How to connect Beamer to Hermes Agent
Connect Beamer to Hermes with ClawLink: paste your Beamer key once and 12 tools work from chat. No MCP server to run, nothing stored on your machine.
BeamerAPI KEYMCPBeamer is a platform that enables companies to announce news, updates, and features directly within their applications or websites, enhancing user engagement and communication.. Once connected, Hermes Agent can read and act on Beamer from chat — pairing, token refresh, and tool wiring handled for you.
Most guides for giving Hermes Agent Beamer access start with registering your own OAuth app or pasting API keys into env files, then leave the token refresh and tool wiring to you. ClawLink gives Hermes a more practical Beamer setup: pair once in the browser and your always-on Hermes agent can act on Beamer for you, reading and doing real work on your behalf with no auth, token refresh, or tool wiring to build yourself.
Setup
It takes three steps to connect Hermes to Beamer.
1Install and pair
Install the ClawLink plugin, then pair Hermes with a one-time browser approval:
hermes plugins install ClawLink-HQ/hermes-plugin --enable- 2
Connect Beamer
Paste your API key in the dashboard.
- 3
Use it from chat
Ask Hermes Agent: "What can you do with Beamer?"
Install by command
The prompt above walks Hermes through this. By hand, it is four commands and a browser approval:
hermes plugins install ClawLink-HQ/hermes-plugin --enable
hermes clawlink begin # prints an approval link — open it and approve
hermes clawlink finish # after approving in the browser
hermes clawlink testThen connect Beamer in the ClawLink dashboard — paste your Beamer API key once.
Verify the connection by asking Hermes:
Use Beamer to count post comments and walk me through the result in plain English.
Using a different agent?
The Hermes plugin is one client of ClawLink's MCP server. Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or any agent that can run a shell command pairs with the same ClawLink account through the CLI:
npx -y @useclawlink/cli loginlogin opens the same browser approval and stores a credential locally. Once Beamer is connected in the dashboard, that agent calls the same 12 Beamer tools over MCP. Full setup for MCP clients and shell agents: connect apps to any AI agent.
Beamer MCP for Hermes
Looking for a Beamer MCP server for Hermes Agent? ClawLink connects Beamer to Hermes Agent and exposes 12 Beamer tools your agent can call over MCP, with hosted auth and nothing to run or maintain yourself. Using OpenClaw instead? The OpenClaw Beamer integration works the same way.
What the Hermes Agent Beamer integration can do
12 Beamer tools are ready for Hermes Agent once the account is connected.
All 12 Beamer tools for Hermes
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
Count post comments beamer_count_post_comments | Count existing comments on a specific post |
Count post reactions beamer_count_post_reactions | Count existing reactions on a specific post |
Count posts beamer_count_posts | Count existing posts |
Count unread posts beamer_count_unread_posts | Count unread posts for a user |
Get category beamer_get_category | Retrieve metadata for a Beamer category by its ID |
Get feed beamer_get_feed | Retrieve the URL for your standalone feed |
Get notification beamer_get_notification | Retrieve details of a specific notification by its unique notification ID |
Get post comments beamer_get_post_comments | Retrieve comments for a specific post |
Get post reactions beamer_get_post_reactions | Retrieve all reactions associated with a specific post |
Get posts beamer_get_posts | Retrieve a list of posts |
Ping beamer_ping | Ping the Beamer API |
Get notifications beamer_get_notifications | Fetch unread notifications |
Try it: find the Beamer tool you need
Browse the 12 Beamer tools
Click any tool to see exactly what Hermes can do and copy a ready-to-use prompt.
Example prompts
Use Beamer to count post comments and walk me through the result in plain English.
Use Beamer to count post reactions and walk me through the result in plain English.
Use Beamer to count posts and walk me through the result in plain English.
Use Beamer to count unread posts and walk me through the result in plain English.
