How-To Series · 8: Provider Plumbing
Hermes · Manage Cloud with MCP
Connect your local Hermes to the Nous Portal MCP server so you can list, start, stop, and manage your Hermes Cloud instances by asking.
After this videoYou can manage your hosted Hermes Cloud instances from your terminal by asking your local Hermes, with OAuth instead of API keys.
Hermes Cloud runs hosted Hermes Agent instances for you on the Nous Portal. This connects your local Hermes to the Portal's MCP server with one command, hermes mcp add, using OAuth. Once connected, Hermes gets two tools: agents for list, status, and cost estimates, and agent for create, start, stop, restart, update, and destroy. Every call runs against your org with your Portal identity, re-checked on each call. You can restrict the connection to read-only by limiting the tool surface to agents.
About these resources. Every command in this video comes from the Manage Hermes Cloud with MCP guide.
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one sentence each · full glossaryHermes CloudHosted Hermes Agent instances Nous Research runs for you on the Portal, managed from the Agents page or by asking your local Hermes.
MCP serverA program that exposes tools to an AI agent over a standard protocol. The Portal runs one that lists and manages your cloud instances.
OAuth with PKCEA login flow that needs no shared API secret. Hermes opens your browser, you authorize once, and it reuses the token with automatic refresh.
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each shows the source doc it came fromhermes mcp add --url https://portal.nousresearch.com/mcp --auth oauth hermes-cloudhermes mcp test hermes-cloud/reload-mcp