Vercel AI Gateway and Vercel Sandbox now available on Hermes Agent

UpdateAug 7, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

Hermes Agent can now use Vercel AI Gateway as its inference layer and run its agent commands in an isolated Vercel Sandbox microVM. Access 200+ models through AI Gateway at no markup on tokens, and every request appears in your AI Gateway dashboard with the rest of your usage and spend.

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