# Can Hermes Agent run a weekly Instagram plan for an expert?

> Source: https://tareno.co/agents/hermes-agent/instagram
> Language: en
> Last reviewed: 2026-10-24
> Let Hermes Agent remember your subject and cadence, draft the week's Instagram posts through Tareno and wait for your approval before anything is published.

## Connection facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Product surface | Hermes Agent (hermes-agent) |
| Available connection | Skill on ClawHub |
| Connection evidence | documented |
| Methods | skill, mcp |
| Authentication | oauth |
| Setup | [Setup guide](https://tareno.co/docs/mcp) |
| Install or connect | [Open setup](https://clawhub.ai/tarenoai/skills/tareno-hermes-social-ops) |
| Evidence observed | 2026-10-23 |
| Facts reviewed | 2026-10-25 |

Publication status and a working connection are separate facts. Evidence for one product surface does not establish installation or compatibility in another surface.

Agent: Hermes Agent · Network: Instagram · Hub: [Hermes Agent and Tareno](https://tareno.co/agents/hermes-agent)

## Short answer

**Can Hermes Agent plan and draft Instagram posts every week through Tareno?**

Yes. Hermes Agent keeps your subject, tone and cadence between sessions, drafts the week's Instagram posts and saves them through Tareno for review. The first connection is read-only, so you switch on drafting yourself. It cannot publish on its own: scheduling requests stay pending until you approve them in Tareno.

Experts rarely lack material for Instagram; they lack a rhythm. A physiotherapist knows twenty things patients get wrong, but turning them into a steady feed takes a weekly decision about what comes next. Hermes Agent is built to remember, which makes it a fit for that decision: it knows what was posted, what the practice may and may not claim and how often to publish. Through Tareno it can read your account and save drafts, while you keep the final say. This page describes the weekly loop, the settings that make it safe and the points where a person must look.

## Example: a physiotherapy practice and its Monday plan

Consider a practice owner who teaches posture and back-pain basics. In the first session she gives Hermes her notes, a list of claims she is willing to make and a list she is not, plus the cadence: three posts a week. Hermes asks Tareno for the account list and for her recent posts, so it knows what has already been covered. Each Monday she sends a short message, and Hermes proposes three topics, one per post, with a caption and a suggested image from her media library through `list_media`. She approves the topics, Hermes saves them with `create_drafts`, and on Wednesday it reports which drafts are still waiting. Because the connection started read-only, she enabled drafting herself with the configure command and left scheduling off until she trusted the output.

## Step by step

1. **Teach Hermes the boundaries.** Give it your subject, your voice and, just as important, the claims you will not make. A persistent agent applies that list every week, which is the main reason to use one.
2. **Start read-only.** The default Tareno connection can read accounts, posts, platform rules and analytics. Let Hermes review your recent posts first, so the plan builds on what is already published.
3. **Switch on drafting deliberately.** Use the configure command to enable `create_drafts` and, if you want it, media listing. Keep scheduling off at first; a plan that only creates drafts is easy to audit.
4. **Run the weekly planning message.** Each week, ask for the next set of topics. Hermes proposes one point per post, so you decide what is said and it decides how to phrase it within your rules.
5. **Pair images from your library.** Hermes can look through `list_media` for approved photos and match them with captions. Confirm each pairing in Tareno, because it cannot judge whether an image shows a patient or an exercise correctly.
6. **Review, request a slot and approve.** When you are happy, enable scheduling or ask for slots manually. Each request stays pending until you approve it in the dashboard, and Hermes can report its status with `get_action_status` once you enable that tool.

