# Hermes Agent 0.18.0: Mixture-of-Agents as a selectable model, evidence-based completion

> Major release. Mixture-of-Agents stops being a mode and becomes a selectable model under a `moa` provider in every picker, with each reference model's output shown as its own block and the aggregator's answer streamed live. The agent now records verification evidence for coding work and judges completion against `/goal` completion contracts rather than self-assertion, with a `pre_verify` hook and a one-time defaults migration. Also adds `/learn` to distil reusable skills and `/journey` plus a desktop memory graph to inspect and prune what the agent has learned.

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|---|---|
| **Tool** | Hermes Agent |
| **Version** | v2026.7.1 |
| **Kind** | release |
| **Published** | 2026-07-01 |
| **Observed** | 2026-08-11 |
| **Significance** | 4/5 |
| **Breaking** | no |
| **Categories** | feature, capability, model-support |

## What changed


**Mixture-of-Agents**
- Named MoA presets appear as selectable models under a `moa` provider across CLI, TUI, desktop and gateway
- Each reference model's full output renders as its own labelled block before aggregation
- Aggregator answer streams live instead of appearing all at once

**Verification and goals**
- Verification evidence recorded for coding work; completion decided by running project checks, not assertion
- `/goal` gains completion contracts judged against that evidence
- `pre_verify` hook for custom checks; one-time migration tunes defaults

**Learning**
- `/learn <anything>` distils a reusable skill from a directory, URL or a just-completed workflow, written to the standards in CONTRIBUTING.md
- `/journey` timeline in CLI and TUI shows accumulated memories and skills, editable and deletable
- Desktop memory graph: radial timeline of memories and skills

**Platform**
- Gateway scale-to-zero and drain coordination
- First-class coding projects in the desktop app
- Subagents can fan out in the background

**Backlog sweep**
- All P0 and P1 issues and PRs closed: 496 issues, 196 PRs (~692 items) in the window; ~1,950 total issues and PRs closed
- Since v0.17.0: ~1,720 commits, 998 merged PRs, 2,215 files changed, 949 issues closed, 370+ contributors


## Sources

- [github_release](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/releases/tag/v2026.7.1) — retrieved 2026-08-11

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