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Let a Hermes agent plan meals and shop Walmart in iMessage

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aantix's Hermes agent Rosey plans meals, shops Walmart via BrowserMCP, and updates chores from a family iMessage chat.

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Rosey, plan this week's family meals and shop the grocery list at Walmart in the browser. Update the kids' chore chart on the Skylight for tomorrow morning. Add any new calendar events I mention. Read our credit-card balances for a quick budget check. Do not place payment without my OK in iMessage.

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Before you start, ask me 1–3 short questions about the details below and wait for my answers. Once I've answered, confirm the plan in one line and run the whole task start to finish.

Goal: Run meal planning, Walmart cart work, chores, and a balance check through our family chat agent.

Questions to ask me first:
- Which store login and delivery rules?
- Who is in the iMessage thread?
- Payment approval rule?

Inputs (fill in or confirm):
- Store: [WALMART]
- Chat: [FAMILY IMESSAGE]
- Chore board: [SKYLIGHT]
- Approval: [HUMAN OK BEFORE PAY]

Rules:
- Shop via the browser tool; stop before payment.
- Keep tone fine for a family thread.
- Never send money without an explicit OK.
- Confirm chore and calendar writes.

Checkpoint: Post the meal plan in-thread before filling the cart.

If you get stuck: If BrowserMCP fails, return a manual list.

Verify before you finish: Cart matches the plan; payment still needs approval.

Output: Thread updates for meals, cart status, chores, and balances.

Done when: The family can review in iMessage without a new app.

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Hermes

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HN user aantix runs a Hermes agent nicknamed Rosey on an old MacBook Air and invites it into a family iMessage group. Rosey does meal planning and grocery shopping at Walmart via BrowserMCP, updates the kids' chore chart on a Skylight frame each morning, adds calendar events via icalbuddy, and reads credit-card balances for budgeting—all through the chat interface the household already uses.

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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50186354

Context: HN date estimated from a '15 days ago' stamp relative to November 6, 2026. Hermes is a self-hosted agent stack named in the comment.

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