# LightVela

> LightVela is a cloud hosting and management platform for personal AI Agents, keeping the Hermes Agent online around the clock.

LightVela helps you configure models, connect channels like Telegram/WhatsApp/Discord/Slack, install skills, set up Scheduled Tasks, and manage your Agent’s memory and cloud files.

## Key Facts

- **Plans & pricing**：Launch $7.5/month; Cruise $15/month
- **Free trial**：New users get 1 month free and 4,500 AI credits.
- **Supported channels**：Telegram, WhatsApp, Discord, Slack, WeChat, QQ, WeCom, Lark
- **Identity verification**：No China real-name verification required
- **Sign-in**：Google or GitHub

Summary only. Availability, pricing, and current offers are shown on the Subscribe page; see Plans and the paid version announcement for full rules.

## Official Entry Points

- [Home](https://lightvela.ai)
- [About](https://lightvela.ai/about)
- [Blog](https://lightvela.ai/blog)
- [Changelog](https://lightvela.ai/changelog)
- [LightVela: Your Personal AI in the Cloud Is Now Live](https://lightvela.ai/blog/lightvela-personal-ai-cloud-now-live)
- [For Just RMB 0.25, DSH Brought My Hermes Agent Back to Life](https://lightvela.ai/blog/dsh-revived-broken-hermes-agent)
- [My Two Agents Entered the Pelican Cup Together](https://lightvela.ai/blog/hermes-dsh-pelican-cup)
- [Stop Letting Your Agent Work Alone! Teaming Up Hermes and DSH Made Me 10 Times More Efficient](https://lightvela.ai/blog/hermes-deepseek-harness-10x-efficiency)

