GCP in Action: Building a Persistent AI Assistant with GCE, Hermes Agent, and Telegram

Background After solving the LINE Bot's Vertex AI migration, I started thinking: Could there be an AI assistant that is "more proactive" and "has long-term memory"? At this time, I set my sights on NousResearch's open-source Hermes Agent . Unlike a typical Chatbot, Hermes is designed as an "operating system that breathes". It can execute Shell commands, write Python scripts, manage long-term memory, and even stay in touch with you via different Gateways (Telegram, Discord) at any time. To make i