hermes-conductor-mcp

MCP server that exposes Conductor Cloud as tools for Hermes Agent, so Hermes (running as your Telegram brain) can dispatch real coding work to Conductor's sandboxed developer agents.

Telegram  <->  Hermes Agent (brain)  <->  this MCP server  <->  Conductor Cloud (dev agents)

Tools exposed

• list_projects — repos available to create a workspace from

• create_workspace — spin up a sandboxed workspace + first session (agent: claude | codex | cursor | acp)

• get_workspace_status — poll workspace lifecycle (initializing → ready → ...)

• archive_workspace — tear a workspace down when done

• send_message — send an instruction/prompt into a coding session

• get_session_status — poll whether the agent is idle | working | error

• get_session_messages — read the full transcript

• cancel_session — stop the agent mid-task

Typical flow a Hermes conversation would drive: list_projects → create_workspace → send_message (the task) → poll get_session_status until idle → get_session_messages for the result → archive_workspace.

Related MCP server: jt-mcp-server

Setup

1. Get a Conductor API key (requires Conductor Pro): https://app.conductor.build/users/api-keys

2. Install and build:

   npm install
   npm run build

3. Register it in Hermes's ~/.hermes/config.yaml:

   mcp_servers:
     conductor:
       command: "node"
       args: ["/Users/rohanarora/Desktop/hermes-conductor-mcp/dist/index.js"]
       env:
         CONDUCTOR_API_KEY: "<your conductor api key>"

4. Restart Hermes. It should discover tools prefixed mcp_conductor_* (e.g. mcp_conductor_create_workspace).

5. Make sure Hermes's Telegram gateway is already configured (BotFather token + your user ID) — see https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/messaging/telegram. That part is independent of this server.

Local dev

CONDUCTOR_API_KEY=sk-... npm run dev

Runs the server directly via tsx over stdio — pair with any MCP inspector/client to test tool calls without going through Hermes.