# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Curator prune_builtins and LLM review access fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address bugs in the curator where prune_builtins was not being consulted by write guards, and where the LLM review pass was not correctly scoped to skills it could actually read and write.

## 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 #113098. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #113098 (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-113098`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #111608: \[Bug\]: prune_builtins ships default-ON but the write guards never consult it — the feature is refused by construction

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113098: fix(curator): LLM review pass is only offered skills it can read and write (#113013, #111608, salvage #95442, #113016)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/curator.py`, `skills/AGENTS.md`, `tests/agent/test_curator.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server_console_ws.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/curator.md`
- **#111609: fix(curator): honor prune_builtins at the background write guards**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#112196`, `#71797`, `#95442`, `#111608`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #113098 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-16`.