# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Skill file write visibility and audit gaps

## Open now

- 0 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- PR #100471: fix(skills): ledger write_file and patch hits on live skill trees
- PR #100482: fix(skills): audit skill-directory mutations that bypass skill_manage

These items address cases where skill directory mutations and file writes occur without corresponding skill_manage events or log entries. The focus is on closing observability and audit gaps around live skill tree changes.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #100449: Observability gap: skill file writes with no skill_manage apply event and no agent.log entry

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#100471: fix(skills): ledger write_file and patch hits on live skill trees**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#129222`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_skill_ledger.py`, `tools/file_tools.py`, `tools/skill_ledger.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/curator.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/skills.md`
- **#100482: fix(skills): audit skill-directory mutations that bypass skill_manage**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/skill_audit.py`, `pyproject.toml`, `tests/agent/test_skill_audit.py`, `tools/file_tools.py`, `tools/self_repo_guard.py`, `tools/terminal_tool.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `skills`