How to connect Nasa to Hermes Agent
Connect Nasa to Hermes with ClawLink: paste your Nasa key once and 136 tools work from chat. No MCP server to run, nothing stored on your machine.
NasaAPI KEYMCPNASA offers a suite of APIs providing access to a wide range of data, including Earth science, planetary imagery, and technology transfer information.. Once connected, Hermes Agent can read and act on Nasa from chat — pairing, token refresh, and tool wiring handled for you.
Most guides for giving Hermes Agent Nasa 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 Nasa setup: pair once in the browser and your always-on Hermes agent can act on Nasa 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.
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 Nasa.
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 Nasa
Paste your API key in the dashboard.
- 3
Use it from chat
Ask Hermes Agent: "What can you do with Nasa?"
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 Nasa in the ClawLink dashboard — paste your Nasa API key once.
Verify the connection by asking Hermes:
Use Nasa to browse neo 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 Nasa is connected in the dashboard, that agent calls the same 136 Nasa tools over MCP. Full setup for MCP clients and shell agents: connect apps to any AI agent.
Nasa MCP for Hermes
Looking for a Nasa MCP server for Hermes Agent? ClawLink connects Nasa to Hermes Agent and exposes 136 Nasa tools your agent can call over MCP, with hosted auth and nothing to run or maintain yourself. Using OpenClaw instead? The OpenClaw Nasa integration works the same way.
What the Hermes Agent Nasa integration can do
136 Nasa 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 136.
30 of 136 Nasa tools for Hermes
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
Browse neo nasa_browse_neo | Browse the complete NASA near-Earth object (asteroid) dataset with pagination support |
Create graph request nasa_create_graph_request | Create orbital and position graphs for NASA satellites using the Satellite Situation Center (SSC) web service |
Download citation document nasa_download_citation_document | Downloads a document file from a NASA NTRS (NASA Technical Reports Server) citation |
Get agage data nasa_get_agage_data | Retrieve information about AGAGE (Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment) data files |
Get agage data by file name nasa_get_agage_data_by_file_name | Search for AGAGE (Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment) data files by file name |
Get agage data json for graph nasa_get_agage_data_json_for_graph | Retrieve AGAGE atmospheric composition data in JSON format optimized for graphing |
Get agage data versions nasa_get_agage_data_versions | Retrieve information on all AGAGE (Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment) data versions |
Get apod nasa_get_apod | Retrieves NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for a specified date or today |
Get citation nasa_get_citation | Retrieve detailed citation information from NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) by citation ID |
Restore citation revision nasa_restore_citation_revision | Restore a previous version of a citation record within NASA's Common Metadata Repository |
Get citation downloads nasa_get_citation_downloads | Retrieve all available download links for a NASA technical report or publication by citation ID |
Get citation revision ID nasa_get_citation_revision_id | Retrieve citation revision IDs from NASA Common Metadata Repository (CMR) GraphQL API |
Get citations autocomplete nasa_get_citations_autocomplete | Get autocomplete suggestions from NASA NTRS (Technical Reports Server) citations |
Get citations redistributions nasa_get_citations_redistributions | Retrieve redistributed citations from NASA's Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
Get cmr collections nasa_get_cmr_collections | Retrieve collections from the Common Metadata Repository (CMR) |
Get cmr granules nasa_get_cmr_granules | Search for data granules in NASA's Common Metadata Repository (CMR) |
Get compounds nasa_get_compounds | Retrieve information on all data compounds available in NASA's AGAGE (Advanced Global |
Get data by file name nasa_get_data_by_file_name | Get information about specific TOLNet (Tropospheric Ozone Lidar Network) data files by file name |
Get data download nasa_get_data_download | Download AGAGE (Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment) data files by ID |
Get data frequencies nasa_get_data_frequencies | Retrieves all available data frequency options from NASA's AGAGE (Advanced Global Atmospheric |
Get data json nasa_get_data_json | Retrieve JSON versions of TOLNet (Tropospheric Ozone Lidar Network) data by ID |
Get data json for graph nasa_get_data_json_for_graph | Retrieve JSON versions of TOLNet data including O3_Number_Density (ozone mixing ratio) and |
Get document nasa_get_document | Retrieve metadata for a single TOLNet (Tropospheric Ozone Lidar Network) document by ID |
Get document download nasa_get_document_download | Download a single TOLNet (Tropospheric Ozone Lidar Network) document by ID |
Get documents nasa_get_documents | Retrieve document information from NASA's TOLNet (Tropospheric Ozone Lidar Network) archive |
Get donki cme nasa_get_donki_cme | Retrieve Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) data from NASA's DONKI database |
Get donki cme analysis nasa_get_donki_cme_analysis | Retrieve Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) analysis data from NASA's DONKI (Database Of |
Get donki gst nasa_get_donki_gst | Retrieve Geomagnetic Storm (GST) data from NASA's Space Weather Database Of Notifications |
Get donki hss nasa_get_donki_hss | Retrieve High Speed Stream (HSS) data from NASA's DONKI space weather database |
Get donki ips nasa_get_donki_ips | Retrieve Interplanetary Shock (IPS) data from NASA's DONKI space weather database |
Try it: find the Nasa tool you need
Browse the 30 Nasa tools
Click any tool to see exactly what Hermes can do and copy a ready-to-use prompt.
Example prompts
Use Nasa to browse neo and walk me through the result in plain English.
Create it in Nasa for me, then confirm the important fields before you finish.
Use Nasa to download citation document and walk me through the result in plain English.
Pull the relevant data from Nasa, 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 Nasa working from chat.
| Manual | ClawLink | |
|---|---|---|
| Credential handling | Collect, validate, store, and rotate the Nasa API key yourself, then make sure every tool call uses the right account. | Users complete the hosted ClawLink setup once and the connected Nasa 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 Nasa. | 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 Nasa actions to the runtime in a format your agent can reliably use. | 136 tools for Nasa are already exposed through ClawLink, so the agent can read and act from chat immediately. |
ClawLink vs. Composio
Composio also exposes Nasa 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 Nasa in the browser, and the 136 tools above work from chat. There is no SDK and no config file, and the Nasa 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 Nasa
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 Nasa 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 Nasa tools
Nasa 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 Nasa 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.
Nasa 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 Nasa 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 Nasa integration?
Yes. ClawLink is the fastest way to connect Hermes to Nasa: link your Nasa account once in the browser and Hermes Agent can call the Nasa API through 136 ready-made tools — no custom code or token handling.
How do I connect Nasa 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 Nasa in the dashboard and Hermes can use it from the next message — no config files, and the Nasa key you paste is stored server-side instead of in your environment.
How long does it take to connect Nasa to Hermes Agent?
About two minutes. Sign in, click Connect next to Nasa in the dashboard, authenticate, and Hermes Agent can use it from the next chat message.
Why use ClawLink instead of wiring Nasa 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 Nasa working from chat.
Hermes paired but still can't use Nasa
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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