How to connect Gelato to Hermes Agent
Connect Gelato to Hermes with ClawLink: paste your Gelato key once and 13 tools work from chat. No MCP server to run, nothing stored on your machine.
GelatoAPI KEYMCPGelato is a print-on-demand platform for creating and managing orders, browsing printable products and prices, checking stock, and finding shipment methods.. Once connected, Hermes Agent can read and act on Gelato from chat — pairing, token refresh, and tool wiring handled for you.
Most guides for giving Hermes Agent Gelato 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 Gelato setup: pair once in the browser and your always-on Hermes agent can act on Gelato 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 Gelato.
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 Gelato
Paste your API key in the dashboard.
- 3
Use it from chat
Ask Hermes Agent: "What can you do with Gelato?"
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 Gelato in the ClawLink dashboard — paste your Gelato API key once.
Verify the connection by asking Hermes:
Use Gelato to check stock availability 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 Gelato is connected in the dashboard, that agent calls the same 13 Gelato tools over MCP. Full setup for MCP clients and shell agents: connect apps to any AI agent.
Gelato MCP for Hermes
Looking for a Gelato MCP server for Hermes Agent? ClawLink connects Gelato to Hermes Agent and exposes 13 Gelato tools your agent can call over MCP, with hosted auth and nothing to run or maintain yourself. Using OpenClaw instead? The OpenClaw Gelato integration works the same way.
What the Hermes Agent Gelato integration can do
13 Gelato tools are ready for Hermes Agent once the account is connected. The 12 below are the ones people reach for most; your agent can call all 13.
12 of 13 Gelato tools for Hermes
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
Check stock availability gelato_check_stock_availability | Check current regional stock status for 1 to 250 Gelato product UIDs |
Get catalogs gelato_get_catalogs | List available Gelato product catalogs, or provide catalog_uid to retrieve one catalog's full |
Get order gelato_get_order | Retrieve the full current state, financial status, fulfillment status, shipment tracking |
Get product gelato_get_product | Retrieve one Gelato product's attributes, dimensions, weight, supported countries |
Get product prices gelato_get_product_prices | Return Gelato's quantity price tiers for one product, optionally localized by destination |
Quote order gelato_quote_order | Quote product and shipping costs and delivery estimates for a destination before creating an |
Search orders gelato_search_orders | Search Gelato orders with status, reference, date, country, currency, channel, type, store, or |
Search products gelato_search_products | Search printable products in a Gelato catalog by catalog attribute values and return one |
Create draft order gelato_create_draft_order | Create a Gelato draft for review or later submission without entering production |
Create order gelato_create_order | Create a production order that can immediately enter fulfillment and charge the connected |
Cancel order gelato_cancel_order | Cancel a regular Gelato order before production advances too far |
Submit draft order gelato_submit_draft_order | Convert an existing draft into a regular production order |
Try it: find the Gelato tool you need
Browse the 12 Gelato tools
Click any tool to see exactly what Hermes can do and copy a ready-to-use prompt.
Example prompts
Use Gelato to check stock availability and walk me through the result in plain English.
Pull the relevant data from Gelato, summarize it in plain English, and point out anything that needs attention.
Pull the relevant data from Gelato, summarize it in plain English, and point out anything that needs attention.
Pull the relevant data from Gelato, 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 Gelato working from chat.
| Manual | ClawLink | |
|---|---|---|
| Credential handling | Collect, validate, store, and rotate the Gelato API key yourself, then make sure every tool call uses the right account. | Users complete the hosted ClawLink setup once and the connected Gelato 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 Gelato. | 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 Gelato actions to the runtime in a format your agent can reliably use. | 13 tools for Gelato are already exposed through ClawLink, so the agent can read and act from chat immediately. |
ClawLink vs. Composio
Composio also exposes Gelato 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 Gelato in the browser, and the 13 tools above work from chat. There is no SDK and no config file, and the Gelato 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 Gelato
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 Gelato 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 Gelato tools
Gelato 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 Gelato 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.
Gelato 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 Gelato 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 Gelato integration?
Yes. ClawLink is the fastest way to connect Hermes to Gelato: link your Gelato account once in the browser and Hermes Agent can call the Gelato API through 13 ready-made tools — no custom code or token handling.
How do I connect Gelato 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 Gelato in the dashboard and Hermes can use it from the next message — no config files, and the Gelato key you paste is stored server-side instead of in your environment.
How long does it take to connect Gelato to Hermes Agent?
About two minutes. Sign in, click Connect next to Gelato in the dashboard, authenticate, and Hermes Agent can use it from the next chat message.
Why use ClawLink instead of wiring Gelato 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 Gelato working from chat.
Hermes paired but still can't use Gelato
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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