How to connect Clearout to Hermes Agent
Connect Clearout to Hermes with ClawLink: paste your Clearout key once and 21 tools work from chat. No MCP server to run, nothing stored on your machine.
ClearoutAPI KEYMCPClearout offers AI-powered email validation, email finder, and prospecting services to enhance email deliverability and lead generation.. Once connected, Hermes Agent can read and act on Clearout from chat — pairing, token refresh, and tool wiring handled for you.
Most guides for giving Hermes Agent Clearout access start with registering your own OAuth app or pasting API keys into env files, then leave the token refresh and tool wiring to you. ClawLink gives Hermes a more practical Clearout setup: pair once in the browser and your always-on Hermes agent can act on Clearout for you, reading and doing real work on your behalf with no auth, token refresh, or tool wiring to build yourself.
Setup
It takes three steps to connect Hermes to Clearout.
1Install and pair
Install the ClawLink plugin, then pair Hermes with a one-time browser approval:
hermes plugins install ClawLink-HQ/hermes-plugin --enable- 2
Connect Clearout
Paste your API key in the dashboard.
- 3
Use it from chat
Ask Hermes Agent: "What can you do with Clearout?"
Install by command
The prompt above walks Hermes through this. By hand, it is four commands and a browser approval:
hermes plugins install ClawLink-HQ/hermes-plugin --enable
hermes clawlink begin # prints an approval link — open it and approve
hermes clawlink finish # after approving in the browser
hermes clawlink testThen connect Clearout in the ClawLink dashboard — paste your Clearout API key once.
Verify the connection by asking Hermes:
Use Clearout to autocomplete company to domain and walk me through the result in plain English.
Using a different agent?
The Hermes plugin is one client of ClawLink's MCP server. Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or any agent that can run a shell command pairs with the same ClawLink account through the CLI:
npx -y @useclawlink/cli loginlogin opens the same browser approval and stores a credential locally. Once Clearout is connected in the dashboard, that agent calls the same 21 Clearout tools over MCP. Full setup for MCP clients and shell agents: connect apps to any AI agent.
Clearout MCP for Hermes
Looking for a Clearout MCP server for Hermes Agent? ClawLink connects Clearout to Hermes Agent and exposes 21 Clearout tools your agent can call over MCP, with hosted auth and nothing to run or maintain yourself. Using OpenClaw instead? The OpenClaw Clearout integration works the same way.
What the Hermes Agent Clearout integration can do
21 Clearout tools are ready for Hermes Agent once the account is connected.
All 21 Clearout tools for Hermes
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
Autocomplete company to domain clearout_autocomplete_company_to_domain | Autocomplete company names to probable domains with confidence scores |
Business account verify clearout_business_account_verify | Check if an email belongs to a business/work account |
Catch all verify clearout_catch_all_verify | Check if an email domain is catch-all |
Disposable verify clearout_disposable_verify | Check if an email is from a disposable provider |
Domain find mx clearout_domain_find_mx | Retrieve MX records for a domain in priority order |
Domain find whois clearout_domain_find_whois | Fetch WHOIS record for a domain |
Email finder bulk result download clearout_email_finder_bulk_result_download | Generate a bulk email finder result download URL |
Email verify bulk progress status clearout_email_verify_bulk_progress_status | Retrieve progress for a bulk email verification job |
Email verify bulk result download clearout_email_verify_bulk_result_download | Obtain a temporary URL for bulk email verification results |
Email verify get credits clearout_email_verify_get_credits | Fetch available email verification credits |
Email verify instant clearout_email_verify_instant | Instantly verify a single email address |
Free account verify clearout_free_account_verify | Detect if an email is from a free email service provider |
Gibberish account verify clearout_gibberish_account_verify | Verify if an email address is gibberish |
Reverse lookup find company via domain clearout_reverse_lookup_find_company_via_domain | Find company information (name, logo, LinkedIn URL, address) by looking up its domain name |
Reverse lookup find person via email clearout_reverse_lookup_find_person_via_email | Retrieve a person’s profile from an email address |
Reverse lookup find person via linked in clearout_reverse_lookup_find_person_via_linked_in | Discover person information via a LinkedIn profile URL |
Role account verify clearout_role_account_verify | Determine if an email is a role-based account |
Email finder bulk clearout_email_finder_bulk | Upload a CSV or XLSX contacts file for bulk email finding |
Email verify bulk clearout_email_verify_bulk | Upload a CSV or XLSX file for bulk email verification |
Email finder bulk cancel clearout_email_finder_bulk_cancel | Cancel a running bulk email finder job |
Email verify bulk cancel clearout_email_verify_bulk_cancel | Cancel an in-progress bulk email verification job |
Try it: find the Clearout tool you need
Browse the 21 Clearout tools
Click any tool to see exactly what Hermes can do and copy a ready-to-use prompt.
