How to connect urlscan.io to Hermes Agent
Connect urlscan.io to Hermes with ClawLink: paste your urlscan.io key once and 50 tools work from chat. No MCP server to run, nothing stored on your machine.
urlscan.ioAPI KEYMCPSubmit and retrieve website scans, search urlscan.io data, and manage urlscan Pro resources for threat intelligence and security investigations.. Once connected, Hermes Agent can read and act on urlscan.io from chat — pairing, token refresh, and tool wiring handled for you.
Most guides for giving Hermes Agent urlscan.io 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 urlscan.io setup: pair once in the browser and your always-on Hermes agent can act on urlscan.io 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 urlscan.io.
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 urlscan.io
Paste your API key in the dashboard.
- 3
Use it from chat
Ask Hermes Agent: "What can you do with urlscan.io?"
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 urlscan.io in the ClawLink dashboard — paste your urlscan.io API key once.
Verify the connection by asking Hermes:
Use urlscan.io to download file 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 urlscan.io is connected in the dashboard, that agent calls the same 50 urlscan.io tools over MCP. Full setup for MCP clients and shell agents: connect apps to any AI agent.
urlscan.io MCP for Hermes
Looking for a urlscan.io MCP server for Hermes Agent? ClawLink connects urlscan.io to Hermes Agent and exposes 50 urlscan.io tools your agent can call over MCP, with hosted auth and nothing to run or maintain yourself. Using OpenClaw instead? The OpenClaw urlscan.io integration works the same way.
What the Hermes Agent urlscan.io integration can do
50 urlscan.io tools are ready for Hermes Agent once the account is connected. The 30 below are the ones people reach for most; your agent can call all 50.
30 of 50 urlscan.io tools for Hermes
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
Download file urlscanio_download_file | Retrieve a captured binary file by its SHA-256 hash as a password-encrypted ZIP archive |
Get account capabilities urlscanio_get_account_capabilities | Get non-sensitive plan, product, feature, visibility, submission, and limit information for the |
Get brand summary urlscanio_get_brand_summary | Return detectable brands with detected-page totals and latest hits |
Get channel urlscanio_get_channel | Get one urlscan Pro notification channel by ID while preserving provider-specific metadata and |
Get data dump link urlscanio_get_data_dump_link | Generate a temporary download URL for a path returned by LIST_DATA_DUMPS |
Get dom urlscanio_get_dom | Return the plain-text DOM snapshot captured for a completed scan |
Get hostname history urlscanio_get_hostname_history | Return one page of historical Pro Hostnames observations for a hostname |
Get incident urlscanio_get_incident | Get one incident's configuration, source, runtime state, and timestamps |
Get incident states urlscanio_get_incident_states | Retrieve the stored state history for an incident |
Get live scan resource urlscanio_get_live_scan_resource | Retrieve one temporary result, DOM, screenshot, captured response, or download from the |
Get quotas urlscanio_get_quotas | Get current products, features, query capabilities, and per-action minute, hour, and day quota |
Get response content urlscanio_get_response_content | Return textual content captured in a scan response, addressed by its SHA-256 hash |
Get result urlscanio_get_result | Retrieve the complete metadata and captured request data for a completed scan UUID |
Get saved search results urlscanio_get_saved_search_results | Run a urlscan Pro saved search and return its current Search API results |
Get screenshot urlscanio_get_screenshot | Retrieve a completed urlscan.io scan screenshot as a downloadable PNG file reference |
Get similar results urlscanio_get_similar_results | Find one page of scan results structurally similar to a specified scan |
Get subscription results urlscanio_get_subscription_results | Resolve a urlscan Pro alert subscription and datasource to its current Search API results |
List available brands urlscanio_list_available_brands | List brand identifiers and metadata tracked by urlscan.io brand and phishing detection |
List available countries urlscanio_list_available_countries | List scanner country codes currently accepted by the Scan API |
List channels urlscanio_list_channels | List email and webhook notification channels for the current user without returning webhook |
List data dumps urlscanio_list_data_dumps | List available urlscan.io data-dump files for a time window, file type, and date |
List live scanners urlscanio_list_live_scanners | List Live Scanning nodes available to the connected account and their current metadata |
List saved searches urlscanio_list_saved_searches | List saved searches owned by or shared with the current user |
List subscriptions urlscanio_list_subscriptions | List alert subscriptions configured for the current user |
List user agents urlscanio_list_user_agents | List grouped browser user-agent strings available for scan submission |
List watchable attributes urlscanio_list_watchable_attributes | List attribute values accepted when configuring incident change monitoring |
Lookup malicious observable urlscanio_lookup_malicious_observable | Look up malicious-scan occurrence counts and first/last seen timestamps for an IP, hostname |
Search scans urlscanio_search_scans | Search urlscan.io data with Elasticsearch Query String syntax and return one controllable page |
Close incident urlscanio_close_incident | Stop ongoing scans for an active urlscan Pro incident and transition it to the closed state |
Copy incident urlscanio_copy_incident | Create a separate urlscan Pro incident from an existing incident's configuration |
Try it: find the urlscan.io tool you need
Browse the 30 urlscan.io tools
Click any tool to see exactly what Hermes can do and copy a ready-to-use prompt.
Example prompts
Use urlscan.io to download file and walk me through the result in plain English.
Pull the relevant data from urlscan.io, summarize it in plain English, and point out anything that needs attention.
Pull the relevant data from urlscan.io, summarize it in plain English, and point out anything that needs attention.
Pull the relevant data from urlscan.io, summarize it in plain English, and point out anything that needs attention.
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 urlscan.io working from chat.
| Manual | ClawLink | |
|---|---|---|
| Credential handling | Collect, validate, store, and rotate the urlscan.io API key yourself, then make sure every tool call uses the right account. | Users complete the hosted ClawLink setup once and the connected urlscan.io 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 urlscan.io. | 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 urlscan.io actions to the runtime in a format your agent can reliably use. | 50 tools for urlscan.io are already exposed through ClawLink, so the agent can read and act from chat immediately. |
ClawLink vs. Composio
Composio also exposes urlscan.io 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 urlscan.io in the browser, and the 50 tools above work from chat. There is no SDK and no config file, and the urlscan.io 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 urlscan.io
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 urlscan.io 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 urlscan.io tools
urlscan.io 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 urlscan.io 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.
urlscan.io 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 urlscan.io 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 urlscan.io integration?
Yes. ClawLink is the fastest way to connect Hermes to urlscan.io: link your urlscan.io account once in the browser and Hermes Agent can call the urlscan.io API through 50 ready-made tools — no custom code or token handling.
How do I connect urlscan.io 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 urlscan.io in the dashboard and Hermes can use it from the next message — no config files, and the urlscan.io key you paste is stored server-side instead of in your environment.
How long does it take to connect urlscan.io to Hermes Agent?
About two minutes. Sign in, click Connect next to urlscan.io in the dashboard, authenticate, and Hermes Agent can use it from the next chat message.
Why use ClawLink instead of wiring urlscan.io 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 urlscan.io working from chat.
Hermes paired but still can't use urlscan.io
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.
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