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title: "ai-agents-for-beginners vs hermes-agent"
type: "comparison"
canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/compare/microsoft-ai-agents-for-beginners-vs-nousresearch-hermes-agent"
tools: ["microsoft-ai-agents-for-beginners", "nousresearch-hermes-agent"]
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# ai-agents-for-beginners vs hermes-agent

Neutral, constraint-first comparison with live GitHub stats.

| | [ai-agents-for-beginners](/tools/microsoft-ai-agents-for-beginners.md) | [hermes-agent](/tools/nousresearch-hermes-agent.md) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tagline | 12 Lessons to Get Started Building AI Agents | The self-improving AI agent built by Nous Research |
| Stars | 68,795 | 210,911 |
| Forks | 22,808 | 38,715 |
| Open issues | 9 | 26,611 |
| Language | Jupyter Notebook | Python |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Categories | AI Agents | AI Agents |

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**Machine-readable endpoints**

- JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=microsoft-ai-agents-for-beginners`](/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=microsoft-ai-agents-for-beginners)
- LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt)
- Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt)

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