I created this after seeing Hermes/OpenCla power users hit the same wall: one agent task works great, but 10-50 long running tasks become operational tasks.
the basic idea is heart beat monitor: Every task in progress gets periodic check-ins where the agent is asked to make progress, asked to try again with a different approach if stuck, and only moves on to you when it has truly run out of options. Blocked tasks surface automatically. The completed task goes into your review queue.
Minions is an open-source mission control layer for agentic harnesses starting with Hermes Agent.
What does it do today:
– Create and manage Hermes tasks from one board
– Work in progress, needs help, ready for review and done
– Run heartbeat detection to automatically surface pending tasks
– Stream Agent works live while running
– Keep humans in the loop before marking anything done
– View scheduled task history and output
– Run locally with SQLite, no account required
This is a local/open-source version of the agent management layer we are building at Agent37. Hosted access opens on May 10, but Minions is usable locally today.
I would especially love feedback from people running Hermes or OpenClaw agents. Where does your agent’s work break down when you have more than one task going on?
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