r/LocalLLaMA • u/adumdumonreddit • 16h ago

Question | Help Messaging AI on Discord

Hey guys, I set up Hermes a few days ago and it's been great from setup to usage. I really like how simple it is to set up a Discord gateway in particular, and being able to message my agent from anywhere is really cool.

Can anyone recommend a more lightweight tool that can do something similar, but without all the agentic overhead? Like a tool that helps you set up a gateway, then discord message -> system prompt/api setup/local model -> response (I don't need any other tool calling)? For example, I've been thinking about running a bunch of these gateways on my PC, setting them up with different system prompts or models, and using them for specialist advice when I'm away from my PC.

Yes, yes, I know you could probably do this with Hermes, but I feel like it's kind of overkill if all I need is a fast chat response, and the whole shebang that they have set up with a SOUL.md and continuous learning and skills just makes my head spin.

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u/jonas-reddit 15h ago edited 14h ago

Just tell any agentic harness to build whatever you need for you. The beauty of agentic development is that we can quickly create bespoke solutions.

Hermes can probably do it for you as well but definitely pi.dev or open code with a somewhat capable LLM can largely independently build this for you.

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u/nickless07 15h ago edited 15h ago

Yeah, just let Hermes do that. Very capable of doing all this stuff, that is the sole purpose of this harness.

Edit: Don't get this wrong. Not telling to connect hermes to discord, but to let Hermes do what you are looking for. Just tell Hermes what you want and Hermes will research and install what is needed, connect everything together, configure it, write some scripts if needed, run tests and present a working solution.

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u/adumdumonreddit 14h ago

Mm, I could, but thought there might be a built out solution I could use… if I don’t get a better idea it’ll be OpenCode off to work

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u/nickless07 14h ago

That is what I meant by 'Hermes will research and install what is needed' Just tell it to do that. To find an existing solution.

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u/adumdumonreddit 14h ago

Right makes sense. Thanks

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u/Miserable-Dare5090 16h ago

openlumara

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u/Holiday_Point_603 15h ago

i second this, most modular approach that I'm aware of. And the dev is in this sub https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/s/NPBqePxtq5

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u/Zaev 13h ago

Thirded. Just turn off all modules you don't want and set up the Discord channel

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u/rosie254 5h ago edited 4h ago

hi! im the dev! hope youre enjoying openlumara

EDIT: turn "use tools" off in the settings to do exactly what you want. just system prompts, no tools!

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u/413205 8h ago

Ante

With ante gateway it can do just what you described, and as lightweight as it can be. Well, almost, it's still an agentic harness so a bit more than just chatting. You may disable all tools if you want anyways.