NousResearch/hermes-agent

Skill install ambiguous short-name handling fixes

Cluster 101670 · skills. Data as of 2026-10-26 12:29 UTC

1 open item. Fix merged in #133068 on 5 Oct 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items address a bug where ambiguous short skill identifiers sent by the Skills Hub picker could silently fail or produce wrong behavior during installation. The work involves reporting such cases as real failures and ensuring correct exit codes and outcomes.

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Issue#101670[Bug]: Skills Hub picker sends ambiguous short identifiers, so “Add to this Agent” can silently do nothing

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#133068 Installing a built-in skill by name (computer-use, pdf, …) makes it available instead of always failing; failed hub installs exit non-zero (#118301, salvage #128140)

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files: apps/desktop/src/store/hub-actions.blocked.test.ts, apps/desktop/src/store/hub-actions.ts, contributors/emails/[redacted:email], hermes_cli/main_agent_cmds.py, hermes_cli/skills_hub.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_skills_failure_exit_code.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_skills_hub.py, tools/connectors/catalog.py, tools/skills_sync_bundled_ops.py, tui_gateway/methods_tools.py

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 1

#101767 fix(skills): report ambiguous short-name install as a real failure · done elsewhere → 23a6861, #133068

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Subsystem: skills
Merged PRs: #133068
Closed issues: 0
Attempts: 1 PR closed without merging
Fix link checked: 5 Oct 2026

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