# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Slack tool preview asterisk/formatting rendering fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a bug where asterisks in tool previews (used in regex or glob patterns) were being rendered as italics in Slack instead of as literal characters. The fixes involve rendering tool previews as inline code to preserve literal formatting.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #109880. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #109880 (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-109880`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #109335: \[Bug\]: Slack tool previews render regex/glob asterisks as italics

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#109880: fix(slack): compact tool previews keep regex/glob asterisks (#109335, salvage #109356)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/slack/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_slack.py`
- **#109353: fix(slack): preserve literal tool previews**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#109356`
- **#109356: fix(slack): render compact tool previews as inline code**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #109880 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-13`.