Hermes and openclaw aren't the same kind of thing. Hermes is a model, so yes, it'll stop refusing. It still can't issue a like. The refusal isn't a policy switch you can jailbreak around, and running a local model doesn't add hands, it just removes the part that politely tells you so.
Whatever actually clicks is a separate program: a browser driver like Playwright or Selenium on a logged-in session, or something talking to the mobile app endpoints. Instagram publishes no API for likes and follows, so that second route means impersonating the phone client, and that's what gets accounts restricted. The model picks targets and writes the words; it never touches the account.
We build on Telegram, where user-account automation runs on MTProto with documented flood waits and per-chat limits, and pacing still burned us. A retry loop left at the library default of five attempts hammered a refused proxy six times a minute and pushed a worker into repeated out-of-memory restarts. Two attempts with a five-minute cooldown fixed it.
Instagram publishes no limits at all. Run one account, slow, and watch what happens before you scale.
Best,
Floqal
