Hermes — Air Quality Intelligence
Wire UK air-quality live readings, trends, and WHO-aligned checks into your agent while building location or health-related products.
Overview
Hermes is an MCP server for the Build phase that exposes UK air-quality live data, trends, LAQM stats, WHO checks, and a knowledge base to coding agents.
What is this MCP server?
- Live UK air-quality readings via hosted streamable-http MCP at hermes.southlondonscientific.com
- Historical trends, LAQM statistics, and WHO guideline checks from one remote server
- Built-in knowledge base for regulatory and health-context answers alongside numeric data
- Version 0.2.0 catalog entry with no local install—agent connects to the published remote URL
- Useful for dashboards, alerts, and copy that must cite current UK pollution levels
- Remote MCP version 0.2.0 over streamable-http
- Five described capability areas: live readings, historical trends, LAQM stats, WHO checks, knowledge base
What problem does it solve?
Agents hallucinate or outdated-scrape UK pollution figures when you need trustworthy LAQM and WHO-context numbers in the middle of implementation.
Who is it for?
Indie builders adding UK environmental metrics to SaaS, mobile companions, or research agents without building a custom Defra pipeline first.
Skip if: Teams needing global AQI outside the UK focus or offline-only pipelines with no HTTP MCP client.
What do I get? / Deliverables
Your agent can pull current UK air-quality intelligence through MCP tools while you design APIs, UI copy, and alert logic.
- Agent-callable UK air-quality readings and trends in your dev workflow
- WHO- and LAQM-oriented checks referenced in specs or user-facing copy
- Knowledge-base answers grounded in the Hermes catalog server
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Journey fit
Hermes is a remote data MCP you register during product build when the app or agent needs external environmental intelligence. It fits integrations because it exposes structured air-quality tools over streamable HTTP rather than a one-off research bookmark.
How it compares
Specialized UK air-quality MCP remote, not a general web-scraping skill or hosted LLM.
Common Questions / FAQ
Who is Hermes for?
Hermes is for solo builders and small teams using MCP agents who ship UK-focused apps, reports, or automations that need live and historical air-quality context.
When should I use Hermes?
Use Hermes during Build when you are integrating external data—dashboards, compliance copy, health nudges, or city APIs—and want the model to query real UK readings instead of inventing numbers.
How do I add Hermes to my agent?
Register the streamable-http remote URL https://hermes.southlondonscientific.com/mcp in your Claude Desktop, Cursor, or compatible MCP client, then invoke the server’s air-quality tools from the agent session.