# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Reject empty prompts in hermes cron edit command

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #107510: hermes cron edit --prompt silently accepts and writes an empty string
- PR #142433: fix(cli): reject blank prompts in cron edit

The three members concern \`hermes cron edit --prompt\` accepting a blank or empty string and writing it. One is an issue reporting this behavior, and two are pull requests that propose rejecting empty or blank prompts. The titles do not indicate whether any change has been merged or shipped.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #107510: hermes cron edit --prompt silently accepts and writes an empty string

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#107529: fix(cron): reject empty --prompt on hermes cron edit**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#107510`, `#121881`, `#99579`, `#120871`
- **#142433: fix(cli): reject blank prompts in cron edit**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_cli/cron.py`, `hermes_cli/subcommands/cron.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_cron.py`

## Fix status

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