Connect Hermes Agent to LotsMail
Ask Hermes Agent to read, search and draft replies in your LotsMail business inbox. Add LotsMail to Hermes Agent as a remote MCP server with an API key.
LotsMail MCP server URL
https://api.lotsmail.to/mcpOr let Hermes Agent guide the setup: send it this prompt
Read https://lotsmail.to/skill.md and help me connect LotsMail for you.What Hermes Agent can do with LotsMail
Once connected, Hermes Agent can:
- Read and search your mailboxes: list conversations by folder, open a whole conversation and find messages by person, subject or text.
- Write drafts and reply drafts that wait in Drafts for you to review and send.
- Send, reply and send a draft, once you have turned sending on for that mailbox, and check whether each message was delivered.
- Mark messages read or unread, star them and move them between inbox, archive, trash and spam.
- Start domain setup and show how your domains are paid for. Domains, DNS, team access and agent permissions stay yours, in the dashboard.
The LotsMail dashboard does the whole job too: a full inbox on every device, plus domains, mailboxes, team and agent permissions. Your agent for speed, the dashboard for control.
You need
- Hermes Agent with MCP support
- A LotsMail API key
- A LotsMail account. You can create one during sign-in.
Connect Hermes Agent to LotsMail
Add the HTTP server
Merge this server into mcp_servers in ~/.hermes/config.yaml. Store LOTSMAIL_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-mail: url: "https://api.lotsmail.to/mcp" headers: Authorization: "Bearer ${LOTSMAIL_API_KEY}"Restart Hermes
Restart your Hermes session to load the server and its tools.
Check the tools
Ask your agent “List my LotsMail mailboxes” before asking it to change anything.
What to ask next
- “What came in for sales@ today? Summarise anything that needs a reply.”
- “Draft a reply to the latest message from the supplier and leave it for me to check.”
- “Find last month’s invoice from our supplier and tell me the amount and due date.”
- “Check whether my last email to Acme was delivered.”
If something goes wrong
- LotsMail tools are not available
- Check that LotsMail 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://lotsmail.to/pricing. Your agent’s own plan or usage fees are separate.
Hermes Agent and LotsMail: questions
How do I connect Hermes Agent to LotsMail?
Follow the Hermes Agent setup above to add https://api.lotsmail.to/mcp. Configure your LotsMail API key using the credential settings shown. Then ask “List my LotsMail mailboxes”.
Why does Hermes need an API key for LotsMail?
Hermes connects with a Bearer header, so it uses a LotsMail 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 LotsMail 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 LotsMail cost?
Current plans and prices are on https://lotsmail.to/pricing. Your agent’s own plan or usage fees are separate.
Can my agent send email without me?
Only if you turn on sending for that mailbox. Sending is off until you do. With read or draft access your agent can search, read and write drafts that wait in Drafts for you to review and send.
Which mailboxes can my agent open?
Only the mailboxes you can open yourself. For each one you choose what agents may do: read and search, write drafts, or send. Owners do not get private mailboxes by default.
Can I limit who my agent emails?
Yes. A mailbox can be restricted to a list of addresses it may send to, and any other recipient refuses the whole send. Only a workspace owner or admin changes restrictions, in the dashboard.
Can my agent change my domain or DNS?
No. It can start domain setup, which gives you the steps and the dashboard link. Domains, DNS, billing, team access and agent permissions stay with you, in the dashboard.
LotsMail tools are not available
Check that LotsMail is enabled for this session and authentication has completed. Reload the connection or start a new session to refresh its tools.
