hermes - 💡(How to fix) Fix [Bug] Agent lacks internal clock — no autonomous time awareness

Problem

The agent has no internal clock. It cannot autonomously know the current date/time without calling an external tool (e.g. date via terminal).

This creates several limitations:

1. No self-monitoring of deadlines or temporal commitments
2. Cannot determine how much time passed since last interaction
3. Cannot evaluate if something is "recent" vs "old" without asking the system
4. All time-dependent logic depends on an external call

Current behavior

When the agent needs the current time, it must call terminal('date') to get it from the OS. There is no background "clock" that runs independently.

Expected behavior

The agent should maintain an internal time reference that updates periodically, allowing it to:

• Track elapsed time since last interaction
• Evaluate temporal context without external calls
• Support autonomous self-regulation based on time

Workaround (partial)

Storing timestamps in memory after calling date, but this requires explicit triggers and doesn't provide continuous awareness.

Related

Same issue reported for OpenClaw: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/82968 (shared problem across autonomous agent frameworks)