LightVela

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You do not prepare a server or deal with containers. After activation, each Hermes Agent runs in its own cloud environment. Everyday chat works on the web, and WeChat, QQ, WeCom, Feishu, and DingTalk can be connected. The homepage also lists WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, and Slack. It remembers preferences across sessions, and a destructive delete of memory asks for confirmation first. SkillHub installs skill packs. A plan sets cloud resources and model credits. The launch tier includes trial credits, and you can switch to your own model or a compatible endpoint. The first plan of any kind requires identity verification. It fits people who want a long-running assistant inside everyday chat apps and do not want to operate the host. The docs say it is not for cases that require data to stay on the local machine.

AI Tools Navigator Editorial TeamUpdated: 2026-10-09

What is LightVela

LightVela is a cloud agent-hosting service from Tencent's lightweight-cloud team. The current instance runs Hermes Agent. It stays online in its own cloud environment, remembers preferences across sessions, and does not require you to operate a server. You can chat on the web or connect WeChat, QQ, WeCom, Feishu, and DingTalk. The homepage also shows WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, and Slack. Models, tools, and persona are set in a panel, and skills can be installed from SkillHub. Plans separate cloud resources from model credits. The first plan requires identity verification. The homepage offers a free-trial entry.

LightVela Key Features

Always-on cloud instance

Each Hermes Agent has its own cloud environment, stays online through the day, and does not depend on your computer being on or on you maintaining a server.

Chat-app channels

Chat works on the web. The docs add WeChat, QQ, WeCom, Feishu, and DingTalk. The homepage also shows WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, and Slack.

Memory and confirmation

Preferences and past conversations persist across sessions. Permanently deleting old memory and draft files asks for an explicit confirmation, and any other reply does not proceed.

Skills and your own model

Skills install from SkillHub. Models, tools, and persona are set in the panel, including domestic model services and compatible endpoints. Plans also include trial credits.

LightVela Key Advantages

It runs in its own cloud environment, so you do not operate a server, and work can continue after the computer is off

WeChat, QQ, WeCom, Feishu, DingTalk, and the overseas chat apps listed on the homepage can all be conversation entries

Deleting long-term memory and drafts requires an explicit confirmation, and any other reply does not run the deletion

Skills install from SkillHub, and the model can be switched in the panel to your own service or a compatible endpoint

LightVela Use Cases

Individuals reaching the assistant in WeChat

After the basic setup on the web, the user connects WeChat or another chat app and then assigns tasks and reads results in that existing conversation.

Scheduled reminders and follow-ups in a group

Set a morning brief, a follow-up check, or a price and stock watch as an automation so the cloud instance posts the reminder in the connected chat.

Frequently Asked Questions

▶Do I need to buy a server?

No. LightVela is hosted by Tencent's lightweight-cloud team. The cloud sets up the environment, and each Hermes Agent runs on its own and stays online. You do not manage container images yourself. You configure the model and channels on the web. The docs also say it is not for people who need data to remain entirely local, or who need to train the underlying model themselves.

▶What is required before the first plan?

Billing is by plan. After you choose resources and a credit tier, the page shows the price. The subscription page may also show a first-order trial or a discount, and the payment page is the source of truth. Before the first plan, the account must complete identity verification, which is not repeated later. The homepage also has a free-trial entry. You can start with the plan's trial credits or switch to your own endpoint.

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