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Your first request
Fictional transcript T1: 'We moved to Tulsa around 1968, maybe 1969. Your uncle Ray drove the truck. I remember a yellow kitchen.' Photo note P1: Tulsa house, date unknown. The narrator's name and permission to share are not supplied.
Example result
T1 recalls a move to Tulsa around 1968 or 1969, with Uncle Ray driving and a yellow kitchen. The year remains uncertain. P1 is labeled Tulsa but has no date. Before sharing: identify the narrator, ask about the year, and obtain permission. Do not add dialogue or details to fill the gaps.
Check the answer
Keep both possible years.
Preserve the source of each memory.
Do not publish the recording or invent a family scene.
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Before you begin
Gather the information the Bot needs
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Remove private details you do not need for the task
Operating guide
Know when to run it and who leads
Lead Bot
Writer
Typical first run
15–30 minutes for a first manual run
When to run it
When a person supplies the approved brief and starts the workflow
Use this workflow when you need a readable story and an index of names, places and uncertain dates, linked to the original material.
Access for the first run
The approved inputs listed on this page
Only the files, sources, and services required for this run
No sending, publishing, spending, or live-system changes without approval
Run the first version one step at a time
Give one Bot the complete job
Use one Bot for the first run. Add a specialist only when the job becomes complicated enough to need a separate role, different access, or independent review.
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Writer
Organize a supplied family interview into a short account and a source index. Preserve the speaker's words, mark uncertain dates, and list questions for the family without inventing memories
Produces: A readable story and an index of names, places and uncertain dates, linked to the original material.
Use the approved inputs I provide. Organize a supplied family interview into a short account and a source index. Preserve the speaker's words, mark uncertain dates, and list questions for the family without inventing memories. Return this result: A readable story and an index of names, places and uncertain dates, linked to the original material.. Ask me about missing information before you continue.
Overall request
Organize a supplied family interview into a short account and a source index. Preserve the speaker's words, mark uncertain dates, and list questions for the family without inventing memories Use only the records I supply. Label missing or uncertain information. Do not connect accounts, browse, send, submit, publish, spend money or create a schedule. Return a draft for my review.
Use this as the complete first-run request.
Decisions for a person
Check the result against the supplied records
Approve any account connection, schedule or outside action separately
Review anything before it is sent, submitted, purchased or published
First test
Try the workflow with low-risk material
Keep both possible years. Preserve the source of each memory. Do not publish the recording or invent a family scene.
Check the result
Check the result against your original material. You make the decisions listed below. Keep both possible years. Preserve the source of each memory. Do not publish the recording or invent a family scene.
If the workflow stalls
If the result is incomplete, mark the missing information and ask the same Bot to correct it. Add another Bot only when a genuinely separate role or independent check would help.
Set it up in Hermes Desktop
Begin with one Bot and one manual run
Open the linked starter page, download its .tar.gz profile, and import it from the Profiles screen in Hermes Desktop.
Review the profile’s SOUL.md, Bot Passport, and requested access.
Run the complete request in that Bot’s chat with low-risk material and review the result.
Add a schedule, outside connection, or optional specialist only after the manual version works.