# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Skills visibility filtering with include/exclude patterns

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #127835: feat(skills): skills.enabled allowlists and external_dirs filters on one shared visibility check

These items relate to adding allowlist and filter controls for skills visibility, including per-profile external include/exclude pattern support for a shared external skills index.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #114078: feat(skills): per-profile external_include/external_exclude patterns for the shared skills index

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114088: feat(skills): read external_include/external_exclude for the external skill index**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#127835`, `#100254`, `#127829`
- **#127835: feat(skills): skills.enabled allowlists and external_dirs filters on one shared visibility check**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `agent/curator.py`, `agent/prompt_builder.py`, `agent/skill_bundles.py`, `agent/skill_commands.py`, `agent/skill_utils.py`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/profile-config.tsx`, `cli-config.yaml.example`, `gateway/run.py`, `gateway/run_inbound.py`, `hermes_cli/commands_platforms.py`, `hermes_cli/config.py`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `hermes_cli/managed_scope.py`, `hermes_cli/skills_config.py`, `hermes_cli/skills_hub.py`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/skills.py`, `tests/agent/test_org_skill_namespace.py`, `tests/agent/test_prompt_builder.py`, `tests/agent/test_skill_app_snapshot.py`, `tests/agent/test_skill_commands.py` (+17 more)

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `skills`