# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kanban default worker skills loading feature

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #117459: Kanban: per-board default_skills force-loaded on every dispatched worker (both lanes)
- PR #117492: feat(kanban): default worker skills for every dispatched worker (kanban.default_skills + per-board override)

These members concern adding and force-loading default skill configurations for workers dispatched on Kanban boards, including both global and per-board override support.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #117459: Kanban: per-board default_skills force-loaded on every dispatched worker (both lanes)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117480: feat(kanban): force-load board default skills**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#117492`
- **#117492: feat(kanban): default worker skills for every dispatched worker (kanban.default_skills + per-board override)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_boards.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_db.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_db_dispatch.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_parser.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_default_skills.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/kanban.md`

## Fix status

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