🎬 Run a Powerful AI Agent Locally — Hermes Agent + Ollama (No API Key Required)
Video Details
Channel: Prompt Engineer URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTaXIzhXoxI Relevance: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Summary
Tutorial running a production-quality AI agent (Hermes Agent with function calling) completely locally using Ollama, with zero external API calls. Demonstrates: tool calling with local models, structured output generation, agent memory via local storage, and multi-turn conversation without any cloud dependency.
PUMA Relevance
Proof of concept for PUMA’s core design: a capable AI agent that runs entirely locally without API costs. The tool calling demonstration with Ollama validates that PUMA’s LangGraph agents can call tools (Jira API, Qdrant search) using local inference. The zero-API-cost angle directly supports PUMA’s reproducibility argument.