# hermitd

> Like Claude Tag, but local. hermitd runs an always-on Claude Code agent on your own machine, for you or your team, on your Claude subscription.

Use it from your terminal or the Claude app via Remote Control, or connect Discord, Telegram, iMessage, or a custom Claude Code channel. Start sessions from your chat in any project it can reach, on the model and effort you choose, and steer them through the agent or take over in the Claude app or CLI.

Give it ongoing responsibilities: maintain research, monitor systems, run routines, and follow up on unfinished work. Between requests, it checks those responsibilities, carries progress across sessions, and reaches you when something needs attention. Extend it with your own MCP servers, skills, and plugins.

hermitd is an independent open-source Claude Code plugin (MIT), not affiliated with Anthropic.

## Get started

- [Install](https://github.com/gtapps/hermitd#quick-start): `claude plugin marketplace add gtapps/hermitd`, then `claude plugin install hermitd@hermitd --scope local`, then `claude "/hermitd:hatch"`
- Requirements: Claude Code 2.1.287+, Bun 1.3+, Linux, macOS, or Windows via WSL2

## Links

- [Site](https://hermitd.dev)
- [Source](https://github.com/gtapps/hermitd)
- [Docs](https://github.com/gtapps/hermitd/tree/main/plugins/hermitd/docs)
- [Community Discord](https://discord.gg/54sJqAxhUh)