Hermes Comes to Gurugram: Set Up Your 24x7 Personal AI Assistant

Everyone's tried the "AI assistant" pitch and ended up with a chatbot that forgets everything the moment you close the tab. This session builds the real version: something that actually runs in the background, checks your inbox and calendar on a schedule, and sends you a digest, built with the rate limits and guardrails that keep it from getting your accounts flagged, because that's the part most tutorials skip. Live build, same machine you walk in with. You leave with it running, not a recording to watch later. What we're building: A background agent on a persistent harness, not a chat window that resets Inbox + calendar checks on a schedule, with a daily digest it sends you The rate-limit and safety guardrails that keep long-running agents from getting accounts flagged Who it's for: Builders and operators who want a real always-on assistant, not another chatbot tab. Format: In-person, Gurugram. Bring your own laptop, fully set up before you arrive (prerequisites shared after RSVP). 4-hour outline: 0:00-0:15 Welcome, what "done" looks like by 4:00 0:15-0:50 Base setup, live: harness running persistently, everyone confirms it stays alive after closing the terminal 0:50-1:00 Break / troubleshoot stragglers 1:00-2:00 Build block 1: inbox + calendar connections, first scheduled check running 2:00-2:15 Break 2:15-3:15 Build block 2: the guardrails, rate limits, backoff, what to never automate, plus the daily digest 3:15-3:45 Let it run live: everyone watches their own agent fire its first real scheduled check 3:45-4:00 Ship checklist, group demo, next steps Leaves with: A persistent personal assistant, checking inbox and calendar on a schedule, sending a daily digest, running within safe limits.