How to integrate Parsera 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 Parsera 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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Parsera is a lightweight Python library for scraping websites using large language models (LLMs). It enables fast, structured web data extraction without complex manual scripting.

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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 Parsera 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 Parsera 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 Parsera

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

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

5. Done!

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

The Parsera MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Parsera account. It provides structured and secure access to website content, so your agent can extract markdown, parse structured data, and automate web scraping workflows on your behalf.

  • Extract markdown from webpages: Ask your agent to pull clean, readable markdown content directly from any public URL or file.
  • Parse and structure HTML content: Let your agent analyze raw HTML or text and convert it into structured data you can use for downstream tasks.
  • Automate data extraction workflows: Direct your agent to combine fetching, parsing, and formatting steps to streamline web scraping projects end-to-end.
  • Simplify report and content generation: Have your agent turn scraped website data into markdown reports or ready-to-use documentation for your projects.

Way Forward

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

Create Scraper

Tool to create a new empty scraper for your account.

Delete Scraper

Tool to delete an existing scraper by its ID.

Extract Data from Webpage

Tool to perform LLM-powered data extraction from a live webpage URL with specified attributes.

Extract Markdown

Tool to extract markdown content from a file or URL.

Get LLM Specifications

Tool to retrieve standardized LLM capabilities and pricing specifications.

Get Proxy Countries

Tool to retrieve the list of available proxy countries for web scraping requests.

Health Check

Tool to verify API availability and operational status.

List Agents

Tool to retrieve all available agents for the authenticated user.

List Scrapers

Tool to list all templates and old scrapers for the authenticated user.

Parse Content (Enhanced)

Tool to extract structured data from raw HTML or text content using AI with advanced options.

Remove Agent

Tool to delete an existing agent by name.

Run Scraper Template

Tool to run a scraper template on a specified URL with optional proxy and cookies.

Scrape With Agent

Tool to run a previously generated scraper agent on a specific URL to extract structured data.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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