How to integrate Shotstack 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 Shotstack 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 Shotstack 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 Shotstack 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 Shotstack

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

4. Done. You're all set with a new Shotstack 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 Shotstack or request any Shotstack-related task. It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

5. Done!

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

The Shotstack MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Shotstack account. It provides structured and secure access to powerful video, image, and audio automation features—so your agent can create dynamic media content, edit assets, manage rendering jobs, and retrieve results at scale on your behalf.

  • Automated video and image generation: Let your agent assemble and render videos or images programmatically using templates, custom assets, and dynamic data.
  • Media editing and composition: Enable your agent to cut, trim, overlay, and combine media clips—adding text, transitions, or audio tracks as needed.
  • Batch rendering and job management: Have your agent submit, track, and manage multiple rendering jobs, so you can scale creative automation for campaigns or client deliverables.
  • Asset and template organization: Allow your agent to upload, list, and organize reusable templates and media assets, keeping your creative workflow streamlined.
  • Result retrieval and download: Automatically fetch completed renders and download media files, making finished content instantly available for distribution or review.

Way Forward

With Shotstack 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 Shotstack action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Create Template

Tool to create a new template for video editing.

Create Template (v2)

Tool to save an Edit as a re-usable template.

Delete Ingested Media

Tool to delete an ingested media asset.

Delete Template

Tool to delete a specific Shotstack template by its ID.

Delete Shotstack Workflow

Tool to delete a specific Shotstack workflow.

Fetch Source

Tool to fetch a remote media file and store it as a source asset.

Get Asset

Tool to fetch details of a hosted asset by its unique identifier.

Get Assets by Render ID

Tool to retrieve hosted assets by render ID.

Get Render Callback

Tool to retrieve the webhook/callback URL configuration for a specific render job.

Get Render Status

Tool to retrieve the current status and details of a Shotstack render job by render ID.

Get Source Details

Tool to fetch the details of a specific source asset.

Get Template

Tool to retrieve details of a specific template.

Get Template By Version

Tool to retrieve a template by template id and API version.

Get Upload URL

Tool to request a signed URL for direct file upload to Shotstack.

Inspect Media

Tool to inspect media metadata.

List Sources

Tool to list all source assets.

List Sources (with Environment)

Tool to list all ingested source files with environment selection.

List Templates

Tool to list all Shotstack templates for the account.

List Templates with Environment

Tool to list all Shotstack templates for the specified environment.

Request Upload URL

Tool to request a signed URL for direct file upload.

Render Video

Tool to initiate a new video render job.

Transfer Asset

Tool to transfer a file from any publicly available URL to one or more Serve API destinations.

Update Template

Tool to update an existing template by its ID.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone Shotstack MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Shotstack tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Shotstack 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 Shotstack tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Shotstack 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 Shotstack data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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