# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Plugin enable prompts tool-override grant unnecessarily

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a bug where enabling a plugin triggers a tool-override permission prompt even when the plugin declares no capabilities. The work focuses on skipping or suppressing that prompt for capability-less plugins.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #116927. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116927 (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-116927`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #116286: plugins enable: tool-override prompt fires for plugins that declare no capabilities

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116927: fix(plugins): enable no longer prompts for a tool-override grant a capability-less plugin never requested (#116286, salvage #116306)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/plugins_cmd.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_enable_no_capabilities.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_plugins_cmd_enable_disable_nested.py`, `website/docs/developer-guide/plugins/index.md`
- **#116306: fix(plugins): only prompt for declared capabilities on enable**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `948753d0f825`, `#116927`, `#116286`, `#116306`
- **#116307: fix(plugins): stop prompting for the tool-override grant nothing requested**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#116306`, `#116306`
- **#116311: fix(plugins): skip tool-override prompt when plugin declares no capabilities (#116286)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `948753d0f825`, `#116927`, `#116286`, `#116306`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116927 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.