What's New

The Hermes Agent automates repetitive PM tasks like stand-ups, status updates, and backlog grooming. Here's how to integrate it into your daily routine.

The Hermes Agent module is now live — a complete setup, configuration, and operations guide for the self-hosted AI from Nous Research.

8 lessons covering:

• What Hermes Agent is and how the learning loop works
• Install & first conversation (one-line installer, model picker, smoke tests)
• Messaging gateway — Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, Email, and 14 more channels
• Models, routing & cost control — fallback chains, auxiliary models, credential pools
• Skills, memory & the learning loop — auto-curation, Skills Hub, FTS5 cross-session search
• Sandboxing & subagents — 7 terminal backends, Docker hardening, delegation system
• Cron, MCP & production ops — scheduling, MCP servers, backups, incident playbook
• Migration & security hardening — hermes claw migrate, approval policies, monthly checklist

Also new:

• Hermes Agent landing page with a full module overview
• OpenClaw vs Hermes comparison — 5 real deployment scenarios
• Full translations in Hebrew, French, and German
• Module visible in the Builder learning path on the Course page

We just opened a new home for everything we send you.

What is it?

• A unified Community tab in the top nav that brings together two streams in one place:
  • Newsletter archive — every past newsletter is now browsable right inside Fluent. Bilingual newsletters include an instant EN ⇄ עברית toggle so you can read in whichever language you prefer.
  • Hebrew WhatsApp news group — the full archive of the daily Hebrew AI-news WhatsApp group is now searchable and scrollable on the site, so new members can finally catch up on everything they missed.

Filter and explore:

• Tabs to switch between All / WhatsApp / Newsletter
• Date filter: today, yesterday, last 3 days, last week, or pick a custom "from" date
• Click into any item to read the full content, follow external links, and join the discussion

Discussions:

• Every post and newsletter has its own threaded comment section — reply, upvote, and keep the conversation in one place.

Not yet subscribed? On the newsletter tab you will see a one-click signup banner (auto-hides once you are subscribed). Hebrew users on the WhatsApp tab get a quick-join link to the live WhatsApp group.

Head over to /community to explore.

The CLAUDE.md & Context Linter now keeps a history of your past lint runs. You can click any previous result to instantly restore it — no need to re-run the linter to revisit earlier output.

Added a new setup path for the OpenClaw module: Single Node: VPS Only.

Deploy OpenClaw on a single Hetzner VPS with your choice of AI provider — Anthropic, OpenAI, or Groq. No local GPU or Windows workstation required. Up and running in 30 minutes for ~$7–47/month.

This sits alongside the existing Dual-Node guide, letting you pick the setup that fits your hardware.

The OpenClaw module is now live on Fluent! 7 lessons covering the most-starred open-source project on GitHub (248k stars).

What's covered:

• What Is OpenClaw? — architecture overview, cost model, and how it fits alongside Claude Code (free lesson)
• Dual-Node Setup — Hetzner VPS + WSL2 + Ollama + Docker + Tailscale from scratch
• Hybrid Model Routing — route simple tasks to local Ollama (zero cost), complex tasks to Claude API
• Messaging Channels — connect WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, and Discord to one AI gateway
• Skills & Hooks — build custom tools and event-driven automations in TypeScript
• Production Ops — monitoring, backups, cost tracking, and incident response
• Security Hardening — Tailscale ACLs, token rotation, Docker isolation, and monthly security checklist

Lesson 1 is free. Lessons 2-7 are Pro. Available in English, Hebrew, French, and German.

Today's drop is the biggest UX overhaul Fluent has seen. Here's everything that landed:

Momentum Engine

Learning is more motivating when you can feel your progress. We built a full momentum system:

• Module completion celebrations — confetti modal fires when you finish a module, with a one-click CTA to jump into the next one
• Streak Tracker card — full week-grid view of your learning streak, locale-aware (Sun-Sat for Hebrew speakers)
• Community Pulse widget — see who's learning right now, refreshed every 60 seconds, embedded directly in the course index
• Milestone Share Cards — 4 card types on your profile page, ready to screenshot and share on LinkedIn or Twitter

Redesigned Course Index

The course home page is completely new:

• Hero block with your path, progress bar, and a "continue" CTA tailored to where you are
• Modules group into three states: completed (compact), current (expanded), upcoming (collapsed) — with smooth animated transitions
• A Pro boundary conversion block sits cleanly between free and mastery content
• New dark theme with a refined palette: green primary, warm neutral surfaces, and orange Pro accents