ClawLink vs. building it yourself
The alternative to ClawLink is usually manual API key setup plus your own token handling, permission troubleshooting, and tool plumbing for Hermes Agent. That is fine if you want to build and maintain the integration yourself. Most teams just want Beamer working from chat.
| Manual | ClawLink | |
|---|---|---|
| Credential handling | Collect, validate, store, and rotate the Beamer API key yourself, then make sure every tool call uses the right account. | Users complete the hosted ClawLink setup once and the connected Beamer account becomes available to the agent without you building credential management. |
| Ongoing maintenance | You own refresh logic, permission debugging, environment config, and every provider-specific edge case for Beamer. | ClawLink handles the repetitive integration plumbing so your team can focus on the workflow instead of the infrastructure. |
| Agent usability | You still need to expose the right Beamer actions to the runtime in a format your agent can reliably use. | 12 tools for Beamer are already exposed through ClawLink, so the agent can read and act from chat immediately. |
ClawLink vs. Composio
Composio also exposes Beamer to AI agents. It is developer infrastructure: Python and TypeScript SDKs, an MCP server, and a catalog past 1,000 apps, aimed at teams shipping agent products. ClawLink is built for Hermes Agent users instead. You install the plugin once, connect Beamer in the browser, and the 12 tools above work from chat. There is no SDK and no config file, and the Beamer key you paste at setup is stored server-side rather than kept in your environment. Choosing between them? Read the full Composio alternatives comparison.
Troubleshooting
Hermes paired but still can't use Beamer
Pairing is a two-step handshake: run hermes clawlink begin, approve the link in your browser, then run hermes clawlink finish. If you ran finish before approving, or the approval link expired, run hermes clawlink begin again to get a fresh link. Confirm the plugin was installed with --enable, then verify with hermes clawlink test.
Connection succeeds but no tools appear
Reconnect Beamer from the dashboard, then start a fresh chat if the runtime still has the old tool catalog loaded.
"Tool schema not loaded yet" error when calling Beamer tools
Beamer tool schemas load on demand the first time a tool runs and are cached after that, so this error usually clears on its own: wait a few seconds and retry the same request. If every Beamer call keeps failing with it in a fresh chat, reconnect from the dashboard, and contact support if it still persists — that pattern points to a configuration problem on our side, not something you can fix by reconnecting again.
Beamer returns 403 or "permission denied" on one action while others work
Two usual causes. The connected account may not have access to the specific workspace, inbox, store, or project in the request — check that first. If access looks right, the agent may have sent a placeholder value (like "YOUR_ID" or an example id from documentation) instead of a real one: ask it to run a list or search tool first, then retry the action with a real id from those results. Most failures at this stage are one of these two, not ClawLink bugs.
API key setup works but results look incomplete
Double-check that the API key for Beamer has the right scopes or account access. A valid key can still be too limited for some reads or writes.
FAQ
Is there a Hermes Agent Beamer integration?
Yes. ClawLink is the fastest way to connect Hermes to Beamer: link your Beamer account once in the browser and Hermes Agent can call the Beamer API through 12 ready-made tools — no custom code or token handling.
How do I connect Beamer to Hermes with ClawLink?
Install the plugin with hermes plugins install ClawLink-HQ/hermes-plugin --enable, then pair once: run hermes clawlink begin, approve the link in your browser, and run hermes clawlink finish. Connect Beamer in the dashboard and Hermes can use it from the next message — no config files, and the Beamer key you paste is stored server-side instead of in your environment.
How long does it take to connect Beamer to Hermes Agent?
About two minutes. Sign in, click Connect next to Beamer in the dashboard, authenticate, and Hermes Agent can use it from the next chat message.
Why use ClawLink instead of wiring Beamer up myself?
The alternative to ClawLink is usually manual API key setup plus your own token handling, permission troubleshooting, and tool plumbing for Hermes Agent. That is fine if you want to build and maintain the integration yourself. Most teams just want Beamer working from chat.
Hermes paired but still can't use Beamer
Pairing is a two-step handshake: run hermes clawlink begin, approve the link in your browser, then run hermes clawlink finish. If you ran finish before approving, or the approval link expired, run hermes clawlink begin again to get a fresh link. Confirm the plugin was installed with --enable, then verify with hermes clawlink test.
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