Hermes Comes to Gurugram: Set Up Your 24x7 Personal AI Assistant

What it is Hermes Comes to Gurugram is a hands-on, in-person build session where participants set up a persistent, always-on personal AI assistant on their own machine. Rather than another chatbot tab that forgets everything when closed, this session builds the real thing: a background agent that runs on a schedule, checks your inbox and calendar, and sends you a daily digest.

Why this format Most AI assistant tutorials stop at the demo. This one focuses on the parts they skip - rate limits and safety guardrails - so that long-running agents don't get your accounts flagged. The build happens live, on the same machine you walk in with, so you leave with a working system rather than a recording to watch later.

What you'll build

• A background agent running on a persistent harness, not a chat window that resets
• Scheduled inbox and calendar checks that produce a daily digest sent to you
• Rate limit and safety guardrails that keep long-running agents from putting accounts at risk
• The configuration needed to keep the assistant alive after you close the laptop
• One real scheduled check, already proven to work before you leave

Who it's for

• Founders who want a morning digest of what actually needs a reply instead of scrolling the whole inbox
• Operators who keep double-booking meetings and want the calendar checked automatically every day
• Builders and operators who want a real always-on assistant rather than another chatbot tab
• Anyone who has caught themselves reopening the same chat tab five times a day to ask the same question again

Format and logistics The session is in person in Gurugram. Participants should bring their own laptop, fully set up before arriving - prerequisites are shared after RSVP. The session runs as a live build rather than a lecture, so attendees work alongside the host throughout.

What you leave with A persistent personal assistant running on your own machine, checking your inbox and calendar on a schedule and sending you a daily digest, built inside safe rate limits so it never puts your accounts at risk. You also leave with the config to keep it alive after you close the laptop, and one real scheduled check already proven to work.

About the organiser Build with Rishi is a hands-on builder series focused on practical, working AI setups rather than conceptual overviews. The Hermes sessions bring that approach to different Indian cities, with Gurugram as the latest stop.