# NousResearch/hermes-agent · GitHub skill curl examples triggering exfil scanner

## Open now

- 1 issue, 3 PRs open on GitHub.
- #102473: Bundled skill \`software-development/github\`: 6 reference files trip the \`exfil_curl\` context-scope scanner and are silently dropped from the prompt on every fresh v0.21.0 install
- PR #102476: fix(skills): ship the github skill's curl references in a shape our own scanner accepts
- PR #102480: fix(skills): keep github references in context
- PR #105220: fix(skills): keep github reference curl examples off the exfil_curl pattern

Reference curl examples in the bundled GitHub skill were being flagged and silently dropped by the exfil_curl context-scope scanner. These members address keeping those references in a form the scanner accepts.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 3 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `1.00`: 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

- #102473: Bundled skill \`software-development/github\`: 6 reference files trip the \`exfil_curl\` context-scope scanner and are silently dropped from the prompt on every fresh v0.21.0 install

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#102476: fix(skills): ship the github skill's curl references in a shape our own scanner accepts**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `a9744beba7`, `#111334`, `#98489`, `#98474`
  - files: `skills/software-development/github/references/auth.md`, `skills/software-development/github/references/ci-troubleshooting.md`, `skills/software-development/github/references/code-review.md`, `skills/software-development/github/references/github-api-cheatsheet.md`, `skills/software-development/github/references/pr-workflow.md`, `skills/software-development/github/references/repo-management.md`, `skills/software-development/github/scripts/gh-env.sh`, `tests/tools/test_github_skill_self_scan.py`
- **#102480: fix(skills): keep github references in context**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#102476`, `#102473`, `#98489`, `#102476`
  - files: `skills/software-development/github/references/auth.md`, `skills/software-development/github/references/ci-troubleshooting.md`, `skills/software-development/github/references/code-review.md`, `skills/software-development/github/references/github-api-cheatsheet.md`, `skills/software-development/github/references/pr-workflow.md`, `skills/software-development/github/references/repo-management.md`, `tests/tools/test_threat_patterns.py`
- **#105220: fix(skills): keep github reference curl examples off the exfil_curl pattern**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`; refs `875f4bd2fa`, `#102476`
  - files: `skills/software-development/github/references/auth.md`, `skills/software-development/github/references/ci-troubleshooting.md`, `skills/software-development/github/references/code-review.md`, `skills/software-development/github/references/github-api-cheatsheet.md`, `skills/software-development/github/references/pr-workflow.md`, `skills/software-development/github/references/repo-management.md`, `skills/software-development/github/scripts/gh-env.sh`, `skills/web/blocked-page-recovery/SKILL.md`, `tests/skills/test_github_skill.py`

## Fix status

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