Connect Hermes Agent to LotsBusiness
Ask Hermes Agent to update your business page, website and Google posts in LotsBusiness. Add LotsBusiness to Hermes Agent as a remote MCP server with an API key.
LotsBusiness MCP server URL
https://api.lots.business/mcpOr let Hermes Agent guide the setup: send it this prompt
Read https://lots.business/skill.md and help me connect LotsBusiness for you.What Hermes Agent can do with LotsBusiness
Once connected, Hermes Agent can:
- Keep your business record up to date: contact details, opening hours, services, photos, links and FAQs.
- Build and edit your website, and share a private preview before anything goes live.
- Prepare your Google Business Profile for your approval and post updates, offers and events to it.
- Show which local directories fit your business and give you the same listing details, worded the same way, for each one.
- Read messages from your website contact form, reply to reviews and answer questions on your listing.
- For agencies: run every client business from one workspace and send clients an approval link.
The LotsBusiness dashboard does everything an agent does, so you can check, edit or undo any change. Your agent for speed, the dashboard for control.
You need
- Hermes Agent with MCP support
- A LotsBusiness API key
- A LotsBusiness account. You can create one during sign-in.
Connect Hermes Agent to LotsBusiness
Add the HTTP server
Merge this server into mcp_servers in ~/.hermes/config.yaml. Store LOTSBUSINESS_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: lots-business: url: "https://api.lots.business/mcp" headers: Authorization: "Bearer ${LOTSBUSINESS_API_KEY}"Restart Hermes
Restart your Hermes session to load the server and its tools.
Check the tools
Ask your agent “List my businesses on LotsBusiness and what each one still needs” before asking it to change anything.
What to ask next
- “Build a website for my salon from our listing and send me the preview”
- “Post this weekend’s offer to our Google Business Profile”
- “Which local directories should my plumbing business be on, and what do I submit?”
- “Update our opening hours for the holiday weekend”
If something goes wrong
- LotsBusiness tools are not available
- Check that LotsBusiness is enabled for this session and authentication has completed. Reload the connection or start a new session to refresh its tools.
Steps checked on 1 October 2026 against Hermes: MCP.
Pricing
Current plans and prices are on https://lots.business/pricing. Your agent’s own plan or usage fees are separate.
Hermes Agent and LotsBusiness: questions
How do I connect Hermes Agent to LotsBusiness?
Follow the Hermes Agent setup above to add https://api.lots.business/mcp. Configure your LotsBusiness API key using the credential settings shown. Then ask “List my businesses on LotsBusiness and what each one still needs”.
Why does Hermes need an API key for LotsBusiness?
Hermes connects with a Bearer header, so it uses a LotsBusiness 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 LotsBusiness 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 LotsBusiness cost?
Current plans and prices are on https://lots.business/pricing. Your agent’s own plan or usage fees are separate.
Does my agent publish my website or post to Google without asking?
Your agent shares a private preview before a website is published and shows you the text before a Google post. You can check or undo any change in the dashboard.
Does my agent submit my business to other directories?
No. It lists the directories that fit your business and country and gives you the exact details to enter, worded the same for each. You or your agency submit, and your agent tracks each one.
Do I need a paid business to use an agent?
Every business starts with a free directory listing. A paid business also unlocks its website, Google Business Profile tools, directory list and business email. See the pricing page for details.
LotsBusiness tools are not available
Check that LotsBusiness is enabled for this session and authentication has completed. Reload the connection or start a new session to refresh its tools.
