hermes-agent alternatives

Tools that could take the place of hermes-agent, ranked by the stacks builders put them in rather than by stars alone.

Other agents in the runchr registry that do the work of hermes-agent — a tool somebody pairs with it ranks above a more popular stranger. Read the hermes-agent page or browse every agents.

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