--- title: Hermes AI Agent: Build a 24/7 Web Scraping Agent | daily.dev description: A step-by-step walkthrough for building an always-on AI web scraping agent using Hermes (an open-source agent framework from Nous Research) deployed on a VPS.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/hermes-ai-agent-build-a-24-7-web-scraping-agent-fenhfn0cj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Hermes AI Agent: Build a 24/7 Web Scraping Agent | daily.dev og:description: A step-by-step walkthrough for building an always-on AI web scraping agent using Hermes (an open-source agent framework from Nous Research) deployed on a VPS.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/hermes-ai-agent-build-a-24-7-web-scraping-agent-fenhfn0cj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/feNHFn0cJ.png og:image:alt: Hermes AI Agent: Build a 24/7 Web Scraping Agent og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Hermes AI Agent: Build a 24/7 Web Scraping Agent **[Oxylabs](https://daily.dev/sources/oxylabs)** · 15 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A step-by-step walkthrough for building an always-on AI web scraping agent using Hermes (an open-source agent framework from Nous Research) deployed on a VPS. The setup connects Claude as the LLM brain, integrates Slack for messaging, uses the Oxylabs Web Scraper API to handle CAPTCHAs and JavaScript rendering, saves working scraping approaches as reusable SKILL.md files, and schedules weekly automated data delivery. Security considerations around sandboxing, prompt injection, and ethical scraping practices are also covered. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I set up Hermes AI agent to run scraping jobs on a schedule and send results to Slack? Deploy Hermes on a VPS (at least 2 cores/8GB RAM), install it via the official Nous Research one-line installer, choose Anthropic/Claude as the model provider, run the hermes slack manifest write command to generate a pre-configured Slack app manifest, then add your Slack Member ID to the allowed users list and use hermes gateway setup to connect tokens. Schedule a saved skill in plain English, e.g. 'run this skill every Monday at 9 AM'. _Developers automating recurring scraping workflows can find deployment walkthroughs like this on daily.dev._ ### Why does a web scraping AI agent fail on JavaScript-heavy or protected pages with only default tools? Default browser-based scraping tools fail on CAPTCHA challenges, rate limits, and pages where price or availability fields are rendered by JavaScript that never executes. These are infrastructure problems, not prompt problems, since server-side defenses and IP reputation checks block a plain agent's requests regardless of how the request is phrased. Routing requests through a dedicated web scraper API that handles CAPTCHA solving, JS rendering, and proxy rotation resolves this. _Anyone debugging blocked scraping requests can compare infrastructure fixes for AI agents on daily.dev._ ### Why should an AI agent with terminal access run on a VPS instead of a personal laptop? Running an agent with terminal access on a personal laptop risks exposing password managers, logged-in browser sessions, and personal files if a malicious page attempts prompt injection, since the agent can execute commands autonomously. A VPS isolates the blast radius to a disposable server, stays always-on for scheduled jobs (unlike a sleeping laptop), and provides a separate IP address useful for scraping. _Developers weighing security tradeoffs for autonomous agents can track setup guidance like this on daily.dev._ --- Tags: [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#crawling](https://daily.dev/tags/crawling), [#slack](https://daily.dev/tags/slack) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/hermes-ai-agent-build-a-24-7-web-scraping-agent-fenhfn0cj) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Hermes AI Agent: Build a 24/7 Web Scraping Agent","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/hermes-ai-agent-build-a-24-7-web-scraping-agent-fenhfn0cj","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/hermes-ai-agent-build-a-24-7-web-scraping-agent-fenhfn0cj"},"datePublished":"2026-07-24T16:09:18.175Z","dateModified":"2026-09-13T19:04:49.630Z","description":"A step-by-step walkthrough for building an always-on AI web scraping agent using Hermes (an open-source agent framework from Nous Research) deployed on a VPS....","image":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yv7PDbVb0Ww/sddefault.jpg","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yv7PDbVb0Ww/sddefault.jpg","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Oxylabs","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Oxylabs","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--Nv1dkoGl--/f_auto/v1719003649/logos/oxylabs","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/oxylabs"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/hermes-ai-agent-build-a-24-7-web-scraping-agent-fenhfn0cj","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"ai-agents,crawling,slack","timeRequired":"PT15M","video":{"@type":"VideoObject","name":"Hermes AI Agent: Build a 24/7 Web Scraping Agent","description":"A step-by-step walkthrough for building an always-on AI web scraping agent using Hermes (an open-source agent framework from Nous Research) deployed on a VPS....","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yv7PDbVb0Ww/sddefault.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-07-24T16:09:18.175Z","duration":"PT15M","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/feNHFn0cJ","embedUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/yv7PDbVb0Ww"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Oxylabs","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/oxylabs"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Hermes AI Agent: Build a 24/7 Web Scraping Agent"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/hermes-ai-agent-build-a-24-7-web-scraping-agent-fenhfn0cj#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How do I set up Hermes AI agent to run scraping jobs on a schedule and send results to Slack?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Deploy Hermes on a VPS (at least 2 cores/8GB RAM), install it via the official Nous Research one-line installer, choose Anthropic/Claude as the model provider, run the hermes slack manifest write command to generate a pre-configured Slack app manifest, then add your Slack Member ID to the allowed users list and use hermes gateway setup to connect tokens. 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