# Connect Hermes Agent to LotsDirectory

Canonical page: https://lots.directory/agents/hermes
Steps checked: 2026-10-01

Ask Hermes Agent to list your product on LotsDirectory and keep track of your directory submissions. Add LotsDirectory to Hermes Agent as a remote MCP server with an API key.

MCP server URL: https://api.lots.directory/mcp
REST API docs: https://api.lots.directory/docs
Setup instructions for your agent: https://lots.directory/skill.md

## What you can do once connected

- Create and update your product listing, upload its images, and publish, schedule or unlist it.
- Get your badge snippet and check that it is live on your website.
- Read the weekly launch board and see where your product stands.
- Find the directories that fit your product, prepare your product packet and record each submission you make.
- Answer the questions visitors ask on your listing.
- Read your listing’s views, clicks and Domain Rating (by Ahrefs).
- Search and read the public listings in the directory.

The LotsDirectory dashboard does the whole job too: your listing, badge, launch week, directory submissions and analytics. Your agent for speed, the dashboard for control.

## You need

- Hermes Agent with MCP support
- A LotsDirectory API key
- A LotsDirectory account. You can create one during sign-in.

## Connect Hermes Agent to LotsDirectory

1. **Add the HTTP server.** Merge this server into mcp_servers in ~/.hermes/config.yaml. Store LOTSDIRECTORY_API_KEY privately in ~/.hermes/.env; Hermes resolves the environment reference when it connects. Create the key at https://www.lotstech.com/api.

```
mcp_servers:
  lotsdirectory:
    url: "https://api.lots.directory/mcp"
    headers:
      Authorization: "Bearer ${LOTSDIRECTORY_API_KEY}"
```

2. **Restart Hermes.** Restart your Hermes session to load the server and its tools.

3. **Check the tools.** Ask your agent “List my products on LotsDirectory” before asking it to change anything.

## What to ask next

- “List my product from https://yourproduct.com on LotsDirectory”
- “Show this week’s launches on LotsDirectory and where my product stands”
- “Show me the directories that fit my product best and what each one asks for”
- “I submitted to the first directory on my list. Record it with this note and show my progress”

## Questions and troubleshooting

### How do I connect Hermes Agent to LotsDirectory?

Follow the Hermes Agent setup above to add https://api.lots.directory/mcp. Configure your LotsDirectory API key using the credential settings shown. Then ask “List my products on LotsDirectory”.

### Why does Hermes need an API key for LotsDirectory?

Hermes connects with a Bearer header, so it uses a LotsDirectory API key instead of the browser sign-in. Create one at https://www.lotstech.com/api and keep it in ~/.hermes/.env, never in the config file.

### Do I need an API key to use LotsDirectory with Hermes Agent?

Yes. Create one at https://www.lotstech.com/api and keep it out of chats, logs and committed files. Where Hermes Agent offers sign-in, use that instead.

### What does LotsDirectory cost?

Current plans and prices are on https://lots.directory/pricing. Your agent’s own plan or usage fees are separate.

### Can my agent change other people’s listings?

No. Your agent can search and read public listings, and it can change only the listings your account owns.

### Does my agent submit my product to other directories?

Your agent and the dashboard work through the same directory list and the same records. Your agent reads what each directory asks for, prepares your product packet and records each submission, and you complete the steps a directory asks of its owner.

### Will I see my agent’s changes in my dashboard?

Yes. The dashboard and your agent use the same records, so a listing your agent creates or updates is the one you see in your dashboard.

### LotsDirectory tools are not available

Check that LotsDirectory is enabled for this session and authentication has completed. Reload the connection or start a new session to refresh its tools.

## Sources

- [Hermes: MCP](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/mcp)