I ripped Claude out of my Hermes agent

For the first time ever, I ripped Claude Opus out of my Hermes agent and put ChatGPT 5.6 Sol in.

And it's not even remotely close…

• It's smarter
• It's cheaper
• And it has way better computer use

Now, the one caveat I'd give is that Claude still stands on business with its decision-making.

Whereas ChatGPT sways with the wind if you challenge it.

But for me, these 3 things still dominate whatever advantage Claude has at the moment. Which is why ChatGPT 5.6 Sol is officially my recommendation to run in Hermes.

Want to check out my exact setup? I put together a full breakdown of it in a YouTube video 3 weeks ago.

Here's what I cover in the video:

• ​Why I run Hermes and not OpenClaw (I get this question 100+ times under every single video. here's the answer)
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• ​The 3 reasons I ripped out Claude Opus (this is the first time I've ever made this call)
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• ​Change these 2 settings today (this takes 10 seconds, and most people skip it)
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• ​The 3 things I'm building with ChatGPT 5.6 (one of them is a full 3D game studio)

I've been running ChatGPT 5.6 Sol for over a month and I'm not going back... at least for now.

​Watch the full walkthrough here.​

Let me know which model you're running.

Keep shipping,

Alex