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May 30, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

What the Agent Does While Idle: Asynchronous Background Review After a Conversation

The article explains Hermes' Background Review mechanism that triggers asynchronous self‑improvement after a dialogue ends, detailing trigger conditions, a forked sub‑agent architecture, prompt selection, cost‑saving cache inheritance, a four‑step skill‑update priority, result reporting, and common pitfalls.