How to connect Honcho to Hermes Agent (paste one key, 16 tools)

Most guides for giving Hermes Agent Honcho 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 Honcho setup: pair once in the browser and your always-on Hermes agent can act on Honcho for you, reading and doing real work on your behalf with no auth, token refresh, or tool wiring to build yourself.

Copy this prompt into Hermes to install the plugin and pair your account.

Prompt for Hermes

Set up ClawLink for Hermes and tell me when it's ready.

1. Install the plugin:
hermes plugins install ClawLink-HQ/hermes-plugin --enable

2. Start pairing. It prints an approval link, so show me the link and stop, don't wait:
hermes clawlink begin

3. I'll approve it in my browser, then reply "approved".

4. When I say approved, finish setup:
hermes clawlink finish

5. Then run `hermes clawlink test` and tell me whether ClawLink is ready.

Setup

It takes three steps to connect Hermes to Honcho.

1
Install 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 Honcho
Paste your API key in the dashboard.
3
Use it from chat
Ask Hermes Agent: "What can you do with Honcho?"

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 test

Then connect Honcho in the ClawLink dashboard — paste your Honcho API key once.

Verify the connection by asking Hermes:

Use Honcho to chat with peer 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 login

login opens the same browser approval and stores a credential locally. Once Honcho is connected in the dashboard, that agent calls the same 16 Honcho tools over MCP. Full setup for MCP clients and shell agents: connect apps to any AI agent.

Honcho MCP for Hermes

Looking for a Honcho MCP server for Hermes Agent? ClawLink connects Honcho to Hermes Agent and exposes 16 Honcho tools your agent can call over MCP, with hosted auth and nothing to run or maintain yourself. Using OpenClaw instead? The OpenClaw Honcho integration works the same way.

What the Hermes Agent Honcho integration can do

16 Honcho tools are ready for Hermes Agent once the account is connected. The 15 below are the ones people reach for most; your agent can call all 16.

15 of 16 Honcho tools for Hermes

Tool	What it does
Chat with peer `honcho_chat_with_peer`	Run usage-bearing agentic search and reasoning over a peer's learned representation to answer a
Get message `honcho_get_message`	Return one message by its exact ID within a session
Get peer representation `honcho_get_peer_representation`	Return a curated subset of conclusions representing a peer
List conclusions `honcho_list_conclusions`	Return one page of stored conclusions in a workspace; use Search Conclusions for semantic
List messages `honcho_list_messages`	Return one page of messages in a session; use Get Message for exact-ID retrieval
List peers `honcho_list_peers`	Return one page of peers in a workspace
List sessions `honcho_list_sessions`	Return one page of sessions in a workspace
List workspaces `honcho_list_workspaces`	Return one page of Honcho workspaces visible to the connected admin key
Search conclusions `honcho_search_conclusions`	Semantically search stored conclusions in a workspace
Search messages `honcho_search_messages`	Semantically search messages at workspace, peer, or session scope
Create conclusions `honcho_create_conclusions`	Store a batch of 1-100 explicit conclusions about peers, optionally tied to sessions
Create messages `honcho_create_messages`	Add a batch of 1-100 attributed messages to a Honcho session
Get or create peer `honcho_get_or_create_peer`	Return a peer by ID within a workspace, creating it with the supplied metadata and
Get or create session `honcho_get_or_create_session`	Return a session by ID, or create it with initial peers, metadata, and configuration when absent
Get or create workspace `honcho_get_or_create_workspace`	Return a workspace by ID, or create it with metadata and configuration when absent

Try it: find the Honcho tool you need

Browse the 15 Honcho tools

Click any tool to see exactly what Hermes can do and copy a ready-to-use prompt.

Example prompts

Use Honcho to chat with peer and walk me through the result in plain English.

Pull the relevant data from Honcho, summarize it in plain English, and point out anything that needs attention.

List the relevant items in Honcho, group them by priority, and recommend what Hermes should do next.

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 Honcho working from chat.

	Manual	ClawLink
Credential handling	Collect, validate, store, and rotate the Honcho API key yourself, then make sure every tool call uses the right account.	Users complete the hosted ClawLink setup once and the connected Honcho 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 Honcho.	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 Honcho actions to the runtime in a format your agent can reliably use.	16 tools for Honcho are already exposed through ClawLink, so the agent can read and act from chat immediately.

ClawLink vs. Composio

Composio also exposes Honcho 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 Honcho in the browser, and the 16 tools above work from chat. There is no SDK and no config file, and the Honcho 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 Honcho

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 Honcho 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 Honcho tools

Honcho 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 Honcho 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.

Honcho 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 Honcho 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 Honcho integration?

Yes. ClawLink is the fastest way to connect Hermes to Honcho: link your Honcho account once in the browser and Hermes Agent can call the Honcho API through 16 ready-made tools — no custom code or token handling.

How do I connect Honcho 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 Honcho in the dashboard and Hermes can use it from the next message — no config files, and the Honcho key you paste is stored server-side instead of in your environment.

How long does it take to connect Honcho to Hermes Agent?

About two minutes. Sign in, click Connect next to Honcho in the dashboard, authenticate, and Hermes Agent can use it from the next chat message.

Why use ClawLink instead of wiring Honcho up myself?

Hermes paired but still can't use Honcho

How to connect Honcho to Hermes Agent

Setup

Install and pair

Connect Honcho

Use it from chat