Hermes Agent Teams: Why Role Isolation Clicked for Me

Role isolation before prompt optimisation

The most useful idea was simple: do not make one agent do everything. Split orchestration, verification, writing, and implementation into distinct roles. Each role gets a smaller context and a clearer definition of success.

This reduces information overload and makes errors easier to locate. The value does not come from pretending the agents are people. It comes from designing boundaries and handoffs.

How the architecture works

Each agent operates in an isolated workspace, receives a role definition, and follows shared handoff rules. A messaging gateway can then coordinate asynchronous work without merging every task into one overloaded conversation.

The pattern is useful for my own projects: one agent can research, another can challenge assumptions, and a third can implement against verified inputs.

What I will try next

I want to apply the same structure to the publishing workflow for this site: separate capture, fact checking, sensitivity review, visualisation, and release. The goal is not more agents. It is a system where every stage has one clear responsibility.