# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix duplicate skill name resolution within same root

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #112180: fix(skills): resolve same-root duplicate names instead of refusing them

These members address a bug where skill names duplicated within a single search root fail to resolve, causing bundles to report them as missing. The fix changes behavior to resolve same-root duplicates instead of refusing them, with related symlink-view root warning adjustments.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #113126. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #113126 (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-113126`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #112179: Skill names fail to resolve when duplicated inside a single search root (bundles report them as missing)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113126: fix(skills): same-root duplicate skill names resolve instead of refusing, symlink-view roots stop warning (#112179, salvage #112180)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `tests/tools/test_skills_tool.py`, `tools/skills_tool.py`
- **#112180: fix(skills): resolve same-root duplicate names instead of refusing them**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#113126`
  - files: `agent/skill_bundles.py`, `tests/agent/test_skill_bundles.py`, `tests/tools/test_skills_tool.py`, `tools/skills_tool.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #113126 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-17`.
- Subsystem: `skills`