Example prompts
Use Clearout to autocomplete company to domain and walk me through the result in plain English.
Use Clearout to business account verify and walk me through the result in plain English.
Use Clearout to catch all verify and walk me through the result in plain English.
Use Clearout to disposable verify and walk me through the result in plain English.
ClawLink vs. building it yourself
The alternative to ClawLink is usually manual API key setup plus your own token handling, permission troubleshooting, and tool plumbing for Hermes Agent. That is fine if you want to build and maintain the integration yourself. Most teams just want Clearout working from chat.
| Manual | ClawLink | |
|---|---|---|
| Credential handling | Collect, validate, store, and rotate the Clearout API key yourself, then make sure every tool call uses the right account. | Users complete the hosted ClawLink setup once and the connected Clearout account becomes available to the agent without you building credential management. |
| Ongoing maintenance | You own refresh logic, permission debugging, environment config, and every provider-specific edge case for Clearout. | ClawLink handles the repetitive integration plumbing so your team can focus on the workflow instead of the infrastructure. |
| Agent usability | You still need to expose the right Clearout actions to the runtime in a format your agent can reliably use. | 21 tools for Clearout are already exposed through ClawLink, so the agent can read and act from chat immediately. |
ClawLink vs. Composio
Composio also exposes Clearout to AI agents. It is developer infrastructure: Python and TypeScript SDKs, an MCP server, and a catalog past 1,000 apps, aimed at teams shipping agent products. ClawLink is built for Hermes Agent users instead. You install the plugin once, connect Clearout in the browser, and the 21 tools above work from chat. There is no SDK and no config file, and the Clearout key you paste at setup is stored server-side rather than kept in your environment. Choosing between them? Read the full Composio alternatives comparison.
Troubleshooting
Hermes paired but still can't use Clearout
Pairing is a two-step handshake: run hermes clawlink begin, approve the link in your browser, then run hermes clawlink finish. If you ran finish before approving, or the approval link expired, run hermes clawlink begin again to get a fresh link. Confirm the plugin was installed with --enable, then verify with hermes clawlink test.
Connection succeeds but no tools appear
Reconnect Clearout from the dashboard, then start a fresh chat if the runtime still has the old tool catalog loaded.
"Tool schema not loaded yet" error when calling Clearout tools
Clearout tool schemas load on demand the first time a tool runs and are cached after that, so this error usually clears on its own: wait a few seconds and retry the same request. If every Clearout call keeps failing with it in a fresh chat, reconnect from the dashboard, and contact support if it still persists — that pattern points to a configuration problem on our side, not something you can fix by reconnecting again.
Clearout returns 403 or "permission denied" on one action while others work
Two usual causes. The connected account may not have access to the specific workspace, inbox, store, or project in the request — check that first. If access looks right, the agent may have sent a placeholder value (like "YOUR_ID" or an example id from documentation) instead of a real one: ask it to run a list or search tool first, then retry the action with a real id from those results. Most failures at this stage are one of these two, not ClawLink bugs.
API key setup works but results look incomplete
Double-check that the API key for Clearout has the right scopes or account access. A valid key can still be too limited for some reads or writes.
FAQ
Is there a Hermes Agent Clearout integration?
Yes. ClawLink is the fastest way to connect Hermes to Clearout: link your Clearout account once in the browser and Hermes Agent can call the Clearout API through 21 ready-made tools — no custom code or token handling.
How do I connect Clearout to Hermes with ClawLink?
Install the plugin with hermes plugins install ClawLink-HQ/hermes-plugin --enable, then pair once: run hermes clawlink begin, approve the link in your browser, and run hermes clawlink finish. Connect Clearout in the dashboard and Hermes can use it from the next message — no config files, and the Clearout key you paste is stored server-side instead of in your environment.
How long does it take to connect Clearout to Hermes Agent?
About two minutes. Sign in, click Connect next to Clearout in the dashboard, authenticate, and Hermes Agent can use it from the next chat message.
Why use ClawLink instead of wiring Clearout up myself?
The alternative to ClawLink is usually manual API key setup plus your own token handling, permission troubleshooting, and tool plumbing for Hermes Agent. That is fine if you want to build and maintain the integration yourself. Most teams just want Clearout working from chat.
Hermes paired but still can't use Clearout
Pairing is a two-step handshake: run hermes clawlink begin, approve the link in your browser, then run hermes clawlink finish. If you ran finish before approving, or the approval link expired, run hermes clawlink begin again to get a fresh link. Confirm the plugin was installed with --enable, then verify with hermes clawlink test.
