seedlift / hermes team guide

Hermes guide

Hermes is the Slack teammate for fast context, daily task visibility, call follow-ups, and client work cues. Use this page to know what to ask, what to read, and who owns each workflow.

Commands

Live

Pilot

Ask Hermes before asking Ryan to remember where context lives.

Use @Hermes in a channel when the answer helps the group; DM Hermes when it is personal or noisy.

Use slash commands when you want one specific workflow instead of an open-ended question.

Use Claude Code or a human for deep work, client deliverables, strategy calls, and anything risky.

If Hermes suggests a change, a human still owns the final judgment.

Use Hermes For

Best-fit workflows

Everyone: get context without asking Ryan

Use first: @Hermes, Hermes DM, brain-think, brain-search

Ask for client, project, campaign, or process context when the answer should fit in Slack.

@HermesHermes DM/hermes brain-think/hermes brain-search

Everyone: get a fresh daily view

Use when you need an ad hoc update

Use the morning brief when you need the current task/client view in Slack.

/hermes morning-brief

GTM team: prep calls and tighten work

Utsav, Mahyar, Ryan

Use Hermes for fast client context, quick copy tightening, and one-off person lookup. Deep campaign decisions still move to Claude Code or a human review.

/hermes client-debrief/hermes shorten-copy/hermes find-person/hermes brain-think

Ops: keep onboarding and tasks visible

Ryan / GTM team

Use onboarding logistics for the operational checklist slice. Bigger setup work still belongs in the normal workflow.

/hermes onboard-logistics/hermes morning-brief

Command Guide

Who should run what

Audience tells you who should use the command. Status tells you whether it is live or still being piloted. Commands not meant for team self-service are intentionally left off this page.

@Hermes

Who:Everyone

liveread-only

Use for: Ask natural-language context questions in the channel where the answer should be visible.
Good example: @Hermes what do we know about Mapistry's current priorities?

open details

Hermes DM

Who:Everyone

liveread-only

Use for: Ask a personal, noisy, or exploratory question without filling a client/team channel.
Good example: DM Hermes: what should I check before my Solutionreach call?

open details

/hermes brain-think

Who:Everyone

liveread-only

Use for: Get a synthesized answer from the brain with citations and clear gaps.
Good example: /hermes brain-think what do we know about Solutionreach deliverability?

open details

/hermes brain-search

Who:Everyone

liveread-only

Use for: Find where something lives when you mostly need the source or reference.
Good example: /hermes brain-search where do we document domain health?

open details

/hermes brainhelp

Who:Everyone

liveread-only

Use for: See the available Hermes commands when you forget the exact name.
Good example: /hermes brainhelp

open details

/hermes morning-brief

Who:Everyone

liveoperator-safe

Use for: See the current operating brief: priorities, blockers, overdue tasks, and client/task routing.
Good example: /hermes morning-brief when you need a fresh view of the day.

open details

/hermes client-debrief

Who:Ryan and GTM team

liveoperator-safe

Use for: Get a one-screen client snapshot before a call or when picking work back up.
Good example: /hermes client-debrief solutionreach

open details

/hermes shorten-copy

Who:GTM team and Ryan

liveoperator-safe

Use for: Tighten pasted outbound copy without opening a full session.
Good example: /hermes shorten-copy 400 <email copy>

open details

/hermes find-person

Who:GTM team

pilotread-only

Use for: Do one quick public-web person lookup.
Good example: /hermes find-person VP Sales at Ramp

open details

/hermes onboard-logistics

Who:Ryan and GTM team

liveoperator-safe

Use for: Check the logistical onboarding slice for a client: what is done, missing, next, or blocked.
Good example: /hermes onboard-logistics mapistry

open details

Runs On Its Own

Scheduled crons

Autonomous jobs Hermes runs on a clock. Times are shown in your local timezone.

Cron	Central (source)	Your time (loading…)	What it does
Billing drafts	Weekdays 07:20	—	DMs Ryan billing drafts.
CRM drift	Weekdays 07:25	—	Reconciles Attio against the brain; posts only when a deal needs a decision.
Morning brief	Weekdays 07:30	—	Posts the daily priorities/blockers brief to the home channel.
Hermes health	Weekdays 08:00	—	Self-check: scheduler + integration health.
Roster drift	Mondays 08:00	—	Verifies the Slack↔ClickUp people map so EOD DMs stay routable.
Newsletter	Mondays 09:00	—	Weekly newsletter draft (approval-gated).
Signal radar	Tuesdays 09:00	—	Signal/angle radar scan.
Campaign pulse	Fridays 14:00	—	Weekly campaign snapshot.
ClickUp cleanup	Fridays 16:00	—	Auto-closes obviously-dead tasks + cards borderline ones (one-tap undo).
Weekly digest	Fridays 16:30	—	End-of-week digest.
EOD check-in	Weekdays 17:00	—	DMs each person their due/overdue tasks with Done/Roll/Snooze buttons.
Automation health	Daily 01:50	—	Posts the SeedLift Automation Monitor report.

Times assume the default schedule and Hermes running on Central. Granola runs on a separate ~15-min poll (only acts when a new transcript lands), not a fixed clock time.

What It Can Touch

Tools & access

Brain (repo)

read-only

Searches + synthesizes the seedlift-brain repo for client/project/campaign context.

ClickUp

review-gated writes

Reads tasks for briefs/EOD; closes/rolls/snoozes only via authorized buttons.

Slack

posts to Slack

Answers @mentions + DMs, posts cards, digests, and cron logs.

GitHub

review-gated writes

Opens/merges/closes PRs and dispatches workflows (e.g. transcript processing).

Granola

read-only

Polls for new call transcripts and triggers processing.

Gmail

review-gated writes

Reads/triages inbox; drafts replies for human approval.

Web lookup

read-only

One-off public-web person/company lookups (not delivery-grade sourcing).

Do Not Use Hermes For

Boundaries that keep it useful

Do not use Hermes for bulk CRM writes, deletes, or unsupervised external changes.

Do not use Hermes for delivery-grade sourcing, CSV production, or large client deliverables.

Do not use Hermes as the final authority on campaign strategy, legal/HR material, or client-sensitive decisions.

Do not paste secrets, private tokens, signed agreements, compensation details, or unscoped inbox content.

Do not use commands that are not listed here unless Ryan asks you to.