native-mcp

# Native MCP Client Hermes Agent has a built-in MCP client that connects to MCP servers at startup, discovers their tools, and makes them available as first-class tools the agent can call directly. No bridge CLI needed -- tools from MCP servers appear alongside built-in tools like `terminal`, `read_file`, etc. ## When to Use Use this whenever you want to: - Connect to MCP servers and use their tools from within Hermes Agent - Add external capabilities (filesystem access, GitHub, databases, APIs) via MCP - Run local stdio-based MCP servers (npx, uvx, or any command) - Connect to remote HTTP/StreamableHTTP MCP servers - Have MCP tools auto-discovered and available in every conversation For ad-hoc, one-off MCP tool calls from the terminal without configuring anything, see the `mcporter` skill instead. ## Prerequisites - **mcp Python package** -- optional dependency; install with `pip install mcp`. If not installed, MCP support is silently disabled. - **Node.js** -- required for `npx`-based MCP servers (most community servers) - **uv** -- required for `uvx`-based MCP servers (Python-based servers) Install the MCP SDK: ```bash pip install mcp # or, if using uv: uv pip install mcp ``` ## Quick Start Add MCP servers to `~/.hermes/config.yaml` under the `mcp_servers` key: ```yaml mcp_servers: time: command: "uvx" args: ["mcp-server-time"] ``` Restart Hermes Agent. On startup it will: 1. Connect to the server 2. Discover available tools 3. Register them with the ...