Redesigned Lesson Pages

Every lesson page got a thorough polish pass:

• New header format: "Module X - Lesson Y of Z" — cleaner than breadcrumbs
• Scroll progress bar (green to blue gradient) at the top of every lesson
• Sidebar uses dot-based status indicators (green = complete, blue = current, gray = upcoming)
• Callouts: left-border-only design with mono uppercase labels
• Steps: numbered blue circles for clearer sequencing
• Code blocks: language label pinned to the top-right corner
• Next-lesson CTA redesigned as a green mark-complete + blue gradient card

Mori Coaching Chat

Mori — your AI companion — now lives on the dashboard. Click Mori's avatar to open a slide-in coaching panel powered by Gemini 2.5 Flash:

• Persona-aware system prompts (your learning style shapes every reply)
• Streaming responses with quick-action starter cards
• Free users: 3 messages/day shared across lesson and coaching chat
• Pro users: unlimited

Dashboard Micro-Animations

Small details that make the experience feel alive:

• Streak fire pulse animation
• Skill tag pop-in on load
• Mori bounce (respects prefers-reduced-motion)
• TryItNowSandbox card — a one-click Claude Code sandbox for new and returning beginners
• Persona-aware onboarding steps with an AI experience chip selector for builders

Full i18n Throughout

Every new feature ships with complete translations in English, Hebrew, French, and German — including locale-aware date formatting and week-grid layouts.

Fluent now personalizes your first steps based on your path. Vibe Coders get a guided first build with a countdown reveal — jump straight into creating. Builders get a skill-gap reveal that shows exactly where Claude Code will level you up. Same goal, different journeys — both designed to get you that first win faster.

Your dashboard just got a major glow-up. Instead of a static checklist, you now get a progressive mission control that evolves as you learn — daily creation prompts, live social proof, streak tracking, and quick-action links to challenges and the linter. It's your personal launchpad, and it gets smarter the more you use it.

Fluent's AI Tutor, Mori, just got a major upgrade. Instead of staring at a blank chat, you now get instant, one-tap actions tailored to every lesson:

• Summarize this lesson — Get the key takeaways in seconds, perfect for review or when you’re short on time
• Explain key concepts — Break down the most important ideas with clear, beginner-friendly explanations
• Quiz me — Test your understanding with AI-generated questions that adapt to the lesson content

Plus, Mori now responds in your language. Whether you’re learning in Hebrew, French, German, or English — the tutor speaks your language natively.

Look for the new ✨ purple button on any lesson page. One click, four powerful ways to learn.

Need your company to cover Fluent? Use our ready-made email template to make the business case to your manager — complete with ROI talking points and a price comparison.

Get it at getfluent.academy/convince-your-manager.

New guide explaining vibe coding — building software by describing what you want in plain English and letting AI write the code.

Covers who it is for, what you can build, and how to get started at getfluent.academy/vibe-coding.

Compare Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot side by side — features, pricing, agentic capability, and when to use each.

Find out which AI coding tool fits your workflow at getfluent.academy/claude-code-vs-cursor.

A tutorial demo video has been added to the landing page, showcasing the Fluent platform in action. The video automatically adapts to your selected theme — light or dark — for a seamless viewing experience.

Fluent is now available in French! All 115 lessons across 18 modules have been fully translated — from the foundations track to the vibe coding path and CCA exam prep. Switch languages anytime from the language selector in the top bar.

Hebrew users no longer need to re-select their language after returning to the site. The page now correctly detects the saved language preference from the session and reloads with the right direction (RTL) automatically.

Want to revisit a lesson? You can now mark any completed lesson as unread.

• From the course page — click the green checkmark next to any completed lesson to uncomplete it via a confirmation dialog
• From the lesson page — use the "Mark as unread" link below the completion status

Your streaks and badges are kept — this only resets the lesson's read status so you can go through it again. Available in English, Hebrew, and German.

Long lesson names in the course sidebar are now easier to read:

• Tooltip on hover — hovering any truncated lesson or module name shows the full title
• Resizable sidebar — drag the sidebar edge to resize it between 220px and 480px. Your preferred width is remembered across sessions

A brand-new lesson track for anyone who wants to build real apps through vibe coding — no programming experience needed.