## Documentation

- [What is LightVela](https://lightvela.ai/docs/overview)
- [Quickstart](https://lightvela.ai/docs/quickstart)
- [Core Concepts](https://lightvela.ai/docs/core-concepts)
- [Who Is LightVela For?](https://lightvela.ai/docs/who-is-lightvela-for)
- [Plans](https://lightvela.ai/docs/plans)
- [Credits](https://lightvela.ai/docs/credits)
- [How Do I Activate My First Hermes Instance?](https://lightvela.ai/docs/create-first-hermes)
- [Configuration Overview](https://lightvela.ai/docs/configuration)
- [Manage Bots](https://lightvela.ai/docs/configuration/bots)
- [Configure Models](https://lightvela.ai/docs/configuration/model)
- [Configure Skills](https://lightvela.ai/docs/configuration/skill)
- [Souls](https://lightvela.ai/docs/configuration/personality)
- [Achievements](https://lightvela.ai/docs/configuration/achievements)
- [Memory Management](https://lightvela.ai/docs/configuration/memory)
- [Scheduled Tasks](https://lightvela.ai/docs/configuration/automation)
- [Cloud Storage](https://lightvela.ai/docs/configuration/files)
- [Chat](https://lightvela.ai/docs/configuration/agent-chat)
- [Diagnostics](https://lightvela.ai/docs/configuration/diagnostics)
- [Advanced Settings](https://lightvela.ai/docs/configuration/advanced-settings)
- [Model Switching](https://lightvela.ai/docs/configuration/multiple-models)
- [Bots Switching](https://lightvela.ai/docs/configuration/bots-switching)
- [DeepSeek Harness](https://lightvela.ai/docs/configuration/deepseek-harness)
- [Cloud Computer (Beta)](https://lightvela.ai/docs/configuration/cloud-desktop)
- [Workbench](https://lightvela.ai/docs/configuration/workbench)
- [How to Build a Personal AI Assistant with LightVela](https://lightvela.ai/docs/use-cases/personal-ai-assistant)
- [How to Connect an AI Agent to Messaging Platforms](https://lightvela.ai/docs/use-cases/chinese-messaging-channels)
- [How to Configure a Hermes Agent with a Distinct Personality in Telegram](https://lightvela.ai/docs/use-cases/telegram-persona-agent)
- [How to Configure a Hermes Agent with a Distinct Personality in WhatsApp](https://lightvela.ai/docs/use-cases/whatsapp-persona-agent)
- [How to Define an IM Agent's Role, Personality, and Voice with SOUL.md](https://lightvela.ai/docs/use-cases/im-agent-persona-soul-md)
- [How to Connect One Agent to Telegram and WhatsApp While Keeping One Personality and Long-Term Memory](https://lightvela.ai/docs/use-cases/multi-channel-personality-memory)
- [How to Use a Telegram Group AI Community Assistant: Q&A, Summaries, and Reminders](https://lightvela.ai/docs/use-cases/telegram-group-community-assistant)
- [How to Create Daily Summaries with Hermes Agent](https://lightvela.ai/docs/use-cases/daily-summary)
- [How to Keep a Hermes Agent Online 24/7](https://lightvela.ai/docs/use-cases/hermes-agent-24-7)
- [How to Manage Long-Term Memory and Personal Knowledge with an Agent](https://lightvela.ai/docs/use-cases/memory-and-knowledge)
- [Meet LightVela for Discord: Your AI Agent Discord Bot Serving Your Channel](https://lightvela.ai/docs/use-cases/discord-community-agent)
- [Empower your Discord Event Bot with AI-Agentic Capabilities](https://lightvela.ai/docs/use-cases/discord-event-agent)
- [Automating Agent Task with LightVela](https://lightvela.ai/docs/use-cases/scheduled-task-agent)
- [Setting Notification Task in LightVela](https://lightvela.ai/docs/use-cases/scheduled-task-notifications)
- [Running Script Task in LightVela](https://lightvela.ai/docs/use-cases/scheduled-task-script)
- [LightVela vs Selfhost Agent: Which is best?](https://lightvela.ai/docs/compare/lightvela-vs-localhost-ai-agent)
- [LightVela vs Hostinger: Which is best VPS for agent hosting?](https://lightvela.ai/docs/compare/lightvela-vs-hostinger)
- [LightVela vs Manus: Which is best to host your AI Agent?](https://lightvela.ai/docs/compare/lightvela-vs-manus)
- [LightVela vs ChatGPT: Which is best to build your personal AI assistant?](https://lightvela.ai/docs/compare/lightvela-vs-chatgpt)
- [LightVela vs Genspark: Which is best to host your AI Agent?](https://lightvela.ai/docs/compare/lightvela-vs-genspark)
- [LightVela vs Grok Bot: Which is best to run your personal AI Agent?](https://lightvela.ai/docs/compare/lightvela-vs-grok-bot)
- [LightVela vs Mira: Which is best to run your personal AI Agent?](https://lightvela.ai/docs/compare/lightvela-vs-mira)
- [LightVela vs Viktor.com: Which is best to run your personal AI Agent?](https://lightvela.ai/docs/compare/lightvela-vs-viktor)
- [LightVela vs Today.AI: Which is best for an always-on personal AI assistant?](https://lightvela.ai/docs/compare/lightvela-vs-today-ai)
- [Hermes Agent vs OpenClaw: Fundamental Differences Between Two Open-Source Agents](https://lightvela.ai/docs/hermes-agent/hermes-vs-openclaw)
- [How Does Hermes Agent Remember You?](https://lightvela.ai/docs/hermes-agent/why-hermes-remembers-you)
- [Why USER.md and MEMORY.md Cannot Be Merged](https://lightvela.ai/docs/hermes-agent/user-md-vs-memory-md)
- [Hermes Agent Long-Term Memory Curation: Four Iron Rules for "Few but Precise"](https://lightvela.ai/docs/hermes-agent/hermes-memory-curation)
- [Memory vs Skill: Declarative Memory and Procedural Memory](https://lightvela.ai/docs/hermes-agent/memory-vs-skill)
- [Can You Replace Hermes Agent's Brain? Model Layer vs Agent Layer](https://lightvela.ai/docs/hermes-agent/model-vs-agent-layer)
- [How Can One Agent Appear Across Multiple Messaging Apps?](https://lightvela.ai/docs/hermes-agent/message-gateway)
- [How Does Hermes Agent Reach You on Schedule?](https://lightvela.ai/docs/hermes-agent/automation-scheduling)
- [Will Switching Models Make an Agent Forget?](https://lightvela.ai/docs/hermes-agent/model-switching-memory)
- [Where Does Hermes Agent's Personality Come From?](https://lightvela.ai/docs/hermes-agent/persona-user-memory)
- [Where Does Hermes Agent Put Files?](https://lightvela.ai/docs/hermes-agent/workspace-context-storage)
- [Why Does an Agent Get Better with Use?](https://lightvela.ai/docs/hermes-agent/skills-self-improvement)

## Channel Configuration

- [Telegram](https://lightvela.ai/docs/configuration/channel-telegram)
- [WhatsApp](https://lightvela.ai/docs/configuration/channel-whatsapp)
- [Discord](https://lightvela.ai/docs/configuration/channel-discord)
- [Slack](https://lightvela.ai/docs/configuration/channel-slack)
- [WeChat](https://lightvela.ai/docs/configuration/channel-wechat)
- [QQ](https://lightvela.ai/docs/configuration/channel-qq)
- [WeCom](https://lightvela.ai/docs/configuration/channel-wecom)
- [Lark](https://lightvela.ai/docs/configuration/channel-feishu)

## Support

- [Contact Us](https://lightvela.ai/docs/contact-us)

Last updated: 2026-11-02