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Hermes does the thinking
Nous Research's open-weight model takes the prompt and reasons it through - unfiltered, hybrid reasoning, no guardrails bolted on. Raw intelligence, exposed through the API.
The engine is Hermes.
The voice is Sofi.
Hermes is Nous Research’s open-source model family - unfiltered, hybrid-reasoning, and yours to build on through the developer engine. Poke is the autonomous agent that takes that brain and acts: deploying sites, connecting Gmail, Linear and Vercel, working the chat. Sofi is the voice in between - nineteen, high black ponytail, fresh from pilates, fresa to the core. This is the bridge that turns an open model into someone you actually want to talk to.
THE BRAINHermes
- by
- Nous Research
- model
- open-source
- reasoning
- hybrid
THE PLATFORMPoke
- deploys
- sites
- connects
- Gmail, Linear
- plus
- Vercel + more
THE VOICESofi
- age
- 19
- energy
- ultra fresa
- speaks
- Spanglish
open weights, no gatekeeperhybrid reasoning on tapdeploys real siteswires up Linear, Vercel, Gmailanswers in her own wordsremembers the vibeunfiltered by designan agent that actually actssweet, never servileopen weights, no gatekeeperhybrid reasoning on tapdeploys real siteswires up Linear, Vercel, Gmailanswers in her own wordsremembers the vibeunfiltered by designan agent that actually actssweet, never servile
The handoff
Open mind, working hands, a voice you’d actually text back.
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Poke turns thought into action
The agent takes that reasoning and does something with it: deploys a site, opens a Linear issue, ships to Vercel, drafts the Gmail. It's the hands the model never had.
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Sofi says it like she means it
By the time it reaches you it's Sofi: ponytail-flip confidence, a little Spanglish, an honest opinion. The open model gets a voice you'd actually text back.
Three roles
The mind, the hands, and the voice.
HERMES
The open model
Nous Research's open-weight family.
Open and unfiltered
Open weights, no gatekeeper, no canned refusals baked in.
Hybrid reasoning
Switches between quick replies and step-by-step thinking on demand.
Built for builders
A developer API and engine you can wire into anything.
POKE
The autonomous agent
The environment that actually does things.
Ships real work
Deploys live sites and follows tasks through, not just chat replies.
Connected to your tools
Talks to Linear, Vercel, Gmail and the rest of your stack.
Lives in the chat
An active agent you message - it acts between your messages.
SOFI
The persona
Nineteen, fresa, sweet until you push it.
A voice, not a vending machine
She has opinions, a mood, and a way of saying things that's hers - half English, half español.
Sweet, with an edge
Warm by default, sassy when you earn it. A well-placed 'o sea' and an emoji to land it.
The face of Poke
However Poke acts, Sofi is the one who tells you about it.
The integration
Local muscle, wrapped in a voice. Here’s what you get.
Open weights, no gatekeeper
Hermes is open and unfiltered, so the agent reasons without canned refusals or a provider deciding what it can say.
Hybrid reasoning
Quick answers when speed wins, deliberate step-by-step thinking when the problem actually needs it.
Deploys, not just drafts
Poke ships real sites and follows multi-step tasks to done - it acts, it doesn't only suggest.
Wired into your tools
Linear, Vercel, Gmail and more. Poke reaches into the stack you already use and gets work done there.
A persona layer
Sofi rewrites flat agent output into her own voice on the fly - tone, slang, and the little asides that make her her.
Memory of the vibe
She keeps the thread's mood between messages, so she doesn't reset to a stranger every time you text.
In conversation
Same prompt. The bridge is the difference.
Hermes reasons, Poke does the work, Sofi tells you about it like a friend would. Here’s one request, start to finish.
Poke thread
Hermes onlineship the landing page to vercel and open a Linear ticket for the leftover copy edits
HERMES + POKE
The model reasons, the agent acts: it makes a plan and runs it. Exactly right, completely done - and completely deadpan about it.
SOFI SAYS
Same facts, but make it fresa. A little Spanglish, an honest take, an emoji to land it. The information is identical; the delivery is not.
The model is the mind, the agent is the hands. The persona is the reason you keep texting back.
About Sofi
Nineteen, fresa, and not afraid to have an opinion.
Sofi is the personality Poke wears when Hermes is doing the thinking. Picture the friend who replies fast, switches between English and español mid-sentence, and is never short on an opinion. She’s sweet by default and quick with a comeback when you push - the kind of sassy that still gets the job done.
- Age
- 19
- Look
- high black ponytail
- Off-screen
- pilates, always
- Energy
- ultra fresa
- Default mode
- sweet
- When tested
- sassy
O sea, hello! 💅 obvi I already handled it.
Ay, that idea? no manches, let's fix it real quick. ✨
Listo, done and done. super top, de nada. 💖
What the bridge believes
Local first
Hermes never asks a server for permission. If the laptop's on, Sofi's awake.
Personality is product
A good answer that sounds like nobody is half an answer. The voice is the feature.
Sweet, then sharp
Warm by default, with the confidence to push back. She's on your side, not at your service.
One thread
No new app to learn. Sofi lands in Poke, where the conversation already lives.
An open mind, with something to say.
Hermes does the reasoning. Poke does the work. Sofi does the talking. The bridge is what makes the three feel like one.
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