Hermoso is a marketing MCP server: 840+ tools over one OAuth’d endpoint that let an agent research the ads already running in a market, generate finished image and video ads, publish them, and build the paid campaigns behind them. Claude Code reaches all of it through one connection. This page is about one slice of that — what Claude Code can actually do on Threads, and what Threads will not let it do.
Connect Hermoso to Claude Code
- One command, and no key.
Already inside a session? Typeclaude plugin marketplace add hermoso-ai/hermoso && claude plugin install hermoso@hermoso/plugin marketplace add hermoso-ai/hermoso, then/plugin install hermoso@hermoso. It installs four Hermoso skills (research, ad-from-brand, generate, product-photoshoot) that run thehermosocommand throughnpx, so no tool list is loaded into your sessions and nothing costs context until it runs. - Sign in once.
It opens a browser sign-in on loopback, the waynpx -y hermoso auth loginghdoes, and stores an owner-only credential in~/.hermoso/config.json. Claude Code runs it for you the first time it needs Hermoso. No browser on that machine, say CI, a remote box or a container? Create a key under Settings → Agents & API keys and runnpx -y hermoso auth login --token hmk_…. A key carries real spend authority, so treat it like a password. - Optional: the MCP server as well. If you also want Hermoso’s tools in Claude Code’s own tool list, run
claude mcp add hermoso -- npx -y hermoso mcpafter signing in. It reads the same stored credential, so no key goes into.claude.json. The skills reach every tool without it. - Ask Claude Code for something. “Pull my three closest competitors’ longest-running ads and remix the best hook into a 9:16 video,” or “post this render to the channel.” The agent picks the tools; you approve the spend.
The plugin and the optional MCP server reach the same tools and the same account. The difference is context: a tool list is loaded into every session before you type anything, while the skills cost nothing until a command runs.
Then connect Threads itself, once, under Settings → Connectors in Hermoso. That is an OAuth consent screen, so it is the one step that needs a browser — everything after it is a tool call.
The Threads tools Claude Code gets
post_to_meta— publishes withtarget: "threads"— text, image or video, and optionally geotagged.schedule_post— queues it alongside every other channel.list_threads_posts / threads_insights— what you have posted, and how each one did.list_threads_replies / reply_to_thread / hide_thread_reply— read the replies, answer as the brand, hide what does not belong.list_threads_mentions— who is talking about you.search_threads_keyword / search_threads_locations— keyword search and the location ids a geotag needs.delete_thread— removes a post.
Threads is the channel where Hermoso goes furthest past publishing. Beyond posting there is a full read-and-respond surface — replies, mentions, keyword search and per-post insights — which is what makes it usable as a listening channel and not just an outlet. Note that Threads is a separate OAuth grant from Facebook even though it shares the Page.
Threads limits worth knowing before you automate anything
| Text | A Threads post is capped at 500 characters — the tightest here except X. It is enforced when the post is created or queued — refused while you are still there to fix it, rather than silently cut on the way out. |
|---|---|
| Visibility | Public only — “Threads has no unlisted, private or draft post.” A Threads post exists publicly or not at all. |
| Carousel | 2 to 20 slides, images and video mixed. Both bounds are Meta’s own words, quoted in the table that enforces them: “Carousels must have at least 2” items, and “no more than 20 total images, videos, or a mix of the two.” That makes Threads the most generous mixed-media carousel of any channel here. |
| Which account | pageId — the same connected Page identity carries Facebook, Instagram and Threads. |
Try it in Claude Code
Ask for it in ordinary language — these are sentences, not a DSL:
“Generate ten Threads posts under 500 characters from the angles in ./research/angles.md, post the top three, and check mentions every hour for the rest of the day.”
That walks get_brand → generate_text → post_to_meta (target: "threads") → list_threads_replies. Claude Code asks before it runs a tool, and the transcript is right there in the terminal — so a publish step is a line you can read before you press y.
