Nous Research shipped real-profile browsing for Hermes Agent, allowing users to optionally grant the agent access to a managed copy of their logged-in Chrome profile for authenticated workflow execution.

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  • ✓Shifts browser agents from anonymous web scraping into authenticated, logged-in user workflow automation;
  • ✓Security-first isolation: operates on a sandboxed copy of the Chrome profile with strict opt-in controls;
  • ✓High community adoption signaling strong demand for secure, authenticated browser-use autonomous agents.
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