# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Nous web tool selection bug and fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where selecting Nous for 'extract' capability incorrectly writes Firecrawl instead, along with a fix to persist the managed Nous pin per capability, and a feature allowing separate tool gateway selection for web search and extract.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #133773. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #133773 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-133773`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #100513: \[Bug\]: Desktop "Use for extract" on Nous Subscription writes firecrawl, not nous

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#133773: Desktop: choose your own key or the Nous Tool Gateway for web search and extract separately (#100513)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/web_search_registry.py`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/toolset-config-panel.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/toolset-config-panel.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/types/hermes.ts`, `hermes_cli/nous_subscription.py`, `hermes_cli/tools_config_providers.py`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/tools.py`, `plugins/web/firecrawl/provider.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_capability_gateway_route.py`, `tests/plugins/web/test_web_search_provider_plugins.py`, `tools/tool_backend_helpers.py`, `tools/web_tools.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/tool-gateway.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/web-search.md`
- **#100539: fix(tools): persist managed "nous" pin for per-capability web picks**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `3861f1da624`, `#133773`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #133773 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-06`.