Build Financial Analysis into Your Hermes AI Agent with the FMP Skill

The Hermes AI agent community released a Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) skill that provides plug-and-play access to real-time financial data. The skill connects Hermes to professional-grade market data across multiple asset classes via a clean abstraction over FMP's API, enabling developers to build financial chatbots, investment research assistants, or autonomous trading dashboards with minimal setup.

Building AI agents that can answer real-time financial questions is tough. You need reliable data sources, API integrations, and the right abstractions to make it seamless. That's why the Hermes community just shipped something powerful: the Financial Modeling Prep FMP skill . Whether you're building a financial chatbot, an investment research assistant, or an autonomous trading dashboard, you now have a plug-and-play skill that gives your Hermes AI agent instant access to professional-grade financial data. The FMP skill connects Hermes to real-time market data across multiple asset classes: The skill is built on a clean abstraction over Financial Modeling Prep's stable API v2025+ : python def fmp path, params : params "apikey" = os.environ "FMP API KEY" qs = "&".join f"{k}={v}" for k, v in params.items url = f"https://financialmodelingprep.com/stable/{path}?{qs}" return json.loads urllib.request.urlopen url .read With this helper, querying data is one line: Get Apple's current stock price price = fmp "quote", symbol="AAPL" print f"AAPL: ${price 0 'price' } {price 0 'changesPercentage' :+.2f}% " Setup is straightforward: ~/.hermes/.env : FMP API KEY=your key here Hermes will automatically route these queries to the FMP skill and deliver formatted, contextual answers. Financial data is increasingly important for AI agents. This skill removes the friction of integrating FMP—you get: The FMP skill is live in the hermes-skills repository. If you're building financial AI agents, check it out and give the repo a ⭐ to support the project. Have ideas for other financial endpoints? PRs welcome—let's build the financial data layer for AI agents together.