How to integrate Shipengine MCP with Hermes

Hermes is a 24/7 autonomous agent that lives on your computer or server — it remembers what it learns and evolves as your usage grows. This guide explains the easiest and most robust way to connect your Shipengine account to Hermes. You can do this through either Composio Connect CLI or Composio Connect MCP. For personal use we recommend the CLI, but you won't go wrong with MCP either.

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Introduction

Hermes is a 24/7 autonomous agent that lives on your computer or server — it remembers what it learns and evolves as your usage grows.

This guide explains the easiest and most robust way to connect your Shipengine account to Hermes. You can do this through either Composio Connect CLI or Composio Connect MCP. For personal use we recommend the CLI, but you won't go wrong with MCP either.

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What is Composio Connect?

Composio Connect is a consumer offering that lets anyone plug 1,000+ applications directly into their agent harness — including Hermes. It can:

  • Search and load tools from relevant toolkits on-demand, reducing context usage.
  • Chain multiple tools to accomplish complex workflows via a remote workbench, without excessive back-and-forth with the LLM.
  • Manage app authentication end-to-end with zero manual overhead.

Integrating Shipengine with Hermes

Using Composio Connect CLI

1. Install the Composio CLI

Run the install script directly, or paste https://composio.dev/hermes into your Hermes chat box to have it installed for you.

bash
curl -fsSL https://composio.dev/install | bash
Hermes authenticating with Composio

2. Authenticate

Once the CLI is installed, ask Hermes to authenticate with Composio.

3. Connect to Shipengine

Ask your agent to connect to Shipengine, or simply request any Shipengine-related task. Hermes will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

4. Done. You're all set with a new Shipengine connection.


Using Composio Connect MCP

1. Get your MCP URL and API Key

Go to dashboard.composio.dev and copy your Connect MCP URL and API key.

Copy MCP URL and API key from Composio dashboard

2. Open the Hermes config file

bash
nano ~/.hermes/config.yaml

3. Add the Composio Connect MCP server

bash
mcp_servers:
  composio:
    url: "https://connect.composio.dev/mcp"
    headers:
      x-consumer-api-key: "YOUR_COMPOSIO_API_KEY"
    connect_timeout: 60
    timeout: 180

Save with Ctrl + O, Enter, then exit with Ctrl + X.

4. Restart your Hermes agent

Once restarted, ask your agent to connect to Shipengine or request any Shipengine-related task. It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

5. Done!

What is the Shipengine MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Shipengine MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Shipengine account. It provides structured and secure access to your shipping operations, so your agent can perform actions like generating shipping labels, tracking packages, validating addresses, and managing carrier integrations on your behalf.

  • Automated label creation and management: Instantly generate, purchase, and void shipping labels across multiple carriers, letting your agent streamline fulfillment without manual entry.
  • Real-time package tracking: Ask your agent to track shipments by carrier or tracking number to get up-to-date delivery statuses and shipment histories.
  • Address validation and correction: Have your agent validate and standardize shipment addresses to prevent delivery errors and reduce returns.
  • Carrier rate comparison: Enable your agent to fetch and compare real-time shipping rates from all connected carriers, helping you save on delivery costs.
  • Shipping manifest and batch processing: Let your agent generate manifests or process batches of shipments in a single command, making high-volume shipping fast and efficient.

Way Forward

With Shipengine connected, Hermes can now act on your behalf whenever it detects a relevant task or you ask it to.

From here, you can extend Hermes further:

  • Connect more apps: Calendar, Slack, Notion, Linear, and hundreds of others are available through the same Composio Connect setup. Each new integration compounds what Hermes can do for you.
  • Build workflows across tools: Once multiple apps are connected, Hermes can chain actions together — turn an email into a calendar invite, a Slack message into a Linear ticket, or a meeting note into a follow-up draft.
  • Let it learn your patterns: The more you use Hermes, the better it gets at anticipating how you'd handle recurring tasks. Give it feedback on drafts and decisions, and it will adapt.

If you run into trouble or want to share what you've built, join the community or check out the Docs for deeper configuration options.

TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Shipengine action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Add Tag to Shipment

Tool to add a tag to a shipment for organization and filtering.

Add to Batch

Tool to add shipments or rate IDs to an existing batch.

Cancel Shipment

Tool to cancel a shipment by ID.

Connect LTL Carrier

Tool to connect an LTL carrier account to ShipEngine.

Connect Shipsurance Account

Tool to connect a Shipsurance insurance account to ShipEngine.

Create Account Image

Tool to create a new account image in ShipEngine.

