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Jack Roberts
This OpenSource Repo will 10X Your Hermes Agent
⏱ 15 min video · 2 min read20 Jun 2026Worth watching
TL;DR
Jack Roberts shows how to supercharge a Claude (Hermes) AI agent by installing the open-source AgentReach GitHub repo (32,000+ stars) for intelligent web routing across YouTube, GitHub, Reddit, and X, then integrating Clay.com via MCP to enable AI-powered lead research and personalized outreach. The combo turns a basic AI chatbot into a full research and go-to-market intelligence system.
Key points
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AgentReach GitHub repo (32,000+ stars, #1 trending) gives Claude/Hermes agent intelligent routing to scrape YouTube, GitHub, RSS, Reddit, and X instead of basic web search
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The repo returns clean structured text instead of raw HTML, cutting token usage by 30-60% and saving significant API costs on a limited context window
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X/Twitter access is best handled via Grok API integration rather than the repo's cookie-based method, which is fragile and platform-dependent
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Clay.com (used by OpenAI, Anthropic, HubSpot, Canva) can be connected to Hermes via MCP to find verified emails, enrich leads from 150+ providers, and generate personalized outreach at scale
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The full system combines AgentReach for real-time web intelligence and Clay for go-to-market data, creating a research and outreach agent accessible via voice or Telegram
Actionable insights
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Clone the AgentReach GitHub repo and install it locally, then paste the repo URL into your Hermes/Claude agent and ask it to install and wire up the new skills automatically
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Use Grok API via the model selector inside Hermes to access all of X/Twitter search instead of relying on AgentReach's fragile cookie-based X login method
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Connect Clay.com to Hermes via MCP by grabbing the MCP config snippet, pasting it into Hermes, authorizing your workspace, and then prompting the agent to find leads, pull verified emails, and draft personalized messages in a single conversation
Notable quotes
“The best way to think about the way that most people use Hermes agent is a genius locked out of a library.”
“Instead of summarize this repo, you say scout this repo and see if it is worth making a video about.”
“It is not making Hermes more intelligent. What it is doing is improving its routing. It is an intelligent routing system.”
Worth watching?
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Worth watching the full video?
Worth watching if you actively use Claude or a Claude-based agent and want a live walkthrough of installing AgentReach and Clay MCP — the key steps and concepts are captured here, but seeing the real-time terminal install and HTML output may help if you are setting this up yourself.
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