How to integrate Clearout MCP with Hermes

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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 Clearout 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 Clearout 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 Clearout

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

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

5. Done!

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

The Clearout MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Clearout account. It provides structured and secure access to email validation, prospecting, and enrichment tools, so your agent can perform actions like verifying email addresses, finding business contacts, checking domain details, and bulk-processing lists on your behalf.

  • AI-powered email verification: Instantly validate single or bulk email addresses to ensure deliverability and reduce bounce rates.
  • Email prospecting and enrichment: Find emails for people or companies, complete missing contact data, and verify if accounts are business or personal.
  • Domain and company intelligence: Retrieve company domains from names, fetch MX records, or pull WHOIS information to understand your leads and their infrastructure.
  • Disposable and catch-all detection: Check if an email is temporary or if a domain accepts all mail, helping you maintain list quality and avoid spam traps.
  • Bulk job automation: Upload, process, monitor, cancel, and download results for large-scale email finding and verification tasks, all through your agent.

Supported Tools & Triggers

Tools
Autocomplete Company to DomainTool to autocomplete company names to probable domains with confidence scores.
Business Account VerifyTool to check if an email belongs to a business/work account.
Catch-All VerifyTool to check if an email domain is catch-all.
Verify Disposable EmailTool to check if an email is from a disposable provider.
Find Domain MX RecordsTool to retrieve MX records for a domain in priority order.
Fetch Domain WHOIS InformationTool to fetch WHOIS record for a domain.
Bulk Email FinderTool to upload a CSV or XLSX contacts file for bulk email finding.
Cancel Bulk Email Finder JobTool to cancel a running bulk email finder job.
Bulk Email Finder Result DownloadTool to generate a bulk email finder result download URL.
Bulk Email VerifyTool to upload a CSV or XLSX file for bulk email verification.
Cancel Bulk Email Verification JobTool to cancel a running bulk email verification job.
Bulk Email Verify Progress StatusTool to retrieve progress for a bulk email verification job.
Bulk Email Verify Result DownloadTool to obtain a temporary URL for bulk email verification results.
Email Verify Get CreditsTool to fetch available email verification credits.
Instant Email VerifierTool to instantly verify a single email address.
Verify Free Email AccountTool to detect if an email is from a free email service provider.
Verify Gibberish EmailTool to verify if an email address is gibberish.
Reverse Lookup Company by DomainTool to find company information by domain.
Reverse Lookup Person by EmailTool to retrieve a person’s profile from an email address.
Find Person via LinkedIn URLTool to discover person information via a LinkedIn profile URL.
Role Account VerifierTool to determine if an email is a role-based account.

Way Forward

With Clearout 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.

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FAQ

What are the differences in Tool Router MCP and Clearout MCP?

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

Can I use Tool Router MCP with Hermes?

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 Clearout tools.

Can I manage the permissions and scopes for Clearout while using Tool Router?

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Clearout 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.

How safe is my data with Composio Tool Router?

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 Clearout data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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