# How to connect Route4me to Hermes Agent (paste one key, 97 tools)

> Connect Route4me to Hermes with ClawLink: paste your Route4me key once and 97 tools work from chat. No MCP server to run, nothing stored on your machine.

Web version: https://claw-link.dev/hermes/route4me

Most guides for giving Hermes Agent Route4me 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 Route4me setup: pair once in the browser and your always-on Hermes agent can act on Route4me for you, reading and doing real work on your behalf with no auth, token refresh, or tool wiring to build yourself.

**Start here — paste this into Hermes to set up ClawLink:**

> 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 with `hermes clawlink begin`. It prints an approval link, so show me the link and stop, don't wait.
> 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 Route4me.

1. **Install ClawLink** — add the plugin to Hermes Agent once.
2. **Connect Route4me** — one-click OAuth in the ClawLink dashboard.
3. **Use it from chat** — ask Hermes Agent in plain English.

**Alternative for any agent (no plugin needed):** if the Hermes Agent plugin route isn't available or doesn't work, any AI agent with shell access can use the ClawLink CLI instead:

```bash
npx -y @useclawlink/cli login          # sign in via browser — no API key to paste
npx -y @useclawlink/cli connect route4me  # connect Route4me (browser OAuth)
npx -y @useclawlink/cli actions route4me  # list available actions
npx -y @useclawlink/cli run route4me <action> --input '<json>'  # execute (add --confirm for writes)
```

### Install by command

The prompt above walks Hermes through this. By hand, it is four commands and a browser approval:

```bash
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 Route4me in the [ClawLink dashboard](https://claw-link.dev/dashboard) — paste your Route4me API key once.

Verify the connection by asking Hermes:

> Use Route4me to add order custom field 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:

