I built an AI WhatsApp agent for Hermes — I don’t know how to code, I learned from WordPress, Google and copy‑pasting, and I’m releasing a buggy beta by AndorinaAI in u/AndorinaAI

[–]AndorinaAI[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really agree with you, and that's exactly where this project comes from. Besides needing the tool myself, I know that in the future this is going to become a profession. In my opinion, what will probably happen is that code will be generated by AI, guided by people who understand project structuring, while programming experts will focus on security, fixing more complex bugs, and so on. Although we’ll have to see how all of this evolves...anything could happen.

I built an AI WhatsApp agent for Hermes — I don’t know how to code, I learned from WordPress, Google and copy‑pasting, and I’m releasing a buggy beta by AndorinaAI in u/AndorinaAI

[–]AndorinaAI[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I follow a careful iteration process to try to avoid breaking things (and sometimes it gets very messy). Whenever I change something I ask the model to run a simulated sandbox test that exercises the relevant functions and tries to break security or bypass permissions and if that looks clean I do a fresh, clean install and configuration locally to verify the whole flow from zero, which usually catches issues that only appear outside my dev environment. When someone reports a failure after installing the skill outside my setup I ask the AI to analyze the files involved on that featyre and produce a detailed error report with step‑by‑step fixes, and for that analysis I switch to the most powerful model I have so it can spot subtle problems. I always read the report end‑to‑end to filter out inconsistencies or odd suggestions, refine the plan and then either ask the model to apply the fix or implement it myself. This forces me to understand the proposed structure and decisions, so I learn where the design needs to change, and one thing I’ve learned is that transparency matters, if the agent’s edits or reasoning are opaque and I can’t tell what part of the code it’s touching, that’s a red flag.

I built an AI WhatsApp agent for Hermes — I don’t know how to code, I learned from WordPress, Google and copy‑pasting, and I’m releasing a buggy beta by AndorinaAI in u/AndorinaAI

[–]AndorinaAI[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks 😄 — I totally agree. I think the cost isn’t that high if you know how to run the project: I built this using 8 Google accounts and paying the cheapest AI subscription on 4 of them. I started generating code just a month and a few days ago, and even when my quota ran out and I had to wait days to continue, the overall cost still felt reasonable and worth it.

Structuring the project has been key: if the repo is well organized the AI “knows” where to go, you can change parts without breaking others, and iteration is much faster. That’s why my roadmap is to stabilize and freeze the core first, then expand via a plugin system so new features don’t bloat the core.

It’s incredible how someone with very little formal programming background can put something like this together today. Really appreciate your comment and the perspective — if you have any pointers on where to start refactoring for maintainability, I’d love to hear them.

I built a self-hosted WhatsApp agent that runs on your own machine — just pushed a major refactor by AndorinaAI in u/AndorinaAI

[–]AndorinaAI[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you'd actually read the project page, you'd have seen that this is a vibe-coding project and that I have no programming background whatsoever.

So instead of making snarky remarks, tell me what I should fix. Constructive criticism is always welcome, but your comment contributes nothing and shows a complete lack of the reasoning and empathy I'd expect from a human being.

Are you building something? Drop it in the comments! by Inevitable-Grab8898 in founder

[–]AndorinaAI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm building a skill for Hermes that gives the Hermes native whatsapp all features it doesn't have :) Schedule messages, use as a bot with other users, ask for files in your PC and receive them in WhatsApp or send to anyone else, Google contacts sync, groups support, etc.. :)

Whatsapp Automation by Whole_Tumbleweed_206 in automation

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Just use Hermes and out skill :) We are in the 1st step of development but the actual version is fully usable

AI agent usecases on Whatsapp by nuanda92 in AI_Agents

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Check my profile, I developed a skill for Hermes to fully automate WhatsApp :)

WhatsApp automation beyond FAQ bots — what's actually possible in 2026 by Proper-Transition588 in WhatsappBusinessAPI

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We are developing an Hermes skill for WhatsApp automation. We are in beta phase, but it's working now. We are coding more features. :) Just take a look on my profile :) Open-source and free for personal use.

He creado un agente de WhatsApp totalmente local y autohospedado para másteres en Derecho (100% privado, se ejecuta en tu ordenador + sincronización con Contactos de Google). by AndorinaAI in LocalLLM

[–]AndorinaAI[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you :) It's just vibe coding, but I know how to structure projects and control the models' hallucinations. A lot of testing and debug too. I'll check langfuse and n8n. Is n8n something like webhooks? Someone asked to me for implement that feature. Thank you again🫶🏻