# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Clearer doctor command messages for npm advisories and external tools

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #102555: \[Bug\] hermes doctor reports cryptic and unlear messages under External Tools section.

The members concern the \`doctor\` command's diagnostic output being unclear: two pull requests change how npm audit/workspace advisories are explained (including no longer suggesting \`--fix\`), and one bug report says the External Tools section gives cryptic messages. The npm-related items clearly overlap, while the External Tools report appears related by theme but may be a separate output section.

## 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 #138025. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #138025 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #102555: \[Bug\] hermes doctor reports cryptic and unlear messages under External Tools section.

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#138025: fix(doctor): npm audit findings no longer suggest \`--fix\`, and say what actually works (salvage #136807, #135833, #122340)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/doctor.py`, `hermes_cli/doctor_tools.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_doctor_audit_remedy.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_doctor_workspace_audit.py`
- **#102561: fix(doctor): explain workspace npm advisories in plain language**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `cf3f423c3e`, `#138025`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #138025 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-14`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`