# NousResearch/hermes-agent · skill_view category vs namespace confusion and fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address confusion between skill categories and plugin namespaces in skill_view lookups, including a fix to support category-qualified local skill_view lookups and clearer error messaging.

## 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 #20291. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #20291 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #10713: skills_list category is easily confused with plugin namespace in skill_view

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#20291: fix(skills): support category-qualified local skill_view lookups (salvage #13630)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `scripts/release.py`, `tests/test_plugin_skills.py`, `tools/skills_tool.py`
- **#10753: fix(skills): clarify category-qualified skill_view errors**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `244bacd0dc4adcf263bb7c6d677452e9fa51c0b0`, `#20291`, `#10713`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #20291 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-05-05`.
- Subsystem: `skills`