# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix platform_toolsets string parsing in tools enable/disable

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a bug where string-typed \`platform_toolsets\` values in the CLI caused \`hermes tools enable/disable\` to silently no-op and drop user-specified toolsets. The fixes ensure JSON-list strings and list-literal strings are correctly parsed and preserved.

## 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 #116691. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116691 (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-116691`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #115866: \[Bug\]: \`hermes tools enable/disable\` silently no-ops on a string-typed \`platform_toolsets\` value and drops listed toolsets

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116691: fix(cli): a list-literal string in platform_toolsets keeps the user's toolsets on tools enable (#115866, salvage #115874)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/tools_config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_tools_config.py`
- **#115874: fix(cli): read a JSON-list string platform_toolsets entry as the list it encodes**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `3adc178718fd`, `#116691`, `#115866`, `#115874`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116691 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.