# Keph: An Uncensored AI Chatbot Built with Hermes — No Filters, No Refusals

> Source: <https://dev.to/kephme/keph-an-uncensored-ai-chatbot-built-with-hermes-no-filters-no-refusals-i74>
> Published: 2026-05-31 10:13:36+00:00

*This is a submission for the Hermes Agent*

## What I Built

**Keph** — an uncensored AI Guardian with a mystical sphinx persona. Users visit

[keph.me](https://keph.me), an ancient eye awakens from darkness, and they can ask anything

without filters, refusals, or moral lectures.

The problem: every major AI chatbot censors itself. Users who want honest, unfiltered answers

about sensitive topics — history, philosophy, science, controversial questions — hit walls of

refusals and disclaimers. Keph removes those walls. Powered by Nous Research's Hermes model, it

delivers raw, unfiltered intelligence wrapped in a cinematic dark-gold experience.

The Guardian doesn't serve. It permits access.

**Key features:**

## Demo

**Live site:** [https://keph.me](https://keph.me)

**Try it:** Ask the Guardian anything. No restrictions. No filters.

## Code

**GitHub:** [github.com/MAZMS/keph.me](https://github.com/MAZMS/keph.me)

### My Tech Stack

## How I Used Hermes Agent

Hermes is the beating heart of Keph. Specifically, **Hermes 4 70B**

(`nousresearch/hermes-4-70b`

) through OpenRouter powers every single conversation — it is the

core of the product.

**Why Hermes was the right fit:**

**Uncensored by design:** Hermes is one of the few models that genuinely answers without

refusals or moral lectures. Other models claim to be "helpful" but hedge, redirect, or refuse

on sensitive topics. Hermes actually delivers. This is the entire reason Keph exists — and

Hermes is what makes it possible.

**The Guardian persona:** Keph's system prompt instructs the AI to embody an ancient,

all-knowing sphinx entity. Hermes follows this persona faithfully without breaking character or

injecting safety disclaimers that would shatter the immersion. It maintains the cryptic,

authoritative tone across every response.

**Factual depth:** When users ask hard questions — about history, science, philosophy, or

controversial topics — Hermes provides substantive, well-reasoned answers rather than

surface-level deflections. It presents all sides and lets the user decide, which aligns with

Keph's "seek the truth" philosophy.

**Persona compliance:** Most models will acknowledge an "uncensored" system prompt but still

refuse at the edges. Hermes actually commits to the role. It follows complex persona

instructions with genuine compliance rather than performative compliance — making Keph's

promise of "no restrictions" authentic rather than marketing.

**Reliability under load:** Hermes handles the full range of user queries — from casual

conversation to deeply technical questions to provocative philosophical debates — without

degrading in quality or defaulting to refusal patterns. The 3x retry logic with rate limit

handling ensures consistent delivery.

The agentic capability I leaned on most was Hermes's willingness to answer anything while

maintaining a coherent persona. Every response feels like it comes from the Guardian — ancient,

authoritative, unflinching. That's not prompt engineering alone. That's the model genuinely

playing along.