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Connect Hermes Agent to HighLevel (GHL): Setup, Business Dashboard & App Integrations

The complete guide to connecting Hermes Agent to your HighLevel account, running your day from a business dashboard, and tying HighLevel to the rest of your apps.

By Nathan Brown, Founder, HiVergent AI · Last verified October 25, 2026

Short answer: Hermes Agent is Nous Research's open-source personal agent. It treats MCP as a first-class feature: add HighLevel to config.yaml with headers, filter which tools it can use, and reach it from Telegram, Slack, WhatsApp or email. It's always-on as long as your machine is.

Maker: Nous Research
Launched: Open source (MIT)
Access & price: Free, self-hosted; optional Nous Portal for bundled web tools
Where it lives: Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, email and CLI
Always on: Yes (self-hosted)
Approval controls: Per-tool allowlists
Scheduling: Yes
Runs on: Your server or Mac

Your business apps→Hermes Agent⇄HighLevel→Founder OS dashboard

Business app reach: MCP catalog + any MCP server; chat apps.

How Hermes Agent reaches your HighLevel account

MCP

HighLevel MCP. Connects straight to HighLevel's official MCP server with a Private Integration Token kept on your machine or server.

Set up Hermes Agent with HighLevel in 3 steps

Install Hermes Agent.
Add HighLevel under mcp_servers in ~/.hermes/config.yaml.
Run /reload-mcp in a chat; no restart needed. Use tool allowlists to keep it to safe tools.

~/.hermes/config.yaml

# ~/.hermes/config.yaml   then run /reload-mcp
mcp_servers:
  highlevel:
    url: "https://services.leadconnectorhq.com/mcp/"
    headers:
      Authorization: "Bearer ${GHL_PIT}"
      locationId: "${GHL_LOCATION_ID}"

Create the token in the sub-account under Settings → Private Integrations. Keep it in your environment, a secure prompt or the tool's credential store; never paste it into a shared file.

Best HighLevel jobs for Hermes Agent

Review requests triggered when deals are won
Multi-client weekly reports
Owner chat via Telegram or WhatsApp

Choose Hermes Agent if you want an always-on agent you fully control, with tool allowlists.

Use Hermes Agent as your HighLevel business dashboard

Hermes can post your HighLevel brief to Telegram, Slack or WhatsApp on a schedule and answer follow-up questions in the same chat, with tool allowlists keeping it to safe actions.

Morning briefNew leads, today's appointments, stale deals and overdue invoices in one message.

Approval queueDrafted replies and reminders wait for your OK before anything reaches a customer.

Weekly scorecardLeads, bookings, wins and pipeline value versus last week.

Pair it with Founder OS, the HighLevel snapshot that adds the pipeline, workflows and a dashboard inside your GHL menu. Try the live demo.

Connect HighLevel to your other business apps with Hermes Agent

Hermes Agent links HighLevel with the rest of your stack through mCP catalog + any MCP server; chat apps.

App category	How Hermes Agent reaches it
Messaging	Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal and email
Work tools	Curated MCP catalog including Linear, n8n and Sentry
Web research	Parallel Search MCP or Nous Portal tools
GitHub	Bundled skills that drive the gh CLI
HighLevel	HighLevel MCP: Connects straight to HighLevel's official MCP server with a Private Integration Token kept on your machine or server.

Permissions to grant

opportunities.readonlyconversations.readonlycontacts.writeconversations/message.write

Limits and watch-outs

Always-on only while your host is running.
Check your version supports ${VAR} expansion; otherwise keep the file local.
You maintain updates and security.

Hermes Agent vs alternatives for HighLevel

Agent	Always on	Route	GHL MCP tools	Approvals	Setup*
Hermes Agent	Yes (self-hosted)	MCP	Yes (direct)	Per-tool allowlists	Advanced
n8n	Yes	MCP	Yes (direct)	Build approval steps into workflows	Medium
Meta Muse	Yes	MCP	Yes (builds its own client)	Outbound requests pass Meta's Sentinel approval agent	Medium
Claude Code	No	MCP	Yes (direct)	Asks before running tools (configurable)	Easy

*Setup effort is our editorial judgment. See the full comparison chart.

Head to headHermes Agent vs n8n

Frequently asked questions

Is Hermes Agent free?

Yes, it's MIT-licensed. Bundled web tools need a Nous Portal subscription, but MCP servers are free to add.

Can Hermes limit which HighLevel tools it uses?

Yes. Per-server allowlists restrict the agent to the tools you name.

Can Hermes Agent connect HighLevel to Gmail, Slack, QuickBooks and my other apps?

Yes, within its reach: MCP catalog + any MCP server; chat apps. Messaging: Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal and email. Work tools: Curated MCP catalog including Linear, n8n and Sentry. Web research: Parallel Search MCP or Nous Portal tools.

Can Hermes Agent power a HighLevel business dashboard?

Hermes can post your HighLevel brief to Telegram, Slack or WhatsApp on a schedule and answer follow-up questions in the same chat, with tool allowlists keeping it to safe actions.

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