```bash
npx -y @useclawlink/cli login
```

`login` opens the same browser approval and stores a credential locally. Once Route4me is connected in the dashboard, that agent calls the same 97 Route4me tools over MCP. Full setup for MCP clients and shell agents: [connect apps to any AI agent](https://claw-link.dev/learn/connect-apps-to-any-ai-agent).

## Route4me MCP for Hermes

Looking for a Route4me MCP server for Hermes Agent? ClawLink connects Route4me to Hermes Agent and exposes 97 Route4me tools your agent can call over [MCP](https://claw-link.dev/learn/what-is-an-mcp-server), with [hosted auth](https://claw-link.dev/learn/oauth-for-ai-agents) and nothing to run or maintain yourself. Using OpenClaw instead? The [OpenClaw Route4me integration](https://claw-link.dev/openclaw/route4me) works the same way.

## What the Hermes Agent Route4me integration can do

97 Route4me 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 97.

### 30 of 97 Route4me tools for Hermes

| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| **Add order custom field** `route4me_add_order_custom_field` | Add a new custom field definition for orders |
| **Add route note** `route4me_add_route_note` | Add a note to a route or address destination |
| **Create address** `route4me_create_address` | Add a new address to the address book |
| **Create avoidance zone** `route4me_create_avoidance_zone` | Create an avoidance zone with circular, rectangular, or polygon shape |
| **Display datatable config** `route4me_display_datatable_config` | Retrieve datatable configuration for vehicle capacity profiles |
| **Find address** `route4me_find_address` | Retrieve detailed information about a specific address from the Route4Me address book |
| **Geocode address** `route4me_geocode_address` | Geocode an address and obtain its coordinates |
| **Geocode address body** `route4me_geocode_address_body` | Geocode an address by sending a body payload with the address and options |
| **Geocode address forward** `route4me_geocode_address_forward` | Convert an address to geographic coordinates using forward geocoding |
| **Geocode addresses** `route4me_geocode_addresses` | Geocode multiple addresses in a single request |
| **Get activity** `route4me_get_activity` | Retrieve activities from the Route4Me activity feed with optional filtering and pagination |
| **Get address** `route4me_get_address` | Get address/destination information from a route |
| **Get address book groups** `route4me_get_address_book_groups` | Retrieve address book groups from Route4Me |
| **Get addresses from addressbook** `route4me_get_addresses_from_addressbook` | Retrieve addresses from the Route4Me address book |
| **Get async export** `route4me_get_async_export` | Save tracking history file via async export |
| **Get avoidance by ID** `route4me_get_avoidance_by_id` | Retrieve a specific avoidance zone by its territory ID |
| **Get avoidance2** `route4me_get_avoidance2` | Retrieve all avoidance zones (territories) using API v5.0 |
| **Get clustered locations** `route4me_get_clustered_locations` | Retrieve locations grouped by geographic proximity using geohash clustering |
| **Get current member information** `route4me_get_current_member_information` | Retrieve the current authenticated member's information |
| **Get feed** `route4me_get_feed` | Retrieve all activities from the Route4Me activity feed |
| **Get last scheduled route member** `route4me_get_last_scheduled_route_member` | Retrieve the most recently scheduled route for a specific member as of today |
| **Get location heatmap** `route4me_get_location_heatmap` | Retrieve a heat map of location clusters from the address book |
| **Get location servicetime heatmap** `route4me_get_location_servicetime_heatmap` | Retrieve location service-time heatmap data for address book locations |
| **Get location type** `route4me_get_location_type` | Get location type details by ID |
| **Get member configuration settings** `route4me_get_member_configuration_settings` | Get member configuration settings with optional filtering |
| **Get note custom types** `route4me_get_note_custom_types` | Retrieve all custom note types configured for the account |
| **Get optimization profile** `route4me_get_optimization_profile` | Retrieve detailed information about an optimization profile by its unique identifier |
| **Get route destination by ID** `route4me_get_route_destination_by_id` | Get a route address/destination by its ID |
| **Get route info** `route4me_get_route_info` | Get detailed route information by route ID |
| **Get route list** `route4me_get_route_list` | Retrieve a list of routes with filtering and pagination |

## Example prompts

**Add Order Custom Field**

> Use Route4me to add order custom field and walk me through the result in plain English.

**Add Route Note**

> Use Route4me to add route note and walk me through the result in plain English.

**Create Address**

> Create it in Route4me for me, then confirm the important fields before you finish.

**Create Avoidance Zone**

> Create it in Route4me for me, then confirm the important fields before you finish.

## 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 Route4me working from chat.

| | Manual | ClawLink |
|---|---|---|
| **Credential handling** | Collect, validate, store, and rotate the Route4me API key yourself, then make sure every tool call uses the right account. | Users complete the hosted ClawLink setup once and the connected Route4me 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 Route4me. | 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 Route4me actions to the runtime in a format your agent can reliably use. | 97 tools for Route4me are already exposed through ClawLink, so the agent can read and act from chat immediately. |

## ClawLink vs. Composio

Composio also exposes Route4me 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 Route4me in the browser, and the 97 tools above work from chat. There is no SDK and no config file, and the Route4me key you paste at setup is stored server-side rather than kept in your environment. Choosing between them? Read the full [Composio alternatives](https://claw-link.dev/hub/composio-alternatives) comparison.

### Hermes paired but still can't use Route4me
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 Route4me 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 Route4me tools
Route4me 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 Route4me 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.

### Route4me 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 Route4me has the right scopes or account access. A valid key can still be too limited for some reads or writes.

### Is there a Hermes Agent Route4me integration?
Yes. ClawLink is the fastest way to connect Hermes to Route4me: link your Route4me account once in the browser and Hermes Agent can call the Route4me API through 97 ready-made tools — no custom code or token handling.

### How do I connect Route4me 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 Route4me in the dashboard and Hermes can use it from the next message — no config files, and the Route4me key you paste is stored server-side instead of in your environment.

### How long does it take to connect Route4me to Hermes Agent?
About two minutes. Sign in, click Connect next to Route4me in the dashboard, authenticate, and Hermes Agent can use it from the next chat message.

### Why use ClawLink instead of wiring Route4me 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 Route4me working from chat.

### Hermes paired but still can't use Route4me
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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