# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Legacy skill frontmatter patch compatibility bug

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #117736: \[Bug\]: skill_manage patch refuses a skill whose unquoted description contains ': ' while the loader still loads it — skill becomes unmaintainable
- PR #117742: fix(skills): keep loaded legacy skills maintainable

A bug where skill_manage patch rejects skills whose unquoted descriptions contain ': ', making them unmaintainable, along with related fixes to keep legacy frontmatter skills patchable.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #117736: \[Bug\]: skill_manage patch refuses a skill whose unquoted description contains ': ' while the loader still loads it — skill becomes unmaintainable

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117742: fix(skills): keep loaded legacy skills maintainable**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_skill_manager_tool.py`, `tools/skill_manager_tool.py`
- **#117744: fix(skills): keep legacy frontmatter patchable**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#117742`

## Fix status

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