# Agentplaybooks Tools: Hermes Agent plugin

> Connect AgentPlaybooks skills and hosted MCP/OpenAPI tools to Hermes, with guided setup, profile selection, permission diagnostics and an authenticated MCP check.

Canonical: https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins/agentplaybooks-tools  
Tier: Community  
Official page (Nous Research): https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/agentplaybooks-tools  
Last updated in catalog: 2026-10-24

Connect AgentPlaybooks skills and hosted MCP/OpenAPI tools to Hermes, with guided setup, profile selection, permission diagnostics and an authenticated MCP check. Requires Node.js 20+ and @agentplaybooks/cli@0.7.0; the CLI is installed separately.

## Good to know before installing

Skill-only; the separately installed apb CLI does the work. `apb hermes setup --apply` restores complete skill trees into the chosen project and edits the selected Hermes profile's config.yaml to register those skills and a hosted playbook MCP endpoint. Local writes require --apply; setup also probes MCP initialization and tool listing using a scoped key from the process environment, without invoking tools. `doctor` checks profile credential variable names without exposing their values. Hosted operations contact agentplaybooks.ai (or an explicitly configured service); skill restore uses `apb login`, and `apb push --apply` uploads project configuration (secret references, not values).

From the plugin's catalog listing.

## How to install

1. Install it. Hermes asks for any API keys it needs, then asks whether to turn it on.

```bash
hermes plugins install agentplaybooks-tools
```

2. Said no? Turn it on later:

```bash
hermes plugins enable agentplaybooks-tools
```

3. Restart Hermes so it loads the plugin.

Some plugins also need a sign-in or settings: see the official page. Memory plugins ask whether to become your memory provider instead. Steps follow the official plugins guide: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/plugins

## Facts

- Category: Coding & developer tools
- Maintained by: matebenyovszky (Community)
- Needs: No API keys declared
- Works on: linux, macos, windows
- Requires Hermes: `>=0.22.4`
- Version: 0.2.0
- In the catalog since: 2026-09-26, updated 2026-10-24

## Links

- [Full setup and settings (official page)](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/agentplaybooks-tools)
- [Source code](https://github.com/matebenyovszky/agentplaybooks/tree/f31e9c3af6520cebda1c0712447b4b487ffc12a7/packages/hermes-portable/agentplaybooks-tools)
- [All plugins](https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins.md)

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