Part 5/16:
Robust Training and Quality Control
Quality assurance was paramount. The team employed Atropos, an open-source reinforcement learning environment, to vet each reasoning trace. This system enforced formatting standards, instruction fidelity, schema correctness, and tool-use behavior—rejecting any output that failed to meet criteria. By maintaining multiple valid solutions, Hermes 4 learned flexible strategies rather than rote memorization, fostering adaptability.