An agent on your NAS from scratch

An agent without a server: what routines in Claude can handle and where that road endsAgents · 10 min

You know whether you need your own machine at all, or whether routines in the app are enough.

Model, harness, agent: three words everyone mixes upAgents · 8 min

You can tell the model, the harness around it and the agent apart — and stop mixing them up.

The lethal trifecta: why agents are structurally vulnerableAgents · 10 min

You know the one combination that turns an agent into a risk, and how to break it.

Setup 5: Hermes on the Synology you already own — and a hundred things to give itAgents · 60 min

The agent runs on your NAS, answers in Telegram and has its first three tasks.

OpenRouter: one key to hundreds of models, and a backup when your main one goes downAgents · 20 min

The agent has its own key with a spending cap and a fallback route for outages.

Synology from outside: a private network instead of QuickConnect and open portsAgents · 50 min

Only you can reach the NAS from outside, and you have tested that nobody else can.

The morning brief: one message instead of tenAgents · 25 min

Instead of ten messages you get one each morning that you actually read.

Agent backups: what to save so it can be restored in ten minutesAgents · 45 min

The agent is backed up automatically and encrypted, and you have rehearsed a restore once.

Agent skills: how to teach it your procedure and how to tell it's learning badlyAgents · 25 min

Your first tuned procedure is saved as a skill, and you approve any changes to it.

Setup 4: memory over all your messages — Beeper and Hermes on a SynologyAgents · 120 min

The agent reads your chats, logs promises to Notion and cannot send anything on your behalf.

When the agent stops responding: from “it's silent” to the causeAgents · 15 min

When the agent first goes quiet, you know where to look and in what order.

What a month with an agent costs: how to work it out before the bill arrivesAgents · 30 min

You have a table that tells you what each task costs.

Three months with an agent: the audit after which you switch off half your tasksAgents · 60 min

After a quarter only the tasks you read are left, and you know why.