# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Skip redundant GitHub bundle downloads in skills

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items relate to optimizing the skills bundle download process by skipping full downloads when the upstream GitHub revision has not changed. The changes appear to target performance improvements in \`hermes skills check\`.

## 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 #117200. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #117200 (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-117200`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #101454: perf(skills): skip full bundle downloads when GitHub revision is unchanged

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117200: perf(skills): \`hermes skills check\` no longer downloads every installed bundle when the upstream revision is unchanged (#101454, credit #101457)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_skills_hub.py`, `tools/skills_hub_github.py`, `tools/skills_hub_install.py`, `tools/skills_hub_models.py`
- **#101457: fix(skills): skip unchanged GitHub bundle downloads**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `075ed55493`, `4f9e15f1d3`, `#101454`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #117200 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.