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Hermes HR Agent — Autonomous Recruiting & People Operations

The Hermes HR Agent automates recruiting and people operations workflows — resume screening, interview scheduling, onboarding coordination, policy Q&A, and employee data management. It connects to your ATS, calendar, HRIS, and document storage through CorpusIQ MCP connectors to reduce administrative burden on your people team.

The agent handles high-volume, repetitive HR tasks so your team can focus on culture, employee experience, and strategic workforce planning. All employee data handling follows access controls configured in your Hermes profile.

Overview

The HR Agent eliminates manual recruiting busywork. Instead of reading every resume, coordinating interview panels across calendars, and tracking onboarding checklists manually, your HR team receives ranked candidate summaries, auto-scheduled interviews, and automated onboarding progress checks.

Capability What It Does
Resume screening Parses resumes, scores against job requirements, flags top candidates
Interview scheduling Coordinates panel availability, sends invites with context briefs
Onboarding coordination New hire checklist tracking, document collection, provisioning status
Policy Q&A Answers employee questions by searching handbooks, policies, and precedent
Compliance tracking Certification expiry, training completion, document renewal alerts

See also: Agent Library Overview · Executive Agent · Calendar Connector

How It Works

  1. Connect your HR stack — Calendly, Google/Outlook Calendar, Gmail, Notion, Drive
  2. Store job descriptions and rubrics — In canonical facts or a Notion database
  3. Load the skills — Resume screening, interview scheduling, onboarding, policy QA, compliance
  4. Schedule the crons — Hourly resume screening, daily onboarding checks, weekly compliance
  5. Receive in Slack/Email — Candidate summaries, onboarding status, compliance alerts

Key Features

  • Hourly resume screening — ranks new applicants against job requirements with scored summaries
  • Panel coordination — checks availability across interviewer calendars and sends invites
  • Onboarding progress tracking — flags outstanding documents, incomplete setup tasks
  • Compliance monitoring — weekly scans for expiring certifications, visas, and contract end dates
  • Employee lifecycle tracking — anniversaries, probation periods, contract renewals
  • Policy Q&A — semantic search across handbooks and policies for employee self-service

Claude Sonnet 4 or GPT-4o — nuanced resume evaluation and professional communication drafting. Use Claude Haiku or GPT-4o Mini for policy Q&A and simple scheduling.

MCP Connectors Needed

Connector Purpose
Calendly / Google Calendar / Outlook Interview scheduling, onboarding sessions
Gmail / Outlook Candidate communications, offer letters, policy responses
Slack HR channel alerts, onboarding notifications
Notion / Airtable Handbooks, policies, checklists, job descriptions
Google Drive / OneDrive / Dropbox Resume storage, templates, signed documents
HubSpot / Close CRM If recruiting pipeline managed in CRM

Sample Cron Schedule

# Resume screening every hour during business hours
0 9-17 * * 1-5 hermes skill resume-screening --new-applications --since 1h

# Onboarding progress check every weekday at 10:00 AM
0 10 * * 1-5 hermes skill onboarding-coordinator --active-onboardings --check-progress

# Compliance tracking every Monday at 8:00 AM
0 8 * * 1 hermes skill compliance-tracking --expiring-in 30d

# Employee lifecycle events every Monday at 9:00 AM
0 9 * * 1 hermes skill employee-lifecycle --upcoming 14d

# Policy Q&A response time check every Friday at 4:00 PM
0 16 * * 5 hermes skill policy-qa --unanswered --older-than 24h

Quick-Start Command

hermes agent create hr \
  --model claude-sonnet-4 \
  --skills resume-screening,interview-scheduling,onboarding-coordinator,policy-qa,compliance-tracking,employee-lifecycle \
  --connectors calendly,gmail,slack,notion,drive \
  --profile hr \
  --description "Recruiting and people operations automation agent"

Configuration Notes

  • Store job descriptions, evaluation rubrics, and scoring criteria in canonical facts
  • Define interview panel configurations — who must attend per role type
  • Configure policy document locations for Q&A skill searching
  • Set data retention policies — agent respects GDPR/CCPA requirements
  • All resume data handling follows access controls configured in your profile

Extending

  • Add offer-letter-generation drafting offers with compensation bands
  • Integrate with DocuSign or HelloSign for document execution tracking
  • Add culture-survey-analysis for engagement survey processing
  • Build a headcount-planner tracking open roles, time-to-fill, and hiring velocity

FAQ

What does the Hermes HR Agent do?

The Hermes HR Agent automates recruiting and people operations: it screens resumes against job requirements, coordinates interview scheduling across panels, tracks onboarding progress, answers policy questions from employees, and monitors compliance deadlines — all on scheduled crons.

How does resume screening work?

The agent parses incoming resumes, scores candidates against your job requirements using configurable rubrics, and ranks applicants. Top matches are surfaced to the recruiting team with scored summaries highlighting relevant experience, skills, and any identified gaps.

Can the agent schedule interviews automatically?

Yes. For candidates advancing to interview stage, the agent checks panel availability across connected calendars (Google Calendar, Outlook, Calendly), finds open slots, and sends calendar invites with interviewer briefs and candidate context.

How does the HR agent handle employee data privacy?

The agent respects all access controls configured in your Hermes profile. Resume data handling follows GDPR/CCPA requirements. Policy Q&A responses are scoped to the requesting employee's access level. Data retention policies are configurable.

Can the HR agent track compliance and certifications?

Yes. Weekly scans check for expiring certifications, visas, contract end dates, and training completions. Alerts are sent to appropriate stakeholders with 30, 14, and 7-day advance warnings.