# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bot Mode message_agent headless install requirements docs

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests concern documentation of the undocumented requirements that make message_agent available on headless installs in Bot Mode. The work focuses on clarifying availability conditions, including managed-marker gates and related configuration prerequisites.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #113411. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #113411 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-113411`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #105359: Bot Mode docs: message_agent unreachable on headless installs — two undocumented requirements (Bot Chat title, profile.yaml ui_meta)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113411: docs(bot-mode): state what makes message_agent available on headless installs (#105359, salvage #105362)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `website/docs/user-guide/bot-mode.md`
- **#105361: docs(bot-mode): note the managed-marker gate behind message_agent and the protocol**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `bb8ce96f420c`, `#113411`, `#105359`
- **#105362: docs(bot-mode): document the real availability requirements of message_agent on headless installs**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `bb8ce96f420c`, `#113411`, `#105359`
- **#105822: docs: four clarifications from open type/docs issues (webhook template token, plugin hook table, delegation transcripts, message_agent requirements)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `bb8ce96f420c`, `#113411`, `#105359`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #113411 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-17`.