Running more than one AI agent on a VPS does not have to mean building a large orchestration platform. A simpler pattern is to run separate agent runtimes, give each one a clear responsibility, and route requests to the right worker.

This post documents the current Hermes and OpenClaw arrangement …

While running OpenClaw on a VPS, I started noticing high token usage, slower responses, and occasional token-per-minute pressure from the model provider. At first, I assumed the issue was mainly caused by my workspace instruction files like AGENTS.md, SOUL.md, TOOLS.md, USER.md, and IDENTITY.md.

But after …