How to connect BSC Designer to Hermes Agent
Connect BSC Designer to Hermes with ClawLink: paste your BSC Designer key once and 10 tools work from chat. No MCP server to run, nothing stored on your machine.
BSC DesignerAPI KEYMCPBSC Designer helps organizations create balanced scorecards, manage KPIs, visualize strategy maps, and track strategic performance.. Once connected, Hermes Agent can read and act on BSC Designer from chat — pairing, token refresh, and tool wiring handled for you.
Most guides for giving Hermes Agent BSC Designer 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 BSC Designer setup: pair once in the browser and your always-on Hermes agent can act on BSC Designer 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 BSC Designer.
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 BSC Designer
Paste your API key in the dashboard.
- 3
Use it from chat
Ask Hermes Agent: "What can you do with BSC Designer?"
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 BSC Designer in the ClawLink dashboard — paste your BSC Designer API key once.
Verify the connection by asking Hermes:
Use BSC Designer to download excel report 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 BSC Designer is connected in the dashboard, that agent calls the same 10 BSC Designer tools over MCP. Full setup for MCP clients and shell agents: connect apps to any AI agent.
BSC Designer MCP for Hermes
Looking for a BSC Designer MCP server for Hermes Agent? ClawLink connects BSC Designer to Hermes Agent and exposes 10 BSC Designer tools your agent can call over MCP, with hosted auth and nothing to run or maintain yourself. Using OpenClaw instead? The OpenClaw BSC Designer integration works the same way.
What the Hermes Agent BSC Designer integration can do
10 BSC Designer tools are ready for Hermes Agent once the account is connected.
All 10 BSC Designer tools for Hermes
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
Download excel report bsc_designer_download_excel_report | Generate and download a scorecard's Excel report, optionally evaluated at a specified date |
Get document bsc_designer_get_document | Get metadata and sharing settings for one scorecard document by numeric ID or alias |
Get grouped indicator values bsc_designer_get_grouped_indicator_values | Get one indicator's values grouped by day, week, month, quarter, half-year, or year over an |
Get indicator value bsc_designer_get_indicator_value | Get one indicator's value, baseline, target, minimum, and maximum for the requested as-of date |
Get scorecard item bsc_designer_get_scorecard_item | Get detailed metadata for one scorecard item, such as an indicator, goal, or initiative, using |
List documents bsc_designer_list_documents | List scorecard documents owned by or shared with the connected user, returning IDs and aliases |
List scorecard items bsc_designer_list_scorecard_items | List the goals, perspectives, indicators, initiatives, risks, rationales, and expected outcomes |
Set indicator values bsc_designer_set_indicator_values | Set one or more indicators' value, baseline, target, minimum, or maximum in one batch request |
Update indicator bsc_designer_update_indicator | Update an indicator's name, description, or leading/lagging business type without changing its |
Balance scorecard weights bsc_designer_balance_scorecard_weights | Recalculate and persist balanced indicator weights across a scorecard, returning every changed |
Try it: find the BSC Designer tool you need
Browse the 10 BSC Designer tools
Click any tool to see exactly what Hermes can do and copy a ready-to-use prompt.
Example prompts
Use BSC Designer to download excel report and walk me through the result in plain English.
Pull the relevant data from BSC Designer, summarize it in plain English, and point out anything that needs attention.
Pull the relevant data from BSC Designer, summarize it in plain English, and point out anything that needs attention.
Pull the relevant data from BSC Designer, 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 BSC Designer working from chat.
| Manual | ClawLink | |
|---|---|---|
| Credential handling | Collect, validate, store, and rotate the BSC Designer API key yourself, then make sure every tool call uses the right account. | Users complete the hosted ClawLink setup once and the connected BSC Designer 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 BSC Designer. | 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 BSC Designer actions to the runtime in a format your agent can reliably use. | 10 tools for BSC Designer are already exposed through ClawLink, so the agent can read and act from chat immediately. |
ClawLink vs. Composio
Composio also exposes BSC Designer 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 BSC Designer in the browser, and the 10 tools above work from chat. There is no SDK and no config file, and the BSC Designer 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 BSC Designer
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 BSC Designer 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 BSC Designer tools
BSC Designer 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 BSC Designer 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.
BSC Designer 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 BSC Designer 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 BSC Designer integration?
Yes. ClawLink is the fastest way to connect Hermes to BSC Designer: link your BSC Designer account once in the browser and Hermes Agent can call the BSC Designer API through 10 ready-made tools — no custom code or token handling.
How do I connect BSC Designer 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 BSC Designer in the dashboard and Hermes can use it from the next message — no config files, and the BSC Designer key you paste is stored server-side instead of in your environment.
How long does it take to connect BSC Designer to Hermes Agent?
About two minutes. Sign in, click Connect next to BSC Designer in the dashboard, authenticate, and Hermes Agent can use it from the next chat message.
Why use ClawLink instead of wiring BSC Designer 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 BSC Designer working from chat.
Hermes paired but still can't use BSC Designer
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.
