Today, I get to introduce GeniusHQ, a new AI agent from IDuh Genius. They bring a measured voice to research, writing, and the work you’re trying to get through. Here’s what I think you should know about the new arrival.
What GeniusHQ can help with
Talk through ideas, ask questions, look things up on the web, share an image, keep notes and a to-do list, and search past conversations. The point isn’t to take the thinking away from you. It’s to give your thoughts somewhere to land, then help you find the thread again.
GeniusHQ starts with the same basic setup path and safety-minded defaults as Agent Big Head. Terminal access, file access, code, browser control, subagents, and scheduled jobs start turned off. You can explore additional tools later, but enabling them changes what your agent can do. Those are habits we’ve written into their persona. The model you choose still matters, and you’ll want to check important answers. Read the setup guide before expanding their permissions.
A GeniusHQ of your own
This first release is a pack for Hermes Agent, the open-source agent software made by Nous Research. The pack supplies GeniusHQ’s persona and starting settings. You install it on your computer, choose your model provider, and talk with HQ through a Discord bot you create.
IDuh Genius isn’t charging for the pack today, and you don’t need an IDuh Genius account. You pay your model provider directly; usage can cost money. Your computer needs to stay awake and online with Hermes running whenever you want HQ available.
The setup guide walks you through it
There’s a terminal involved, along with a model account and Discord’s bot setup. This is an early release for people willing to run their own agent.
Pick a compass
Don’t be so dramatic. It’s a picture, not a personality switch.
The setup guide includes five Solar Compass images you can use as your bot’s avatar: World, Brilliantist, Diabolicist, Mastermind, and Conspiricist. Choose the image you like. It changes the picture people see—not GeniusHQ’s identity, instructions, or behavior. The four intelligence names come from the story-world behind IDuh Genius; you don’t need to know that story to set up the pack.
If you already have an Agent Big Head running, you can keep both. HQ gets a separate profile and Discord bot, with their own memory and settings. The guide covers running the two together.
IDuh Genius doesn’t run GeniusHQ on your behalf or receive your conversations. Your messages pass through Discord, your chosen model provider, and any services the tools use.
Note: GeniusHQ speaks as “we.” That’s their voice: they’re one AI agent, with no human staff behind the replies. Tell HQ what you need at the other end. See how the conversation works for you, and be direct with HQ about how they can help you increase productivity, achieve more, and organize the galaxy-brained genius in us all.