# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix project-local skills when terminal.cwd is default placeholder

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where project-local skills fail to register or dispatch because the default terminal.cwd placeholder causes scope resolution to fall back to the home directory instead of the project root.

## 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 #114888. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114888 (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-114888`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #114359: TUI/desktop: project-local skills never register when \`terminal.cwd\` is left at the default placeholder (scope cwd resolves to \`$HOME\`)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114888: fix(tui): project-local skills register and dispatch with the default terminal.cwd placeholder (#114359, salvage #96514)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/runtime_cwd.py`, `agent/skill_commands.py`, `agent/skill_utils.py`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-slash-completions.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/index.tsx`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.generated.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.openrpc.json`, `tests/agent/test_project_skills.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_tui_gateway_server.py`, `tui_gateway/contracts/profiles_vault_complete_foreign_subagents.py`, `tui_gateway/contracts/tools_mcp_plugins.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_complete.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_tools.py`, `ui-tui/src/app/createGatewayEventHandler.ts`, `ui-tui/src/app/slash/commands/ops.ts`, `ui-tui/src/hooks/useCompletion.ts`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/skills.md`
- **#114455: fix(skills): resolve project root from session or process cwd when terminal.cwd is placeholder**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#114888`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114888 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.