# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Mount persona files into Docker terminal containers

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #100900: \[Bug\]:agent must don't read SOUL.md file inside a docker container (terminal: docker)
- PR #107112: fix(tools): mount HERMES_HOME persona files into docker terminal containers

A bug was identified where agents could not read SOUL.md and other persona files inside Docker terminal containers. These items relate to mounting HERMES_HOME persona files into Docker terminal containers to address this access issue.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #100900: \[Bug\]:agent must don't read SOUL.md file inside a docker container (terminal: docker)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#101022: fix(docker): mount HERMES_HOME persona files into terminal container (#100900)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
- **#107112: fix(tools): mount HERMES_HOME persona files into docker terminal containers**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `40c5ca0bfb`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_credential_files.py`, `tests/tools/test_docker_environment.py`, `tools/credential_files.py`, `tools/environments/docker.py`

## Fix status

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