I have only very recently set it up and I’m running it with a cloud model (Gemini 3.5 Flash) but I do think its marquee feature (learning skills based on what you ask it to do and then being able to use those in the future) is pretty valuable. I haven’t used OpenClaw but my understanding is it has a massive library of skills (essentially repeatable functions or tasks) while Hermes has a somewhat smaller library of shared skills but crucially you can teach it your own skills by just asking it to do something and giving it notes on how to do it.