DIY Always-On Home AI Agent Running on a Raspberry Pi
This is a project showcase for running an open-source AI agent (Hermes) on a Raspberry Pi, reachable via iMessage/SMS, intended as a foundation for home automation tasks like family calendars or recipe helpers. It documents a solution build rather than describing an unmet user problem.
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