# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Skills Hub install resolution and exit-code fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address two related bugs: hub skill installs failing to find a match when a catalog title differs from its identifier slug, and install/update/uninstall operations with errors incorrectly exiting with code 0 instead of a non-zero code.

## 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 #133068. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #133068 (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-133068`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #118301: Skills Hub install: "No exact match" for a row whose catalog title differs from its slug, and a failed install exits 0

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#133068: Installing a built-in skill by name (computer-use, pdf, …) makes it available instead of always failing; failed hub installs exit non-zero (#118301, salvage #128140)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/store/hub-actions.blocked.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/hub-actions.ts`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/main_agent_cmds.py`, `hermes_cli/skills_hub.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_skills_failure_exit_code.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_skills_hub.py`, `tools/connectors/catalog.py`, `tools/skills_sync_bundled_ops.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_tools.py`
- **#118302: fix(skills): resolve hub installs by identifier slug, and fail loudly**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `23a68610a5`, `#133068`, `#118301`, `#128140`
- **#128140: fix(skills): a refused hub install, update or uninstall exits non-zero, so the Desktop reports it (salvage #118302)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `23a68610a5`, `#133068`, `#118301`
- **#128414: fix(skills): resolve hub installs by identifier slug, and fail loudly**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `23a68610a5`, `#133068`, `#118301`, `#133068`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #133068 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-05`.