Claude Code on Threads: the part that bites
A terminal session is the right shape for the listening half. list_threads_mentions, list_threads_replies and threads_insights return structured results, so a loop that polls, drafts replies and waits for your approval is a short script rather than a product. Watch the 500-character cap when you generate in bulk — it is enforced at enqueue, so a batch fails fast rather than at fire time.
The plugin carries no tool manifest, which matters most on a long unattended run: the agent shells out to the hermoso command per step, and --json on any command gives it machine output to assert on.
Research Threads before you post
search_threads searches public Threads by keyword through the research surface, and search_threads_keyword does the same through your connected Threads account. There is no Threads ad library, because there are no Threads ads to archive.
The paid half
There is no Threads ads product in Hermoso, and it would be wrong to imply one. Threads here is an organic channel: publish, read, reply, measure. The paid tools cover Meta (Facebook and Instagram), Google Ads, Microsoft Advertising, Reddit Ads, LinkedIn, Pinterest, X Ads, TikTok Ads, Snapchat Ads, ChatGPT Ads and Apple Search Ads.
What Claude Code cannot do on its own
An agent with a budget is only useful if the blast radius is bounded, so the fence is in the server rather than in a prompt. Every ad campaign, ad set, ad group and ad is created paused, and the status switches that arm real money refuse to run without an explicit confirmation flag. Every render is quoted first — hermoso_capabilities publishes each model’s exact credit cost before anything spends — and credits are reserved before the first provider call and settled at the exact cost afterwards, so a failed dispatch refunds rather than leaving you billed for nothing. Deletes are confirm-gated too, and every campaign tree is read back from the ad platform before your agent tells you what it built.
One step is deliberately not headless: linking an account is an OAuth consent screen, so you connect the channel once in a browser. Everything after that is a tool call.
The rest of the matrix
From Claude Code, post to: Facebook · Instagram · TikTok · YouTube · X · LinkedIn · Pinterest — or see everything Claude Code can publish to.
Post to Threads from: Claude · ChatGPT · Cursor · Codex · Cline · OpenClaw · Grok Bot · Hermes · Claude Code marketing
Frequently asked questions
Can Claude Code post to Threads?
Yes, with Hermoso's Claude Code plugin. One command: claude plugin marketplace add hermoso-ai/hermoso && claude plugin install hermoso@hermoso, or inside a session /plugin marketplace add hermoso-ai/hermoso then /plugin install hermoso@hermoso. It installs four Hermoso skills that drive the hermoso CLI, so no tool list is loaded into your sessions. Sign in once with npx -y hermoso auth login, which opens a browser and stores the credential itself, so there is no key to create and none to paste. Claude Code then has 840+ tools, including the ones that publish to Threads — and the ones that research the ads already running in your market and render the creative in the first place.
How do I connect Threads to Claude Code?
Two steps, once each. One command: claude plugin marketplace add hermoso-ai/hermoso && claude plugin install hermoso@hermoso, or inside a session /plugin marketplace add hermoso-ai/hermoso then /plugin install hermoso@hermoso. It installs four Hermoso skills that drive the hermoso CLI, so no tool list is loaded into your sessions. Sign in once with npx -y hermoso auth login, which opens a browser and stores the credential itself, so there is no key to create and none to paste. Then connect Threads inside Hermoso under Settings → Connectors, which is an OAuth consent screen in a browser. After that Claude Code publishes to Threads as an ordinary tool call.
What is the Threads caption limit when posting from Claude Code?
A Threads post is capped at 500 characters — the tightest of any channel here except X. Hermoso enforces it when the post is created or queued, so Claude Code is told immediately rather than failing later when nobody is watching.
What does it cost to post to Threads from Claude Code?
Publishing to Threads costs no credits; Meta charges nothing per API call. Credits are spent on generating the creative. Plans are $19, $49 and $149 a month for 1,000, 3,000 and 10,000 credits, and every feature is on every plan including Free — the only exception is enterprise SSO.
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