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native-mcp

Built-in MCP (Model Context Protocol) client that connects to external MCP servers, discovers their tools, and registers them as native Hermes Agent tools. Supports stdio and HTTP transports with automatic reconnection, security filtering, and zero-config tool injection.

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# 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.