Published: 2026-05-16

Hermes Agent WhatsApp Automation: Full VPS Setup with Telegram & Periscope MCP

FuturMinds shows how to build a Hermes AI agent on a VPS that manages WhatsApp groups entirely through Telegram — no WhatsApp Business API required. The key piece is Periscope, a WhatsApp CRM that exposes an MCP server, letting Hermes read conversations, send messages, create groups, label contacts, and schedule cron-based morning briefings, all from a single Telegram chat. The setup runs on a server you own, so data stays off third-party clouds.

Source video

"Hermes Agent WhatsApp Automation - Full Setup Tutorial" by FuturMinds — Watch on YouTube →

Key Takeaways

Deploy Hermes on a VPS using Hostinger's one-click template; run hermes setup for the guided wizard — choose Anthropic as LLM provider, then Telegram as messaging platform.
Create a Telegram bot via BotFather (/newbot), get your numeric user ID from @userinfobot, and add it to Hermes's allowed user list during setup.
Connect WhatsApp via Periscope CRM: save PERISCOPE_API_KEY and PERISCOPE_PHONE_ID as environment variables in your hosting dashboard, then ask Hermes to install the MCP server using Periscope's own instructions.
Once configured, Hermes can create groups, bulk-send messages, and analyze chat history from a single Telegram message — no switching apps.
Schedule daily briefings (e.g., 9am ranked summary of overnight activity) using Hermes cron jobs set up via natural language in Telegram.

Commands & Code Mentioned

hermes setup
/newbot  (in Telegram BotFather)
PERISCOPE_API_KEY
PERISCOPE_PHONE_ID

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