Episode 65: Hermes Agent v0.16.0 Desktop App, Codex 0.137 Multi-Agent v2, Claude Code Fallback Models, and Gemma 4 12B on the Local Stack

Hermes Agent v0.16.0 — "The Surface Release" — ships a real native desktop app with OAuth remote connect, drag-and-drop file input, and a browser-based admin panel. Codex 0.137 adds multi-agent v2 runtime choice persistence and parallel web search. Claude Code 2.1.166/2.1.167 introduces fallback model chains and glob tool-name deny rules. Gemma 4 12B is Google's latest open-weight 12B model that runs locally on a laptop with 16GB VRAM. The project radar covers the A2A protocol hitting v1.0, Kimi Code CLI as a TypeScript-native terminal coding agent, and the awesome-ai-agents-2026 curated resource list. Show notes: https://tobyonfitnesstech.com/podcasts/episode-65/