Lead generation gets messy fast.

You start with a clear goal, like “find SaaS companies hiring DevOps engineers” or “find B2B teams that probably need automation help,” and five minutes later you are buried in tabs, random LinkedIn pages, weak-fit companies, and notes that never make it into a clean pipeline.

That was the problem I wanted to fix.

Instead of treating lead gen like a giant scraping problem, I used Hermes Agent as a research and qualification layer. The goal was not to replace judgment. The goal was to make the boring parts faster, more consistent, and less chaotic.

So the workflow became simple: