# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix tool hints shown for unavailable session tools

## Open now

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A bug caused execution guidance to mention terminal, execute_code, and read_file tools even when the session lacked them. The fix gates those tool references on whether the session's actual toolset includes them.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 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 #130743. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #130743 (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-130743`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #106506: \[Bug\]: execution guidance names terminal/execute_code/read_file on sessions that have none of them

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#130743: GPT sessions without terminal/execute_code are no longer told to use them (#106506, salvage #106548)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/prompt_builder.py`, `agent/system_prompt.py`, `tests/agent/test_phantom_tool_references.py`
- **#106548: fix(agent): gate execution-guidance tool lines on the session's toolset**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `41201bf2153`, `#130743`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #130743 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-01`.