Build and plan a custom Bot
Bot Lab
Name the Bot and describe the job. Bot Lab can draft the rest, and you can edit every line. When the plan is ready, download an importable Hermes profile, a designed Blueprint PDF, an editable Markdown plan, and a Bot Passport.
Start with the Bot's name
Three steps
- 01Name the job
Enter a Bot name and describe the result you need.
- 02Complete the plan
Use AI, a basic template, or your own answers.
- 03Download and test
Import the profile into Hermes and run a small first test.
Your draft saves in this browser. If you choose AI suggestions, Bot Lab sends only the Bot name and job description to Anthropic through Bot Cabinet's server function. Keep private or sensitive information out of those two fields.
Your Bot Lab downloads
Save your draft or finish the setup plan
Download a Hermes profile, a PDF setup plan, an editable Markdown plan and a Bot Passport with access and approval rules.
This draft is not ready for setup. Complete blank fields and replace “Not yet specified” answers: Bot name, Job and outcome, Information and rules, What it should produce, When it should run, Tools and outside services, When it must ask you, First test. You can save an incomplete Markdown draft now.
Your Bot plan
Define the Bot’s job
Start from a job
Choose the work you need done
Pick a starting point to fill the plan, then edit every answer for your situation.
A short working name. You can change it in Hermes Desktop.
Describe the recurring job and what finished, useful work looks like.
Bot Lab Assistant
Draft the remaining fields
AI can use the Bot name and job description to draft every empty field. It keeps the text you already wrote. Review every suggestion.
Enter the Bot name and job description first.
AI suggestions use Anthropic. Read Anthropic's API data retention information.
List one source, document, rule, or piece of background information per line.
List the files or responses you want the Bot to return, one per line.
Describe when a person should start the work or when a future schedule could run it. Set up any schedule later in Hermes Desktop.
List only the tools, accounts, or outside services this job needs, one per line.
List each action or decision that requires a person's approval.
Choose a small task with a result you can inspect before adding private information or more access.
Add more detail to your planOptional questions for a more complete plan
Describe who will use the result, what the Bot may access, what it should remember, and how you will check its first test.
Name the person who will use the result and the standard they will apply.
Name exact files, folders, accounts, or services. Identify private or sensitive material.
Separate prohibited actions from decisions that require a question.
Describe useful memory, recurring routines, and any work with other Bots.
Name the reviewer or role and the conditions for passing the test.
Review the Hermes profile textOptional edits before export
Bot Lab creates these fields from your answers. Edit them here when you want different wording in Hermes Desktop.
Leave this blank to use the title created from the job and outcome.
Leave this blank to use the generated description.
Leave this blank to create role instructions from the Blueprint. Add or replace the text when the Bot needs more specific standing instructions.
Apply the finished plan in Hermes Desktop.
What you will get
A Bot Blueprint you can use, share, and revise
Bot Lab records the Bot’s job, inputs, expected outputs, tools, approval rules, and first test. It creates a PDF for planning and review, a Markdown copy you can edit, and an importable Hermes profile with the Bot's role instructions.
You choose the model, tools, connections, and schedule when you create the Bot in Hermes Desktop. The optional questions help you decide what the Bot should remember between tasks.