Hermes Agent

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Connect Hermes Agent to LinkedIn

Add the Taplio MCP to Hermes Agent and run your LinkedIn from the chat apps you already use, on your own server.

Open source and self-hosted

Reach it from Telegram, Slack or WhatsApp

Sign in with Taplio, no API key

See the install config

See what it can do

50 free MCP calls to start. No API key needed.

Setup in two steps

How to connect Hermes Agent to LinkedIn

It runs on the LinkedIn MCP, the same hosted server behind every Taplio AI integration. No API key to paste, no LinkedIn password shared.

1

Add Taplio to config.yaml

Add a taplio entry under mcp_servers in ~/.hermes/config.yaml, with OAuth.

taplio: {url: "https://mcp.taplio.com", auth: oauth}

2

Sign in to Taplio

Run hermes mcp login taplio. On a server without a browser, add --flow device.

3

Ask from any chat

Message Hermes from your terminal or a chat app. It uses the Taplio tools for LinkedIn requests.

Before you start

Hermes is open source and self-hosted: no plan needed. Reload a running session with /reload-mcp.

No Taplio account yet? Start for free

Hermes Agent

Taplio connected

Every morning, send me 5 posts in my niche worth a comment, with a draft for each.

Used Taplio

find_posts_to_comment · create_comment_draft

5 comment drafts

In your voice

On Tom's post about cold email: "The best reply rate we ever had came from a 3-line email..."

Waiting for your OK

Here are today's 5 picks with drafts. Reply with the numbers to post.

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35 tools, 9 LinkedIn jobs

What Hermes Agent can do on LinkedIn with Taplio

Each job runs on real Taplio MCP tools. Ask in plain words and your AI picks the right ones.

Write posts in your voice

Your AI reads your niche, tone and topics from Taplio before it drafts.

How it works in Taplio

Schedule posts at your best times

Drafts land in your Taplio queue. Nothing is published until you confirm.

How it works in Taplio

Add images to your posts

Attach an image from a link or from your Taplio media library to any draft.

attach_media_from_url

How it works in Taplio

Find posts that worked in your niche

Search LinkedIn posts by topic, likes and comments, then rework the best hooks.

search_inspiration

How it works in Taplio

Comment on the right posts

Find posts worth a comment, draft it in your voice and approve it before it goes out.

find_posts_to_comment

create_comment_draft

How it works in Taplio

Reply to comments on your posts

See who commented on your posts and draft a reply to each one.

find_comments_to_reply

create_comment_draft

How it works in Taplio

Like posts and comments

Likes go through a paced queue, so your account keeps a natural rhythm.

How it works in Taplio

Send connection requests

Invite the people who engage with you. Nobody gets the same invite twice.

send_connection_request

list_connection_requests

How it works in Taplio

Read your analytics

Ask which posts worked and why, then turn the answer into next week's plan.

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get_post_analytics

How it works in Taplio

See the 35 tools of the LinkedIn MCP

Copy, paste, done

Prompts you can paste into Hermes Agent

Find 5 posts in my niche from the last 24 hours worth commenting on, and draft a comment for each.

Write 3 posts for next week from my last newsletter, in my voice, and schedule them Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 9am.

Which of my last 10 posts got the most comments, and what do they have in common?

Reply to the new comments on my latest post. Keep each reply under 2 sentences.

Find viral posts about B2B pricing with 500+ likes and give me 3 hooks I could use.

Send a connection request to the people who commented on my last post.

Hermes Agent, Claude Code or Manus: which one should run your LinkedIn?

You are here

Hermes Agent

Open-source agent you host. Best for running LinkedIn from Telegram, Slack or WhatsApp.

Claude Code

Your terminal. Best for turning what you ship into posts, and for scripted routines.

Connect Claude Code to LinkedIn

Manus

Autonomous agent. Best for long tasks that run while you do something else.

Connect Manus to LinkedIn

Taplio works with the AI you already use.

See every AI that works with the LinkedIn MCP

Built to keep your LinkedIn account safe

Drafts first

Posts and comments start as drafts. They go out only when you schedule or confirm them.

Nothing to paste

You sign in with Taplio. Your AI never sees your LinkedIn password.

Paced, not spammy

Likes and invites go through a paced queue, and nobody gets the same invite twice.

Revoke anytime

Delete the taplio entry from config.yaml at any time.

What it can't do yet

We would rather tell you now than in a support ticket.

Send or read LinkedIn DMs
Edit your LinkedIn profile
See who liked your posts (it sees who commented)

Hermes Agent and LinkedIn: your questions

Can Hermes Agent post on LinkedIn?

Yes, through Taplio. Hermes Agent drafts, schedules or publishes on your LinkedIn account with the Taplio LinkedIn MCP. Posts and comments start as drafts, and they go out only when you schedule or confirm them.

Is this an official Hermes Agent integration?

You add Taplio as a remote MCP server in Hermes. Hermes supports remote servers with OAuth sign-in.

Do I need a Taplio account?

Yes. You sign in with Taplio when you connect, and you get 50 free MCP calls to start. After that, any Taplio plan works.

What can't Hermes Agent do on LinkedIn yet?

It can't send or read LinkedIn DMs, edit your LinkedIn profile, or see who liked your posts. It does see who commented, so it can reply and invite those people.

Hermes Agent doesn't see Taplio. What should I check?

Check the taplio entry in ~/.hermes/config.yaml, run hermes mcp login taplio again, then /reload-mcp in your session.

Connect Hermes Agent to LinkedIn in two steps.

50 free MCP calls to start, then any Taplio plan.

See the install config

Using another AI? Set up the LinkedIn MCP there