# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Skill slash commands colliding with built-in names

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a bug where skill slash commands that share names with built-in commands are silently dropped rather than renamed or surfaced with an explanation. Changes add warnings, renaming behavior, and user-facing messaging across the CLI, TUI, and help output.

## 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 #114991. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114991 (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-114991`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #113560: Skill slash commands colliding with built-in command names are dropped from registration (commands.py _clamp_command_names)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114991: fix(skills): a skill named like a built-in command shows why /<name> is unavailable in /skills, /help skills, the TUI startup log and /commands output (#113560)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/skill_commands.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_info_mixin.py`, `hermes_cli/skills_hub.py`, `hermes_cli/slash_exec.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_skill_collision_visibility.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_tools.py`, `website/docs/reference/slash-commands.md`
- **#113562: fix(hermes-cli): warn-and-rename skill commands colliding with built-in names**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `2a4556449e1bdb85ea4a01dc05a37bf604c42574`, `#114991`
- **#114011: fix(commands): rename skill slash commands on collision instead of dropping**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#113562`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114991 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`