How to integrate Yandex 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 Yandex 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 Yandex 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 Yandex 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 Yandex

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

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

5. Done!

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

The Yandex MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Yandex account. It provides structured and secure access to Yandex search, maps, and business information, so your agent can perform actions like business lookup, reverse geocoding, detailed route planning, and retrieving map tiles on your behalf.

  • Business and organization search: Instantly find businesses or organizations by name, address, or tax ID—perfect for regional lookups and company discovery.
  • Reverse geocoding for precise locations: Translate latitude and longitude into street addresses or place names using Yandex Maps, making it easy to identify places from coordinates.
  • Detailed route generation: Let your agent plan step-by-step driving, walking, or public transportation routes between two points, complete with directions and travel options.
  • Custom map tile retrieval: Fetch specific map tile images by their coordinates and zoom level, enabling custom visualizations or interactive map experiences.

Way Forward

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

Reverse Geocode Coordinates

Tool to convert geographic coordinates to a human-readable address (reverse geocoding).

Get Account Experiments

Tool to retrieve Yandex Music account experimental features and A/B testing flags.

Get Account Status

Tool to retrieve Yandex Music account status and permissions.

Get Music Genres

Tool to retrieve the list of music genres from Yandex Music.

Get Permission Alerts

Tool to retrieve permission alerts and notifications from Yandex Music API.

Get Playlists by Tag

Tool to retrieve playlist IDs associated with a specific tag.

Get Public Resource Metadata

Tool to retrieve metadata for a public file or folder on Yandex Disk.

Get Public Resource Download Link

Tool to get a direct download link for a publicly shared Yandex Disk resource.

Get Rotor Account Status

Tool to retrieve authenticated user's rotor account status with supplementary fields.

Get Rotor Stations Dashboard

Tool to retrieve recommended radio stations for the current user.

Get Yandex Music Settings

Tool to retrieve Yandex Music settings including available purchase products and payment configuration.

Get Yandex Music Stations List

Tool to retrieve all radio stations with user settings from Yandex Music.

Get Track Download Info

Tool to retrieve available download options for a Yandex Music track.

List Filters

Tool to retrieve all filters configured for a Yandex Metrica counter.

List Goals

Tool to retrieve all goals configured for a Yandex Metrica counter.

List Counter Grants

Tool to retrieve the list of permissions (grants) for a Yandex Metrica counter.

List Log Requests

Tool to retrieve a list of log requests for a Yandex Metrica counter.

List Storage Buckets

Tool to list all Yandex Object Storage buckets owned by the authenticated user.

Organization Search

Tool to find businesses and organizations by name, address, or TIN.

Generate detailed route

Tool to generate detailed route for driving, walking, or public transport.

Yandex Tiles API

Tool to fetch individual map tile images by x/y coordinates and zoom level.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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