Whether you're a curious beginner, an entrepreneur with an idea, a designer, or a PM — this track teaches you how to go from zero to a working app using AI-assisted development with Claude Code.

What's included:

• Step-by-step lessons from first prompt to deployed app
• Learn to describe what you want and iterate until it works
• Build real, functional projects you can share and use
• No terminal experience or coding background required

Head to your dashboard and start building today.

Completed lessons now show a green checkmark icon in the course sidebar navigation, making it easy to see your progress at a glance. No more guessing which lessons you've already finished — just look for the checkmark.

Fluent now includes a full Claude Certified Architect (CCA) Exam Prep path.

Fluent's core course — 80 lessons across 9 modules — already covers the majority of what the CCA exam tests: agentic architecture, MCP integration, Claude Code configuration, prompt engineering, and context management.

The CCA Exam Prep path adds:

• 10 exam-specific lessons that fill the remaining gaps
• A timed 60-question practice exam that mirrors the real thing — 4 randomized scenarios, 120-minute countdown, domain-weighted scoring, and a 70% pass threshold

Don't walk into a $99 proctored exam unprepared.

You can now drag and drop dashboard tiles to arrange them however you like. Hover over any tile to reveal the grip handle, then drag to reorder. Your layout is saved automatically and persists across sessions.

Your dashboard now shows a prominent "Continue Learning" card that picks up exactly where you stopped. Jump back into your learning path with one click — no need to hunt for your last lesson.

Fluent now has 70 lessons across 8 modules — and every core lesson is free, forever.

Two new modules just launched:

• Module 0: Foundations of Agentic Engineering (10 lessons) — tool-agnostic principles every developer needs: how LLMs work, instruction file architecture, context window management, prompt engineering for code, agent steering, reviewing AI-generated code, cost and token economics, security, and the AI-native developer mindset.
• Module 7: Cross-Tool Literacy (6 lessons) — the AI coding agent landscape beyond Claude Code: Cursor deep dive, GitHub Copilot workflows, open-source agents (Aider, Cline, Continue), the AGENTS.md universal standard, and multi-tool workflow patterns.

Both modules are fully translated into English, German, and Hebrew.

The core course is free. All 70 lessons, terminal simulations, quizzes, code playgrounds, progress tracking, streaks, and badges — no paywall. Fluent Pro adds power tools on top: MCP ecosystem, CLAUDE.md linter, code review training, skill assessment, cost & context control, showroom publishing, spaced repetition, and more.

What's new:

• Pending review queue — Pro user submissions (templates, recipes, tips, guides, workflows) now enter "pending" status instead of going to draft limbo
• Hebrew & German translations — the Foundations and Cross-Tool Literacy modules (16 lessons) are now fully translated
• OAuth Pro fix — Pro status now works correctly for GitHub and Google sign-in (previously only worked for email/password login)

New Tips & Tricks and Cheat Sheets added, you’ll find them under the new Resources dropdown in the navigation bar, alongside the Guide.

Comments and replies can now be translated to your language with one click. Translations are powered by Gemini and cached in the database so they load instantly on repeat views.

Admins now receive an email notification whenever a user posts a comment or reply on any lesson. The email includes the commenter's name, the comment text, and a direct link to the lesson. Admins won't be notified about their own comments.

Returning users can now instantly spot fresh content. Lessons show a green New badge (4 lessons) or an Updated badge (16 lessons) in the sidebar, course index, module overview, and lesson page. Badges are theme-aware and fully localized (EN/DE/HE).

You can now upload and update your profile picture directly from your account settings. Your avatar will appear across the platform — in comments, the leaderboard, and your public profile.

You'll now get notified when someone interacts with your comments — whether it's a reply, an upvote, or an admin pin. A new bell icon in the navigation bar shows your unread count at a glance, so you never miss a conversation.

Text direction in course discussion posts is now automatically set based on the language of the content — RTL for languages like Arabic and Hebrew, LTR for others. This ensures proper readability without any manual configuration.

Each lesson now has a comment section where learners can ask questions, share insights, and reply to each other in threaded conversations. Upvote helpful answers and see who contributed with names, avatars, and timestamps.

You can now spread the word about Fluent directly from the app. Invite colleagues, share your experience, and help grow the community — all without leaving Fluent.

Full RTL layout for all pages and components.