How to connect Breathe HR to Hermes Agent
Connect Breathe HR to Hermes with ClawLink: paste your Breathe HR key once and 50 tools work from chat. No MCP server to run, nothing stored on your machine.
Breathe HRAPI KEYMCPBreatheHR is a simple, cloud-based HR software designed for SMEs to manage employee records, absences, performance reviews, and other HR processes.. Once connected, Hermes Agent can read and act on Breathe HR from chat — pairing, token refresh, and tool wiring handled for you.
Most guides for giving Hermes Agent Breathe HR 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 Breathe HR setup: pair once in the browser and your always-on Hermes agent can act on Breathe HR 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 Breathe HR.
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 Breathe HR
Paste your API key in the dashboard.
- 3
Use it from chat
Ask Hermes Agent: "What can you do with Breathe HR?"
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 Breathe HR in the ClawLink dashboard — paste your Breathe HR API key once.
Verify the connection by asking Hermes:
Pull the relevant data from Breathe HR, summarize it in plain English, and point out anything that needs attention.
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 Breathe HR is connected in the dashboard, that agent calls the same 50 Breathe HR tools over MCP. Full setup for MCP clients and shell agents: connect apps to any AI agent.
Breathe HR MCP for Hermes
Looking for a Breathe HR MCP server for Hermes Agent? ClawLink connects Breathe HR to Hermes Agent and exposes 50 Breathe HR tools your agent can call over MCP, with hosted auth and nothing to run or maintain yourself. Using OpenClaw instead? The OpenClaw Breathe HR integration works the same way.
What the Hermes Agent Breathe HR integration can do
50 Breathe HR tools are ready for Hermes Agent once the account is connected. The 30 below are the ones people reach for most; your agent can call all 50.
30 of 50 Breathe HR tools for Hermes
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
Get account breathehr_get_account | Retrieve account information including ID, name, domain, UUID, and RTA usage status |
Get employee breathehr_get_employee | Retrieve detailed information about a specific employee by ID |
Get employee expense breathehr_get_employee_expense | Retrieve a specific employee expense record by ID |
Get leave request breathehr_get_leave_request | Retrieve detailed information about a specific leave request by ID |
Get leave request cancelling breathehr_get_leave_request_cancelling | Retrieve the leave request that is being cancelled |
List absences breathehr_list_absences | List all absences with optional filtering by date range, employee, department, and type |
List benefits breathehr_list_benefits | Retrieve a list of employee benefits with optional pagination |
List bonuses breathehr_list_bonuses | Retrieve employee bonuses from BreatheHR with pagination support |
List change requests breathehr_list_change_requests | List change requests from BreatheHR |
List company documents breathehr_list_company_documents | Retrieve a paginated list of company documents from BreatheHR |
List company projects breathehr_list_company_projects | List company projects from BreatheHR |
List company training types breathehr_list_company_training_types | List company training types |
List department absences breathehr_list_department_absences | List absences for a specific department |
List department benefits breathehr_list_department_benefits | List all employee benefits for a specific department |
List department bonuses breathehr_list_department_bonuses | List bonuses for a specific department |
List department leave requests breathehr_list_department_leave_requests | List leave requests for a specific department |
List department salaries breathehr_list_department_salaries | List salaries for a specific department |
List departments breathehr_list_departments | List all company departments from BreatheHR |
List divisions breathehr_list_divisions | Retrieve all company divisions |
List employee absences breathehr_list_employee_absences | List absences for a specific employee from BreatheHR |
List employee benefits breathehr_list_employee_benefits | List benefits for an employee |
List employee bonuses breathehr_list_employee_bonuses | List bonuses for a specific employee |
List employee change requests breathehr_list_employee_change_requests | List change requests for a specific employee |
List employee expense claims breathehr_list_employee_expense_claims | List employee expense claims from BreatheHR |
List employee expenses breathehr_list_employee_expenses | List employee expenses from BreatheHR |
List employee holiday years breathehr_list_employee_holiday_years | Get holiday years for an employee |
List employee jobs breathehr_list_employee_jobs | List employee jobs with optional employee filtering |
List employee leave requests breathehr_list_employee_leave_requests | List leave requests for a specific employee |
List employee salaries breathehr_list_employee_salaries | List salaries for a specific employee |
List employee training courses breathehr_list_employee_training_courses | List employee training courses with optional filtering by employee and pagination support |
Try it: find the Breathe HR tool you need
Browse the 30 Breathe HR tools
Click any tool to see exactly what Hermes can do and copy a ready-to-use prompt.
Example prompts
Pull the relevant data from Breathe HR, summarize it in plain English, and point out anything that needs attention.
Pull the relevant data from Breathe HR, summarize it in plain English, and point out anything that needs attention.
Pull the relevant data from Breathe HR, summarize it in plain English, and point out anything that needs attention.
Pull the relevant data from Breathe HR, summarize it in plain English, and point out anything that needs attention.
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 Breathe HR working from chat.
| Manual | ClawLink | |
|---|---|---|
| Credential handling | Collect, validate, store, and rotate the Breathe HR API key yourself, then make sure every tool call uses the right account. | Users complete the hosted ClawLink setup once and the connected Breathe HR 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 Breathe HR. | 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 Breathe HR actions to the runtime in a format your agent can reliably use. | 50 tools for Breathe HR are already exposed through ClawLink, so the agent can read and act from chat immediately. |
ClawLink vs. Composio
Composio also exposes Breathe HR 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 Breathe HR in the browser, and the 50 tools above work from chat. There is no SDK and no config file, and the Breathe HR 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 Breathe HR
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 Breathe HR 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 Breathe HR tools
Breathe HR 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 Breathe HR 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.
Breathe HR 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 Breathe HR 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 Breathe HR integration?
Yes. ClawLink is the fastest way to connect Hermes to Breathe HR: link your Breathe HR account once in the browser and Hermes Agent can call the Breathe HR API through 50 ready-made tools — no custom code or token handling.
How do I connect Breathe HR 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 Breathe HR in the dashboard and Hermes can use it from the next message — no config files, and the Breathe HR key you paste is stored server-side instead of in your environment.
How long does it take to connect Breathe HR to Hermes Agent?
About two minutes. Sign in, click Connect next to Breathe HR in the dashboard, authenticate, and Hermes Agent can use it from the next chat message.
Why use ClawLink instead of wiring Breathe HR 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 Breathe HR working from chat.
Hermes paired but still can't use Breathe HR
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.
