Keep a Hermes agent from rotting for six months

Goal: Run one long-lived agent without starting fresh every few weeks.
Setup: agents used in source: Hermes Agent; tools/MCPs stated: Obsidian, cron, SQLite.
Steps:
1. Keep the memory file at the default tiny size; first line: “Memory = only facts relevant to all conversations. Everything else → vault/skills.”
2. Keep an indexed reference/ folder in an Obsidian vault (one doc per system) as the shared source of truth; offload to it when memory hits ~75%.
3. Schedule skill pruning; deletions must declare what absorbed the content, pinned skills can be patched but not deleted.
4. Run a nightly dream job with a restricted toolset: review the day’s sessions, self-critique, write a dream log and insights file, audit skills, triage memory.
5. Back up daily/weekly/monthly with a no-agent cron script: WAL checkpoint before copying SQLite, verify integrity, include restore instructions.
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: /u/ct06033 — https://www.reddit.com/r/hermesagent/comments/1x24qfp/my_hermes_configuration_that_works_for_me/

Steps are from the source. Includes a “Based on” credit line.