# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bot mode: resolve display names and slugs to folder IDs

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address bot mode failing to resolve local display names and Desktop slugs into folder IDs, causing 'talk to X' lookups to incorrectly grep disk instead of resolving properly.

## 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 #113410. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #113410 (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-113410`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #100671: Local Bot Mode: display names and Desktop @slugs do not resolve to folder ids; untagged "talk to X" greps disk

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113410: fix(bot-mode): message_agent resolves friendly names, keeps default on the root home, stays dispatchable (#100671, #108564, #96105, salvage #108580, #96109)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/e2e/bot-chat-message-agent-friendly-name.spec.ts`, `apps/desktop/e2e/group-prompt-renamed-primary-handle.spec.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-round-prompt.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-rounds.test.ts`, `tests-js/scripts/mock-server.ts`, `tests/tools/test_bot_mode_dm.py`, `tests/tools/test_bot_mode_probe.py`, `tools/bot_mode_dm.py`, `tools/bot_mode_probe.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/bot-mode.md`
- **#107254: fix(bot-mode): resolve local display names and Desktop slugs to folder ids**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `58c6f6fa201c`, `#113410`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #113410 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-17`.