Send Hermes Cron Results to BenAgent on macOS

Cron jobs are useful only if their results land somewhere you actually see. For a local Mac workflow, BenAgent can run a local Event Listener and show Hermes completion events on the desktop.

Start with the BenAgent Event Listener

• Default Event Listener URL: http://127.0.0.1:17654/v1/agent-events
• Health check: http://127.0.0.1:17654/healthz
• Optional source header: X-BenAgent-Event-Source: hermes
• Settings location: Settings > Agents > Event Listener

Set the Hermes delivery values

Use the BenAgent Hermes delivery adapter and point it at the local Event Listener. BENAGENT_HOME_CHANNEL only makes the benagent delivery target available; BENAGENT_EVENT_URL is the endpoint that receives the result.

export BENAGENT_HOME_CHANNEL="benagent"
export BENAGENT_EVENT_URL="http://127.0.0.1:17654/v1/agent-events"

Create a Hermes cron job

hermes cron create "0 18 * * 1-5" \
  "Summarize today's work." \
  --name "Work digest" \
  --deliver benagent

Avoid wrong delivery targets

Do not use origin, local, Telegram, Discord, Slack, Signal, or another chat platform as a fallback for BenAgent event delivery. If the result should appear in BenAgent, the job should deliver to benagent through the adapter.

Test delivery