Hermes Action Bridge vs Hono Telescope

In-depth architectural comparison of the Hermes Action Bridge and Hono Telescope MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

Choose Hermes Action Bridge when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Developer Tools domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: hermes_run, hermes_plan, hermes_capabilities.

Explore Hermes Action Bridge Details

Choose Hono Telescope when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Developer Tools domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).

Explore Hono Telescope Details

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Hermes Action Bridge Developer Tools	Hono Telescope jubstaaa Developer Tools
Summary	Delegate real-world actions from Claude Code, Codex, and other agents to Hermes Agent.	Debugging for Hono apps whose dashboard is also an MCP server: read the running application's recent exceptions with the request that produced them and that request's logs and queries, recent requests filtered by status or duration, one request in full, and the slowest queries. Read-only, five tools, zero runtime dependencies. npm i hono-telescope, then claude mcp add --transport http telescope http://localhost:3000/telescope/mcp.
Category & Scope

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations

Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hermes-action-bridge": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "skills"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jubstaaa-hono-telescope": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "hono-telescope"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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