Hermes Agent: provider rate limit / 429 during task
Hermes Agent is model-agnostic — rate limits come from the provider behind it. Because Hermes runs long-lived loops (memory writes, skill runs, scheduled tasks), per-minute and daily caps designed for chat traffic trip constantly. The fix is a provider without them.
A persistent agent is the worst-case customer for per-token pricing and the best case for flat-rate — the whole point is that it never stops.
Hermes takes any OpenAI-compatible base URL. Set it to https://api.stdcmpt.com/v1 with model standardcompute and the agent runs 24/7 on a flat monthly price — no RPM caps, graceful batching under load instead of 429s. Paste-in guide: /integrations/hermes-agent.
Persistent agents keep working in the background — memory consolidation, scheduled tasks, monitoring skills. That background traffic consumes provider quota even while you sleep.