# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Hierarchical config file discovery up to git root

## Open now

- 2 issues, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #10299: feat(agent): cascading context file discovery with pluggable context loaders
- #21686: Walk CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / .cursorrules to git root + auto-discover project-local skills
- _Broad area: open items may be separate problems._

These issues and PRs discuss and implement walking parent directories up to the git root to discover context/config files like CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, and .cursorrules, with related questions about priority, cascading behavior, and pluggable loading.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 2 open issue(s), 2 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix found: no merged or attempted fix PR is on record for this cluster.
- **Recommended:** if this matches your symptom, consider adding to the existing issue(s) below rather than opening a new one.

## 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 (`LLM_ONLY`): no structural link between members; the grouping rests entirely on an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Read the members yourself before treating them as one problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.30`: 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

- #10299: feat(agent): cascading context file discovery with pluggable context loaders
- #21686: Walk CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / .cursorrules to git root + auto-discover project-local skills

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #39061: \[Feature\]: Recursive AGENTS.md discovery from worktree (like OpenCode)
- #46775: Design question: should AGENTS.md walk parents like .hermes.md does?

## Fix status

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