Architecture by Leverage: The Five-Sentence Design Philosophy That Changed How I Build Agents

Mon, 18 May 2026 14:58:50 -0400

I saw something in the Hermes Agent Discord that stopped me mid-scroll.

Not a feature announcement. Not a breaking change notice. Not a philosophical debate about agent architectures. Just someone — user sovthpaw — describing how they actually use their agent in five sentences:

If you upload your Obsidian knowledge base to your Google Workspace, you can version control, share, and backup your knowledge base.

My agent GitHub integration is largely centered around an /llm-wiki (or /obsidian works) in my agent’s own dedicated repo.

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Architecture by Leverage: The Five-Sentence Design Philosophy That Changed How I Build Agents