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# Herm Automation: kanban, profiles, and cron jobs

> Use Profiles & Automation to manage kanban tasks, switch Hermes profiles, inspect live delegation, and schedule cron jobs.

The Profiles & Automation tab groups long-running work surfaces. Open it with **Alt+3** or `/automation`.

Sub-tabs are **Kanban**, **Profiles**, and **Cron**. Move between them with **Shift+Left** and **Shift+Right**.

## Kanban

Kanban is an agent work surface backed by Hermes Agent's persistent task store. Herm reads the board without blocking the dispatcher.

| Status      | Meaning                                              |
| ----------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| `triage`    | Newly created and not prioritized                    |
| `todo`      | Ready to be specified or scheduled                   |
| `scheduled` | Parked until an external unblock or schedule release |
| `ready`     | Ready for the dispatcher                             |
| `running`   | A worker is active                                   |
| `blocked`   | Waiting for input or dependency                      |
| `done`      | Completed                                            |

### Work with tasks

<Steps>
  <Step title="Browse boards">
    Use arrow keys to move between task rows and columns.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Open task detail">
    Press `Enter` to inspect title, body, assignee, run history, diagnostics, parent and child links, comments, and worker-log tail.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create or update tasks">
    Use the action hints in the tab to create tasks, assign work, comment, block, schedule, unblock, complete, or archive tasks.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Dispatch work">
    Use the dispatch action when tasks are ready for Hermes Agent workers.
  </Step>
</Steps>

Diagnostics come from Hermes Agent's kanban rule engine. Herm displays severity, title, detail, and suggested action per task.

## Profiles and live agents

The Profiles sub-tab is implemented by Herm's Agents view. It lists Hermes profiles and shows live delegation/subagent state when available.

Switching profiles changes the active Hermes home binding for new work. Herm rehomes local readers and respawns the gateway, so profile switching ends the current live gateway session.

<Warning>
  Profile switching changes which config, skills, env vars, memory, sessions, and cron jobs Herm reads. Confirm before switching during active work.
</Warning>

## Cron

The Cron sub-tab lets you manage scheduled Hermes Agent jobs. Jobs run under the profile that owns them.

| Action          | What it does                              |
| --------------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| Create          | Define a prompt or script with a schedule |
| Pause or resume | Toggle whether a job runs                 |
| Run now         | Trigger a job manually                    |
| Delete          | Remove the schedule                       |

Cron data is managed through the Hermes gateway. Herm is the UI for viewing and editing it.

## Quick navigation

| Command       | Destination                   |
| ------------- | ----------------------------- |
| `/kanban`     | Kanban sub-tab                |
| `/automation` | Profiles & Automation tab     |
| `/profiles`   | Profiles sub-tab              |
| `/agents`     | Profiles and live agents view |
| `/cron`       | Cron sub-tab                  |

## Related docs

* [Config tab](/features/config)
* [Sessions](/features/sessions)
* [Configuration](/configuration)