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I Built an Open Source MCP To Analyze Your Substack Data With Hermes And Codex

August 25, 2026

MCP Server

I Built an Open Source MCP To Analyze Your Substack Data With Hermes And Codex

A step-by-step setup and five prompts for asking useful questions about your publication without pasting private exports into a chat

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When to Use MCPs, CLIs, or Your Own Tool

May 12, 2026

My Stack

When to Use MCPs, CLIs, or Your Own Tool

A practical decision framework for choosing between MCPs, CLIs, and custom wrappers to give Hermes, or any other AI agent, the right interface instead of connecting every tool.

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How to Search Beyond the Docs When Your Code Won't Work

October 28, 2025

MCP Server

How to Search Beyond the Docs When Your Code Won't Work

I wasted 45 minutes Googling a TanStack bug. Then Exa found the GitHub discussion with my exact fix in 5 minutes. Here's my setup.

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