# Using Hermes Profiles for Family Home Automation via WhatsApp

DevFeed: [Using Hermes Profiles for Family Home Automation via WhatsApp](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/hermes-profiles-are-perfect-for-family-home-automation-38376.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://meedamian.com/post/hermes-profiles-family-home-automation/>)

Author: hi@meedamian.com (Damian Mee)

Published: 2026-05-26T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Damian Mee | Blog | Portfolio | About](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/damian-mee-blog-portfolio-about.md>)

Topics: [hermes-agent](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hermes-agent.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [hermes-agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hermes-agent.md>), [home-automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/home-automation.md>), [whatsapp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/whatsapp.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial on setting up a restricted Hermes profile that lets a family member control home devices through WhatsApp. It covers isolating the profile from higher-risk tools, avoiding WhatsApp bridge conflicts, and providing model credentials.

## Source excerpt

Disclosure: GPT-5.5 wrote the original long version. Grok 4.3 rewrote it into the current shorter form. Both models were running inside Hermes Agent -- the harness, profile system, tool layer, gateway, and memory that actually does the work. The setup is real. The mistakes were real. The OAuth tokens were dramatic. The profile name was changed to protect the guilty. I wanted my mom to have a tiny AI that could control the house from WhatsApp.