Connect Hermes

Steps

Open the Hermes configuration: C:\Users\<you>\.hermes\config.yaml on Windows, /Users/<you>/.hermes/config.yaml on macOS, /home/<you>/.hermes/config.yaml on Linux.
Add the mcp_servers block below beside anything already there, and save the file.
C:\Users\<you>\.hermes\config.yaml on Windows, /Users/<you>/.hermes/config.yaml on macOS, /home/<you>/.hermes/config.yaml on Linux
```
mcp_servers:
  adako:
    url: 'https://adako.ai/mcp'
    auth: oauth
```
Run hermes mcp login adako, then complete the Adako authorization screen in your browser.
Run hermes mcp test adako, then ask Hermes to use Adako.

API key instead of the browser sign-in

mcp_servers:
  adako:
    url: 'https://adako.ai/mcp'
    headers:
      Authorization: 'Bearer ak_live_paste_your_key_here'

Replace ak_live_paste_your_key_here with the key you copied from /keys — the whole value, including the ak_live_ prefix, and nothing else around it. Create an API key.

These steps are for the Nous Research Hermes agent — the agent, not the Hermes model series. The key is mcp_servers with an underscore. Adako’s tools arrive named mcp_adako_*, and /reload-mcp picks up a config change without a restart.

Test it

Ask for something read-only first. This call is free and changes nothing.

first prompt

Using Adako, tell me which ad accounts are connected.

You should get back what is connected, which account is active, and two or three prompts worth trying next. If nothing is connected yet, the answer says so and links to the Accounts page.

When a write comes back as a proposal

Under the inbox policy, a write returns a proposal id and a diff instead of a result. Say “approve it” in the chat, or open Approvals and approve it there. Under direct, your confirmation in the chat is the approval.

Steps

Test it

When a write comes back as a proposal

Related pages

Ad platforms

Next steps

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