01What Hermes Agent AI Agent Is and How It Works
The Hermes Agent AI agent is a tool that turns a regular email inbox into an automated outreach system. You give the agent its own email account. It can read incoming emails, sort them, understand what matters, write replies, and send them for you.
In this episode, Julian Goldie shows how he uses Hermes Agent for link building. The agent acts like a 24/7 assistant. It reaches out to websites, asks for backlinks, and follows up without you having to copy and paste or re-explain your business every time.
The result is more backlinks and more traffic, with just a few minutes of daily review.
02Main Features of the Self-Writing Inbox System
The self-writing inbox has five layers that make it run on autopilot. First, a dedicated email inbox for the AI agent. Second, a Google service account connected to that inbox.
Third, the agent uses a skill to access and handle emails. Fourth, a draft gate so it writes emails first and you approve them before sending. Fifth, the agent works 24/7 without clocking off.
Other features include the ability to schedule tasks. You can tell Hermes Agent to reach out to five websites per day and follow up daily. It can also find prospects for you if you don't have a list ready.
The system runs on a schedule, so it keeps working overnight and while you sleep.
03How to Set Up Hermes Agent for Link Building Outreach
- Create a separate email inbox for the AI agent. Do not use your personal inbox.
- Get a Google service account and plug the account details into Hermes Agent.
- Connect the email account as a skill inside Hermes. This lets the agent read and manage emails.
- Tell the agent what you want to build backlinks for. For example, give it a page URL and say it is a free, genuinely useful guide.
- Provide a prospect list of blogs or sites you want backlinks from. Alternatively, ask the agent to find relevant websites for you.
- Set up a scheduled task. Tell the agent to reach out to a number of websites per day and follow up with them daily.
- Enable draft mode first so the agent only creates drafts. You approve each email before it goes out.
04How to Use Hermes Agent: Examples from the Episode
Julian shows a simple test. He tells Hermes Agent to email him saying 'the course moves to 3pm'. The agent does it correctly and the email shows up in the inbox.
This proves the connection works.
Then he sets up a real link building task. He says: 'Build backlinks to this page. Reach out to five relevant websites per day asking for backlinks.
Short, direct email. Schedule in the task. Make sure you reach out to realistic websites that would actually link to us.
Follow up with them daily too.' The agent replies that it built the outreach campaign, will send the first batch today, and then run daily. It even provides details of the email strategy and target websites.
05Results: Old Way vs New Way with Hermes Agent
Julian compares the old way of link building to the new way using Hermes Agent AI agent. The old way takes two to three hours a day. You open the inbox, read every message, copy and paste into ChatGPT, fix formatting, send by hand, re-explain who everyone is, lose threads, and switch between tasks.
At the end of the day, you are still behind.
The new way takes five to ten minutes a day. The agent reads the inbox for you. You ask it what is important, or tell it to send emails and schedule campaigns.
It writes in your voice because it remembers your business from the memory system. It works 24/7 on a schedule. You wake up to an inbox that is already handled.
06Tips, Limits and Mistakes to Avoid
Never give the AI agent access to your personal email inbox. Always set up a separate inbox just for it. Use the draft gate as the default setting.
The agent drafts emails first, and you approve them before sending. This keeps you in control of every word that goes out for your brand.
If you are not comfortable with an AI agent sending emails, don't do it. Only move to automatic sending once you are happy with how it writes. Also, some people think setting this up requires technical skills.
Julian says the agent operating system makes it easy, with over 3,400 people inside the AI Profit Boardroom using it. The agent will ask for more information until everything is arranged.
07Who Hermes Agent AI Agent Is For and Why It Matters
The Hermes Agent AI agent works for any business that uses email: agencies, e-commerce companies, coaching, SaaS companies, marketing agencies. The agent does not care about your industry. It just handles the inbox for you.
This matters because link building is essential for SEO traffic and ranking number one on Google. Automating outreach saves hours every day and removes the repetitive work of copying and pasting. It also keeps your real inbox private and your mornings free.
With the agent running on a schedule, you get consistent outreach without grinding on emails yourself.
