# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows path separator bugs in skill_view fields

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #105745: \[Bug\]\[Windows\] skill_view path fields use OS separators: linked files grouped into "other", model-facing paths carry backslashes
- PR #105769: fix(skills): emit POSIX-separated paths from skill_view fields

A bug on Windows causes skill_view path fields to use OS-native backslashes instead of POSIX separators, leading to incorrect file grouping and malformed model-facing paths. Two fixes address normalizing these paths to POSIX format.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #105745: \[Bug\]\[Windows\] skill_view path fields use OS separators: linked files grouped into "other", model-facing paths carry backslashes

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#105747: fix(skills): posix-normalize model-facing skill paths on windows**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`; refs `8db87f7852`
- **#105769: fix(skills): emit POSIX-separated paths from skill_view fields**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#105747`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_skills_tool.py`, `tools/skills_tool.py`, `tools/skills_tool_plugin.py`

## Fix status

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