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• OpenClaw MCP setup: a remote server with a Bearer header

  OpenClaw MCP setup for a remote server with a Bearer header: mcp.servers, not mcpServers or mcporter, an env-backed token, and 2026.6.5 or later.

• n8n MCP Client node: connect a remote MCP server, and fix a missing auth header

  Set up the n8n MCP Client and MCP Client Tool nodes against a remote MCP server, and fix the missing Authorization header behind most 401s, step by step.

• Codex CLI and remote MCP servers: running unattended with a Bearer key

  Connect Codex CLI 0.162 to a remote MCP server with a Bearer key in config.toml, then make codex exec call its tools unattended without turning off the sandbox.

• MCP API key config security, harness by harness

  MCP API key config security for OpenClaw, Hermes, Cursor, Codex CLI and n8n: where each can read a key from, what is still plaintext, and the OS keychain route.

• Hermes Agent MCP setup: config, auth, and the common 401s

  Hermes Agent MCP setup for remote servers: the mcp_servers url and headers shape, where the token goes, and six causes of the 401s Hermes users report.

• Gmail MCP 'does not support dynamic client registration': what it means and what to do

  Why Gmail MCP says 'does not support dynamic client registration', what RFC 7591 and the MCP spec say, and two ways to connect Gmail to your agent anyway.

• OpenClaw memory: where it breaks for business facts

  How OpenClaw memory ranks, decays and compacts, why that goes stale for business facts, and the pattern that holds: memory for preferences, a tool for facts.

• OpenClaw Google Drive: getting facts out of your docs

  OpenClaw Google Drive access that answers from documents: gog or gws, a read-only Drive scope, exporting Docs as text, handling PDFs, and citing the file.

• OpenClaw Gmail read-only: inbox access without send

  OpenClaw Gmail access that reads but can't send: a read-only gog scope, gog mcp with read tools only, a tool deny list, and a sandboxed reader for inbound mail.

• Hermes Agent memory: budgets, limits, and what to keep out

  Hermes Agent memory in practice: the 2,200 and 1,375 character budgets, what happens when memory is full, the frozen snapshot, and what to keep out of it.

• Hermes Agent memory providers: what they learn and miss

  Hermes Agent memory providers like Honcho and Mem0 learn from your conversations. How prefetch and sync work, what each provider is, and where facts belong.

• Context layer for AI agents: one record, many agents

  A context layer for AI agents gives a multi-agent loop one shared, read-only record of facts with sources, so agents stop drifting into different truths.

• AI agent hallucination: why your bot invents client facts

  Why your always-on Telegram or Slack AI agent invents client facts, and four patterns that reduce it: a lookup tool, sources in replies, refusal, placeholders.

• What is an MCP server? A plain-English guide for non-developers

  An MCP server is a small connector that lets an AI assistant like Claude or ChatGPT use an outside tool or data source. Here's how it works and what to check.

• How to find a clause in a contract buried in Google Drive

  Drive can search inside PDFs, but clauses rarely use the words you'd type. Search the way contracts are written, then narrow by type, owner and date.