This is the same practice you would find at localhermesagent.com, focused on the Chattanooga side of the corridor.
Grant Versluis is based in Chattanooga. He is the software developer on the team. Most of his client work is with businesses in Hamilton County, the TN/GA border, and the broader southeastern Tennessee region.
Grant's specialty is the build side of an engagement. He sets up the agent harness, writes the integrations, installs the MCPs (Model Context Protocol adapters, small add-ons that give the agent access to specific software like QuickBooks or HubSpot), and trains the agent on the specific loop the business needs automated. If you want the engineer who writes the agent code to be in the room, Grant is the right first call.
A few of the businesses Grant has worked with:
- A commercial construction firm in East Ridge whose agent schedules subcontractor visits, follows up on change orders, and tracks lien waivers.
- A healthcare-adjacent services firm in Hixson whose agent does intake paperwork, runs eligibility checks, and drafts the initial client summaries for review.
- An online retailer based in Dalton whose agent handles inventory reconciliation, supplier reorder workflows, and end-of-month reporting.
The Chattanooga-area businesses I see tend to be a bit more operations-heavy than the Alpharetta side: construction, logistics, healthcare services, light manufacturing. The agent approach fits all of them. The work I do well: one loop that eats your week, automated end-to-end, with your data staying on hardware you control.
What we do
- Pick one loop. A report, a follow-up, an inbox, a piece of work that has been on your list for a month.
- Build the agent. A Hermes AI (artificial intelligence) agent runs locally on a Mac Studio, a Linux box, or a VPS (virtual private server) you rent by the month. Your data stays on your hardware. The agent connects to the tools you already use through MCPs.
- Hand it off. We train your team. We write the documentation. We leave you with skills the agent has accumulated (a skill is a note the agent wrote to itself about how to do the thing), so the work gets easier the longer you use it.
- Stay available. When the loop you picked needs to grow into the next loop, we come back and build that.
The $99 consultation
You can pay $99 for a 30 to 60 minute video call with Grant or with my father Rolf. You describe your business, what eats your week, what you have already tried. We tell you whether a Hermes agent fits, what the realistic scope would be, and what an engagement would cost in ballpark terms.
We send you a one-page written summary within 48 hours: what we discussed, what an engagement could look like, ballpark range, our honest recommendation. If a Hermes agent does not fit your situation, we tell you that on the call and refund the $99.
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How to start
If you want the $99 consultation, the link is above. If you want the free 15 minute call to decide whether the consultation makes sense, email Grant at grant@localhermesagent.com (placeholder address).
If you are in the Chattanooga area and want an in-person conversation first, that can be arranged. Most engagements start with a video call.
This is the Chattanooga-specific page of localhermesagent.com. For the broader practice description, see the home page. For who we are, see /about.