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Set up a Hermes Agent that texts you on Telegram when flight prices change
Metics Media rents a small Hostinger VPS, runs Hermes Agent in the browser, connects a cheap DeepSeek Flash model and Telegram, then has the agent schedule its own Barcelona to London flight-price watcher.
Metics Media · YouTube · published Oct 28, 2026 · Work & Operations
▶ Watch on YouTubePrompt
Watch Barcelona to London flight price trends for me. Build yourself a reusable skill for the check. Keep track of what you've already shown me. Schedule it every few hours and message me on Telegram only when there's something new.
Visual breakdown
Rent a small server with a one-click Hermes template, give the agent a cheap model and a Telegram account, then tell it once what to watch. It writes its own skill, schedules itself and only messages you when something changes.
The problem: Most AI chats forget your corrections and only work while you're looking; you want an agent that runs on its own and remembers how you like things.
From zero to a self-running agent
- Rent a VPSHostinger KVM1 with the one-click Hermes template; set an admin login and deploy
- Open dashboardLog in through the browser; no terminal needed
- Pick a modelNous Portal login, then DeepSeek Flash as a fast, cheap model
- Connect TelegramEnable the channel, scan the QR code, create the bot, set it as home channel
- Give it a watcher jobAgent builds a skill, memory and a schedule on its own
- Alerts on your phoneTelegram message only when something new shows up
ConnectionsSetup / manualAI agentResult
Three things the machine must be
- Awake: on at 3 in the morning
- Separate from your own things
- Reachable from phone, laptop and tablet
By the numbers
20+scheduled jobs on his own agent
$20Nous Portal plan, $22 of credits
6 hflight watch interval
Follow the five steps
Everything happens in the browser and a chat app.
- Rent a Hostinger VPS (KVM1), untick the ready-to-use AI add-on, deploy the Hermes template
- Open the dashboard link and sign in with the admin login you saved
- Keys page: log in to Nous Portal; Models page: switch to DeepSeek Flash
- Channels page: turn on Telegram, restart, scan the QR code, connect the bot, then send /sethome
- Send the flight-watch message so the agent builds its skill and schedule
- Correct it once, e.g. 'too wordy, save that as a preference', and it remembers in new sessions
Hermes itself is free; you pay for the server and the model.
Tips from the video
- Use a rented server, not your own computer, for your first agent
- If the bot goes quiet, check credits and rate limits, then the gateway, then the logs
- Telegram bot chats aren't end-to-end encrypted; don't send passwords or banking details
- Some websites block agents; ask it to find another source
- The video is sponsored via Hostinger and Nous Portal links
Chapters
Distilled from the video’s captions
How to try it
- Open Hermes Agent.
- Copy the prompt and fill in the [placeholders].
- Watch Metics Media's video for the full walkthrough and setup.
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