland.ai or Vapi.
Skill instructions
Telephony — Numbers, Calls, and Texts without Core Tool Changes This optional skill gives Hermes practical phone capabilities while keeping telephony out of the core tool list. It ships with a helper script, scripts/telephony.py, that can: - save provider credentials into ${HERMESHOME:-~/.hermes}/.env - search for and buy a Twilio phone number - remember that owned number for later sessions - send SMS / MMS from the owned number - poll inbound SMS for that number with no webhook server required - make direct Twilio calls using TwiML <Say or <Play - import the owned Twilio number into Vapi - place outbound AI calls through Bland.ai or Vapi What this solves This skill is meant to cover the practical phone tasks users actually want: - outbound calls - texting - owning a reusable agent number - checking messages that arrive to that number later - preserving that number and related IDs between sessions - future-friendly telephony identity for inbound SMS polling and other automations It doe
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Frequently asked questions
What is telephony?
telephony is a open-source AI agent skill with Copy skill directory. Give Hermes phone capabilities without core tool changes. Provision and persist a Twilio number, send and receive SMS/MMS, make direct calls, and place AI-driven outbound calls through Bland.ai or Vapi.
Who is telephony best for?
telephony is best for reusing agent instructions, scripts, and references, research workflows.
How do I install telephony?
Install or run telephony using Copy skill directory. Check telephony for the latest setup command.
Is telephony actively maintained?
telephony may need a closer maintenance check before production use.
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