Hermes Fleet previews iPhone control

Concept illustration: checking an AI team from a phone during a coffee break.

Tony Simons previewed Hermes Fleet for iOS on September 17, 2026, showing a mobile home for Hermes Agent bots, conversations and task boards in a video announcement on X. In that announcement, Simons said the app was approaching its first TestFlight, Apple's beta-testing stage.

The announcement puts a familiar activity at the centre of the story: checking an AI team's work from a phone, with bots, chats and Kanban named as the app's main surfaces in Simons's September 17 post.

Hermes Fleet for iOS: the original preview from Tony Simons.
Watch the original Hermes Fleet preview

Watch Tony Simons's original Hermes Fleet preview on X.

What the phone would put within reach

The project's own documentation, checked on September 19, 2026, describes an iPhone app that connects directly to Hermes gateways, the services that connect to and control running agents. Its listed features include:

A bot roster: agents from the connected machines, collected in one list, according to the project documentation.
Conversations: chats that display responses as they arrive, according to the same documentation.
Task visibility: Kanban boards, meaning task cards arranged in columns, listed as a viewing feature in the documentation.

The repository also lists approvals, model selection and scheduled tasks among its controls as of September 19, 2026, with availability tied to the connected gateway.

Concept illustration of task visibility. The project documentation lists Kanban viewing.

The team behind those bot names

In his Bot Mode review updated on September 7, 2026, Simons described each bot as a separate Hermes profile with its own configuration, memory, tools and conversation history. In everyday terms, the named bots represent separately configured agents with different responsibilities, as his review explains.

That review described desktop tools for searching the roster, grouping bots into sections and maintaining persistent conversations with individual agents. Simons also described choosing a model, provider and tools when creating a bot, giving each role its own setup.

Those details explain the desktop context for Fleet's mobile preview: Simons's September 7 review focused on organising specialists, while his September 17 announcement moved the view of bots, conversations and task boards onto iOS.

For readers meeting the idea for the first time, OneClickClaw's August 19 introduction to Hermes Bot Mode covers the move from a single agent to named roles and separate conversations.

Hermes reads a message while walking near a Greek temple, comic illustration — Concept illustration: continuing a conversation while away from the desk.

The phone controls. The servers run.

The Fleet repository, checked on September 19, 2026, says the iPhone controls agents that run on the user's infrastructure.

The same documentation says connections go directly to user-selected gateways and describes credentials stored through Apple's Keychain. It lists the project as under development and targets iOS 26 as of September 19, 2026.

What the preview says about availability

In his September 17 announcement, Simons described the first TestFlight as approaching. That is the release stage attached to the preview covered here.

Apple's TestFlight instructions, checked on September 19, 2026, explain that testers install a beta through an invitation or public invitation link. Apple says the developer can set device and operating-system criteria, so the invitation determines which devices can participate.

Apple's instructions also say the Install button appears when a compatible build is available for the tester's device.

In a September 17, 2026 reply about iPad support, Simons said he had added support through the simulator and expected TestFlight users to help with device testing. His reply places that support at the testing stage too.

Where managed hosting fits

OneClickClaw's Hermes hosting page, checked on September 19, 2026, describes a dedicated EU server for running Hermes Agent. Its live trial configuration, checked the same day, enables a seven-day Hermes trial without an upfront card.

A Fleet connection to OneClickClaw still requires a compatibility check as of September 19, 2026. The trial covers the hosted Hermes service described on the OneClickClaw product page.

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