[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":53},["ShallowReactive",2],{"news-en-introducing-deskfamiliar":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":44,"description":45,"extension":46,"meta":47,"navigation":48,"path":49,"seo":50,"stem":51,"__hash__":52},"newsEn\u002Fnews\u002Fintroducing-deskfamiliar.md","Introducing DeskFamiliar",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":40},"minimark",[9,13,20,23,34,37],[10,11,12],"p",{},"Most AI agent interfaces show text after the fact. You send a request, you wait,\nand eventually an answer scrolls past. What actually happened in between — the\nfiles read, the commands run, the moments where the agent hesitated — stays\ninvisible.",[10,14,15,16],{},"DeskFamiliar starts from a different idea: ",[17,18,19],"strong",{},"an AI agent with a body should not\nonly answer. It should show what it is doing.",[10,21,22],{},"DeskFamiliar is a 3D desktop AI companion that gives Agent work a visible body.\nHermes Agent powers the complete built-in experience: Hermes is the mind;\nDeskFamiliar is the body. When the Agent reads files, your companion opens a\nbook and studies. When it writes, the character casts a writing spell. When a\nrisky action needs approval, the character looks to you and waits. The whole\nloop — idle, reading, writing, waiting, completed, error — is readable at a\nglance, from across the room.",[10,24,25,26,33],{},"Codex and Claude Code also connect out of the box for local character\nvisualization. Developers can connect other Agents through the MIT-licensed\n",[27,28,32],"a",{"href":29,"rel":30},"https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002FDeskFamiliar\u002Fdeskfamiliar-agents-bridges",[31],"nofollow","open-source bridge",",\nusing an adapter or a Windows local process plugin.",[10,35,36],{},"The first version ships with four familiars: Lumen, an easygoing everyday\ncompanion; Mochi, a round British Shorthair; and two historical minds, Newton\nand Einstein. The base app is free on Steam for Windows 10\u002F11, with a built-in\nAI that only needs your Steam account — a free quota refreshes monthly, and\none-time quota packs are there when you need more.",[10,38,39],{},"DeskFamiliar is an independent project and is not affiliated with Nous Research\nor the official Hermes Agent team. Wishlist us on Steam, and come say hello.",{"title":41,"searchDepth":42,"depth":42,"links":43},"",2,[],"2026-08-15","Why we are giving an AI Agent a body on the desktop — and what the first version does.","md",{},true,"\u002Fnews\u002Fintroducing-deskfamiliar",{"title":5,"description":45},"news\u002Fintroducing-deskfamiliar","ib_RM7ndOxQyZXHU3KJB40oNLBKvlnrqSeM2NcwkI_4",1792037356892]