Build a $30 ESP32 voice gadget with Hermes

Goal: Make my own press-to-talk agent device without vendor lock-in.
Setup: agents used in source: Hermes Agent; tools/MCPs stated: ESP32-C6, Venice.
Steps:
1. Use an ESP32-C6 board (~$30).
2. Use Hermes Agent as the brain and Venice for inference.
3. Press, talk, get a reply, and have it get things done.
Rules: ask me before anything irreversible (sending, posting, paying, deleting); don’t invent data, results or tools I haven’t given you; tell me what you couldn’t verify.
Based on: Kakusan — https://x.com/kakujain/status/2105300887254270026 (summarised from source; the source has no explicit step list)

Steps are our summary of the source (it has no explicit step list). Includes a “Based on” credit line.