# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kanban guidance scoped to assigned worker tasks only

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #112491: fix(kanban): prevent KANBAN_GUIDANCE leaking into interactive sessions

These issues and PRs address a bug where Kanban guidance and stop-nudge prompts were leaking into interactive sessions or applying to tasks not owned by the relevant worker. Fixes scope Kanban guidance strictly to the worker that owns the assigned dispatcher task.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #113205. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #113205 (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-113205`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #112486: KANBAN_GUIDANCE leaks into interactive sessions when profile enables kanban toolset

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113205: fix(kanban): worker guidance and stop-nudge apply only to the worker that owns the task (#112486, salvage #112490)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/agent_init.py`, `agent/delegation_context.py`, `agent/kanban_stop.py`, `agent/system_prompt.py`, `cron/AGENTS.md`, `tests/agent/test_system_prompt.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/kanban.md`
- **#112490: fix(agent): scope Kanban guidance to worker tasks**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#64186`
- **#112491: fix(kanban): prevent KANBAN_GUIDANCE leaking into interactive sessions**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#113205`
  - files: `agent/agent_init.py`, `agent/system_prompt.py`, `tests/tools/test_kanban_tools.py`
- **#112493: fix(kanban): restrict worker prompt guidance to assigned dispatcher tasks**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#113205`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #113205 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-17`.
- Subsystem: `agent`