# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix skill subdirectory symlink escape false positives

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #107256: Skills hub: SKILL.md linking its own subdirectory is rejected as a symlink escape attempt
- PR #107258: fix(skills): install SKILL.md-referenced subdirectories instead of rejecting them as symlink escapes
- PR #135564: fix(skills): accept referenced Git tree directories

These issues and PRs address a bug where SKILL.md files that reference their own subdirectories are incorrectly rejected as symlink escape attempts. The fix involves properly accepting and installing Git tree directories referenced within a skill's own structure.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #107256: Skills hub: SKILL.md linking its own subdirectory is rejected as a symlink escape attempt

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#107258: fix(skills): install SKILL.md-referenced subdirectories instead of rejecting them as symlink escapes**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `32bcb1d049fb542efa0a8c92ffe28a61e81740ff`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_skills_hub.py`, `tools/skills_hub_github.py`
- **#135564: fix(skills): accept referenced Git tree directories**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#107258`, `#107258`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_skills_hub_github_directories.py`, `tools/skills_hub_github.py`

## Fix status

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