# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Skill install ambiguous short-name handling fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #101670: \[Bug\]: Skills Hub picker sends ambiguous short identifiers, so “Add to this Agent” can silently do nothing

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.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 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 #133068. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #133068 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

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

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#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)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - 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`
- **#101767: fix(skills): report ambiguous short-name install as a real failure**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `23a68610a5`, `#133068`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #133068 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-05`.
- Subsystem: `skills`