https://alex.dinnouti.com/tags/karakeep/Recent content in Karakeep on Alex_Tech_BlogHugoen-usSat, 24 Oct 2026 20:57:31 -0400https://alex.dinnouti.com/posts/karakeep-skill-for-hermes-agent/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 20:57:31 -0400https://alex.dinnouti.com/posts/karakeep-skill-for-hermes-agent/<p>Hermes Agent now has a Karakeep skill. It lets the agent manage bookmarks, tags and lists in a Karakeep instance, either through the official CLI or through MCP.</p> <p>Karakeep is a self-hosted, open-source bookmark manager for links, notes and assets (images, PDFs), with tags, highlights, favorites, archiving and lists.</p> <h2 id="cli-setup">CLI setup</h2> <p>The skill prefers the CLI over hand-written HTTP calls.</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span class="line"><span class="cl">npm install -g @karakeep/cli</span></span></code></pre></div> <p>The CLI reads two environment variables: <code>KARAKEEP_API_KEY</code> (created in your instance&rsquo;s settings page) and <code>KARAKEEP_SERVER_ADDR</code> (your server). Set both in your shell profile or the agent&rsquo;s environment, and keep the key out of the repo and out of chat. Then check that it works:</p>