## Prompts to copy

### Review what is already published

```text
Use Tareno to list my last twenty Instagram posts and group them by topic. Tell me which topics I covered most, which I have not touched and which captions got the best response. Read only; create nothing.
```

### Plan the week

```text
My subject is [posture and back pain basics] and I post [three times a week]. Remember the claims I will not make: [list]. Propose three posts for next week, one topic each, with a caption under 2,200 characters, and save them as drafts for [account name] through Tareno.
```

### Match images

```text
Use Tareno to list my media library and suggest an approved image for each of the three drafts. Show each caption next to its filename, tell me when no suitable image exists and do not attach anything until I confirm.
```

### Report on the queue

```text
Check the state of every scheduling request you created this week with Tareno's status tool. Tell me which are approved, which are still waiting for me and which failed, and do not retry a failed one before explaining why it failed.
```

## Instagram in Tareno

- Tareno can list posts of a connected Instagram account, including ones published outside Tareno where Instagram's API allows it, so Hermes can base next week's plan on the whole account.
- Instagram needs media. Tareno's configuration rejects a post without an image or a video, so each weekly draft needs a file from your library or a new upload.
- Instagram's documentation says API publishing works for professional accounts. A personal account has to be switched before it can be connected for scheduled posts.
- Captions can be up to 2,200 characters in Tareno's configuration, and hashtags and mentions are supported, which leaves room for a short explanation plus a call to action.

Official rules ([Meta: Instagram Platform, content publishing](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/instagram-platform/content-publishing), checked 2026-10-24):

- API publishing is limited to Instagram professional accounts. If the account is linked to a Page that requires Page Publishing Authorization, it cannot publish until that authorization is complete.
- A carousel can hold up to 20 images or videos, mixed. Tareno's own composer configuration lists up to 10 images per Instagram post.
- Alt text sent through the API applies to image posts only; reels and stories do not support it.

## Mistakes to avoid

- Leaving the claims list implicit. A persistent agent only protects you from claims it has been told about, so write the forbidden ones down once.
- Enabling every tool on day one. Start read-only, then drafting, and only then scheduling, so each step is reviewed before the next opens.
- Treating memory as evidence. Hermes remembers what you said, not what is true; facts in a caption still need a source you trust.
- Letting the weekly plan drift to the easiest topics. Ask Hermes which subjects you have not covered in a month and plan one of them.

## What does not work

- Hermes cannot judge medical or legal accuracy, so health claims in a caption stay your responsibility and need your review before approval.
- It cannot publish a post without your approval, because scheduling requests become pending actions in the Tareno dashboard.
- It cannot create images, so each draft needs an existing file in your media library or a new upload from a public address.

## Frequently asked questions

### Can Hermes Agent remember my Instagram plan between sessions?

Yes, that is its strength. It keeps your subject, cadence and the claims you will not make, so each weekly planning message starts from the same rules. You should still tell it which facts are cleared, because memory is not evidence.

### Why is the Hermes connection to Tareno read-only at first?

The default tool selection covers workspaces, accounts, posts, platform rules and analytics only. You switch on drafting, media listing, scheduling or publishing deliberately with the configure command, which keeps a new connection easy to audit.

### Can Hermes schedule Instagram posts on its own?

It can request a slot once you enable scheduling, but each request becomes a pending action in Tareno. Instagram receives the post only after you approve it in the dashboard, so the agent's rhythm never replaces your decision.

### Does Hermes need an Instagram professional account?

Instagram's documentation says API publishing works for professional accounts. Connect a professional account in Tareno, and Hermes will see it when it reads your account list; a personal account has to be switched first.

### Can Hermes look at my older Instagram posts?

Yes. Tareno can list the posts of the connected account, including ones published outside Tareno where the API allows it, and return analytics for a chosen post, so Hermes can avoid repeating a topic you covered recently.

### How do I check on Hermes' queue?

Enable the status tool for the connection and ask for a report. Hermes can then say which scheduling requests are pending, approved or failed, but it cannot approve them, because approval happens only in the Tareno dashboard.

## Tareno tools used

- `list_media`
- `create_drafts`
- `get_action_status`

Approval model: Tareno saves drafts directly. Scheduling, publishing, edits to scheduled posts and deletions become pending actions that a person approves in the Tareno dashboard; no agent can approve them.

## Related

- [Hermes Agent × Tareno overview](https://tareno.co/agents/hermes-agent)
- [Instagram with Tareno](https://tareno.co/channels/instagram)
- [Content boards](https://tareno.co/features/content-boards)
- [Approval workflows](https://tareno.co/features/approval-workflows)