Using Hermes-agent with Zapier: Is it a viable option?

Hi ​@StephanSchipal 

Info about Zapier MCP: https://help.zapier.com/hc/en-us/sections/41038080083981-MCP

Hi ​@StephanSchipal 👋 

Did you have any luck connecting your Hermes-agent to Zapier MCP?

If you’re still having some trouble, does Hermes-agent support MCP? If it does then you can select the Other option that appears at the end of the list of all AI Agents here: https://mcp.zapier.com/mcp/servers/new

You can learn more about how to add unlisted clients in our Use Zapier MCP with your client guide.

Let us know how it goes!

Were you able to connect the Hermes-agent ​@StephanSchipal? 🙂

Hey Stephan — the short version is: it hinges on one thing, whether Hermes-agent can act as an MCP client.

Zapier's MCP side just exposes your Zaps as callable tools. Any agent that speaks MCP (stdio, SSE, or Streamable HTTP) can plug into it, which is why the 'Other' option the community manager pointed you at is the right door — you paste in the endpoint and pick exactly which Zaps the agent is allowed to touch.

The checklist I'd run before wiring up anything real:

1. Check Hermes-agent's docs or settings for 'MCP.' You're looking for something like 'add MCP server' or a config field that takes a server URL. If it only accepts stdio (local command-style servers), a remote Zapier endpoint won't fit directly.

2. If it takes a URL, follow the 'Other' link above, create the connection, and enable just two or three Zaps to start. Test with a harmless read-only one first — 'fetch a test record' before you let it write anything.

3. If there's no MCP support at all, don't force it: plain Zapier webhooks give you the same shape (trigger URL + payload), and nearly every agent framework can call HTTP. Same outcome, less ceremony.

One honest caveat from watching this space: 'supports MCP' on the agent side very often means stdio only, and that's where most remote-server setups quietly die. The transport question is the make-or-break detail. If Hermes-agent has a changelog or issue board, I'd look there for confirmation about remote (URL-based) MCP servers before connecting your real Zaps.

Curious what you find — report back if it takes a URL, that'd be a useful data point for anyone else on an unlisted agent.