Built a self-hosted proactive autonomous system with Hermes Agent + OpenRouter + DeepSeek
A builder finished a self-hosted autonomous AI system combining Hermes Agent, OpenRouter, and DeepSeek — proactive monitoring, decision-making, execution, and reporting, all under personal control. The key design point: permission gates as the default state, with autonomy granted task by task, plus an independent audit log. A solid reference pattern for anyone running agents outside closed platforms.