# NousResearch/hermes-agent · kanban create --body-file flag for multi-line input

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug was identified where multi-line body text passed to kanban create is truncated at the first newline and trailing flags are dropped, particularly on Windows/git-bash. These members address adding a --body-file option as a shell-safe alternative for supplying multi-line body content.

## 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 #116791. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116791 (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-116791`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #115432: kanban create --body: multi-line body truncated at first newline and trailing flags dropped (Windows/git-bash)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116791: feat(kanban): kanban create accepts --body-file so multi-line briefs survive the shell (#115432, salvage #115450)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_parser.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_create_body_file.py`
- **#115450: fix(kanban): add --body-file to create for shell-proof bodies**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `d8b64d4a6de1`, `#116791`, `#115432`, `#115450`
- **#115452: fix(kanban): add create --body-file for multi-line bodies**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#115450`, `#115432`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116791 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.