Hermes Desktop, Pruna Video, Grok CLI — AI Daily Jun 02
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Nous Research released a native Hermes Desktop app, with builders testing Grok integration (30-second landing pages) — though CLI veterans found it slower than terminal. @rockdm separately reported Claude subscription OAuth working with Hermes for a week with no extra billing, but others warned harnesses sometimes silently fall back to API keys. Verify before celebrating.
@victorbrsss tested PrunaAI's p-video on Replicate — image-reference + audio + text prompt generates 5s video in ~5.5s for $0.15. Detailed Subject/Scene/Camera/Lighting/Audio/Realism prompt structure shared. Quality rivals Kling 3 but lip sync lags Sora. p-video-animate also accepts video + image reference for ad recreation.
xAI quietly launched Grok CLI (x.ai/cli) at $30/mo with Composer 2.5 — @tounano called it fast and capable. @mb29266 plans to test it for 100k+ words/day copy workflows where Claude 4.6 still beats 4.8 for nutra ecom copy. @GuruTime conceded 4.8 only wins on multi-step technical reasoning.
@samtome shared news of a malicious npm package (29K downloads) exfiltrating OpenAI Codex auth tokens. Discussion turned to agent-driven risk: agents installing random repos could nuke setups. Recommended mitigations: Perplexity's Bumblebee scanner, builtwithai.com's security-review-advanced skill, Tailscale, and closing open ports.
@GuruTime saved $1,400/month moving from AWS to Hetzner + Cloudflare; @mj888g and @Wootbro confirmed abandoning GCP/Railway. @arielletolome strongly recommended Meta Ads MCP over the raw API (skip system user + BM permissions). @cdxxx shared a PostHog session replay → Claude MCP workflow for automated landing page CRO with 'baffling' quality.
Key Takeaways
- PrunaAI p-video generates 5s video with native audio for $0.15 on Replicate — use structured Subject/Scene/Camera/Lighting/Audio prompts; lip sync still trails Sora.
- Hermes Desktop is live and Claude OAuth may be working again with harnesses — but verify your harness isn't silently billing your API key.
- Grok CLI is $30/mo with Composer 2.5; Claude 4.6 still beats 4.8 for ecom/nutra copy, while 4.8 wins on multi-step technical reasoning.
- Audit your agent's npm/repo install behavior — malicious packages are stealing Codex tokens. Use Bumblebee, Tailscale, and close open ports.
- Move non-scaling workloads to Hetzner + Cloudflare ($1,400/mo savings reported), use Meta Ads MCP over API, and feed PostHog replays to Claude for AI-driven CRO.
Hot Threads
PrunaAI p-video model testing with image/audio references and detailed prompt structures
Claude 4.6 vs 4.8 for copywriting and discovery of Grok CLI as alternative
Hermes Desktop launch, Grok integration, and Claude OAuth working again with harnesses