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How to integrate Simplescraper MCP with Hermes

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Simplescraper MCP is a web scraping service that creates scraping recipes and extracts structured site data. Use it to pull up-to-date structured web data without managing scrapers.

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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 Simplescraper 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 1,500+ 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 Simplescraper 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 Simplescraper

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

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

5. Done!

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

The Simplescraper MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Simplescraper account. It provides structured and secure access so your agent can perform Simplescraper operations on your behalf.

Way Forward

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

Create recipe

Create a new scrape recipe with a name, URL, and selectors.

Extract markdown

Fetch one page and return its body as clean Markdown.

Extract urls

Discover all page URLs on a website by parsing its sitemap (and the sitemap index if present).

Get latest results

Get the most recent scraped results for a recipe.

Get recipe

Retrieve full details of a specific scrape recipe: name, URL, creation date, last run time, and selectors.

Get results

Fetch the scraped data from a specific run by results_id.

Get results history

List previous scrape runs for a recipe.

List recipes

List the user's scrape recipes, with optional filters by domain, name keyword, or recent activity, and sorting by creation date, last-run, or name.

Run recipe

Run a scrape recipe to extract fresh data from its configured URL.

Screenshot

Capture a screenshot of a web page (1 credit per request).

Smart extract

Extract specific named fields from one page using AI.

Update batch urls

Add or replace the list of batch (crawler) URLs for a recipe.

Update recipe

Update an existing scrape recipe's name, URL, or selectors.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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