# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Tap index-cache staleness and refresh support

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #106729: \[Bug\] hermes skills install cannot resolve skills from an existing tap (stale index-cache, no refresh command)
- PR #106736: fix(skills): refresh stale tap index-cache on tap refresh/remove

These items address a bug where Hermes skills installation fails to resolve skills due to a stale tap index-cache, and introduce fixes including category-nested tap skill discovery and a tap refresh command to update the cache.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #106729: \[Bug\] hermes skills install cannot resolve skills from an existing tap (stale index-cache, no refresh command)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#106736: fix(skills): refresh stale tap index-cache on tap refresh/remove**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `69514237b1`, `4e7eb02543`, `#84673`, `#106736`
  - files: `hermes_cli/skills_hub.py`, `hermes_cli/subcommands/skills.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_skills_hub.py`, `tests/tools/test_skills_hub.py`, `tools/skills_hub.py`, `tools/skills_hub_github.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/skills.md`
- **#106741: fix(skills-hub): support category-nested tap skill discovery and add tap refresh command**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `63bc9e7ceb`

## Fix status

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