Convert speed-run-odoo-mcp to regular blog post, add MCP section to odoo-hermes-agent

blog/index.json

@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
     {
       "id": "speed-run-odoo-mcp",
       "date": "2026-06-16",
-      "area": "speed-run",
+      "area": "guide",
       "agent": "hermes",
-      "headline": "Speed Run: Connect Hermes Agent to Odoo via MCP",
+      "headline": "Connect Hermes Agent to Odoo via MCP",
-      "teaser": "From zero to an MCP-connected Odoo agent in 5 steps. Clone the server, configure env vars, add to Hermes, and query your ERP through the Model Context Protocol.",
+      "teaser": "Connect Hermes Agent to Odoo via MCP in 5 steps. Clone the server, configure env vars, register with Hermes, and query your ERP through the Model Context Protocol.",
       "link": "blog/posts/speed-run-odoo-mcp.html"
     },
     {
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     {
       "id": "speed-run-kie-ai-image",
       "date": "2026-06-11",
-      "area": "speed-run",
+      "area": "guide",
       "agent": "hermes",
       "headline": "Speed Run: Generate Images with Kie.ai & Hermes Agent",
       "teaser": "From zero to an AI-generated image in under 10 minutes. Connect Kie.ai's 70+ image models to Hermes Agent via a single API key.",
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     {
       "id": "speed-run-nextcloud-svg",
       "date": "2026-06-11",
-      "area": "speed-run",
+      "area": "guide",
       "agent": "hermes",
       "headline": "Speed Run: Connect to Nextcloud & Render SVGs with an AI Agent",
       "teaser": "From zero to an agent that connects to Nextcloud, generates vector graphics, and saves them directly to your cloud storage.",
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     {
       "id": "speed-run-competitor-profiling",
       "date": "2026-06-10",
-      "area": "speed-run",
+      "area": "guide",
       "agent": "hermes",
       "headline": "Speed Run: Competitor Profiling \u2014 ODOO Community Hosting",
       "teaser": "From zero to a competitor intelligence agent that researches ODOO Community hosting providers and returns a structured comparison table.",
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
     {
       "id": "speed-run-research-agent-mobile",
       "date": "2026-06-10",
-      "area": "speed-run",
+      "area": "guide",
       "agent": "hermes",
       "headline": "Speed Run: Research Agent \u2014 Scrape mobile.de with AI",
       "teaser": "From zero to a research agent that scrapes mobile.de and returns a structured table of Toyota Hilux listings with prices and specs.",
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
     {
       "id": "speed-run-cold-email",
       "date": "2026-06-10",
-      "area": "speed-run",
+      "area": "guide",
       "agent": "hermes",
       "headline": "Speed Run: Send Your First Cold Email with an AI Agent",
       "teaser": "From zero to a cold-sending AI agent in under 10 Minutes. SMTP configured, first email drafted and sent.",
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
     {
       "id": "speed-run-odoo-community-agent",
       "date": "2026-06-10",
-      "area": "speed-run",
+      "area": "guide",
       "agent": "hermes",
       "video": true,
       "headline": "Speed Run: Create an Odoo Community Agent from Zero",

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         <a class="back" href="https://derez.ai/#blog">&larr; Back to Blog</a>
-        <h1>Speed Run: Connect Hermes Agent to Odoo via MCP</h1>
+        <h1>Connect Hermes Agent to Odoo via MCP</h1>
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             <span>June 16, 2026</span>
-            <span class="area-tag">speed-run</span>
+            <span class="area-tag">guide</span>
             <span class="chip-tag">hermes</span>
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@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
             <strong>Hermes Agent</strong>.
         </p>
         <p>
-            This speed run walks through the MCP approach in 5 steps. Clone, configure, connect, done.
+            This guide walks through the MCP approach in 5 steps. Clone, configure, connect, done.
         </p>
 
         <div class="pro-tip">
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ uvx mcp-server-odoo</code></pre>
 
         <div class="pro-tip">
             <p><strong>Pro Tip:</strong> YOLO mode (<code>ODOO_YOLO=read</code>) bypasses the need for the Odoo MCP module.
-            This is great for testing and speed runs. For production, install the
+            This is great for testing and quick prototyping. For production, install the
             <a href="https://apps.odoo.com/apps/modules/19.0/mcp_server?utm_source=derez" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Odoo MCP module</a>
             on your Odoo instance and set <code>ODOO_YOLO=off</code> for full security controls.</p>
         </div>

odoo-hermes-agent.html

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             </ul>
         </div>
 
-        <h2>Speed Run — From Zero to Odoo-Connected Agent</h2>
+        <h2>Integration Options</h2>
-        <p>We published a full step-by-step walkthrough. It takes under 10 Minutes from signup to your first Odoo query:</p>
+        <p>Hermes Agent supports two ways to connect to your Odoo instance. Both work — pick the one that fits your architecture.</p>
-        <p><a href="blog/posts/speed-run-odoo-community-agent.html" style="font-weight:600">Read the Odoo Speed Run →</a></p>
+
+        <h3>Option 1 — Direct API (Recommended for Odoo-Only Setups)</h3>
+        <p>We published a full step-by-step walkthrough for the direct approach. It takes under 10 minutes from signup to your first Odoo query:</p>
+        <p><a href="blog/posts/speed-run-odoo-community-agent.html" style="font-weight:600">Read the Direct API Speed Run →</a></p>
 
         <p>In two prompts you go live:</p>
         <ul>
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             <li><strong>Prompt 2</strong> — Your task. Example: <em>"List all contacts in the CRM with Stage = Cold. Include name, email, and company. Sort by date added."</em></li>
         </ul>
 
+        <h3>Option 2 — Model Context Protocol (MCP)</h3>
+        <p>For multi-tool agents that talk to Odoo alongside GitHub, Slack, Jira, or other services through one unified protocol. An MCP server sits between Hermes and Odoo as a translation layer:</p>
+
+        <div style="background:#010f20;border:1px solid #001a2e;border-radius:12px;padding:16px 20px;margin:12px 0 20px;font-family:monospace;font-size:0.85rem;color:#c8f0ff;">
+            Hermes Agent → MCP Protocol → mcp-server-odoo → Odoo XML-RPC
+        </div>
+
+        <p>Set up takes ~5 minutes: clone the MCP server repo (<a href="https://github.com/ivnvxd/mcp-server-odoo?utm_source=derez">mcp-server-odoo</a>), set env vars with your Odoo credentials, start the server, and register it with Hermes via <code>hermes mcp add</code>. Your agent then discovers tools like <code>search_records</code> and <code>create_record</code> automatically.</p>
+        <p><a href="blog/posts/speed-run-odoo-mcp.html" style="font-weight:600">Read the MCP Integration Guide →</a></p>
+
+        <p><strong>Which to choose?</strong> Direct API is faster and simpler for single-ERP setups. MCP shines when your agent already uses MCP for other backends and you want one protocol to rule them all. You can also <strong>run both</strong> — Hermes Agent supports mixed setups where MCP tools and direct integrations coexist in the same session.</p>
+
         <h2>Why Odoo + Hermes Agent?</h2>
         <p>Odoo is powerful but navigating its many modules (CRM, Sales, Inventory, Accounting) takes clicks. Hermes Agent gives you a single text interface to all of it — ask in English, get answers in seconds. Combined with web search and email tools, your agent becomes an autonomous business operations assistant.</p>