Create Package Type

Tool to create a custom package type definition in ShipEngine.

Create Tag

Tool to create a new tag in ShipEngine.

Create Tag 2

Tool to create a new tag for organizing shipments.

Create Warehouse

Tool to create a new warehouse.

Create Webhook

Tool to create a ShipEngine webhook.

Delete Account Image by ID

Tool to delete a ShipEngine account image by its ID.

Delete Batch

Tool to delete a batch by ID.

Delete Package

Tool to delete a custom package type by ID.

Delete Warehouse

Tool to delete a warehouse from your ShipEngine account.

Delete Webhook

Tool to delete a ShipEngine webhook subscription.

Disconnect Carrier

Tool to disconnect a carrier account from ShipEngine.

Disconnect Shipsurance

Tool to disconnect a Shipsurance insurance account from ShipEngine.

Download File

Tool to download a file from ShipEngine.

Get Account Image by ID

Tool to retrieve account image settings by label image ID.

Get Batch by External ID

Tool to retrieve batch details using an external batch ID.

Get Batch by ID

Tool to retrieve detailed information about a specific batch by its ID.

Get Batch Errors

Tool to retrieve errors that occurred during batch processing.

Get Bulk Rates

Tool to get shipping rates for multiple shipments in a single request.

Get Insurance Balance

Tool to retrieve the current Shipsurance insurance funds balance.

Get LTL Carrier Credential Requirements

Tool to retrieve credential requirements for connecting an LTL carrier.

Get LTL Carrier Features

Tool to retrieve features supported by an LTL carrier.

Get LTL Carrier Options

Tool to list available options/accessorials for an LTL carrier.

Get LTL Carrier Packages

Tool to list available package/handling unit types for an LTL (Less Than Truckload) carrier.

Get LTL Carrier Services

Tool to list available services for an LTL carrier.

Get Package by ID

Tool to get details of a specific custom package type by ID.

Get Shipment by External ID

Tool to retrieve shipment details using an external shipment ID.

Get Shipment by ID

Tool to retrieve a shipment by ID.

Get Shipment Rates

Tool to retrieve shipping rates for an existing shipment.

Get Tracking Information

Tool to retrieve tracking information for a shipment.

Get Warehouse by ID

Tool to retrieve details of a specific warehouse by ID.

Get Webhook by ID

Tool to retrieve details of a specific webhook by ID.

List Account Images

Tool to list all account images.

List Account Settings

Tool to list all account settings for the ShipEngine account.

List Batches (v2)

Tool to list all batches with comprehensive filtering options.

List Carrier Package Types

Tool to list all available package types for a specific carrier.

List Labels (Extended)

Tool to list all shipping labels with comprehensive filtering options.

List LTL Carriers

Tool to list all LTL (Less-Than-Truckload) carrier accounts connected to your ShipEngine account.

List Manifests (Advanced)

Tool to list all manifests with optional filtering by warehouse and carrier.

List Packages

Tool to list all package types.

List Scheduled Pickups

Tool to list all scheduled pickups with optional filters.

List Shipments (v2)

Tool to list all shipments with optional filtering parameters.

List Tags (v2)

Tool to list all tags in your account.

List Warehouses

Tool to list all warehouses.

List Webhook Events

Retrieve a list of available webhook event types supported by ShipEngine.

List Webhooks

Tool to list all webhooks configured on your account.

Parse Address

Tool to parse unstructured address text and extract structured address components.

Process Batch Labels

Tool to process a batch to create and purchase shipping labels for all shipments in the batch.

Remove From Batch

Tool to remove shipments or rate IDs from a batch.

Remove Tag from Shipment

Tool to remove a tag from a shipment.

Start Tracking Package

Tool to subscribe to tracking updates for a package via webhooks.

Stop Tracking Package

Tool to unsubscribe from tracking updates for a package.

Track LTL Shipment

Tool to track an LTL shipment using carrier code and PRO number.

Update Account Image By ID

Tool to update an account image by ID in ShipEngine.

Update LTL Connection

Tool to update LTL carrier connection credentials in ShipEngine.

Update Package Type

Tool to update an existing custom package type definition.

Update Shipment

Tool to update an existing shipment's details.

Update Shipments Tags

Tool to update tags on one or more shipments in bulk.

Update Warehouse

Tool to update an existing warehouse's details and address.

Update Webhook

Tool to update a ShipEngine webhook.

Validate Address

Tool to validate and normalize shipping addresses.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone Shipengine MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Shipengine tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Shipengine and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Yes, you can. Hermes fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right Shipengine tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Shipengine scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Shipengine data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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