Hermes AI Agent: Build a 24/7 Web Scraping Agent

⚙️ *TRY OXYLABS AI STUDIO* 👉 https://oxy.yt/iQzG Imagine waking up to find the data you need already waiting for you, without babysitting a scraper or fixing broken scripts every week? In this video, we build exactly that: an always-on AI agent that scrapes the pages you care about and drops the results straight into Slack on a schedule. We use Hermes, an open-source AI agent framework from Nous Research, and set it all up in plain English, no heavy coding required. We start by spinning up a VPS so the agent can run 24/7 on its own server, safely away from your personal machine. Then we install Hermes, connect its "brain" (a language model), and wire it up to Slack so you can talk to it from anywhere. From there, we hand it a simple job: scrape a product page for the name, price, and availability. Here's where it gets real. The first web scraping attempt fails, interrupted by CAPTCHAs, rate limits, and JavaScript-heavy pages that DIY scrapers just can't handle. We fix it by plugging in the Oxylabs Web Scraper API, which takes care of the protection layer, proxy rotation, and page rendering for you. Same task, but now it returns clean, parsed data. To wrap up, we save that working approach as a reusable skill and schedule it to run every Monday morning, so fresh data is waiting for you with your coffee. We also share a few honest tips on security and the legal side of scraping, so you know exactly what to watch out for before pointing your own AI agent at anything important. ⚒️ *OXYLABS WEB SCRAPER API* Unlock web data at scale 👉 https://oxy.yt/fQxa 📚 *ADDITIONAL RESOURCES* ✏️Hermes Agent Oxylabs repository: https://oxy.yt/5QDw ✏️Hostinger VPS plans: https://oxy.yt/cQFq ✏️Delve deeper into AI agents: https://oxy.yt/DQWM ✏️ Learn how to build an AI agent: https://oxy.yt/PQQY ✏️ Get started with OxyCopilot: https://oxy.yt/aQcC ✏️ RAG and AI data pipelines: https://oxy.yt/9Qv1 🔧 *OUR SCRAPING SOLUTIONS* Residential Proxies: 👉 https://oxy.yt/BQEH Mobile Proxies: 👉 https://oxy.yt/tQRn ISP Proxies: 👉 https://oxy.yt/GQTy Dedicated ISP Proxies: 👉 https://oxy.yt/PQYG Datacenter Proxies: 👉 https://oxy.yt/0QUq Dedicated Datacenter Proxies: 👉 https://oxy.yt/FQIl 💬 *CONNECT WITH US* 24/7 Support Team: [email protected] Website: oxylabs.io LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/oxylabs-io Social: x.com/Oxylabs_io ⏳ *TIMESTAMPS* 0:00 Intro 0:42 What is Hermes Agent 1:59 Why a VPS 2:57 Set up the Hostinger VPS 3:38 Connect and prepare the server 4:39 Install & configure Hermes 7:02 Connect Hermes with Slack 9:50 Build the scraper 11:48 Save it as a skill & schedule it 13:14 Things to keep in mind 14:02 Legal & ethical considerations 14:30 Outro #HermesAgent #AIAgents #WebScraping #AIWebScraping #ScrapingWithAI #WebScraperAPI #Oxylabs © 2026 Oxylabs. All rights reserved.