How to integrate Serpdog MCP with Hermes

Hermes is a 24/7 autonomous agent that lives on your computer or server — it remembers what it learns and evolves as your usage grows. This guide explains the easiest and most robust way to connect your Serpdog account to Hermes. You can do this through either Composio Connect CLI or Composio Connect MCP. For personal use we recommend the CLI, but you won't go wrong with MCP either.

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Introduction

Hermes is a 24/7 autonomous agent that lives on your computer or server — it remembers what it learns and evolves as your usage grows.

This guide explains the easiest and most robust way to connect your Serpdog account to Hermes. You can do this through either Composio Connect CLI or Composio Connect MCP. For personal use we recommend the CLI, but you won't go wrong with MCP either.

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What is Composio Connect?

Composio Connect is a consumer offering that lets anyone plug 1,000+ applications directly into their agent harness — including Hermes. It can:

  • Search and load tools from relevant toolkits on-demand, reducing context usage.
  • Chain multiple tools to accomplish complex workflows via a remote workbench, without excessive back-and-forth with the LLM.
  • Manage app authentication end-to-end with zero manual overhead.

Integrating Serpdog with Hermes

Using Composio Connect CLI

1. Install the Composio CLI

Run the install script directly, or paste https://composio.dev/hermes into your Hermes chat box to have it installed for you.

bash
curl -fsSL https://composio.dev/install | bash
Hermes authenticating with Composio

2. Authenticate

Once the CLI is installed, ask Hermes to authenticate with Composio.

3. Connect to Serpdog

Ask your agent to connect to Serpdog, or simply request any Serpdog-related task. Hermes will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

4. Done. You're all set with a new Serpdog connection.


Using Composio Connect MCP

1. Get your MCP URL and API Key

Go to dashboard.composio.dev and copy your Connect MCP URL and API key.

Copy MCP URL and API key from Composio dashboard

2. Open the Hermes config file

bash
nano ~/.hermes/config.yaml

3. Add the Composio Connect MCP server

bash
mcp_servers:
  composio:
    url: "https://connect.composio.dev/mcp"
    headers:
      x-consumer-api-key: "YOUR_COMPOSIO_API_KEY"
    connect_timeout: 60
    timeout: 180

Save with Ctrl + O, Enter, then exit with Ctrl + X.

4. Restart your Hermes agent

Once restarted, ask your agent to connect to Serpdog or request any Serpdog-related task. It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

5. Done!

What is the Serpdog MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Serpdog MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Serpdog account. It provides structured and secure access to real-time Google web data, so your agent can perform actions like capturing live webpage screenshots, monitoring site changes, and emulating devices on your behalf.

  • Instant webpage screenshot capture: Let your agent take high-quality screenshots of any public webpage, perfect for archiving or sharing visual content.
  • Full-page and viewport-specific imaging: Choose between capturing the entire page or just the visible area, offering flexibility for your reporting or research needs.
  • Device emulation and dark mode support: Have your agent render screenshots as if viewed on different devices or in dark mode for accurate previews and UI testing.
  • Automated delay and load handling: Allow your agent to wait for pages to fully load, including dynamic content, before snapping the shot—ensuring complete and up-to-date visuals.
  • Website monitoring and change detection: Use the screenshot capability to regularly capture and compare webpages, helping you keep tabs on updates or changes over time.

Way Forward

With Serpdog connected, Hermes can now act on your behalf whenever it detects a relevant task or you ask it to.

From here, you can extend Hermes further:

  • Connect more apps: Calendar, Slack, Notion, Linear, and hundreds of others are available through the same Composio Connect setup. Each new integration compounds what Hermes can do for you.
  • Build workflows across tools: Once multiple apps are connected, Hermes can chain actions together — turn an email into a calendar invite, a Slack message into a Linear ticket, or a meeting note into a follow-up draft.
  • Let it learn your patterns: The more you use Hermes, the better it gets at anticipating how you'd handle recurring tasks. Give it feedback on drafts and decisions, and it will adapt.

If you run into trouble or want to share what you've built, join the community or check out the Docs for deeper configuration options.

TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Serpdog action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Screenshot API

Tool to capture a screenshot of a webpage.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone Serpdog MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Serpdog tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Serpdog and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Yes, you can. Hermes fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right Serpdog tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Serpdog scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Serpdog data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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