# Hermes Kanban

> **TL;DR.** Hermes Kanban is the multi-agent task board built into [Hermes Agent](https://github.

- **Category:** AI / Developer Tools / Agent Orchestration
- **Stage:** validating
- **Age:** 34 days
- **Origin date:** 2026-04-30
- **First detected:** 2026-05-22
- **Canonical URL:** https://earlyterms.com/term/hermes-kanban
- **Sources:** 6 primary URLs

## Definition

Hermes Kanban is the multi-agent task board built into [Hermes Agent](https://github.com/nousresearch/hermes-agent) by Nous Research. It replaces fragile in-process subagent swarms with a durable SQLite-backed queue where multiple named agents claim tasks, work in parallel, and hand off when blocked.

The feature first shipped in Hermes Agent v0.12.0 on April 30, 2026, was briefly reverted after a design review, then rebuilt from scratch and re-shipped on May 7 as v0.13.0 — the "Tenacity Release" — with heartbeat detection, zombie-process cleanup, and per-task retry budgets. By May 16, v0.14.0 had added an orchestrator `specify` tool and stranded-task diagnostics to a repo now crossing 163,000 GitHub stars.

## Analogy

Think of it as a Jira board where the tickets assign themselves to AI agents that run in parallel.

## Why it's emerging now

Nous Research shipped v0.13.0 ("Tenacity") on May 7, 2026, turning Hermes Kanban from an experimental revert into a stable multi-agent platform. The feature solves the coordination overhead that makes group-chat-style agent delegation brittle — a pain point every multi-agent builder hits within days of going beyond a single agent.

## Related terms

- *parent:* Hermes Agent
- *alias:* hermes-agent
- *competitor:* managed-agents
- *related:* agent-teams
- *related:* parallel-agents
- *related:* workspace-agents
- *related:* long-running-agents
- *related:* agent-harness
- *competitor:* openclaw
- *competitor:* LangGraph
- *parent:* multi-agent orchestration

## Sources

1. [Hermes Agent v0.13.0 ("Tenacity") release notes — May 7, 2026](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/releases/tag/v2026.5.7)
2. [Hermes Kanban official documentation — Nous Research](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/kanban)
3. [RFC: Kanban multi-profile collaboration board design review (Apr 26, 2026)](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/16102)
4. [Nous Research Releases Hermes Agent v0.13.0 — Phemex News](https://phemex.com/news/article/hermes-agent-v0130-launches-with-enhanced-kanban-system-and-goal-command-79824)
5. [Multi-Agent Kanban board in Hermes Agent — The Unwind AI](https://www.theunwindai.com/p/multi-agent-kanban-board-in-hermes-agent)
6. [NousResearch/hermes-agent GitHub repository (163k stars)](https://github.com/nousresearch/hermes-agent)

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