# Herm Documentation

> Herm deploys persistent, fully harnessed AI agents through a REST API at https://api.herm.run.

## Getting started

- [Introduction](https://docs.herm.run/introduction): Product concepts, API base URL, authentication, and core workflow.
- [Quickstart](https://docs.herm.run/quickstart): Create an agent and session, send a message, and stream events.

## Agents and capabilities

- [Agents](https://docs.herm.run/api-reference/agents): Create, update, version, and archive agents.
- [Skills](https://docs.herm.run/api-reference/skills): Configure versioned Markdown skills.
- [Tools](https://docs.herm.run/api-reference/tools): Configure built-in, MCP, and custom tools.
- [MCP servers](https://docs.herm.run/api-reference/mcp): Connect remote Model Context Protocol servers.
- [Rate limits](https://docs.herm.run/api-reference/rate-limits): Configure and observe per-subject allowances.
- [Automations](https://docs.herm.run/api-reference/automations): Schedule and manage subject-scoped background runs.
- [Files](https://docs.herm.run/api-reference/files): List, read, write, move, copy, search, and delete sandbox volume files.
- [Files and workspaces](https://docs.herm.run/guides/files): Persistent sandbox volumes, workspace layout, and when to use the Files API.
- [Memory and self-learning](https://docs.herm.run/guides/memory-and-learning): Subject-scoped memory and learned procedures.

## Sessions and events

- [Sessions](https://docs.herm.run/api-reference/sessions): Create, inspect, update, archive, and prewarm sessions.
- [Send message](https://docs.herm.run/api-reference/send-message): Submit inbound events and continue tool workflows.
- [Stream events](https://docs.herm.run/api-reference/stream-events): Subscribe to Server-Sent Events.
- [Events reference](https://docs.herm.run/api-reference/events-reference): Inbound and outbound event schemas.
- [Long-running tools](https://docs.herm.run/api-reference/long-running-tools): Complete asynchronous custom tools.

## Credentials and resources

- [Vaults](https://docs.herm.run/api-reference/vaults): Store and attach credentials without exposing secret values.
- [Errors](https://docs.herm.run/errors): Error bodies, status codes, and recovery guidance.
- [OpenAPI specification](https://docs.herm.run/api-reference/openapi): Machine-readable OpenAPI 3.1 contract.
- [Private deployments](https://docs.herm.run/self-hosting): Private, self-hosted, and hybrid deployment options.

## Machine-readable files

- [OpenAPI 3.1](https://docs.herm.run/openapi.yaml)
- [Complete documentation](https://docs.herm.run/llms-full.txt)